NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19525, 26 June 1933, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

“With the increasing popularity of wireless, more trouble is going to be experienced from interference with reception,” said the chief inspector of the Waitemata Electric Power Board, Mr C. M. Gray, when the subject of locating the electrical disturbances emitted by transformers and power lines was under discussion. Mr Gray said although the radio Inspector had definitely traced interference to a condenser in a transformer on one occasion, when the condenser had been temporarily cut out of the circuit the interference remained. “While there are means of testing for outside influences, it is sometimes very difficult to locate them,” he said.

A party of Maoris fishing the other day for eels in the Rangitikei River at Onepuhi, 40 miles from the sea, captured a magnificent female quinnat salmon weighing 211 b in perfect condition. Evidently quinnat salmon have established themselves in the Rangitikei River, for recently several dead fish have been picked up on its banks and a shoal was also seen after a flood not long ago.

Reference to the location of ships’ bells is frequently made in the columns of a northern exchange, and the subject has aroused widespread interest. The bell of the old passenger steamer Mararoa and the bell of H.M.S. New Zealand are in the Dominion Museum. The bell of the Dartford, which was a Union Company training ship for officers in the early part of this century, and which is now a hulk in Auckland Harbour, is in the possession of Captain C. F. Post, of Upper Hutt. The bell of the Rakanoa is in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve headquarters in Wellington. The Rakanoa, formerly named Bells, was built in 1896, and after many years’ useful service for the Union Company, was scuttled in Cook Strait in March, 1928. The bell of the old Opouri is on the steamer Opihi, which is frequently in port at Timaru. The steamer Progress, which was formerly a dredge at Oamaru, and which was wrecked at Ohiro Bay, near Wellington, in 1931, carried the bell of the barque Ann Gambles, 424 tons, which was wrecked at Bluff in 1878. This bell is now presumably buried in the shingle at Island Bay. The bell of the ship City of Auckland, which was wrecked on the beach at Otaki in 1878, is believed to be in an hotel or boarding house at Otaki. Advice that the police did not make it an arbitrary rule to prosecute every owner of an unregistered firearm, was received from the Minister of Justice, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, at a meeting of the Auckland provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union. The Minister’s letter was in reply to a request by the executive that present holders of unregistered firearms should be allowed to register them without prosecution. If a person desired to make a belated application for registration of a firearm, and was diffident about approaching the local police for fear of prosecution, he could state his case in writing to the Commissioner of Police, who would give fair and sympathetic consideration to the matter, said the Minister. The secretary was instructed to write to the Minister, renewing the executive’s request. The story of an hotelkeeper who was visiting Greymouth and who wandered into the Bank of New South Wales and leaned on the counter, under the impression that he was resting on an hotel bar, was told in the Greymouth Magistrate’s Court, when the man in question was charged, before Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., with being found on the premises of the Bank of New South Wales without lawful excuse in a position that did not disclose the commission of or intent to commit any offence. The accused was convicted and discharged, an order being made for the suppression of his name. The police stated that at 9.45 on the previous night a constable noticed that the back door of the Bank of New South Wales was open. He entered and discovered the accused lying against the bank counter under the influence of liquor. Mr Hanan, who appeared for the accused, said that he was a returned soldier and an hotelkeeper. He came to Greymouth to do business with counsel, but was so drunk that counsel refused to have anything to do with him. He had apparently wandered into the bank thinking that it was an hotel. “Don’t you think you had better take out a prohibition order against yourself?” asked the magistrate, apparently forgetful of the accused’s occupation. “He’s an hotelkeeper, sir,” protested the senior sergeant amid laughter. Rough Hands—Housework, gardening and the cold weather plays havoc with the hands of women folk. Glycol is a new remedy just introduced to cure this discomfort. One application to the hands renders them soft, white and smooth and a daily application keeps them in this condition. Liberal size jar. Price 1/-. Obtainable only at E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 78 Stafford St. South, and 21 Arcade, Timaru. .. Skins and hides are advancing in price, which will be good news to producers. Leather will advance, and the cost of footwear will also increase. Souter’s shoe store, next J. R. McKenzie’s, will not advance theij; price until their large stocks are sold. .. Coughs—Tusso, the new cough remedy, is specially recommended for cough, cuts the phleglm and clears the It soothes that tickling, irritating cough, cuts the phlegh and clears the bronchial tubes, making breathing easier. It is the most soothing cough remedy on the market, and is guaranteed to relieve that hard hacking cough that is so distressing. Price 1/6 and 2/6. This new remedy is obtainable only at E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists. 78 Stafford Street, and 21 Arcade, Timaru