NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19768, 9 April 1934, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

There is a scarcity of eggs for sale in Invercargill at present (says the "Southland Times”). Most of the grocery stores are giving 1/8 a dozen for eggs and retailing them for 2/- a dozen, although one Arm is buying them for 1/7 and retailing them at 1/10. The general retail price is in the vicinity of 2/- a dozen.

The Meat Board intends to send instructors on tour during the coming winter to give dairy farmers advice on pig raising, according to a statement by the chairman of the board, Mr David Jones. Mr Jones stressed the importance of the pig industry to the dairy farmer, especially at this period of low butter-fat values. It was essential that the pigs should be bred on modern lines.

It is very obvious that there will be a scarcity of winter cabbages in Wanganui this year, owing to the ravages of the white butterfly grubs (states the “Wanganui Herald”). A number of market gardeners are concentrating on growing silver beet and various varieties of spinach instead of cabbages for winter use. Supplies of cabbages at the marts have been very limited of late, one supplier being a Chinaman, who sprays continuously. Supplies are also being sent in by a Waverley grower, who does not seem to be troubled much by the butterfly. The retail market is also drawing on Pukekohe to help to meet orders.

Elastic hosiery for varicosft veins. Special quality; seamless; British made. Fresh supply just arrived from England. Ask for “Argo” quality. Prices reasonable from L. B. James, Prescription Chemist, Timaru.

Real fur collars for coats 7/11 up, at Thomsons’. Fashionable felt hats, 96 one Auckland range last week, 5/11, 6/11 mostly. Another case of 54 ex “Rangitane” real fur felt, chic designs, 7/11, 8/6, 10/6, Angora numbers 7/11 to 12/11; delightful, taking well this season. Smart London dress goods along with Roslyn and Kaiapoi, Timaru production secured early to advantage. The great emporium for coats, frocks, apparel generally. Looked up old friends, too, Auckland to Dunedin in coats, nobly they rose to occasion. Timaru about best dressed city in New Zealand this season. Conglomeration ring velvets, wedding and evening functions. Great novelties, coats, frocks, lingerie, corsetry, lower freights to our door and specialists bring their goods down to ready money prices

A Popular Tonic. Recently a Christchurch resident was visiting Timaru for health’s sake. A friend recommended him to take Ferovin (beef and iron wine) made by E. C. Ayres, Ltd. Since then his health has improved wonderfully, It is splendid for building up the system, revitalising the blood, adding zest and promoting the appetite. Try it. Large bottle 4/6 at E. C. Ayres. Ltd., chemv.ts, 78 Stafford St. South, and 21 Arcade. Timaru

Skaters enjoyed the long session on Saturday night and the varied programme kept the crowd on the floor right to the end. The Monte Carlo was won by Miss N. Woodward and Mr A. May. The usual afternoon and evening sessions will be observed during the week and the usual prices will be charged. Further particulars will be seen on the front page of this issue.

Nominations for election to school committees must be handed to the chairmen of the various committees by this evening.

Rheumatism Banished. “Easier said than done,” you say. Its really not a difficult matter, however, if you get a bottle of Ayres’s Rumatox. We are continually getting letters of thanks from customers who had suffered from this complaint. Rumatox neutralises the uric acid and eliminates it from the system. No matter if your case is long standing this striking remedy will give you quick results. Price 2/6 and 4/6, from E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 78

So great has been the demand for the Cookery Calendar recently issued by the South Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes that the whole of the first issue has been immediately sold out, and the committee placed an order for a second edition which is now ready; copies of which are available at the Women’s Institute Depot, 141 Stafford Street, or from the printer, Hector C. Matheson, 52 Stafford Street. The calendar is arranged in a unique way in that the recipes are set out according to the season in which the ingredients are available. The collection is a well-tested and exceptionally fine range of pudding and savoury recipes, and will prove a valuable asset in every kitchen.

The Railway Department advertises in this issue that for the convenience of patrons travelling to the A. and P. Show at Winchester the 8.35 a.m. Christchurch-Invercargill down express train and the up express train leaving Timaru at 4.34 p.m. on April 12, will stop at Winchester to set down and pick up passengers, respectively.

A Timaru ex-pupil of the Main School is giving the Diamond Jubilee cake in connection with the celebrations to be held in October next. The donor was heartily thanked for his most useful and generous offer.

The Ashburton Acclimatisation Society has begun to free pheasants on selected farms all round the Ashburton county, and within the next week or so about 140 birds will have been liberated from the society’s pheasantry at Tinwald in lot 6 of three pairs. Last year about 70 pheasants were freed and reports received by the society indicate that young birds bred this season have been seen at Alford Forest. The areas chosen are districts where there is plenty of natural cover, such as bush and riverbed growth. The birds will be protected for a year or so, until they become firmly established.

According to Mr P. J. O’Shea, a prominent Brisbane solicitor, a through passenger by the Niagara to Vancouver, Queensland is emerging from the depression, and business is in a much healthier condition than has been the case for some years. “All the balance sheets I have seen for some time are showing improvement,” he said, “and the people are again commencing to spend. The wool men are right up in the air, as they have received 1/3 a lb as against prices which ranged from 61d to 7d. We are producing 95 per cent, of the sugar made in the Commonwealth, and find it necessary to export 48 per cent. Last year Queensland produced nearly 600,000 tons of sugar.”