OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10722, 10 February 1897, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS AND GOSSIP. The vestry of St. John's, Milton, have accepted a tender of £322 for the erection of a schoolroom. Now on, stocktaking sale, Clothing Factory, Octagon.—Advt. _ la Bngland four convicts" made a dash for liberty at Christmastime—three from Dartmoor and one from ParkSutsfc, is fche Isle of Wight. In the latter case the man was recxptnred the following day. In the former, the warders fired afc the runaways, killing one and wounding another; the third got awiy and spent three days, including Christmas and Boxing Days, afc liberty. As showing what a grsafc tax charitable aid is becoming in this country, the Milton paper mentions thafc one-fourth of the county rates in Bruce are now expended on hospitals and charitable aid every year. This does not, of course, include the same expended on hospitals and charitable aid by the two boroughs in the County of Bruce. Readers wiU be struck with the bargains offered in boys' good colonial suits, 4s lid to 10s lid each, and fisting three to twelve years of age, afc the Clothing Factory, Octagon.— Advt. ' '_~_ -■;■ * At the recent Infcsmatiosnal "Congress ofPsychology Dr Muller estimated the'^immber of suicides in Europe at 50,000 * year. The most favourite month for suicides is June, the" least; December. Early morning is chosen in preference to ths night, whiUt the mechanic class furnishes tbe largest number of subjects aud fche peasant the less-si. The secretary of the Duuedin Shorthand Writers' JJssociation has received from Sir lease Pitman and Cc N Bath, England, tbe results of the speed examination held in . October last. The S?n candidates who safe have been awarded fi??t-c'is.!is certificates for the following rates:—Miss M. A. Permin at 120 words a minute, Mies. W. Whinam and Mr T. Hiltfker at 110, Mr C D. .Smith at 100, and Kiss A. Dalziel at 80. Another big surpcifs i» the cheapness of the ■ gentlemen's superior aiiderwasr, hats, and ties, which must be seen to be tes-lised, at Clothing Factory, Octagon.— A&vi. The weekly meeting s>f t£te Pioneer Lodfce No. 2, 1.0 G.T., was held iv the Choral Hall oa c Tuesday evening, Bro. Chisholm (Chief Atmplar) presiding. A very largo ua^nber of moaibers and visitors were present. An official visit was, received from the Star of Fre«dora. "Visitors were also received from the following lodges :— All Nations (Port Chalnwr.i),,Unity (New South Wales),; Hope of Hyde, Briak of Day. Daj- . spring, Hope of Cavershiiu- Lily of tho Valley, and Hope of Dunedin, *,n-3. were heartily welcomed. It was arranged to pay a fraternal visit to Break of Day Lodge, and lo invite the Anchor , of Hope (Utosgiel) to visit the Pioneer on the i first Tuesday in March. Sia Swinton, Bro. Lack, Bro. Kirk(H.M S. Royalist). Bro Johnston, Bro. i Wbale, and Bro. Wilkhusa contributed songs when tho lodge went into harmony; Sis. Milne . a musical selection, Sis. Grimmifct a song, and ■ Bro. Merry an address. The lodge agreed to ; pay a visit to the AU Nations Lodge, Port Chalmers, next week. ' \ —The depth of water* has a considerable ■ influence on the speed of steamers, which are i found to move more slowly ia shallow waters. When you wake np in the morning with an «n----l pleasant, depressed sort of feeling something is ; wrong. " Liver, my friend; put ifc right by a . course of Woods' Fig Laxative, the Fruit | Anerient. You can alw«.y» rely on good health . f you keep it by you. Jmt a dose now and * then regulates the constitution thoroughly." Sold everywhere, Is 6d ana 2s 6d. 6 Printed for the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company (Limited) by Jasiks Alexander Matthews, of Mornington. printer, and published by Robekt Nobijs Aiujia. of Cargill street, Dunedin, publisher, st the j Registered Office of the Company, Dowliajf, 1 Kieh, and Macandrew streets, Duusdls en WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of February 1897.