NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20863, 20 October 1937, Page 16

NEWS AND NOTES

The Railway Department advertises particulars of special trains and day excursion fares for the Temuka Labour Represenatives’ Gymkhana on Labour Day. The N.Z.R. Road Services advertise in this issue alterations and additions to road services for Labour Week End. Owing to the Wentworth Hall being engaged to-night the euchre and aggregate will be held on Saturday. In response to many requests, special classes for beginners only have been included in the national dancing section at the Temuka Labour Representation Committee's Gymkhana at the Winchester Show Grounds on Labour Day. The Winchester Domain Board have granted the committee permission to charge admission, adults 6d, cars 6d. Children will be admitted free. H. Allchurch and Co., insert a reminder of the sale of practically new household furniture and effects which they are holding at their rooms. The Rialto. Beswick Street, at 2 o’clock today. Further particulars will be seen in the auction column. Mr Hector Mclntosh was appointed supervisor of the district of the Canterbury, Westland, and Marlborough Pig Council at a meeting of the council in Christchurch. For four years Mr McIntosh was South Island secretary of the Pig Marketing Association. A new section, dedicated to the memory of Queen Astrid, is to be added to the Edith Cavell-Marie Depage Institute for Nurses in Brussels. “When we were at school we learned French with ardour in the hope that if we mastered it we could go anywhere in Europe; but almost everywhere we went, from the Scandinavian countries to those of southern Europe, we found German spoken, or at least understood, by many more than understood French.” The Rev. L. A. North said this in an address to the Baptist Union Assembly at Christchurch, when he was describing his attendance .at a youth congress in Zurich. Addresses at the conference had been given in both German and English, he said, and the popularity of the German tongue with delegates from many countries had been a big surprise. By the retirement at the end of the month of Captain R. S. Judson, V.C.. D.C.M., M.M.. the New Zealand Staff Corps, and Auckland military circles in particular, will lose one of their most distinguished and popular of serving officers. Captain Judson has reached the age limit for his rank and is being transferred to the retired list. The likelihood of an increase in the price of articles manufactured in Japan because of a shortage of raw materials in that country was mentioned by Mr H. G. Nauta, a banker from Sourabaya in the Dutch East Indies, in an interview at Westport last week. He said that an increase in the price of Japanese goods had already beeir noticed in Sourabaya, where the Japanese owned large retail stores. Facing a shortage of raw materials, which could be replaced only at a much higher cost than before, Japan had been forced to increase the cost of her manufacturers. Mr Nauta said that over a period of months there had been a gradual increase of almost 20 per cent in the selling price of Japanese goods. New Zealanders usually spend little time in praising the merits or beauty of gorse plants. But when the Rev L. A. North, of Christchurch, was visiting England recently he was shown, in one particularly good private garden, a special plot put aside for the growth of a gorse bush. “Do you know that in a short time that bush will be a mass of gold?” the owner asked Mr North, and the visitor could do nothing but counter with the question, “Do you know that in New Zealand that plant comes under the Noxious Weeds Act?” England had an advantage in one way, however, said Mr North. It had many beautiful species of wild flowers growing in profusion, and he could wish, after seeing England’s spring, that the Dominion had more wild flowers. Art unions conducted by the State to supplement hospital finances were urged by the Kairanga County Council when a report was received of the intention of the Palmerston North Hospital Board to embark on further heavy capital expenditure to provide needed accommodation for both patients and nurses. No action was taken pending the announcement of the details of the national health scheme proposed by the Government. The same question was discussed by the Manawatu County Council, when the proposal was advanced that a substantial part of the cost of hospital maintenance could be met by the imposition of a direct tax on wages similar to the unemployment levy. A larger Government subsidy was also advocated, as well as art unions, although it was recognised that the latter could not possibly completely finance hospital work. It was announced that a conference of local bodies contributing to the Palmerston North Hospital was to be held to discuss the matter. Worm Syrup—Ayres’s Worm Sy/uo will quickly dispel all kinds of worms from the system. It is a purely herbal mixture and is a mild laxative and x tonic t the system. If your 'hild is peevish and restless, grinds the teeth, rias a bad breath with constant thirst, irritatio. of the nose or is restless tn its sleep these are sure signs of v arms being present in the system. A few doses ol this remedy and your child will be happy and healthy once a; ’-*. Price 2/6, postage 6d extra. E. O. Ayres, Ltd., chemists. Timaru. .. Coughs and Tronchitis.—Always oe tree from coughs and bronchitis this winter and keep a bottle of Ayrc“s russo on b-'ncL A few doses soothes that irritating cough and makes eathing easier. It loosens the phlegm ind clears the bronchial tubes. Equally effective for hoarsen and sere throats. Price 1/6 and 2/1 bottle, postge 6d extra. £. C. Ayres. Ltd., •hemist Timaruu