NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24525, 6 February 1941, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

“Lost: Pair of pyjama trousers, blown off clothes line in, Tuesday’s gale.” This notice appeared in a shop window in Kelbum recently, and a passer-by was heard to remark,That’s a silent reproach 'to all who forget to take their washing in when it starts to blow.” ■*_ /•; Severely gored by a bull, a horse, harnessed to a milk float was rescuedby its owner. Mr J. Henderson,’ Whangarei. Mr Henderson was driving the float through !a‘Jpaddock- when: the bull charged, capsizing both horse and float.' Mr - Henderson attacked the bull with his whip, and with'■the help of Mr J. McCardle drove off the animal, p Don’t waste time trying to work with blunt tools; get them sharpened by experts at Dickinson Mytton’s factory. 204 Crawford street, nearly opposite Otago Farmers’ Co-op. A Morse lamp flashing from the top b£ “Sugar-loaf” hill, Taradale, the other night, caused alarm among residents, and the defence office received numerous calls informing them of the fact. Inquiries elicited the information that signalling-hractine.„cajsrieds out by the NapfeCHome Guard in cooperation with the Taradale Guard was responsible for the light. f '.. , . r Admiration for .the courageous and' valiant manner In which the Publishers’ Association of _Great., Britain) was overcoming the difficulties with: which it was confronted as a* result of: the war, was expressed at the. twentieth annual conference of the Associated Booksellers of New Zealand, held in Wellington recently. It-was-decided to communicate with the British organisation-conveying these sentiments. . i. ■ Whisky, brandy or wine from Crossan’s Waterloo. Hotel.. Caversham, is v the best procurable.; . :• • ' When a party of Free French navel ratings arrived at a New 25ealand,miiU-, tary camp recently, it was found that most of them were .temporarily, short of money, buf not for long. In characteristic fashion, soldiers at tfie camp wasted little time in organising a “ tarpaulin, muster,” of silver coins, which resulted in their "delighted, if bewll-. dered, allies each receiving £1 10«.; It was, one said, an example of the comradeship among Free,French and; British troops. ' • " 1 ; Good sport is at present obtainable i in the rugged country of the Hau--bangaroa Ranges, on the western shores' of Lake Taupo. Wild pigs are particularly numerous, while, herds of wild, cattle are to be found feeding in old] clearings in the bUsh which have be-; come covered by-second growth. To-, wards the southern end .of ..the range t on the open country at the fringe of; the bush rabbits are particularly; numerous. '] While alterations are being made to the showroom at James Gray and Sons, Ltd., Milton, special bargains will be . offered in the temporary .premises opposite the Post Office.., ‘ ' The unwisdom of parents making presents of air-guns to their boys at Christmas was commented on by Mr C. H. Nlcholls at a meeting of .the Wellington Education Board. Boys, he said, were simply running wild at the present time with air-guns and catapults, and teachers should take these dangerous-toys from them. He had seen one boy recently prancing sbout with a water-pistol, m each, regular two-gun man.; He Kail,) been struck on the leg recently by a pellet from a catapult, which might just as: easily have hit him in the eye. A nots of warning to parents should be given.; GrandiSm > (43501: Country orders—we specialise, All: orders despatched the same 'day.; as received.—Grand,-Hotel, Home.'Supplv Store.-::. Many .mothers of babies ia?e suffering grave''inconvenience", including: a severe restriction on their outings, because Of a shortage of perambulators and pushchairs. Insufficient manyfacfacturing materials through. importing difficulties have produced this situation. .Delays of many ssjjiks before have* been executed am-; not uhcommOh.' In, one instance payment was made two months: ago for a push,chair that has not yet been delivered. “My boy will be asking for a bicycle before.he gets Jiis pushchair,” remarked the mother to the shop assistant. “He will be disappointed over the bicycle,” was the reply. “Bicycles are,-scarce also.”, • * -i? - i

Special Sale of Ladies’ .Frock* from ’ 5s lid, 7s lid, 9s lid, 14s 6d and 19* 6d up, Sec windows and in the show room. Every Frock in stock reduced. Call early Mosgiel’s Drapers. A: F. Cheyne and C 0... .... ' A fine example of Germain small' arms is a 9mm. Luger automatic pistol, a relic of the Great War, presented to the Canterbury Museum by Mr A. T. - Williams, of Christchurch. Made in 1917, the pistol had a long barrel and fires a bullet of slightly smaller calibre, than the British .455 service revolver. The German pistol had a sliding .backsight, like a miniature of that on the service Lee-Enfield rifle, and 'CM be fitted to a wooden stock-carried in a compartment of the bolster, to make ai very effective rifle at moderate range. This i 8 the first weapon o*- its type 'the, museum has received," though th£ collection . contains an interesting smaller type of German' automatic - pistol, with, an extra large magazine. Have you tried Hilchon’s pork saveloys, pork sausages or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can’t supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344), Milton (22)...