NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

To date, about £1000 has been collected for the Christchurch Nurses' Memorial. A cablegram, dated London, July 16, received in Wellington on Tuesday, roads: . 'Cotton risen another 3 per cent Still advancing." It is estimated that it will cost about £3000 to repair the damage done to the Waipawa County Council's telephone system by tho recent heavy 6nowfaTL Don't forget to call in as you pass. Visitors always welcome.—Wm. Crossan (proprietor), Waterloo Hotel, Cavorsham.... A considerable area of land is being put down in oats in the Masterton district this season. The area that is being sown in wheat is very, small. It is estimated that £1000 a week is coming into Taumaranui through the new railway arrangements. _ It is stated that an important position m the Royal Air Force has been offered to Major G. Hartgill, a New Zealander, who did splendid work in fighting German aviators during the war. In the "Bourbon" brand of Coffee, flavour, body, and aroma all bespeak quality. "Bourbon" makes an undeniable appeal to peoplo who appreciate good coffee.... _ There is at present a shorta-ge of matches m Invercargill, and practically no boxes but the penny .variety are procurable. It as expected that the market wpl be relieved withm a few days by a .consignment from Dunedin. The Palmerston North and Waihi Borough Councils propose to move at tho Municipal Conference::—" That Parliament be requested to introduce legislation making thr> Saturday half-holiday universal throughout tho whole of the dominion." A block of good bush land was sold in this diEtxict some time ago at £80 odd an acre. At ruling timber rates the bush ia now estimated to he worth anything up to at least half the price paid for the land (says the Levin Chronicle). Waters' Chap LoDon—truaranteed to euro Rough or Chapped Hands. — Waters' Prmrmncy: 15.... • The flaxmins of the Manawatn and Wellington district generally are-now in full running. The market is fairly firm in consequence of American inquiry; but thereis still an element of uncertainty in the American position, due to a considerable reduction in the price of sisal fibre. Mrs Leo Myers, a ■ former, New Zealander, but who is at present living in London, is one;of the delegates "selected to visit the devastated areas of Northern France, through -Sir Harry Brittain's inyitation_ from the Mayor of Lille. A vastly interesting tour has been arranged, reports the British-Australasian. Dr Crossland's iSoxol is sold by all chemists and stores—-2s brittle!... The question of whether a lady had got out of bed when a constable saw her was under oiscussion in the Masterton Court, ihe constable was. asked if fne 'lady had the appearance pf having just arisen from bed. The guardian of the law smilingly replied, "She did not look as if she had just got up. I know pretty well how .they look. They all look alike when they first get out of bed." While a young boy, Joseph Hodge, six

years of age, was playing in a canoe at Oruanui, near Rotorua, on Sunday week, the canoe capsized. The child was sinking for the last time when Mr Sydney Palmer jumpadin and rescued him. The lad was unconscious, but after 20 minutes' work Mr Palmer was able to bring him round. A Real Corn Cure is Waters' Kornbane, is (posted Is l^d).—Waters' Pharmacy, 14Princes street.... In response to an inquiry made, the town clerk of Sydney states that one woman inspector ia employed by the City Council. She holds, ths certificate of the. Royal Sanitary Institute of London, and that of a. trained nurse and midwife. Her salary is the same as that of the men inspectors, beginning at-£212, and rising to £300 per annum. The Wellington Waterside Workers' Union is very proud of its band, which is the only organisation of its kind in New Zealand. In his report to the annual meeting of the union, the president (Mr L. Glover) urged members to do all they couldto encourage the band, which, it was hoped, would be sent on a tour of New Zealand in the near future. Men's box Suits, oeautifuily cut and well made, are now replacing the tailor-made article. Wβ hold a splendid range, and the prices are. very moderate. Also Boys' Suits and Overcoats. If you can't call and inspect thfem, write .•■'■tor.- ati.i Co. Mosjriel..'.. . ■ \ Some of the most beautiful fireworks used in Masterton during the peace- cele»' brations were made in Germany. The' ; ' boxes, which had evidently been imported within very recent times, bore the words in bold type, "Made in Germany." The Oamaru Mail states that overtures have been made for the purchase of the Oamaru Woollen Factory by a very substantial Auckland firm, Messrs Macky, Logan, and CaldwelL • The proposition, ■ which involves part payment in cash and the remainer in ehares in the Auckland ■ ■Company, has .been considered by tho Woollen Factory's directors, , and will pre- "- scntly be placed before the shareholders. ' For Bronchial Coughs, • take Woods'"' Great Peppermint Cure...."- ' For the first. time iii" nine 'years, Mr F. • Horrell, of. Rangiora, failed on'.-Tuesday taf' preside over a meeting of the North Can'--*' terbury Hospital and Charitable Ai<l Board,- " of which he 'has been chairman all thattime (says the Sun). Th~ reason for hia • absence was that a sitting of tho Commission, before which he was giving'"-' evidence, was being held in Rangiora. Until a Tuesday Mr Horrell had not only attended ' every meeting of tho board, but he had been absent from only about four committee meetings since 1810. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, New Zealand's genial High Commissioner, is expected in the dominipn before tho next general elec-. and will, we understand, contest and, easily Clutha seat. Wo believe ho is almost..as-popular in that electorate as Riach .and McLennan, the wonderful house, furnishers, of Anzao Square, Dunedin.... A man named Herbert Fawcett is reported from Methven as missing. Hβ left.Mount Pudding Station on Friday to visit- : friends at AHenton. J3J3 was seen nexfcrt morning on the Three-mile road, between ;: ' Methven and Mounts Sbmers, with a dog> which returned to-the station on Sunday night? Fawcett has- not besn seen since Saturday week. . A search party left Moth-'-Vcn to search in the direction where he was, last seen. . ■