OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10587, 3 September 1896, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

1 NEWS AND GOSSIP. >' Th« Ray. A. Miirisou, of Hasfangj, has 1 declined a call to Atesroa. The Napier papers reffer to ths discovery ot gold in the Mohaba district, the prospectors being sanguine as to the results. About 25 of the Vv'shnate unemployed hava been sot to work—some in Victoria Park and others at roadworfe. j Sinco card-phying v.-ss prohibited there has been a marked falling rrffi in the attendance at * ths coffeo rooms o? the M&afccrton Women's 1 Christian Temperance Croeade. Odo of ths leadics; members of the Trilby Company had his pursi, containing nearly £30, a abstracted from th« t.ocket of his coat iri hij i dressing room while be was on the sbage at th« 1 Theatre Royal, Chrirtchnrch, the other night. A rather important caso is proceeding in the s Wanganni Mapstrsto's Court ja«t now. A ' Maori named Xolra Wunn is suing W. Dier&s, . a well-known Mormon missionary, by whorn^ i some wonderful cares are reported to have been made, for £500 dnnisges for alleged -unskilful i treatment of an injury to his leg. : At the Dunedin Naval Artillery'ii orderly room on Tuesday eveuing Bombardier Simeon 5 (Permanent Artillery), prior to his departnre j for South Africa, wts presented by the mem. bers of the corps wßh a handsome travelling i bsg. Sub-lieutenant Strong made tttß preeenta- ' tion on behalf of the subscribers. One of the biggest transactions in city, proJ perty that has taken place for years was com- | pleted a few d&ys ago in Auckland by ths sale . of the premises forraerly the wholesale ware- ; house of William M'Artbur and Co. The price ; paid for tha block, which comprises a frontage of 100 ft to Qaeen street with 216 ft to Elliott ■ street, was £25,000. : Ths buildings alone cost originally £16.000. ' The transaction shows great faith in the fntara of Auckland. '