NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

'IT:;* X 'linns sum the Ahitaiirn I >:tifv i' a. ’*• 0 v n'-ioits having sold 0;1 t •u-;* if next Sejiteml t r and Oelols-r to a I.mi oi i'u m «t tf-d I”' 1 ' "i. • •T’he man who dims wrong is always :i 1,m1.” 5.;;.l the Chief .lusti-’. Err {{. i--.it- Sic-’it, ill the New Plymouth >Sti|u: , -i” Court (vepul- the ‘‘Tara.mki 11. • (1" >. }li> ilimnl!!' InllUWfCl up ;;t w it?i !)'<• c>u , .-'*r\ t.i;U • qc-dins’ rod liomsty art- lvouircd in the si ;.* , .-i , '--l ii I mail.ig one: t id any bu-i----n« k ss.” '|Tie ear!v 1.-ird cangl’-t the bargain at a hu-'e 'sale of secmid-haml moti.rcars held n New I’lymoiuh a short time ag, (says an exchange). Ihe lir.-t car o:, the auetion hlocx a ;ive-.-.>a t”r English car IDU "Are there any hids:” said the aucliniKMT. Thvro \vi»iv nc> nml lu‘ repeated the question. "A t™" ol '-’ came a voice from the crowd. Ihe engine was ticking over perfectlv. yet no further hid was forthcoming, anti the car was knocked down for -Gin.

“During all the mouths I was lecturing on American plattormx I I’.etei once heard a discourteous word against New Zealand." said Air C. H. I oole. when speaking at Auckland (states the ‘Star'’) He could nut understand why there should lie a certain boisterous element anywhere trying to create dissensions between the two great brunches of the Anglo-Saxon lamily. During his travels lie had lound that the people of America and Canada were appalling ignorant- of New Zealand.'one man having stated that prior to hearing of Air Poole’s^ lectures he bail always thought. New Zealand was a small town in Southern Ulino'®. Oth.’f Americans’hatl congratulated Mr Poole on being able to speak such gootl English.

11l recent isslH* <>l the l-Olldoll “Pailv Mail.” the following appears: den rise in the prices .if essciftial &>««- stulT-s. In less than a fortnight butter lias become dearer bv lid per lb. and bacon bv 2d per lb., while Clip have become much more expensive and bread has none up a halt-penny a Inal. Kecontlv butter has risen irom Is Id to 2s 2d per pound. If housewives "d----cut”down their consumption of butter for n few weeks, dispensing with U altogether if they are not against using margarine or a margarine-butter mixture. the price will become iidrinai a train.” said a provision dealer. • ri.oie is a shortage of all supplies except bilierian and New Zealand butter, and there is no doubt that New Zealand butter lias been unnecessarily increased in price. Why should New Zealand butter increase by £oo a ton when supplies have been entering the emmirv on as bin a scale as ever.' hoven steamers are bringing 100,000 boxes of \cw Zealand butter within the next month, and if housewives relused to pav the price asked for it would he sold at a rcnsonaMo price rather than allowed to go bad.

At a welcome dinner to the Chinese “.Soccer” team in Hamilton one of the Chinese visitors was sjieaking in his native language, and the A lick 1a ml “Star” representative asked his neighbour—one of the Chinese players for a .translation. Tho CT,loose .replied: “J don’t know what lie is saying; he comes from the North and I from the .south-east.; they speak a dill'erent. dialect.” Tho pressman asked: ‘‘AA’oll, how do you manage to speak to each other in tho team?” and the visitor replied, “Oh, we converse in English.”

11l a report- presented to Parliament the Auditor-General says that- the amount of the public debt of New Zealand. as defined in section 2 oT the Act was on March .'list.. IH2I. £121.3!)5,!(!(>. The actual average net rate of interest- earned during the three years to Alareh 31st. 11)2-1, has been ascertained to he L'-1.-l per cent, per annum. T’he sum required to he invested each year at comiiouml interest at l'L-1 per cent., which would in 75 years amount to £l22,()'!').(KN) is £2t(i,315.

AA’heu charged at the Auckland Police Court the other day, before Air Poynton. S.AI.. with being disorderly while drunk (relates the Auekland ".Star”). Alfred .lames .Massey (50), exclaimed: "Acs, that’s right. Can 1 have a word I'” “Acs, hut wait until you hear what the police have to say.” advised -Air Poynton. Sergeant Rowell said that Massey was interfering with women and making use of insulting remarks. "Yer, see 1 in a returned soldier meself. ’ said Alassoy, “and 1 met another old soldier yesterday afternoon, and we celebrated it. yer see. And we had a good day. Vi,didn’t we, Mr Poynton. (Laughter.) AYo also had too many spots. AA’ell, somebody called out to me . ’Hello. Bill Alassev,’ so I makes a speech. (Laughter.) I’m rather sorry, sir, for I always help women I was very drunk yesterday, sir. Alassev wits convicted and lined.