NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

A Maori who wants to dispose of some, of his surplus stork before 'Xmas writes in tt local butcher as tollows: (relates the Wanganui "Herald") : “I 'si'cot von want to buy some bull-stag and also pig. it is a good heel lor a tin ot men it and also good pig for a bacon.- Trusting me, y.jiir, etc.” A,- a result of the prohibition of the use of hoses iu gardens, the water "supply position iu Napier is now norma! (says the 'Daily Telegraph"). During tie- latier part of last month, the 11, nsumption exceeded the supply by i;p;i gallons per day. En;thermore the total increase tor the month ima- | aretl with November ol last year was .370,000 gallon-. “You've got a gaud hit of a temper, haven't your" asked a husband et ~ wife in a maintenance ease al the llnwera Court, on |-inlay. “I Inn dmnot touch this ease," interpellated .dr A. S. Bart-ni, S..M. “it vne community had to support every worn;'a with :i temper we would have to rearrange - iety."—-‘'Taranaki Daily News." Mr It. W. Simpson, speaking al the welcome tendered to him at Timnru on

a recent evening, related an amusing experience which had befallen him while in the Old Country, ile had noticed I .ay- the "BosU’l in a shop last duly sunn- peaela-s. ticketed hall-n-erow ti. On entering the shop and asking for a pound of the peaches, he bail been intnrnied that tln-y were hall-a-cmw n each. "Needless to say,” said NTr Simpson. "I did not buy a pound! A notice, straight to the point, was seen amongst the exhibits ill the UiiHganui Amateur Radio Clubs exhibition on a recent evening (says lie’ Wanganui "Herald"). It was worded -Hands oil ! The hoys have lent- their gem- lor exhibition and don't want it mauled. Eve- only uti. Another sign warned "Keep your hands oil'. Put them in \uiir pockets. Wireless gear is delicate, and the owners are lossy about their -et-." The sidli-h manner in which the thirsty individuals invite Imtelkepers to run the risk of breaking the licensing laws w as commented on by Mr A. M. Mowlem. S..M, in the Magistrate's Court at New Plymouth recently (says the "Daily News"), "it i- manifestly unfair," he said, “that any man. no matter Imw thirsty he is, should go into an hotel and ask the licensee to rid; having his lie,-use endorsed. Tt i- unfair, yet we know that men do it every day ill the week, or at least every night in the week." Under the present law -.-ays tin Auckland "Star"), a com may be called up nut only to support las own children, but his grandchildren. A case was culled before Mr U. K. Hunt. S.M., on I'Viday morning in which :t ihnu-lilt r-in-law , sought mainti-nani e Irani the children's grandfather. Ihe

application was. however, withdrawn. Cottn-el for the gramlliUher asked lor costs, as evidence had to he taken at Nelson. Mr limit -aid he would grant one guinea costs, as it might prevent the ease being brought mi again. A small finny of weasels formed up in marching' order on l-’riday nllernno;, .in vliranl hind I aside the Man -oliike St M am. New Plymouth, and proceeded on to Minify St:net. int-uiding to use :■ is a- a bridge to false them to the other l.itnlc Ul the -tl-.-’-U. Tiny met il ihln-n in the way home I'iom school, and the children v ere (Tightened. Sumo h.iiriigh workmen, : i n--- I with shovels. t,.-|j .-I dill'o --m eomph-xiou no the it.:i however, iitlm-king the weasc-l-and killing a nttmher. Mr ('. Hos'kin nci nred one as a iiephy am! brought it I i the "Taranaki lb-raid ' ofileo a pri.of t hat the weasels |t -l the halt 1 -- ■ I v :i- a- toiii'he-, in lieui re- out I v (iiar £or,,OOll.bt’ll is sp.-i.t anim.-illy by Amei iei'ii tourists visit ing lluinile.lu. and this i- largely dm- In the active publicity eiimpiiign that i- undertaken there." said dir Ceoige i'eawiek at a li'nelienn in the I'edt-r.-d Lonin-. Inveteargill (n-pnl'ls a southern exchange) “’these Americans do not know nu' rtrtittg about our tilt ractintis, :,ml il ijiev did I urn sure a big n’rt f -nl;n:,e of them would visit lh".--e slnn-es. I'" r |,ids .si.iti- of all’airs I lilaire ti e present Govei'iimeiit and ills' pa-t ones who have been niggardly in the exti'oute in ;up.ertising nor wotehrtu! altiin-timis. Nine mouth.-, aim a lady. w'lulo hoarding the Wanganui river steamer at Te Tulii landing, dropped overhoartl her hand-hag emilaining a gold watch, money, a bottle of perfume ami xnndries. hast week (says the Mangaimi “Clironiele ). when the ti'.et was low. and the water clear, another lady, while standing on the r l e lulu landing saw an object beneath the surface. and got a native buy t-n retrievo i!. it was the missing bag. and witn its run ten I s was duly restored tn ti"' owner. The watch had siiil'ered somewhat as the result of the long immersion. but the money was as good coin of the realm as when it disappeared.

A strange rose bush has been grown in New Plymouth by Mr 3 • Down ~: iy s the "Taranaki Herald"). His of i lie tea-scented variety, with I airly (lowers, in addition to the usuai stamens, the centre of each (lower beat*

growing shunt, on which are Puds which presumably wall roll!-- In maturity as H'-e slmots dcielep. 1 I is a kind of two-story llower. lie stum of the fust Howvi lushing m tl.rniigli the centre and '>e:inng eilnu' the, el-- above the lir>l one. This is not ;U1 uncommon freulc I" be noticed on

.. ,j„e;!o I:*jiinli. hut in tins earn it j ; reunited tlmt the whole hu,h m'i'i'cH'il. The tliiu- i'ihil'l ''W l ™ l ' vel '- v interesting if the I.u«ls on tlu- growing t, iKM-omo flower* :"Kl l'c-liavo in ~,ivli through llioiu Hint <n-vr-lop httds in their turn. How far " 11 ;

A resident of Binuinoham. was “listening-in" out? evening "lion a run ri nil nom- was nntieod in 1 ■phones. He Imp-petted hi be htoins tin* window itnd not Seed *i luigi.- r '* teoric trail su-ross the -';y As (11 brightness of this lncreas.-d the ton in the 'phones grow louder. tiwii <|<ini abruptly failed away, lhe nthm •> - t urronre was oven more curious. In this ease a la.mlnn amateur, who,, • ......... ,I'WO to a railway lmr.so is '*-*> ■ . (steam'), was annoyed liv a sene, loud tappings in the 'phones e\ r. Si. 'L, i- ™'r v ;:s -»»a* r:"Z;C L quite unsuccessful. the tapping ' , )ei „„ recorded even when no earth at all was u,ed. “ was diseovered that spnrU < 1 obtained front the aerial hu . when trait's were passing on tin line.

.Tud'dim hv "hat Dr. Kohlenberg. - Gishoute. saw on he recent tour m Britain, the unemployment dm ... is unhantulv. mute as h.ul as been painted in the T'm,s sent out to this nonunton lh ua pathetic aspect of the trouble, he told pat tit. s • the. , enormous a “nnies npotui. Mt.tnher of ex-sen-ice.nen who had. P>foree. to remain on the lists die. .1 list as German bands used U wander through New 7M twenty rViirtv veal’s ago, so do band* c(. prising partially disabled or workless

soldier* travel up and-down. Britain, playing in the streets and taking up 0.-jltoctions. It' was heart-rending to listen to the hard luck stories told by some of the married unemployed soldiers who were .prepared to do anything for a erust. Lie had been told 1,-.- one of them ihnt-n.lt that he could

get to do was to take over a st-ieet newspaper stand for an hour at night, whilst it- •'proprietor" went tor his dinner. And tic temporary newspapei vendor was a married man with font children.

' A settler in the hack country, whose child was ill, recently had occasion to sent t" a Wanganui chemist for some medicine, and the latter duly forwarded it along with written instructions ~- it s use. Unfortunately (remarks the Wanganui ''Chronicle”), culigraphy wits not the chemist's strong point. The writing lexemhled a cross between Egyptian hieroglyphics and a Chinese pakapoo ticket, and neither the settler nor anybody else could make head or tail oi it. KoiTunately the child re-

covered without the prescription being deciphered.

In recalling the fashions of “ye olden days" at the Rotary Club luncheon in Wellington, Mr H. 11. Miller !-(.],-rreil to the scn-ational appearance of the lirsi silk hiit, made in the streets of London. A man by the name ot Met lie ringtoii came out walking one day in a brilliant hat. Crowds iollowed him. women fainted, and children screamed. One child sustained o broken arm in the rush. Hetheringtoii was arrested, and prevented from wearing the hiit because it caused a hreael;

of the peace. The newspapers took up a (lill'cicnt attitude, however, and i hey prophesied that the silk hat would become very popular. I hey deprecated the arrest of I letheringloii.