NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19860, 25 July 1934, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

The eminent value Thomsons’, the drapers, show. Blankets bring customers from country homes as well as townspeople, fair sizes, all wool, from 15/6, to selections of the best mills; the goods are really sound and reliable, All wool navy Bruce bloomers 3/9 to 4/11, misses’ sizes, all wool ladies’ cardigans, heavy weight 9/11; cheaper goods from 6/6. all wool jumpers 3 '• six colours; oval mats now opened 111 to 3/11. floss wool 1/3 'b, crepe knitting silk 1/6, 9 colours, a continual demand. The coats and frocks enhance the reputation of the firm, straight out prices for reliable comfortable goods. These linens, too, the men’s underwear, never have seen more comfortable goods, perfect in every way, and cheap too. The tailoring most attractive; dressmaking equally good Publications embodying % crime stories in flamboyant details ami other publications that are derogatory to national sentiment are likely to be denied entry into Australia. The Minister of Customs (Mr White) said on July 2 that he was considering banning such works, many of which did not come within the description, "blasphemous, indecent, or obscene.” which would bring them under the ban. of the censorship committee. Such works, nevertheless, at times were capable of exercising a damaging influence, and he was inquiring whether they could be banned by proclamation, the method now used to check the entry of revolutionary and seditious publications. "Imacure” will stop the most troublesome cough in a few minutes. It will immediately remove that tickling in the throat which is so very annoying. Price 2/6 a bottle from L. B. James, prescription chemist, Timaru "The new destroyers Eclipse and Esk. called after British warships which served in the Maori Wars. 1863-65, have recently been laid down, and the branch is uniting with the other branches in New Zealand to present to these new ships commemoration plates,” states the annual report of the Wellington branch of the Navy League. ‘ ‘These plates will shortly be completed, and put on view before being despatched to England, where Sir James Grose, on behalf of the New Zealand branches, will present them.” Reference is also made in the report to the compliment the Admiralty has paid New Zealand by naming one of the new sloops H.M.S. Wellington. This warship is to replace the sloop Laburnum, and is due in New Zealand waters early next year. Men, see the latest "Monarch” brand shoe, with the Hykide leather soles. These soles outlast two ordinary pair. Souter's busy shoe store are sole agents for Timaru. Stocked in half sizes Waiting jurors notified to attend the Supreme Court to-day, are not now’ required, and are accordingly discharged. Influenza and Head Colds. —There is no better remedy for influenza and head colds than Febro. It quickly relieves those aches and pains, and reduces temperature promptly. Take Febro at the first symptoms of ’flu or I colds in the head, and this remarkable ! remedy will promptly break up the 1 most stubborn attack, and therefore : prevent complications setting in. Price i 2/6 per bottle. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., 78 ! Stafford Street, Timaru The N.C.O. Club’s fancy dress mas- | querade will be held in the Drill Hall j to-morrow. What is believed to be the first yak j exhibited in New 7 Zealand, and cer- 1 tainly the first in Auckland, arrived 1 by the Niagara this week, and was j transhipped to its future home in the | Auckland Zoo. Another zoo acquisi- ! tion brought by the same vessel was a j female jaguar. Both animals were ; obtained from the Taronga Park Zoo. in Sydney. The yak is a very fine specimen of a young male, and stands about four feet high at the shoulder. It belongs to the oxen group, and might be described as a diminutive ox with a hump. It has long, dark brown glossy hair and a bushy tail. The ; jaguar is about four years old. and is j an excellent specimen. It will be a companion for the male jaguar which has been at the zoo for some time. Bronchial Coughs and Colds on the Chest.—Take a tried and proven remedy made by a chemist of experience. Tusso is what we recommend. It is simply wonderful for bronchitis or the stubborn cough so prevalent at present. It quickly effects the removal of phlegm from the chest, relieves congestion and makes breathing easier. Price 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., 78 Stafford Street, Timaru One of the largest schools of blackfish ever seen off the Taranaki coast was sighted moving southwards past New Plymouth towards dusk on Tuesday evening last (states the "Taranaki Herald.”) It was estimated that there were about 30 fish in the school. They were first sighted about 5 o’clock in the area between the Saddleback, Moturoa, and Lion Rock Islands, and even from a distance of a mile they made an impressive sight as they proceeded slowly along the coast. The fish were spread out over a fairly large area and were travelling in pairs. A party of five Moturoa residents put off nn a launch for nearer inspection. At close quarters the blackfish appeared to average about 20 feet in length and about 12 feet in girth. An attempt was made to catch one for examination. but although the Jhase was spectacular, there was no success. The speed of the launch w’as no match for the agility of the blackfish, wrhich merely swam quickly ahead when the launch came too close, and then resumed their steady progress southwards. The party spent nearly an hour in attempting to trap one of the school. Mr W. W. Smith, the wellknown naturalist, said it was part of the annual migration of the species to deep waters, below the South Island. The whole of the whale species, of which the blackfish was a member, made this migration for breeding purposes at some time during the year. He said the blackfish would remain in the south for about two months. The final of the Main School waltzing competition resulted in favour of Miss Thomson and Mr Petrie. Mr C. E. Kerr, chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Committee presented the trophies, and mentioned that in response to numerous requests the card and dance management committee was commencing a plain schottische com■nfit.it.ion_