NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19861, 26 July 1934, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Get one of Mr Solomon’s suits before Thomsons' get into pressure. It really pays you!! ! Looks smart and flt for years if you wish. The materials —best procurable—bought favourably. “There’s nothing like flannel.” All those and other woollens secured at the right time. Last few days! Odd skeins wool 4d, all wool cashmere hose sewed backs, all shades, 2/6 pair; special lot gloves and hose, all 6d pair. Seeing is believing 27in. rug canvas 3/-, zipp fasteners 6d up, ladies’ suspender belts, last week 2/6, 36in silks, plain and check effects 1/- yard, 36in printed silks for 1/11, oddments 6d yard, 27in. velveteens, special value 1/6, natural P.K. Fuji silk 1/6. The harbinger of next spring! Striped shoot silks 2/4id, 27in

Buffeted in the recent stormy weather, a young albatross, with a v,l-ig-spread of about five feet, alighted near the house of Mr and Mrs A. C. Bendall, at Frankleigh Park, New Plymouth. It was captured by Mr Bendall after a slight struggle, and subseqquently identified as a speckled albatross by Mr W. W. Smith. The bird was liberated on the beach at East End, whence, in spite of its apparent weakness, it flew out to sea before nightfall. It is rare for albatrosses to be driven into the Taranaki coast.

To-morrow at 1.30 p.m. at the Wentworth Auction Mart Messrs Runciman Pryor, Ltd. will offer for public auction 3 pianos, 2 electric ranges and general household furniture.

“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

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

The renewal of the building .-..ibsidy is expected to be specially beneficial in Hamilton, where there has been a housing shortage for many years. During the last year or 8u '.he position has become acute and land agents have scores of names on their books of people seeking bungalows "to rent or to lease. The subsidy is also expected to stimulate investment in town houses and land, so that by the end of the year the position is likely to be considerably relieved.

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 colds in the head, and this remarkable remedy will promptly break up the most stubborn attack, and therefore prevent complications setting in. Price 2/6 per bottle. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., 78 Stafford Street, Timaru

Gisborne-grown oranges, which rival some of the imported varieties for size, flavour, and juice content, are now coming on the northern markets in increasing quantities, and are selling readily in the shops. The number ofj the better varieties available in the Gisborne district has been increasing each year. Much attention has been given by several citrus growers to the better type of orange suitable for the district, and they find that they are able to supply an ever-widening demand for these sorts, which are becoming popular with a section of the public.

Handling of the checked luggage ef passengers who use the popular interisland booking system of the Railways Department is done as quickly as possible, in the ordinary course of the traffic. As a safeguard against any delay, passengers between the North and South Islands are advised to cheek their luggage the day before their departure. Thus it will be despatched in advance of them and will be ready for immediate delivery to them on arrival at their destination.

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, 7 Ltd., 78 Stafford Street, Timaru. . /..

A high-class programme lias been arranged for the Scottish Society's monthly concert to be held to-night. Two hours’ dancing will be held after the concert, and a pleasant evening is assured.

Scientists of the British Government have established a laboratory foi research on skidding. In one of their tests a miniature motor car chassis with one set of its wheels locked, is catapulted along a model road, while a chart records the extent of its skid. A motor cycle side-car, with a hinged wheel, is employed in a corresponding test. The wheel is locked while the machine is moving, and an' automatic recorder registers what happens. The experimenters hope to prepare antiskip road surfaces.

A small pearl was discovered by Mr J. R. Washburn, of Hamilton, in an oyster recently purchased at a Hamilton fish shop.

The associated trading banks in Melbourne have decided upon a maximum charge of 5 per cent per annum for primary producers. They are charging 43 per cent per annum in the case of public hospitals and churches, the new rates to operate from July 4. Advice from Sydney states that trading banks with headquarters there have adopted a “maximum current rate for advances of 5 per cent per annum as from July 1.

Several children under the age of 16 years have been charged in the Children’s Court in Wellington recently with the possession of airguns, and the weapons have been confiscated. Two cases came before the court the other day. One boy had aimed at some children on a passing lorry, one of whom was hit on the face and had to receive medical attention. In the other case two boys were charged. One was the owner of a gun, and the other had fired at an electric light globe and broken it. As Is the case with firearms proper possession of an airgun by children is illegal.