NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1924, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

Hours of sunshine m London in 1923 total 1127, but there were also 7lio(i Hashes of lighting. December was the dullest month ot last year.

London's busiest spot for traffic is Hyde Park Coiner, where, on an average day. 56.060 vehicles pass between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Grand old Scottish endurance is being shown by the suburban Scot, who, a bet, lias tried for the last week to play "Vos, we etc.” on the bagpipes.—Mata lira “Ensign.”

•‘Von are wlmt they call a young shrewd successful business man,” said counsel to a witness at the Assessment point at Grey town (states the “Age”). “You flatter me,” retorted the witness without a smile.

“Wait till you get married mv man,” burst out a judgment debtor excitedly in the Oamaru Court to examining counsel. “Your turn is yet to come, my man! Wait Li 11 you are the father of ten, and you’ll know all about the high cost of living.”— Oamaru “Mail. ’

Inquiry for timber at a Palmerston North vni*il elicited the fact that white pine now costs 2s per hundred more than rimu. Only a few years ago (States the local ‘Times”, the price of white pine was just one-third that of riinu. The making of butter boxes is the cause of th • ,'hanged value.

“I have noticed that the people of New Zealand are a healthier looking lot than those in the United States.” sn-al Dr. J- Miller, during the course oI i, lecture at Dunedin (says the “Star”), “and there are apparently not so many cosmetics used here as there are in the States.” The speaker added that the Xew Zealand Plmiket system would get a winhl-wide reputation, and though the Dominion bail not a monopoly of the system it was handled best in New Zealand.

A laugh was caused at the Auckland Magistrate’s Court by a judgment ileb. «ho was asked by counsel why lie had not paid any money off his account. “I went to the plaintiff. ’ was the reply, “and lie, told me if I could scrape up any money to bring it to him. and not to take it- to his solicitor.”

“If any of you hoys want to smoke cicaret toij,, don’t smoke one. but smoke two or three. You will then probably have no inclination to smoke again, declared Mr C. R. On-Walker S.M at the Wellingthon Magistrate's Court when addressing a number of juveniles, who were charged with the theft of cigarettes at the recent military pageant.

\ little child at Gonville was the victim the other day of what might have proved a much more serious accident than actually occurred (reports the Wanganui “Herald”). It picked up a bottle of lemonade and dropped it, with the result that it exploded with a loud report, shattering the glass in all directions. The child was struck over the-eve with one piece, necessitating the insertion of several stitches, while several other cuts on the face were sustained.