NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20097, 2 May 1935, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

At 2.30 p.m. to-day on the site just off Brenda Street, Watlington, A. N. Oakey and Co. will submit to auction 16 acres 37 perches of land under instructions from the mortgagee. Full particulars appeared in last Saturday's “Herald.”

H. Allchurch and Co. advertise a reminder of the sale to-day of roofing iron, timber and general building material on the premises 37 Sophia Street (next to the Public Trust Office). The sale will commence at 1.30 p.m. and everything will be sold without reserve.

The many friends of Archdeacon Godfrey in Christchurch and South Canterbury will regret to learn thai;, owing to very serious eye trouble, he has been obliged to tender his res gnation to the Bishop of Melanesia. Mr Godfrey is an old Christchurch boy, and on joining the Melanesian Mission in 1918 was stationed at Raga, New Hebrides. Later he was appointed warden of St. Paul’s Training College for native teachers and ordinands at Lolowai, and two years ago he was made Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia, which comprises the New Hebrides, Banks, Reefs and Torres Islands. His retirement will mean a very serious loss to the mission.

A British manufacturer has brought out a device for protecting sleepwalkers. It consists of a beam of invisible ultra-violet light and a photoelectric cell. When the somnambulist begins his walk, his body intercepts the beam falling on the cell. The latter then throws a relay, ringing an alarm.

An instance of the strong pride of race which is inherent in the Scottish people was given by Mr C. S. Thomas in his address to the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club on Tuesday. After referring to the grandeur of the Scottish national war memorial, he described how an elderly woman, bent and supporting herself by means of a stick, was assisted across the building to the Cameramans’ roll of honour. When the woman’s daughter suddenly pointed to a name in the pages of the national scroll the old woman steadily drew herself erect with pride, and without a word walked unsupported from the building. Outside, she remained as straight as any woman thirty years her junior, as she mingled with the crowd.

A vogue for New Zealand greenstone as an article of jewellery was predicted by Mr Prosper Ralston, who arrived at Auckland from England with the object of collecting the raw material. Mr Ralston has spent many years in the opal trade, and visited the 'Dominion last year to gather paua shell in Stewart Island, both for the irridescent shell and for the “green pearls” assecciated with it. Nerve Tonic: Ayres’ Nervita is the best tonic to take when you feel run down and the nervous system is all unstrung. It is rejuvenating and strength giving when you are depressed through overwork or worry. It quickens circulation, improves the appetite and increases muscular power. As a remedy for neuritis it is unequalled and can be taken by the most delicate persons, as it assists digestion, and is recommended wherever a restorative and vitalising medicine is required. Price 2/6 and 3/6 a bottle. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 78 Stafford Street, South, Timaru

Indigestion: When you feel that your digestive organs are not working properly, if you suffer from severe stomach pains, wind or fullness after eating, or acidity of the stomach, try our indigestion mixture. You will enjoy quick relief. This mixture contains those ingredients which aid indigestion and tone up the nerves of the stomach. Price 2/6 and 4/6 a bottle, E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemist, 78 Stafford Street South, Timaru