OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10416, 19 July 1895, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS AND GOSSIP.

The meetingof the Sanitary Institute which was to have been held last evening was adjourned. Mr R. Gilfillan, well known up north, died on the Monowai during her passage from Samoa. There has been another fall of snow at Ashburton Gorge, and it is stated that there has not been a bare patch pf ground there for nearly foarweeks.

The Cromwell Argus has heard incidentally of the finding of some specimens of rough gold by the miners working in Boundary creek. One party is said to have unearthed a nugget weigh-. ing l^oz. ■-..-.:.'■■■ ■■-.■■■-. f

At Nelson the other day a listener to the strains of the Australian Guards' Band gave about : a pennyweight of gold towards the collection in lieu of money, of which hs lad none at the time. The gold was sold by auction on the spot, and realised 3s 6d. .-'■■■'.'

■ Mr T.R. Fisher (Standard Insurance Cmnpany of New Zealand), Mr W.A. Walton (Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation of London), Mr J. W. Brindley (Victoria Insurance. Company), and Mr H. E. Williams (National Insurance Company of New Zealand) left by the Hauroto yesterday to attend the Fire .Underwriter*' Conference to beheld in Melbourne on the 27th. inst.

Thero was only one case afc the Nelson criminal sittings, Richard Parry pleading guilty to stealing a cheque,, value £6. He was placed on probation for a year, and ordered to refund the amount of the cheque and pay £6 costs. In the divorce case of Theak v. Theak snd another, a husband's petition, a decree absolute was granted.

A school girl named Janet Dwyer, who w-s lost m the bush for five days, in fche Merino district, Victoria, succeeded in making her wav to a house some 16 miles distant ftom the plac* where" she first lost herself. The, eiri so~nfc fonr nights in tbe bmh, but was apparently strong, and m much better coudition than ex. pected after such a painful experience The Oamaru Mail stales that at Otematata some dogs, which were left i n theu- kennels 3 night, were found frozen quite stiff nexfc morning. At Rugged Ridges * mob of 500 sheep, _. which were overlooked at a fo-mer mustering, were fouud frozen together in lot«o from 15 to 20, with 8S mafy af 10 * tHve Lt '"^ ■ ttoß had t0 be torn S*£ Lodge Break of Day, No. 123, lOGT held an "open meeting" i n the lodge "room Dawson's HaU, St. Kilda. l ast evening at which there was a crowded Bro. Wheelor, C T occupied tht ,W ena*£ce•p tvt ij s: ir„ Plwa cae chair. Bro. R N Adams. G.CT, w as present aud delivered an instructive and much-aporeria^d X* Wf e .alß ° render during the evenw,™ h f / UrlDg M i::tp" 3l refreshments were handed round. Altogether the meeting was a most enjoy able one. *«."«. s

INTERESTING DISCOVERY. J h, c -American Government has instructed a noted analyst to examine and reporfc upon certain mineral springs, which have beea recently mscovered to haye an extraordinary curative efiect in cases of rheumatism and other complaints. A voluminous report has beeu already lam before tbe recent Medical Cou«ress, from wnicb it would appear that most cures have been uudonhtedly effected, and the investigation of the Government analyst fs, therefore, looked forward to with groat ia- *'« Sec luab's Core is composed of the carefully concentrated water of one of these springs, combined with cert-sin botanic extracts, anu is therefore a natural, safe, ond effectual remedy for all kinds of rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, kidney disease, pains in the back, and dropsy. It also cures indigcitiou, biliousness, snd constipation. The result of this rensdy when used in conjunction with Sequah's Oil, haa h^n so remarkable as to have occasioned con siderable public interest.—fAßVT.]