NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18540, 10 April 1930, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Easter will soon be on us. The bride will want something useful. Why not a clothes basket or seagrass chair? Hedges, Woollcombe Street, is the place to procure the above lines. Reorganising prices prevail; they are worth comparing

The obvious sincerity of a remark made at a meeting of the Peninsula County Council purged it of all semblance of innuendo. Yet it served to prove how easy it would be to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Mr W. Bowles had thanked tne councillors for the part they had played in having the new street lighting installed at Portobello, and in the course of his reply the chairman (Councillor Macandrew) said it was gratifying to know that the people were pleased with what had been done. “The council does not receive many compliments. * he added. "Yes, yes, I quite understand that," answered Mr Bowles ingenuously before he went on with his address.

A Wanganui resident, who recenttly motored to Auckland and back, told a reporter that he was surprised to see the large extent of country badly infested with ragwort between Hamilton and Te Kuiti. He says there are hundreds of acres of land practically covered with the weed, and the strange part of it, he added, is that it is mostly Crown land that is so infested. It may be mentioned that experiments have recently been made at Mamaku to eradicate ragwort by spraying with sodium chlorate, and encouraging results are said to have been obtained. The results, however, need to be co-related with those of other experiments elsewhere and further trials made before anything more definite can be stated.

Visitor: “I hear you've lost your parrot that used to swear so terrib l ”.” Host: “Yes, died of shock.” Visitor: "Really, how did it happen?” Host: “He escaped from his cage and wandered on to the golf links.”

“Call these prize cattle?” Why. they ain’t nothing to what our folks raise. My father raised the biggest calf of anv man around our parts.” •Don’t doubt it.” remarked a bystander. “and the noisiest.”

“Good Lord! If it isn't Dick! Put it here. . . . Remember the time we tipped ‘Snubbs’ into the baths. . . . Remember the apples we pinched. . . . And the yarns we used to have in Cameron's shop. By the bye—got your blazer yet, and your lie? Then follow me. friend to Cameron’s once again.” ....

You've been thinking about painting your house —you don’t want to pay an extravagant price—yet you want a good well-finished job that is going to look well. Then call in Craigie's, Timaru’s leading painters, and decorators, Cain's Terrace, ’phone 82

CONSTIPATION. Laxigen Is a tonic laxative, and gentle aperient. It is particularly valuable, because it can be taken every night if necessary, as it cannot possibly do any harm, because it contains no drugs. It restores the bowels to healthy, normal action, and is the best remedy known for habitual constipation. It has also a gentle stimulating action on the liver. Recourse may be had to this medicine, when the bowels or liver are deranged, as evidenced by giddiness, headache, drowsiness, furred tongue and impure breath. It is pleasant to take and does not upset the system. Price 2/6 bottle. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., Chemists, Timaru.

New season’s goods are now being shown m all departments at McGruer, Davies's busy store. A new assortment of traced goods just arrived. All linen goods in centres, tray cloths, breakfast sets, doyleys, duchess sets, shams, and large supper cloths. Our special Vebro finish twill winceyettes in cream and colours—this is a great wearing cloth, and this season’s price is 1/6 yd; 90in. Aylin sheeting for bedspreads in rose and saxe blue—this is a fadeless cloth and can be used for coloured sheets or spreads. 2 pieces 90in white sheeting in plain and twill, to be cleared at a special price of 4/11 yard. Our regular price is 6/11 yard. Children’s fancy flannelette blankets in blue and rose, 2/6 each. We invite you to visit our store and inspect the new season’s goods that are showing. McGruer, Davies and Co

Ladles' Marcelle Beauty Parlour Haircutting 1/-. neck trim 6d, Marcel wave 2/-. Try our hair lotions and creams. They will keep your hair and skin bright and fresh. Hair tinting in all shades. Call and see me. Get your hair attended to before it is too late. Mrs A. E. Lewis, Evans’ Buildings, opp. Ballantyne’s, Stafford Street. Tel. 1263

Runciman, Pryor advise sale tomorrow at 1.30 of jewellery and fancy goods.

Here are some everyday items of interest to the thrifty purchasers. White dinnerware. Coupe plates 2/8 half doz., 6-inch plates 1/6 half doz. Dinner plates 2/9 half doz. Large white chambers 3/- each. Stainless teaspoons 2/-. dessert 4/6, table 5/9 all at per half doz. W. and G. China cups and saucers 3/6 half doz. Cups only 2/6 half doz. Hot water bags, best English guaranteed 4/- each. Hair brooms irom 2/6 each. All at Porter’s

WORM TABLETS.—Many of the minor ailments w'hich children are subject to, may be traced in the first place to the presence of worms, in the system. If your children are irritable and restless, and do not sleep well; if the breath is bad, with constant thirst, if the appetite is fickle, and they grind the teeth at night, these are the symptoms of worms. Get a packet of Ayres' Worm Tablets. After a few doses your child will be a happy, healthy child. Price, 2/- box. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., Chemists, Timaru.

A. N. Oakey and Co. will, this day at 1.30. conduct the postponed sale of furniture at Sefton Street, for Mrs Mary Carlton

Mr P. L. Davies will give a varied entertainment in Washdyke Hall on Saturday evening in aid of the school funds. Prize competitions, open to the audience, will be a humorous feature.

The notice of North End ratepayers is drawn to a meeting to be held in the Waimataitai School on Monday next. At this meeting the committee will finalise all matters in connection with the Carnival

For the season at Thomsons’. More of those big headfits in the new hats, Warner’s and ex Zealandic, attractive goods. The jumper suits 19/11 to 67/6, now marked off. two and three piece, all the new colours. Cardigans and jumpers, any price, any colour 4/11 to 32/6. All wool bloomers, ladies’ 3/6 and all the other classes. The new coats in full sizes and smaller as well. Those latest in pure wool face cloth coats with rich fur trimming, all 97/6 but one—7 guinea coats in reality; navy, black, fawn; tweed, pretty mixtures. Lady in Thomsons’ showroom asked us to mention the corselettes and corsets too. The house Thomsons’ represent is an unsurpassed make twilfit; hold the other leading makes too. combining grace, comfort, elegance. Traced aprons, black and in colours for 1/3 to 2/3, 3/3 superior; children’s lOid. More fur trimmings, a very showy number at 5/6—platinum and cafe, real Thibet, fitch, opossum, mouflon, etc., 9/11 4in., 15/6 6in., rich and effective. Wool frocks come last thing. Most handsome costumes in smart tweed 84/-

A railway advertisement in this issue gives particulars of train arrangements in connection with Easter holidays.

Employ the long evenings making up useful and artistic furnishings for the home. The curtain specialist is showing an assortment of various silk, cotton. and silk finished materials in fast dyes, suitable for making into bedspreads, bolsters, cushions, table covers, etc., and a list of special prices wall interest you. Double bedspread length of silk finished casement, in putty, rose, and lielio, full size—9/6 the length. Double bedspread length of shot silk taffetas, in various pretty shades, absolutely fast, 17/9 the length. Single bedspread length of fadeless casement, 9 shades, 7/3 length. Square cushion length of fadeless shot slub repp. 3/11. Square cushion length of striped silk taffeta, 2/1. Round rucked cushion length in plain silk taffeta, 3/11. R. P. Carter, soft furnishing specialist, 290 Stafford Street EXPRESS TRAIN TIMETABLE. DEPARTURES FROM TIMARU. For Christchurch—Express trains 4.18 a.m. (Mon., Wed., Fri.), 1.54p.m. 4.34 p.m. For Dunedin and Invercargill—Express trains 1.30 a.m. (Sun., Wed., Fri.), 11.33 a.m., 3.46 p.m. (Dunedin only). ARRIVALS AT TIMARU. From Christchurch 1.23 a.m. (Sun., Wed., Fri.), 11.25 a.m., 3.38 p.m. From Invercargill 4.10 a.m. (Mon., Wed., Fri.), 1.46 p.m. (from Dunedin) 4.26 p.m.