MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 May 1920, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

♦ A visitor to Queenstown, -who essayed the Ben Lomond climb recently in company with a party from one of the local boardinghouses, made a diversion from the track on the return journey, and as a result was caught in * liie darkness some distance up the j mountain side (says the Lake AVuka- j i tipu “Mail”). Butting safety first, J the visitor decided to remain on the I pot where he was benighted, and J give the alarm to townspeople by | shouting and lighting “fires. The I shouting was quite audible in the town. Knnd the tire plainly discernible. A rescue party consisting of Constable Intulop, returned soldiers,- and several 1 other volunteers went up the mountain -ide, and soou sought out the wanderer, ..ho was little the worse for his experience.

The luxurious lives loci by tlic “new lkli” the hearts of the “new poor” iu Belgium. Ou Harcli 3rd. iu Brussels, although coal is scarce, . j'orced strawberries were sold at aucIt ion iu the fruit market, Is'ine berries fetched ’ 13s. The buyer was a Dutchman, and the market women believe that the strawberries were for Ike ex-Kaiser’s table.

A gentleman connected with many z liccsc factories iu the Wairarapa states that the lifting of the Imperial commandeer on cheese will certainly be responsible for a rise in the price ~£ butter-fat next season. Although manufacturers will be given an open market, tlic retail price iu Great Bri- . ain has been li.xed not to exceed Is 8d p.-r lb, which will mean that (he cheese ; a clories will receive approximately I- Id per Hi in lieu of JUKI. What can ie exported io outside countries depends entirely on the shipping iacili* K-s. He predicts that local retailers .-mil Imr e to pay more fur their cheese, iliuugli he does nul think the price to consumers will tie increase l !. At pre-u-nl the retailers pay fold per lb, and pa s it over lo (heir customers at Is 3d. Phis profit, lie thinks, can stand a fair reduction. An important discovery of a new dye which it is believed will supersede all aniline dyes and establish a great, new industry iu Britain has !won made

by a Bariev Street physician (learns j the “Daily Chronicle”). This new , product possesses flure-ccut properties,- ; and two colours have already been ob- ! taim'd. Persons who have already seen l the result arc loud in ilieir praise of ; the beautiful effect which is gained, • and say that the discovery is a highly : important scientific achievement. .Engaged in special research work in a (government laboratory, the inventor wishes to keep his identity secret for the present, as liis experiments have not yet been completed. It is expected, however, that fuller particulars will bo given shortly, when if is hoped that ]OO different colours may tic evolved. The dye is obtained from organic substances, and one of the ingredient? will have to be controlled by the OovernlUOTJ. r .V voting' woman whs found wander- , ing iu the streets of Grey Lynn on j Saturday morning masquerading as a | man. When she was questioned by the | police she -aid that she preferred her I present', dress on account of it being less trouble. It; was then discovered that she had escaped from the mental hospital at Point Chevalier, Auckland, from which it appears sin- was missed live da vs ago. On being taken to the police station she fainted through hunger. not having eaten anything for three days.

In recording a conviction in a licensing case at 1 hi- Magistrate s Court at Carter!. lll. Mr L. P. Tree, s.M.. after detailing the persons eligible to be found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, stated that a doctor, called in to attend an inmate, or a lawvcr. culled in to witness a wiil. could advance a sutislactory explanation for their presence on such premises. A lawyer, however, who went on to licensed premises to peruse- a document during prohibited hour- that could be -ecu at any other time, was, in his opinion, illegally on such premise.-.