NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17690, 30 July 1919, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tho whalers at Kaikoura had the good wee"" 0 10 capture foUr last A Waifganui hoteikecper advertised recently for a porter. li c received no fewer luan applications for the position One of tho trophies brought homo by a Aki/sterton soldier is a portion of a Zeppelin, which was destroyed during a rjud on London. Are you a connoisseur? Do you recognise flavour, bouquet, etc.? Then visit Win Orossaji, Waterloo Hotel, Ga.versham.... showing tho d-cmand for houses in ivlastcrton, a local tradesman is offering as nigh as £» por w eeJc for a six or sevenroomed dwelling. It is expected that the Waijrakurau sanar■.orium f or consumptive soldiers will be rcudy f or occupation, though not completed, by tlic eno of August. No doubt a number of children and parents wlio visit Pounawea yearly, will bo soiry to hear that the oid donkey named j. Oses died recently. lie was much loved oy too children and was a great source of pleasure to them all. 110 will bo much missed. In the Bouroon" brand of Coffee, flavour, body, and aroma all besjvak qualitv. "Bourbon makes an undeniable appeal to peoplo who appreciate good coffee....' A nasty accident befel Mr T. Harlc whilo assisting with the fireworks at tho peace ce.ebratjons at Kaikoura. A bomb exploded hi his hand, severely lacerating tho nesh and it is foarcd some of the bones arc broken. Tho membership of tho Wangamii branch °t the Returned Soldiers' Association is rapid:y approaching the 800 mark. It is imped, when all the members of the New Zealand Kxpcditionary Forcc are demobi--1000 membership will be well above j:!*!* 1 i S : cont ' n , uo to change hands in this district (says the Te Arolia News). A fair estimate of tho total turnover in farm land within a few miles of To Aroha during . . vear is approximately £400,000 and still thrtro is more to follow. \ liters Chan Lotion—mi a ran teed to euro Kourth or Chapped Hands. — Waters' Pharmacy; 15.... The Mayor of Timani (Mr William Rav'las written to Mr Lawrence Birks, Chief Government Electrical Expert, asking him when tho survey of the line for the transmission of power from Lake Coleridgo to limaru will be made. Mr A. E. Jull, of Waipawa, acoampanied by his daughter, left for a trip to Australia. last week Mr Jull. as chairman o the New Zealand Counties Association, lias gone to inspect tho Victorian system of road-making on behalf of the associated bodies. ~ ■^ ur^n ? th® last week one pneumonic and tnrce mild cases of influenza were reported f"° the Heaith Office for the North Canterbury district, and one mild rase reported lrom South Canterbury.' One death was reported, tao person being a resident of Jjinwood. A Natural Cure for Indigestion—Dr Crossland s Aoxol—2s bottle! Mayor of Asliburton has forwarded 3 telegram to the Minister of Labour asking that the borough of Ashburton be included in the building scheme for workers' dwellings, and pointing out that the borough had suitable reserves availablo for workers on the Glasgow lease. It is understood (says tho Lyttelton Times) that three small grazing inns in Cheviot nave been scheduled for opening up under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, but that owing to the land having been dealt with under_ a special Act some complication has arisen in getting it cut up. Tho matter is being dealt with by the Crown Lands Department. At the Oha.kune Magistrate's Court the other day Ernest Brown was committed for trial at Wanganm Supremo Court, on the charge of committing perjury at Ohakuno on May 16. He was' also committed on tho charge of attempting to bribe ono Sheila Ingram The charges arose'out of a sly grog-selling case. A R,eal -Corn Cure is Waters' Kornbane, Is (posted Is lid). —Waters' Pharmacy, 14 Princes street... *■ lho executive of the Wellington iteturned boldiers' AssocTation has decided to obtain a list of the members of the association who cannot secure homes, and to forward this information to the parent association, with a request that similar informanon be obtained from u!l affiliated associations. When full details are obtained, the position will be reviewed, and a course of action decided on. By his decision in a judgment summons c aim which came, before him in Christohurch last week, Mr T. A. B. Bailev, S.M.. practically ruled _ that it is the duty of a judgment creditor to summon a debtor to appear at the court nearest to whoro ho resides. The claim was for £20 17s Id and was brought by E. Recce. Ltd., against •w • Brld Jv who ha <3 had to travel from \\ aiau. No order was made, for the reason stated. ' T , Bronchia l Coughs, take Woods' Ureat Jfeppermmt Cure... ; A woman giving evidenco at the Timani iolice Court a few days ago gave some advice to cross-examining counsel on married life. After declaring emphatically that

all married couples had their "tiffs." and that it was not to be cxpected that it would be otherwise, ehe admitted that she gave curtain lectures to hex husband, and added that it was advisable for every good* ™i e r«i "Even you have joftr little differences with "your wife," she told the counsel. Counsel denied the soft impeachment, and said that when the witness had finished her little homily he wou?d proceed with the case. At a sports meeting at Ashburt-on on Saturday Mr John Giirns, county chairman, told a good story, states the Guardian. * ' said tliat 59 years ago lie was collecting for the Caledonian sports meeting to bo held at Brown's paddock, and on approaching a certain farmer, now deceased, the latter replied;. "John. I'm ashamed of you collcctmg for a thing like that. Tho country is in a state of bankruptcy. Wo owe £16,OCt),000!" "And now we owe

£200,000,000, and no one worries,'' said Mr Cairns. Hundreds of men will bear testimony to tho excellent \-alue in our box suits. We now offer three special lines in ladies' silk blouses at 16s 6d, 18s 6d, 21s—worth 25 per cent, more money.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiei.... Early on Sunday morning the polico discovered that a cable of electric light plobes extending between the Bank of New Zealand and Messrs Spry's, Limited, had been cut and about 50 globes wore either 'stoTen or broken (states the Southland Times). Tho theft must have been committed at a late hour on Saturday night by someone who was accomplished in the art of climbing. As tho cable was cut and swung loose a number of bulbs were broken against the pillars of tho building, but nevertheless the thief must have made quite a good haul.