The Otautau Standard And Wallace County Chronicle. Tuesday, October 19, 1926.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 1099, 19 October 1926, Page 2

The Otautau Standard And Wallace County Chronicle. Tuesday, Octo ber 19, 1926.

1 ■ ', .' ' - I J n " Last week's cold easterly winds adversely checked spring growth, bnt the last few day 9 with spring showers and more sunshine has brought the grass along. Judging by tlio manner m which the drop curtain behaved at ' Wednesday's concert it is high time several improvements were carried out ait th«_ Hall. Messrs 1). Macpherson" and Jno. Dicksou spent a good days sport ou the Orawia River for the opening of the season. Ten finefiah averaging 3lbs were lauded, while the heaviest caught tipped Gibs Weight. . The work of bitumhnising the.North Road from Invercargill to Qooper's corner is going on apace, and ttavellers to and from the Western District will shortly have the full length of this fine road to travel on. Uardeners are nearly all bemoaning over the blackened early potato crops. Early ; last week, three nights running, rather B.eyere frosts for this time of year were experienced. At the last meeting of the Southland Presbytery, the Rev, Mr Biekerstafl' (Otautau) spoke m favour of making a special effort to raise all ministerial stipends to a minimum of £300. A Committee was set up to report on the question. The story comes ■ from Central that the late frosts have very seriously affected the ooniing crops of fruit. Several growers estimate tlje loss at 7£j per oent. Orders for fruit oases already given have been cancelled m consequence. Several wel'lknown farmers., m conversation last week intimated that this year's lambing percentage was good despite the Heavy fall of snow experienced right at the commencement of the lambing. The big | percentage of twin lambs fully compensating | for the losses by death. i JJabour Day.—^ost Office holiday." Th*. outward mail will close .at 7.15 a.m., street receiving, box at *7 a.m.' - The Otautau-.-Vparimtj riiral will' .not run. No inward mads will b« sorted. The Telegraph, i Money order and Savings Bank seotions close for holiday. Telephone Exchange open 9 a.m. to IQ a.m. and 7 P-m. to 8 p.m. The annual wind-up social of the Band of Hope takes place next Friday, m the Town Ball, at 8 pm. There will be the usual good concert programme. Ao excellent supper will be givei? to members a nd friends. The ladies will be at the Hall at g.30 m the afternoon fco prepare for this, and sympathisers jo the work are asked to send along donations -of oakea. J, T. BROOKER, Meroer and Merchant Tailor.ia making a visit to Nightoaps on Fri- _ day aud Saturday, October 22 and 23 and will repeat the visit onoe a fortnight.' This is a rare opportunity for residents of Nightcaps and district getting into touch with a master tailor, and being fitted for suits without the trouble and expense of a visit to town. Mr Brooker will on each ocoasion have a fifl'l rq-i}{Jt» uj;. suitings wi<th him, so that customers ct^n Tely op temple geleotjon. of patterns {'rom which to make their ohoice. 1THe spring goods have arrived. Inspect J the latest m fanoy shirts and fauoy hose j a • full range of all men's mercery to choose 1! hom r t

The Wallace Old ldtmtil.es' Association lield their second re union m tlio Empire Theatre, Riverton. on Wednesday last. I'lit Chairman of the Associaton (Mr 13. J. Stevens) presided, and addresses were given * hy lfis Worship tho Mayor (Dr Trotter) fi and Mr A. HamiUov. (M P.). Mr J. U. Thomson a'no rea 1 an interesting paper eiving the early history of Wallace. A musical programme given was appreciated. ' One of the, hrightest and meatiest little < magnzines on the market is "Humour." With the whole of the world to draw on for i its wittisisms, it is never dull. There is enough laughter m its thirty-six pages to ! auit all tastes. Added to this is a weekly joke oompetiti-.il m which readers all over Australia and New Zealand compete as to '. y\ h i oan tell the best story. " Humour " is sold at all bookshops, and is also to be ' had m bound volume form. i The " Beauty Competition "m Dunedin ' has attracted great attention. The twelve ladies chosen by the judges and submitted : tor voting by the public have been finalised lo four nominees, who will appear on the ' stage at His Majesty's Theatre during the performances this week, aud those who attend will vote as to who shall represent " Otago '' iv tlie competition for " Miss New Zealand." The popular voting done through the " Evening Star " resulted as follows . — Miss Thelma McMillan, 14,901 votes ; Miss Alice Tait, 14,003 do. ; Miss Betty Wilkinson, 9,631 da ; Miss Marie Oaten 8,800 do. There are over sixty humorous drawings and just I luce times this number of witty yarns m- the latest issue of "Aussie." Quite sufficient, indeed, to keep auy reader supplied with humour until the next issue comes along. But "Aussie" also has its serious aide, and its literary and stage columns are always full of paragraphs of particular interest to 'Australian and New Zealand readers. Otic of the best drawings m " Aussie " this month is a double page one depicting how the big Syduey Harbour Bridge should be built; The number is a happy forerunuer of the big Xmas Number of " Aussie" to be published next month. Said the lubricating oil to the bearings, " Until to day I've had a pretty thin time. i\f it but things will be better now — the boss has filled up with " Big Tree" Motor Spirit." S.me owners. u<se petrol whioh does not vapourise readily — " hings lire " and creeps past the piston rings, eventually diluting the craukcase oil, making new cars old and decrepit before they reach middle age. Wive jour oar every chance— fill up at tlie true-blue Pump always.