NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22985, 14 September 1936, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

"A record since the baths were established,” commented Cr A. H. D. Mayne at a recent meeting of the Napier Borough Council when drawing attention to the fact that 1028 baths were taken during the month. Of these 524 were by local residents and 504 by visitors. Apart from visitors from 39 towns in New Zealand, there were others from London, Australia, and Italy. Ashpans (black, brass, or copper fronts) made to fit your grate. Also, log box linings, etc., made to order.— Dickinson’s, Ltd., sheet metal workers, 245 Princes street... Not a few Karori residents, whose gardens are their pride, have recently encountered a trouble in addition to dhe difficulties of Nature which furrow the brow of the amateur horticulturist,Nocturnal raids by plant thieves have despoiled many a garden of its most prized contents. One man lost seven prize rose bushes, which the thieves selected with nice discrimination from a bed of 12, and from the glasshouse in the backyard of another place several pot plants were stolen. Prevention of such crimes is difficult, as the identification of plants is almost impossible, and the only successful action would be the catching of the robbers in the act.

Now that the new goods are out, the freshness of spring pervades Grays Big Store at Milton. Procure your supplies there, thereby transferring some of this freshness to your home... The underlying cause that had brought so many together to join in the rally was the spirit of friendship, stated Professor Maxwell Walker at the great gathering of Orphans at the Auckland Town Hall recently. “ Many things in life’s garden have got to be uprooted,” he added, “ but there is one flower that grows too deep to be uprooted —the flower of friendship, without which life would not be worth while.” Gumboots and shovels were two necessary items of equipment for a Wanganui ambulance van which received an urgent call the other morning to Ngamatapouri, 30 miles from Waitotara, and away in the “ back of beyond.” An elderly man, who was an inmate of a workers’ camp, became ill. and before the ambulance could reach him he had to be carried on an improvised stretcher over seven miles of rough country. The Reserve Bank Directorate: Wullie Crossan, of the Waterloo, has not so far been offered a seat on the board, but in his reserve he has the best spirits maturing... Occasionally a ray of sunshine brightens the unhappy lot of the tax collector. Once in a while the rara avis among taxpayers, the man who pays pheerfully, without questioning the amount and the demand, brings a smile to the face of the local body officer concerned with the receiving of rates. Such (says the Napier Telegraph) was the experience of Mr W. J. Pallot, clerk of the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board, recently, when he received the following letter from a ratepayer, who, at the time, was staying at Waikaremoana:—“l am in receipt of your demand for overdue rates. I was unaware that any were due, except this year's rates. I have all my receipts In my home, but it is not convenient for me to go there at present. I am enclosing the money due and also that required to meet the demand I received last week. I am one of those almost extinct specimens who pride themselves on being out of debt. I prefer an empty stomach if I cannot obtain employment./ Never mind, it’s only for a life-time. If it was for a day longer I’d give up the ghost. Don't think me mad, but a smile is worth more than unpaid rates, eh what! ” . Grandism (2983): Something good for everybody, at everybody’s price— Douro Invalid Port Wine, our fine blend, 5s bottle. The Grand Hotel... While engaged in seine net fishing operations off Moko Hinau Island in tjie Hauraki Gulf recently, the crew of the trawler St. George landed several unusually large schnapper. One outstanding specimen was carefully weighed, and turned the scales at 251 b. Although every catch brings in a varied assortment of sizes, it is seldom that schnapper grow to such large proportions. A Napier business man who had overlooked a small account at the shop of a friend was considerably surprised the other day to receive an account that could hardly be read for rubber stamps pointing out the fact that the bill was overdue. There were seven of them, all different and of varying sizes, one hinting vaguely at action by a solicitor, one pointing out that the postage incurred in sending a small : account so often was excessive, and all 1 asking bluntly for payment. As the i merchant from whom the bill had been | received was a friend, the following reply was sent:—“As you have the money for so many flippant rubber stamps, you can have no need to draw upon my slender salary.” Ex Fordsdale and Rangitata, our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica. Only from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin... “There might be one over,” said a man in the Police Court the other day when he was shown his long list of previous convictions and asked whether it was correct, “There will be one over in a minute,” said the magistrate, Mr F. K. Hunt, imposing a sentence of one month’s imprisonment. A large amount of building is in progress at the seaside resort of Paraparaumu, where annually a number of homes are added to the growing beach township. Many of the houses are for people who have retired to live permanently at Paraparaumu, which pqssesses one of the finest beaches on the west coast of the North Island. When a man at the gold mines in Kalgoorlie or Coolgardie, in Western Australia, is thirsty, he takes a drink of waiter which has come 350 miles and has taken three weeks to reach him, according to information given by Mr R. H. Nesbitt, Australian Trade Commissioner, when answering a question regarding irrigation after he had addressed the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce at Timaru recently. Mr Nesbitt referred to the huge irrigation schemes in different parts of the Comonwealth, mentioning that one-third of the country had a rainfall of less than 10 inches a year. In some parts, he saiß, no rain had fallen for three years, so that irrigation was essential.

Special showing of curtains, cretonnes, shadows, hearth rugs, squares, and linos, this week. See special window and interior display. All new goods. Prices right. Buy now.— The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse. A. F. Cheyne and C 0...

' A Palmerston North schoolboy with a penchant for mathematics is the proud possessor of an electric clock which is kept going by a one cell battery weighing 21b. In this is stored power to propel the one-pound ‘flywheel of the clock 15 times a minute for 15 months. Thus he demonstrates that the power of electricity is greater than any other known force in the universe. His two-pound battery,, smaller than a *pint bottle, exercises a force equal to 4399 tons in 15 months, about 293 tons per month, or nearly 10 tons a day. How the Old Colonists’ Museum came into being was related by Mr W. D. Lusty, a member of the Auckland Historical Society, at a meeting of the society in the museum recently. Mr Lusty said when in Dunedin in 1911 he visited the Otago Eearly Settlers’ Museum, and, as a result of being impressed with the excellence of that collection, he suggested the establishment of a similar museum in Auckland. The then Mayor, Sir James Parr, and the late Mr Henry Shaw, then a member of the City Council, whom he consulted, were favourably impressed with the idea, and the Mayor brought the matter before the council. The council and a number of prominent citizens, including the late Dr T. W, Leys, and the late Sir Edwin Mitchelson, took the matter up, and the museum was eventually officially opened on March 22, 1916. If you’re nervy and despondent. Buck up, man, and don’t refrain From eating Hitchon’s lovely bacon, ’Twill make a man of you again...