NEWS AND NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 28 January 1932, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Messrs Runciman Pryor, Ltd., advise sale to-day at 2 p.m. at Wentworth Hall of two properties on account of the liquidators of Strawboard (N.Z.), Ltd., also a valuable property at 95 Sophia Street.

The curtain specialist advertises in this issue special sale prices for Friday and Saturday, in bedspreads, lampshades, sheets, pillow cases, etc.; also cream net at 1/- yard. 72in. art canvas for table covers at 4/6 yard; and 48in. Dutch striped shadow tissue at 2/11 yard. R. P. Carter, 290 Stafford Street. . -

The Friendly Societies’ picnic to Oamaru on Saturday promises to be a very successful outing. Several bodies have notified their intention of taking advantage of the cheap travelling. As it is a public holiday, business premises will be closed to allow employees to attend.

Three taxation levies will become payable next month. Income tax will be payable on February 9. The third instalment of the general unemployment levy will become due on February 1. On the same date the second instalment of the emergency charge on two-thirds of income for the year ended March 31, 1931, falls due.

Just imagine. Double bed Dorma sheets (72 x 90) for 8/11 pair; 200 yards 40in silk curtain net at 1/- yard. That’s the way things are selling at McGruer Davies great summer sale. ...

A curious accident happened on the Wanganui croquet lawns last week, when Mrs. Morris, a New Plymouth delegate to New Zealand Croquet Council, was bitten by an insect while sitting in a brush shelter. Her face was so swollen that she sought medical aid and is now ill, and being attended by her daughter, Mrs. Kemp, at Hawera. A similar experience befel Mrs. L. Finch, of Auckland, who was bitten on the arm. The arm was considerably swollen.

As there has been a very noticeable falling off in the number of applications for relief on the part of “swaggers” this year, it seems that there are not nearly so many men on the road as formerly. The Ashburton Hospital Board, which is able to gauge the pulse in this matter, find that the calls this year are far below those of last year, when swaggers were numerous.

Some of the beautiful stained glass which ornamented the main entrance to the old Government Life Insurance building in Wellington, now under demolition, has been given to the Dominion Museum. Other panels the contractor is keeping for himself. “It is to good to throw away.” he says. “It is high-quality stuff, all of it.” The timber was fairly sound throughout, and was in ready demand. All the brickwork was held together with lime and sand. No cement had been used. Consequently, the stuff came off like dust. There were a good many breakages in the top-storey work, but still when it came down in large slabs there were plenty of good whole bricks.

H. Allchurch and Co. will sell at their rooms. The Rialto, at 2.15 tomorrow, under instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court, a 6 roomed residence situated at 10 Archer Street.

H. Allchurch and Co. will sell at 2.30 to-morrow at their rooms, under instructions from the trustees of an assigned estate, one Dodge 5 seater Rex-top motor car. The Harum-Scarum Sale continues its unswerving course at Thomsons’. The onslaughts are beginning to take some effect. Tons of everything—real solid bargains. Taped pillow slips per pair higher. Sheets great goods. Pay to Jay them aside. 5/11 pair up; charming spot crepe-de-chene 23/6, think a full dress length. Blazers, tub frocks, sleeveless, from 5/11; floral voile and others 7/11 up, rayons, too; children's from 1/11; do. tweed coats 7/11. 8/11. 11/6; silkestia sesame “three queens" hose, sellers, in season’s shades, some hose 1/11, Josephine. Lady Jane, pure silk, thousand details, black tan hose 9id at sale. The Community Sale. CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. The agonising pain, the stiff swollen joints, are not the only serious symptoms that follow in the wake of rheumatism. These attacks have a weakening effect on the heart. The only way of obtaining a permanent cure is, not by drugging the pain, but by getting at the cause of the trouble and eliminating it from the system. And the cause is an excess of uric acid in the system. Failing action of the kidneys results in the accumulation of blood impurities. Now, Ayres’s Rumatox not only gives relief to pain and reduces the swelling, but rids the system of the excess uric acid. Rumatox costs 2/6 and 4/6. E. C. Ayres,. Ltd., chemists, 76 and 78 Stafford St. South. Branch shop, 21 Arcade, Timaru Don’t suffer from corns any longer. There is no need to put up with the pain and suffering any more. A few applications of our liquid corn plaster will remove the pain and also the corn. Price Ifrom L. B. James, prescrip- \ :hemi»t, Timaru An annual event of interest to parents is Cameron’s school re-opening fair, which commences on January 25. All clothing is strictly in accordance with school regulations and Cameron’s offer a special discount of 10 per cent, to customers buylL# during the fair. Free pen knife to every boy who buys his outfit at Cameron’s BATHING IS A THRILL IF YOU'VE GOT THAT SLIM FEELING. To pull on the smartest of little costumes —to swim and sun-bathe before others without the least embarrassment —ah! that is the dream of so many charming women who are overweight. Well, here is a way to capture slimness without drugs, dangerous dieting, or the performance of muscle-forming, heart-weakening exercises. Take Ayres’s Obesity Ovaloids. These tablets are made from pure vegetable extracts. You can lose from two to six pounds weekly from this treatment, and feel much stronger and healthier. Price, 6/6. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 76 and 78 Stafford Street South. Branch shop, 21 Arcade, Timaru