OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10562, 8 January 1896, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS AND GOSSIP'

i Zimmerman, the champion cyclist, is not likely to visit New Zealand. It is fully believed in Sydney that on the next anniversary of the Qtieen's birthday Mr Ives, Mayor of Sydney, will be made Lord Havor. Mr F. W. Wake, 8.A., head master of the Timaru School for the past sis years, liis resigned owiog to illhejltb, aad reliEqu;shos the profession. As tbe result of competition passengers ara now being carried by stenmer from Grsf&on to Clarence Heads aud back, a distauce of ICO miles, for la. The Tasmaaian Government has granted £100 for the pxpsiimental laying of a 50ft section of Tasmauiaa hardwood paving in the principal street of Glasgow. Mr "Montague Kybinsoa, who was for soraa time in the employ of Messrs J. Ballsntyne and Co., of Christchucch, has inherited a large fortune from his faticr, the luts Mr johu Peter Kobins^n, draper, of Oxford strset, London, W. A correspondent oF a contemporary, to show tbe advaiice of civilisation, states that when at; Willsher Bay, Port llo'.jneux, he knocked at, the door. Tlie knock w.ia answered by abniom Maori wench, bl«e-»ippofi and scroll-cbmned. It looked an occasion fix the exercise of Maori lingo pure aud fiinyle. and accordingly he inquired " Koro to Fakehs ?" which is thu most approwd method of pnttiug the query, "Do you nndetstend Euglis'a?" Fornbnufca moment tbe fair Jfativu lookrd puzzled. Eecovering, she rusbod in-ide, callicg out at the top of her voice: " I say, mither, mither, there's a drunk oim at the door. See if you' can make oot what he's saeerin' about." AVho is to be the nvxt Agent-general ? This is not known yet. What will be the most popular tea on the murket ? This is known. There's nothing iv ib :>uc Suratura Tea.—Advt, The ordinary meeth g of the Loyal Hand and Heart Lodge, M.U., .va.3 held in the lodge room, Stuart street, iasi evening. N.G. Bro.. C. Simmons presided. During the evening a large amount of bnsinefs was gone through. F.lt. Bro. Tonkins, U>( Loysl Prince ofl WaJss" Lodse, P.irt Chalmers, ami P.G. Bro. Millier, of Loyal V»lley Lodge, responded to the second toast of the evening. P.P.G.M. Bro. Robin rei-pomie;! to the third toast on behalf of the district officers. Receipts, £80 19a 7d. Mi<s A. Peter, of Invcrcirgill, has decided to commence a class in Dunedin for teach? ing art millinery. One novelty about her method of teaching is that the material used in learning is very inexpensive, but very pretty, being in fact _ coloured crimplad paper bo frequently ueed in various forms of decoration. Almost all shades ara procurable, and these who have not seen the kind of work turned out will be quite surprifed at the bf autiiul results which can be produced after a few lessons. Of course instruction in , the use of the real material follows, bat it is evident that if a lady can design " a lova of a bonuet " with coloured paper, she will nothavo - any serious difficulty in reproducing the real article. _______