OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16142, 3 August 1914, Page 10

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

It has been decided to purchase 15 acres near Pahiatua, including a lirgo area of native bush, for a public park. The Government has promised a subsidy and trere. It is understood (eavs the Mataura Ensign) that some prospecting , has been going on recently at Croydon in tho hopes of discovering tho reef of gold which has alvaye been thought to bo in existence in that locality. After a fat'guing day foa want a good wholesome .beverage as a pick-me-up M'Gavin's New Brew is the right prescription....

As evidence of the decrease- in the breeding of light horses, a delegate to the Wellington A. and P. Conference said it was recently found impossible to secure GO light cavalry horecs in the Canterbury district.

A proposal came before the Auckland Harbour Board that the Napier etcam trawler, which it was proposed to send to Auckland, should be allowed to sell fish from the ship's side, as it lies alongside the wharf.

As a brain stimulant and nerve builder, Marshall's Fospherine ia unparalleled. It makes you well and keepe you we 11.... Thn Mayor of Christchurch, at Timaro, said to a Post reporter that a movement which wa3 meeting with favour was afoot to form a Progress League for tto Canterbury province.

"Many cooks spoil fcho broth," but a, ?hild can make a cud of delicious "Camp" Coffee....

"Hump-back whales (which carry the oil) are reported to be very plentiful this year (says tho Kaikoura Star), numbers of the monsters having been soen by fishing parties off the grounds towards Amiiri, Canterbury.

M'C'linton'js Colleen eoap is made from plant aeh, not eaustio soda. Duchess of Alwoorn says " It ie eweet and refreshing." Thr> Minister of Railways deems the Rakaia railway accommodation sufficient to cope with the traffic just now, as urgent works aro to be undertaken elsewhere by the department during the current year.

For Chronic Cheet Oomplamte. Wood3 r Grpat Peppermint Curp. 1« M ?s M.. On hie return from England, the Maori "king" and his party will .be welcomed by a large Maori gathering at Mercer. The Hon. Dr Pomare will be present at the function. A ball will alao be held in honour of the king.

Rose Glycerine Jelly, unequalled lor chanced Viands and lips-—Soott's Pharmacy ...

The Manawatu Racing dub has donated £25 towards the steeplechase fund cf the Monawatu Hunt, and has also given the hunt the full use of the racecourse for the annual steeplechase meeting. The Fending Jockey Club has donated £10, and the Foxton Racing Club £5 5s towards the steeplechaso fund.

It ie a long way from Onehiunga to Waterloo Hotel, Caveataham; bnt they come.—Mr W. Crcesan ie still proprietor....

The Cbristchuroh Band Contest Committee for November has decided to request the Government to utilise a tp«ei«l die for stamping correspondence emanating from the City Post Office. This was dene in connection with the Auckland Exhibition.

"The beet in.Danedin" remarked a. kdy ■who, after trying every shop in the city far raw ooefcumes, finally decided on one at the Unique Stores, Stnart street. Every lady should see them. Price, 49s 6d to 635....

The mail bags stolen from the train between Kakahi , and Taumanunui on June 15 last were fornid by the police in the dense btish a mile south of Piriaka. The bags had all been through." It is not known what portion of £he contents was abstracted.

Scott's Catarrh Cure: safe, certain remedy; 2s 6d— Scott's Pharmacy....

It is stated (says the Otaki correspondent of tho Wellington Post) that two lads within three or four months reaped a harvest of £B<V for opossum skins from animals caught in the Par&paraumu district. Considering that only about half the vakie of the ekins was secured, it is evident that 'possum hunting is profitable. Nyal's Laxaeoid tablets, one-day obld care; Ib.— Agent: Watf-rs' Pharmacy....

The Waitangi-roto River, in Sooth Weetland, for a distance of three miles from its confluence with tho Waitangitaona River, has been declared a sanctuary for native game. The area within which game irmet not be killed extends to three chains on each side of the stream.

Frank T Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 17* Princes street South (over Kflroy and Sutherland's). > Telephone 1483.... The question of conserving rain water for the dipping of sheep was advocated by Dγ Reakes at the A. and P. Conference (says the New Zealand Times). "If more care were taken in • the dipping of sheep." said the doctor, "there would be less lick and lice in the country, and they would eventually be entirely eradicated from the sheep of the dominion. Two dippings within a fortnight are necessary after shearing."

VVatere' Chap Lotion; guaranteed to cure Rouorh Hnnds: Is.—Waters' Pharmacy...,,

At Stratford a farmer stated at a dairy company's meeting that the beet thing about casein whey was "the emell!" He thought he would have the casein money "to boot," but he found that the cost of buying eucrosine to add to the feed became excessive, and on some days the whey was unfit for feeding to the pigs. So no lad decided to turn casein down-

Fire motor cars from Wimpenny Bica. , Premier Oarage. Telephone 1246. .. The contractors for erecting WyncEham's new courthouse building has (says the Herald) some 90 tone of concrete blocks in Invereargill to be conveyed to the railway station there and trucked. The best price they could get in Invercargill was 2e 6d a ton. They were able to effect a considerable saving with a Wyndham firm (Messrs Windleborn and Broom), who tooktheir drays to Invercargill and did the work at a big reduction on the Invercargill price. Stated in another way, the Invercargill price wae 66 2 : 3 above the Wyndham price, Just opened, lovely Peter Pan, sunshine, and Medici collars, in white and embroidered muslin. 6d, lid, Is; in white voile, coloured embroidered flowers, 2e 9d, 2e lid.—T. Rose. 130 Princes street.... In addressing thepastoralistsat Wellington on Wednesday (says the Post) on the subject of workers' homes, Mr John Oigg (Canterbury), the chairman, stated that as far as his property was concerned the building of cottages for the farm workers had proved eminently satisfactory. The dwellings were erected by his father, and some of the men now working on the farm were eons of tho men who worked for hie father. Mr Grigg added that he had several men who had worked 20 years with him. "You take your good man," he further observed, "and if your good man can't get on with you then it is somebody's "The finest cup of coffee I ever taeted."— A comment at a farewell dinner given recently. Need we add the coffe was supplied by A". Diirie & Co., 32 Octagon. Dnnedin.... Concerning some Hawke'e Bay holidaymakers abroad tho Waipukerau oorerspondent of tho Hawke'e Bay Herald says that the voyage of the Remuera to the Horn was made under bitterly cold conditions, and for three days the vessel steamed through floating icebergs, of which the Remuorn had been warned by the Waimato. Mountainous seas were ; another feature of an interesting voyage. It would be of interest to orehardists to lcani that in June New Zealand apples were selling in Monte Video at 4d each. On reaching Teneriffe tlicee on the Remuera hoard the news of the recent railway smash on tho Main Trunk railway line. Have you visited A. F. Cheyne and Co. a annual sale at Mosgiel. If not the loss is yours. Bargains irresistible. Boslyn hose, 9d ; boys' shirts, Is id ; navy flannel traders, 2s 6d; checked rugs, 5s lid; doctor flannel. Is 2d; men's caps, 6d and 15.... • At present the Mount Albert Borougn Council charges £25 for a billiard saloon license within its ■boundaries, which is greatly in excess of the amount charged bv other local bodies round Auckland., " it not being conducive to tho best interests of the borough to have billiard saloons, ' as ono member of the Borough Council put it on Monday night. Other members, however, pointed out (eays the Herald) that tho game of billiards was just ae clean a sport ae any other game, if properly conducted, and that a supervised saloon would tend to keep tho young men off the street A motion will bo moved at the council's next meeting to have the by-law altered so as to reduco the licenso fee to one of £5 per table per annum, Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, patent attornoy3, Joel's Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin, have recently filed the following applications for patent of New Zealand:— J A. Heskett, Waihi, magnetic iron ore treatment preparatory to smelting; A. 0. ' Murray and W. W. Smith, Timaru, tin container; E. J. Rand and G. H. Baker, "Wellington, hair, thread, and fluff gatherer; G. IX Jury, Tomahawk, Otago, improved means for stopping steamships; C. H. Fisher, Wellington, improved device for holding letters....