NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24431, 17 October 1940, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

A marked falling off in the quality of knitting wool, possibly due to the big demand for first-class wool for military uniforms, is a source of exasperation to women who like to ply their needles. After paying a stiff price for some khaki wool with which to make mittens and scarves for soldiers going overseas, one Christchurch woman found, when she came to knit it, that it was full of piri-piri barbs, impossible to pull out. Trying out a small piece knitted up, she decided that unless the troops developed the hide of a rhinocerous, the irritation of the piri-piri barbs would in five minutes drive crazy any soldier who tried to wear either Scarf or mittens made of such wool. The problem of what use to put it to is still exercising the purchaser’s mind. Grandism (4261): For many years we have been direct importers from Southard and Co., Ltd. (est’d. 1814), London. Giants in the Wine and Spirit trade...

“ There is very useful work that you choir boys can do when you have finished being choristers,” Dean Julius told the Christchurch Cathedral choir boys who entertained him at tea last Tuesday with Mrs Julius. ‘‘l have always had a great ambition about this. You know there are many small parishes with small choirs. Now these choirs do suffer seriously from the lack of someone well qualified to train and encourage them. I feel that many of you might find work to do among them later. Leaders of these choirs say to me as I go my rounds, ‘ You can’t imagine how difficult it is,’ and I reply, 4 Oh, but I can. I’ve had to listen to them.’ ” Have you seen the three-in-one bins for storing flour, bread and sugar? These are showing at Dickinson Mytton’s showroom. 204 Crawford street, nearly Opposite Otago Farmers’ Co-0p... A short but graphic description of Londoners is contained in a letter received from Private M. C. Smith, now in England, who was formerly on the staff of the State Advances Corporation in Christchurch. “ Some come up and talk with you; some are quite sociable if you speak to them first.” he stated. ‘“Some look you up and down, admitting quietly to themselves that you are a necessary evil; but the majority do not see you at all—they simply look right through you. J. M. Barrie once wrote that the chief beauty of London was that it was the only city in the world in the streets of which one could eat penny buns without attracting attention. I agree with him.” Include whisky, port and beer in your Christmas Hamper from the Waterloo this year... The last Europeans to leave Idling, China, before it was captured by the Japanese invaders, Mrs L. C. Evans and her son, Mr A. C. Evans, have arrived at Auckland from Tonga, where they have been spending a holiday. Bombed by the Japanese at Sungking, Mrs Evans, an Englishwoman, and her son, an official of a shipping company in China, travelled by motor truck across the Plateau Yunan and down to Indo-China, sailing from Saigon to New Guinea. They have spent several weeks at Tonga and the New Hebrides, and plan to visit other islands in the Pacific before Mr Evans returns to his position in China at the end of the year. Boots and shoes for men. well-known for comfort and good wearing qualities are well displayed at James Gray and Sons, Milton. Many of the qualities cannot be replaced at present marked prices...

Buy now; new goods lust opened up; many cannot be replaced. Shop early while the selection is good. Gifts for all at Mosgiel’s Drapers.—A. F. Cheync and C 0... Among Gisborne non-commissioned officers of the Hawke’s Bay Regiment who have had experience of several training centres, the new camp in Dannevirke has made an excellent impression. The sleeping and mess accommodation is described as comfortable and convenient, and the layout of the camp generally har. been planned with a view to eliminating waste of the leisure time of the troops in long and aimless walking between their tents and the various points, of interest. The trainees are receiving adequate leave, and the camp regime, while- strict and disciplined, is ■ not exceptionally arduous even for’ the less experienced territorials, Weather conditions have favoured the troops in settling into their new quarters. Have you tried Hitchon's pork saveloys, pork sausages or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344), Milton (22).