OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11199, 23 August 1898, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

'Gaelic Society's annual gathering on Friday evening. ,' '". .-'-. ';.. ... -. v '■•' -.. ~.-'..■ Six brewing companies in Melbourne show a-net loss on their last reports.1 The loss is attributed >to over-capitalisation and-compe-tition. •-.'■' -'"'■■ ..- - ,'. ;: :

... During the first*week of August there diecl in the .Orange district (New South Wales) five persons the total of.whose ages was 407

. The public, press, trade! and cyclists, are all- of the united opinion that Dunlop Tyres and Dunlop Welch. Rims,are the best combination for all - conditions of service, which is backed up by a liberal guarantee.... ",'■ ■ /.-•... Forged £1 notes on the Bank ..- of; -New South Wale 3 are said to be in circulation in. Newcastle. They, are numbered A (over 5) 735291 ■■-- . ■-..: ■: ..-■. '..:.' :• •■-.

A.-Westporti mining speculator ■ has been (ialled upon to pay, £85 as arrears of rent due gn abandoned mining,leases. - ■ , ,i", ~;; , ;;",-'At- ,the,sale. of trout, .netting areas- in Lake .Wakatip'u, last year seven . sections '£19...This year, witk two or three sections i'mdisjposed of, £56 17s 6d;was realised.' Evidently .fish:are.believed to be more!pleritif^il this year.- -. - '■ '■. ■■ .... ■ ■ ■ ■..".'- .'. <-.-'.: ':-.

': In Memoriam.—Unpacked, large assortment .wreaths and crosses: chaste, beautiful designs.—J., H. Pressly and Co.; Princes 'st.

, An Invercargill publican is credited having taken out a prohibition order, against an elderly farm labourer wJio visited the town with the express x">urpose in view of " knocking down" his cheque as soon as possible. Astonishment is of^fcen expressed by those not addicted to the smoking habit at the preference shown by lovers of the weed, for'their particular brand. Smokers, however, oh the contrary, fully-appreciate the fact that they attain the acme of enjoyment only when their . favourite tobacco is being burned. Dunedihites travelling north .or- abroad are cautioned that Harlequin is not obtainable everywhere. Bitter- experience, has, indeed, taught this fact to manyl.... ~-•'.• The Clutha Free Press reports that Mi' Cecil Maitland, accountant in 'the National Bank, Balclutha, who has been transferred to the Milton branch of the bank, was enter.tamed -at supper in the Criterion Hotel. About 20 gentlemen, sat down to ;supper," at the' .conclusion of which Mr M'Elrea," afte/ a highly, eulogistic speech, ,-, presented Mr Maitland with, a handsome travelling bag, on bahalf of the recipient's many friends in the district. Mr A. Bishop and Dr Fleming also spoke in terms of praise of Mr Maitland's amiable qualities, arid expressed regret at his approaching departure • from amongst them. Mr Maitland, in a felicitous speech, thanked, the donors for their handsome: gift, expressing sorrow, that '.the. exigencies, of the bank required his transfer .from • Balclutha. Mr Maitland leaves for .Milton to-morrow, where he takes the place of Mr, G. W. Buklon (resigned). •....■

His was an expressive faeej a- face of tha vegetable marrow type; a mouth, well it might have been cut with a hay'spade, and such a voice, something between a leaky cistern and a foghorn, but ho had sense, and eightoenpence. He says to the storekeeper, " Now, have you got a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for • coughs arid' colds? Nothing else will do for me. It beats the hospitals." He got it: "••■'• . —In, the West Indies a'lemon bath, is almost a daily luxury. Three or four limes or lemons are sliced into the water and allowed to lie for half an hour, in order that the juice may be extracted. A remarkable sense of freshness arid cleanliness is given, tc the skin. ' ,-''.''■> .'. '.

Nimm'o and Blair will send post free to any address in New Zealand one dozen finest mixed large flowering Gladiolus (hew French hybrids), to Mooin in summer, for 5s 6d; cash with order.—Advt. ~/. . • ' i