NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

Thieves have- been helping ■ themselves to scrap metal given ,by Napier citizens to the recent campaign. A move is being made in the Waikato to combine the instruction of children ih agricultural work with assistance to soldiers, thus linking the boys’ and girls’ agricultural, clubs movement with the war effort. The aim is to encourage clubs to grow greenstuffs which would be welcome to military camps or hospitals. Grandism (4250): Renown Old Brown Sherry. Very- old. soft rnd rich.. A wine of Charm and popular style, Southards: 9s bottle. Grand , ; A remarkable ■ personality met recently im the :HaWke’s Bay district Was an elderly" gentleman, bearded, 82 years of age, active of body, vigorous of mind, clear eyed and erect. He rises (it 5.15 a.m. the year round, milks four cows night and morning, separates, and works about his one and a-half acres practically the whole day... “Who said London was ih ruins?” defiantly asked a Jewish schoolboy who has. strived, at..AucMah(l.:frQro;;;Englan'd. “A few-bornbs a Tittle damage -to the-Palace Snd. the docks and a ‘dud’ near StitPatll’Si’but what’s that? ” The boy treasures .ittew pieces of shrapnel which fell near his school in London.' Accompanied by his mother and sister, he will liy6 in New Plymouth. The regulations specify that all householders have a letter bos placed as close as possible to the street front. Dickinson Mytton Ltd. can supply. Address: 204 Crawford street, nearly opp. Otago Farmers’... The opinion that New Zealand was “fast going Soviet” was expressed by Mr W. J. Baillie at a meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce when legislation which would considerably affect retailers came under discussion. Mr Baillie expressed the opinion that the “principal Job for the next 12 months would be to get the present Government out of power.” “One would almost think that we were expecting a Dohnybrook in the council- and the public had rolled up to see the fun," said the president of the Hastings tsub-division of the St. John Ambulance Association (Mr G. A. Maddison) at the annual meeting in the Hastings Council Chambers last week. The attendance exceeded all expectations, many being obliged to stand. Start stocking up now for Christmas. Your visiting friends expect hospitable treatment. Crossan’s Waterloo, Caversham. is renowned for holiday requirements.., An unusually large specimen of a fish known as the wharehau was found recently by fishermen when trawling in the Hauraki Gulf,, and is at present in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Measuring 38 inches in length the fish has long spiny fins and resembles a large schnapper, A slightly smaller specimen was discovered at Mayor Island in 1927, since when it has been on exhibition at the museum.

Farmers in the Shannon district and particularly onion growers, are suffering seriously from the depredations 6f birds, which are pulling up thousands of _ plants, not apparently with the object of obtaining food, as the plants are quite undamaged, but out of pure mischief. It is thought that the culprits are mainly skylarks and yellowhammers. One farmer who sowed six acres of barley has had to resow this area.

Men who like that smart appearance which good Clothing gives will find a good selection at Gray’s Big Store. Milton..-. One day recently three men set Sail in a small open boat and headed for the open waters of Hawke Bay. Arriving at a predetermined spot they cast fishing lines and waited. Presently one of the party secured “ a bite.” He played the fish and then commenced to haul it into the boat. Over-eager to land the “marine monster/’ the lucky fisherman perched himself on the edge of the boat and lost his balance. His thoughts can be better imagined than described, for when he rose to the surface both companions and boat had disappeared. It was not until he had experienced a few moments of panic that me unwilling swimmer thought to look in the opposite direction for his companions. Bu.V now New Goods, jusi opened uni many cannot be replaced. Shop early while the selection is good. Gifts for all at Mosgiel’s F Cbevne and Co. That there was no immediate intention to interfere with the existing laws regarding the observance of holidays, and in particular Labour Day, was the information received by the Hasting® Chamber of Commerce last week frotti; the Minister of Labour through the. Associated Chambers of Commerce. “Labour Day, of course, is more important than the King’s Birthday," was the comment of one member. Have you tried Hitchon s pork saveloys, pot-k sausages, or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer, can't supply ring our Dunedin branch-<l2-344)-Mil;/ ion (22)... ■■■ ' -