OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11603, 11 December 1899, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The Department of Agriculture has sold 11,000 eggs this season. . The Westport Coal Company's output for. last week amounted to 7217 tons Bcwt. 7 .The " Bobbie Dazzler ". nugget has been purchased by tae West Australian Paris Exf! hibition commission; It weighs 4870z. A French scientist, Dr Marz Lang, claims to be able to v/ipe out the tick plague in Queensland. The Sydney City Council will employ an expert to report upon the question of lighting the city by electricity^ The oldest Australian native, John Dunn, born at. Sydney in 1799, has just died at Castlemaine (Victoria), v From Greymouth last, week the Blackball' Coal Co."exported 1276 tons"lscwt coal, and the .Bfunner Company 2321 tons scw't coal, 31 tons coke, and 22 tons bricks.- ;; An electric explosion occurred near Gharleville (Queensland) on November 15, ■which was heard over a radius of 60 miles. Shark-catching at Bondi is worrying the council, -who have to send a man to bury the carcases. Over 20 were caught in one night. .■••"■

The amount realised from the sa}e of the Glentui estate, Canterbury, by the. Assets Realisation Board, was £10,371. The Jaiidtax 'value of the property was £15,700, and its book value £18,621.'

The best value known to the civilised world is the new pattern .'99 Koyal Enfield.. Accessories of every description necessary to cyclists at the Speedwell Works, 155 George street.-.-.. •■ • '■•'■'■ ' ■•'. ■

Estates once belonging to James Tyson have beeri sold, including Goondobline stationj to the New Zealand and Australian Land" Company, for £58,000, and Bangare. station to the same company for £50,500. A tent occupied by an-old man named Patrick Braughney, at Narrabari, New South Wales, was accidentally burned. The man's remains were discovered with the hands and

feet burned off. age.

Deceased was 65 years of

The Bluff Harbour Board on Saturday, accepted the tender of J. P. Kennbldson and Sons, of South Shields, England, for the construction of a tug, the amount being £10,675, and the vessel to be delivered at the Bluff b'v August next

Orderß for Removal of Furniture by road, rail, or sea are now taken by tHe New Zealand Express Company, Limited (Campbell and Crust) at their new offices, Crawford 'street..;'.

In Dunedin there are only 35 master bakers, while in Ohristchurch and district there are 76, of whom less than a. third are employers of labour. As the result of the keenness of competition; the price of bread was reduced, since, it was found impossible to control the large number of bakers. / .;

A small thing in' the Wellington election which raised-a rather large laugh at the ex-, pense of Mr Hamer, the Premier's secretary.;

(says the New Zealand Times), was the faotthat' is* wag adroitly fastened a "Vote for Atkinson!" ticket on his back, a trophy* which he thus vmconsciouslj exhibited to smiling beholders down several streets. ;.. Mr Edward Arnold has pleasure in announcing that it will not be necessary to delay publication of Mr Morley Robert's novel, " The Colossus." It was feared fthaiT the exigencies of American- copyright would involve postponement, but these have beeiv successfully dealt with, and the book wilTjb'e. at the libraries on Tuesday, October 17," at originally arranged. .■;■ A large Maori meeting is to be held at Waharoa, near Matamata, on the AucklandRotorua line, during the Christmas week. All the tribes from the surrounding districts of Waikato will be present at the meeting. The. day fixed for the assembling of tribes is the1 21th of December, and the meeting will last

till about the New Tear. At the Taradale Hotel on a recent Sunday, night between 9 and 10 o'clock, someone'entered the premises, evidently having1 a feeling of animosity against the proprietor, Mr War-. ren, and, with the aid of a duplicate key,/ made his way to the storeroom and turned ■on the taps of all the wine and spirit casks. ■Liquor to the amount of, £60 or £70 ran out. The police have the matter in hand, and there is a suspicion as to the perpetrator. — i A story of courage and coolness comes from Springhurst,; South Australia. .A, little lad, Edward Leyden, son of a porter at the lceal

railway station, was playing with his brother and three-year-old sister, when the girl's clothes caught on fire.. Being some distance from her home, and with a strong wind blowing, the child must have been quickly en-

velopod in flames but for the prompt action of her brother. He pulled off her burning pinafore, put out the* flames on the sleeve, and, catching hold of her burning: skirts, held them away from her legs whilst he smothered. out the flames. To girl was only slightlyburnt, but the lad's hands were badly injured. On Tuesday last Mr A. T. Blyth, accountant at Messrs A. and T. Burt's (Limited), was, on the occasion of his marriage, presented with .a handsome marble clock, suitably'inscribed, an afternoon tea service, along with a cheque from the firm. Mr A. Burt, sen., in. making the presentation; spoke 6f the' good feeling which had always existed between Mr Blyth and the employees, and also referred to the esteem in which the recipient was held by the firm during his long service, which had embraced every office in his department...ln responding, Mr Blyth, in a few well-chosen words, thanked the firm and employees *,for their handsome present, and which he said would serve to remind him of the many pleasant years gone by. At the conclusion three j hearty cheers wera given for the bride and bridegroom. ' ~