OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9391, 2 April 1892, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

♦ t NEWS, GOSSIP, AND ADS. "* Forged Bank of New Zealand notes are said) to be ill circulation in Wellington. 3?About 2000 rabbits a day are received at the Dunback factory. It has been decided to open the new school at Kaitangata with some ceremony on the 22nd • s inst. . ■ <■ ~ The Auckland Bicycle Club has been re- a established, with Major Goring as president. Mr H. Hull has been appointed rabbit " inspector for the Balclutha district, and is thus "* restored to the position lie held prior to the changes in the stock department. i A farmer at Tai Tapu, Canterbury, refused ; L3O an acre for his farm which he desires to sell. The Woodville Examiner says .—"So daring are some of our local thieves becoming that they took a cart to an orchard in the district one night, cleared the trees of their fruit, and took it away." Mr Watt is still sanguine about Irs hydro- - carbon gas, and was to give ah exhibition last eve; ling at Balclutha, -when the ratepayers - would be asked to give an expression of opinion as to the advisability of the borough council entering into a contract for the lighting of the borough. Mrs Margoliouth, of Napier, receives the nice legacy of LIS.OOO under the will of the late Mr Tollemache. t Typhoid fever has broken out among the Per-i maueut Artillerymen at Mount Cook, Welling-.' ton. The arrangements at the barracks are ; said to be very primitive. A hawker's license for the province of Otago was yesterday granted by Mr Garew, R.M., to William Walters, and a renewal of a pawnbroker's license was granted to Robert- M. Marks. The Wajternata Boating Club have decided to discontinue the action for the recovery of" the first prize in the Champion Whaleboat Race, awarded by the umpire to North Shore for an alleged foul by the Waiteniata. In consequence of innumerable complaints as to the way in which the contractor carries out the work of collecting refuse, the Wellington City Council have decided to determine his contract and to do the work themselves. A Guabantee of Purity.—"The name of Cadbury on any packet of Cocoa is a guarantee of purity."—Medical Auuua). The fortnightly meeting of the Triumph Lodge, No. 9, P.A.F.S., was held on Thursday evening in the Wesleyan Schoolroom, Cargill road, when there was a good attendance of members. A report from the lodge's representatives to Grand Council meeting held on the 16th ult., showed that a substantial increase of membership had occurred during the year, that one new lodge had been opened, and that L 389 6s 9d had been added to the funds. Bro. Arnold was reappointea delegate to the D.U.F.S. Dispensary. During the evening Bro. Applegarth, on behalf of the lodge, presented Bro. J. Mathew with a past master's collar to mark the appreciation of the way in which he had performed the duties of W.M. and P.M. during his term of office, and also as a token of the brotherly feeling which existed between them. Bro. Mathew returned thanks.