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- Otago Daily Times
Passenger service to Central
An 'Aard' service car operated by Dunedin-Pembroke Motors encounters snow on the Crown Range. — Otago Witness, 2.6.1925
Aard through passenger service, Central Otago and the Lakes: Dunedin, leave Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, for Pembroke, via Roxburgh.
What's in a name
Pembroke, leave Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, for Dunedin. Dunedin to Roxburgh, via Robb's car, weekly. Special Aard service car meets train at Cromwell. Telegrams addressed AARD, Pembroke, Queenstown, Cromwell, Clyde, Alexandra, Roxburgh and Dunedin promptly attended to. Dunedin Headquarters, S.R. Stedman's Garage.
Hereditary surnames did not come into use until about 1150 AD. Prior to that the population was so thin that people had merely a Christian name and a nickname that only gradually began to be borne hereditarily. The grandfather would be known, for instance, as Thomas of Graystones, if Graystones were the name of the village. One son would be Thomas the Little if he were short of stature. Another would be Henry the Potter, and Edward, son of John the Potter (soon John Potter), became Edward Johnson. Another grandson who became a page would be Edgar Page. Gradually the advantages of maintaining the same family surname became apparent, and this became customary. Every surname in the directory was acquired in one of five ways, irrespective of whether it was first borne by Saxon or Norman. Either it was a nickname, like Short, or the name of a place, like Hadley, or the name of an occupation, like Baker, or official, like Chamberlain, or baptismal (ending in "son," for instance).
This is a recording
A recently invented machine performs, in a way that is positively uncanny, a variety of tasks ordinarily accomplished only by human hands and brains. It will take dictation like a stenographer. It will serve as secretary of a meeting or office conference. It will answer the telephone in the absence of the subscriber, report his absence to the caller, and take a message that it will repeat to the subscriber on his return. It will record perfectly a telephone conversation from both ends, no matter how far separated. It can be used as a dictograph in criminal or other investigations. It can be hooked up to a radio receiver so that it will record, automatically, broadcast messages at the proper time. It can be put to any or all of these uses, or to any others that the ingenuity or necessity of the user may warrant, without change of mechanism.
Dazzling spectacle
In the presence of a number of Exhibition directors a lighting display was given at the Exhibition buildings last evening. The display, which brilliantly illuminated the grounds, gave some indication of the blaze of light which will soon be seen. Two lights in the centre of the main building overlooking the grand court were brought into action. These lights are of 1500 candlepower each, and their range is equal to 20,000 candlepower each. The unique formation of the lenses gives amplification of the light. With an even light, these lenses flood an area within a radius of 500 yards, and it was possible to read almost any size print under the lights last evening. Each lens amplifies the light 13 times, the lens itself absorbing only 5 percent of the candlepower produced.
Warm in winter
Comfort in the bedroom in the cold weather is not an extravagance; neither is it a sign of coddling oneself, but rather it denotes the bringing into action of ordinary common sense. Bedroom comfort is not complete if shivery nighties are worn. Women who will wear very thin nightdresses in winter should at least don one of the beautiful and comfy loose woollen sleeping vests which are now to be obtained. Sleeping socks also should be worn by all those who suffer from chilly feet. A pair of soft, comfortable, warm slippers and an easy-to-slip-on wrap should be kept near the bed and are essential to complete the winter bedroom outfit.
— ODT, 9.6.1925 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)
