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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10572, 20 January 1896, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM. •**■ ■ - NEWS AND GOSSIP. From Greymouth laat week 2139 toss of, coil and 465,696 ft timber were exported. From Westport last week 3595 tons of coal , were shipped, of which tbe Cardiff Company contributed 271 tons, the Knights of Labour 342 tons, and the. Westport Coal Company 2981 tons. The Advocate states tbat Mr R. Muir, ol North Taieri, commenced reaping the other day, but had to stop owing to the weather. i Teviot peaches, apricots, and plums are do* infullswing. LomeandCo. soil themtyy auction ovcry morning at 10 o'clock at their now rooms, Moray place (opposite First, Chnroh).—-Adrt. The proposal to connect Wellington and Karori with an clectrio tramway has been revived. Mr Colin Mac Gibbon, of the Invercargill, branch of the Bank of New South Wales, is-to be removed to Dunedin, where he takes the position of accountant. A contractor has tendered for stocking 520 acres of grain at ls an acre in the Rangitikei district. His tender was accepted. ■ The hospital returns for the past week are:—■ , Remaining from previous week, 103 ; admitted ' I durirjg the week, 25; discharged, 23 ;—total . ! remaining in the institution, 105. Tourists in need of travelling rugs will find a I superb stock and on" immense variety of all the i latest novelties from tbe Mosjiel mills at the j New Zealand Clothin,; Factory, Octagon. Intending purchasers should see the brilliant j display in window. Prices, 153 6d to 455.— Advt. I The Tuapeka Licensing Committee have i gone back on their decision not to grantconi ditional licenses at race meetings ; or, to put it | mora correctly, two of their number, Messrs | Laidlaw and Rawlins, bave granted such a ! license for tho Jockey Club's meeting next week. Mr R. Crabb, the temperance lecturer, ~ analysed the collection at a recent meeting at New Plymouth. He estimated the attendance at 500 persons, and then pointed out that the number of coins collected was some 113, V made up of soino 90 threepenny pieces, some 12 shillings, a few sixpences, and a couple of florins. He deplored the lack of practical sympathy shown in the canee.