NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24783, 6 December 1941, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

'Fishing in-the Arnold Rivery Mr S. Shand, of Kokiri, landed a fine'; 91b brown trout on, Sunday. This is the largest fish reported, so far this season in. the '■■'■ Grey ?A'ccliiriaitisation Society's district. , • " .'■■ ■' , .'< ■■ •The public responded generously tos the collection taken by the Christchurch' : Rotary Cllib-"at Ithe operi-air concert held in the grounds of the Christchurch Public Hospital on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the jubilee of the Woolston Brass Band. The sum of £77 2s 7d was collected to buy cdmforts for sick and wounded soldiers.

See the new season's Mantles, mocks, Goats, Hats, and Knitwear. All the new styles and colours ana at unbeatable prices. CaH"early; many cannot be replaced. Your inspection invited. Mosgie] Drapers. A F. Cheyne and Co.. • " Lambing , estimates for the North Island for the current season average 90.74'per cent—the highest since 1933, when -the : figure was 91.23 per cent. Last' season's average was 89.01 per cent The return shows a total of 11.268,384. breeding ewes in the North Island. South Island figures are expected to be lower as a result of the bad weather in the early spring. -, A " V " Stamp campaign is being held throughout -the Greater London area from September 15 to December 31. By the use of these stamps, which will cost Id each, on the backs of letters, packages, and parcels, it is hoped to raise £IO,OOO training, welfare, and maintenance" of Greater London's 13.531 blind/ ;i '■" : > ■;;•";

Include whisky, port and beer in your Christmas Hamper from the Waterloo this year... •An innovation in street signs was adopted for a trial by the Christchurch City Council at its meeting on Tuesday. It Was explained that this would consist of painting or stencilling street names any signs on corner posts at a height atf which they could be more easily read than in their present positions.

".Please don't put anything in the paper about this digging?" asked a perspiring private in the Eleventh (Wanganui) Company of the Military Reserve '■■ at ■ the Kaitoke Afforestation Camp on Saturday. A pressman, thinking that the request was based on a regard for secrecy, was prepared to agree, but-a fresh-looking sergeant challenged the request. " The trouble- is too many gardens require digging back home," he said, "and the reason they are not dug is not due to the series of wet Fridays either." Such a variety of towels is here for your choosing that you will experience no difficulty in finding your exact requirements at "The Big Store." Milton.. .

A story illustrating the sangfroid, apart from his exploits on the field of battle, of Major-general B. C. Freyberg was told by -Lieutenant K. J. Staunton when speaking at the New Plymouth Victoria League recently. Major-general Freyberg was being driven through the streets of Cairo one-day when he realised that his chauffeur was making a poor job of his driving. "Are you hew at this job?" asked the general. " I have never driven a car before," came the astonishing reply. The driver hastened to add that he had watched others driving, and thought he knew what to do with the various levers. Major-general Freyberg leant back and said crisply, " Very well; carry on." .