NEWS AND NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18165, 1 November 1930, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

INTERESTING ITEMS, The New Plymouth Unemployment Relief' Committee stili has about 60 meh employed on relief works in the borough. Once more the sunny days are here again, and the trees have donned' theii most colourful apparel. Talking of apparel, have you seen the new summer goods now displayed by Alick J. Connell, Men’s Wear Specialist, Wesley Buildings? All the requirements of this season are now to hand, and what a colourful selection. New ties, shirts, socks, • sports wear—they’re all there, and at the right prices, too. Call in and see these lines.

Miniature golf is all the rage in Sydney at the present time. , Mr A. G. Roe, of Palmerston North, who has just returned from a trip across the Tasman, informed the ,Manawatu Times that links had even been built on roofs and down cellars. Leading business Arms ran them 1 and they cost from several hundred pounds to £6OOO in one of Sydney’s suburbs.

Already hundreds of orders for dolls’ prams, tricycles, wooden toys, etc., are pouring into Louden and Hawkins’, Ward Street. By taking advantage of the lay-by system here you can secure those Christmas gifts for the children for a small deposit. Call and inspect the range offered.

A recent visitor to Christchurch was interested to see the increase in the number of native trees and shrubs being planted in the private gardens and open spaces in that city. Christchurch is particularly famous for its English trees, which at this time of year make a ' very pretty showing.

When the early settlers first built their homes in New Zealand they built with timbers from the native forests, and they found that J;hese timbers were ideal, for their requirements. New Zealanders have remained constant, and nowadays order New Zealand timbers from the Sawmillers’ Timber, Trading Company, Ltd., Ward Street, for all classes, of woodwork. This firm can supply the highest grade material direct to any part of the North Island.

‘‘l was at Palmerston North yesterday,” remarked a Wanganui resident, ‘‘and between the showers took a stroll through the Espladade, and diverting from the main track towards the river bank, there I saw a unique sight. A man had a bottle of beer and was pouring it into himself through a tube. I was amazed at first, and spoke to the man. He explained that he had trouble with his throat and he was obviously ill, and the only way he could take food was through this tube. He explained that, of course, he could not taste the beer or any other food, but from the former he obtained the stimulating effect as if he had drank the beer.” There are few people who do not suffer the pain and discomfort of corns —in fact, they are the commonest affliction of man. But they can be easily banished, too, by an application of Forsythe’s Corn Cure, a really wonderful remedy for these foot troubles. Try a 1/6 bottle from H. N. Forsythe, Chemist, Wesley Buildings. A young Italian, Signor Bruni, claims to have invented an apparatus which will completely eliminate atmospheric and electrical interference from broadcast transmissions. The Italian Broadcasting Company has placed a transmitting station at the inventor’s disposal, ..and have already expressed their satisfaction at the results achieved. Has static been conquered at last? In these days of high prices there is consolation in the fact that Findlay’s Bread costs no more than it aid in other years. This nutritious, bodybuilding food is packed full of those health essentials, vitamins, and, besides this, the flavour of Findlay’s Bread makes it popular everywhere. Order from the Bakery. ’Phone 1526.