OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10674, 14 December 1896, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Fram Greymouth lsst week 3027 tons coal asd 172,58 Mb timber were shipped: :-

From Westport last week 5007 tons oE coal were exported, of which the Westpori Company shipped' 4456 tons, and the Cardiff Company 551 tons. ' ' ■ . . •:■■■.

Fourteen boys and seven girls have entered for the senior and 110 boys and 70 girls for the junior scholarships in connection with the Canterbury Education Board. A complimentary benefit was tendered to Mr; C. B. Major by bis supporters at Hawera on Friday evening, and he was presented with a numerously-signed address. In H&wke's Bay nearly 2,000,0001b raora butter was raanuf&ctared last year thaa ia 1891. . . ;

Mr J. T. Mowat, who about a year ago accepted an engagement; for three years as inspector of stock for the Falkland Islands at a salary of £400 par annum with travelling cxi.. peoses, has thrown up the appointment; in order tp become the New Zssland reprcsenta« tivo of » largo London firm. A company with a capital of £5000 ha* been formed in Napier to supply P*3teu'riafid" niilk, batter, and ice in the town. ■ . "v ■'- A correspondent, writing to the Southland News (which snpports the fcjovernment), alleges that co-operative workers are falling bu»h at ■\V&im»tua for the pay oi Is 6d per day.----&!r George F»cho, after a. residenca extend^ ing from 1882 onwards in Clyde and district, has taken fcis ■ departure for fresh fields. H« was presented prior to leaving with a pursa oi 60 sovereigns, and was met by the leading residents last Monday to say farewell. An entire pony belonging to Mr Thomas Green was shot in four different places while running in a paddock nsur Gora oa Thursday ni.ght. Colons! Fox, late commandant of the New Zealand forces, has joined his brother in the management of a rim they have acquired in | Canterbury.

In our "report o£ the Palracrsion show we omitted to mention that the Walter A. Wood Compauy had on exhibition r three-apron reaper aud binder, a Cyclone mower, a horse hay like, a hillside plough, and a enltivator. There was qnite a. sensation in Pieion on Saturday (says the Marlboroogh Express) when it bet-amo known that H. LaDglarsda was comniittsd for trial on a charge of perjury in com neetioa with the lato licensing case, .Police v. Sewerd ; and also that Mr Sewerd, lste of the George Hotel, was arrested by a w&rrsafc on a charge oE arson. Xhe manager ot the Dunedin , Ciry snd Suburban Tramways Company's stable*-has given Mr Thomas Morris a testimonialin favour of a preparation whicii he manufactures for afflicted hnsoflesb. which ought to bo sufficiently grsarVyscg. Mr Orr, who has charge of 250 hor,s«, cunudots that the healing powers of Mr Morria'a Efectiie Wash are marveUons, and Bays that ha uses nothing but tbe,preparation for open soref, broken knees, c&ils in the feet, &c. Local indastty in this, as in other nianufaotures,.has evidently established its claims to public confidence." Tha Ttispeka Times takes the Hon. Mr Laroseh tn task in a dignified manner for his abase at the declaration oi tho poll for Tna* peka. Among other thing) it says : —Judging of him by Wednesday's exhibition, he would, had he his way, silence oppoeition with the lash, and deal generally with those who attempted to thwart his wishes or dispute his opinions is much the same way as'1 a Tarkish p&sha or a ruler of a Russian province. Those who writs, or speak, or acS in any way—however legitimate, however light and reasonable —contrary to the desires or the interests of the Hon. Mr Larnach are " base ruffian!, hypocrites, and white-livered hounds." ■