OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11809, 11 August 1900, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The Rev. A. Gordon has received a call from the Hanover street Baptist Church.

The Alameda, with the English mails, left San Francisco at 8 p.m. en Wednesday last; her due date. The Kaitangata. correspondent of the Free Press states that' Mr Frank Bell, of the kaitangata Post Office, lias beep transferred to Oainaru.

An old soldier and ex-police inspector went into a shop at Brixton to buy some patriotic ribbon, but when he spotted on ■ the box "made in Germany" he left the shop in in-

dignatiou. The New Hudson Cycle speaks for itself. We want it to have a chance to talk to you. Write for catalogue. Price, £18 cash.—W. A. Scott, Speedwell Cycle Works, 155 George street....

At Crookston on Wednesday night Mr James Sim was presented by the settlers of the district with an illuminated address in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the district prior to his departure for Tapanui. Archdeacon Baly, speaking on the training of girls at Kingston, said his long experience as a clergyman convinced him that cooks had the advantage in the marriage market. The parcels delivering service established by the New Zealand Express Company (Limited), Crawford street, provides for tho removal of the luggage of servants, etc., to or from any .--.ddress in city or suburbs.... Mi- G. G. Haldand, of the Railway Locomotive Superintendent's office, Wellington, is leaving the New Zealand service shortly to take up a good position in the railway service of one of the Australian colonies.

Constable Raynes, who has been doing plain clothes duty at Invercargill for the past seven months, and who was formerly stationed in Dunedrn, will take charge of the Balclutha police district. Constable Nelson, who has been temporarily in charge, leaves for Dun" edin on or about Tuesday. The Mount ylda Chronicle states that Mis* C. Mitchell, who has been relieving teacher at Upper Kyeburn for the last six months. ,was entertained at a farewell social on August 3. During the evening she was presented with a gold brooch and silver pencil ease as tokens of esteem. Miss Trainor, of Dunedin, succeeds Miss Mitchell at Upper Kyeburn.

Morhow, Bassett, a.\ td Co. are sole agent 3 in New Zealand for the '99 daisy cart, patent, steel horse collar, Sterling bicycles,' and the M'Cormick Reaper and Binder

The Bruce Herald states thart Mr Ronald Fox, son of Mr W. B. Fox, at one time on. the staff of the Bank of New Zealand in Milton, has developed into a first-class wicketkeeper while in England. " Ronnie," as he was popularly known, is playing for Kent this season.

The Aberdeen Press of June 16 ,says: " The Rev. Mr Milne, late of New Zealand, has been appointed to fill the pulpit of Alford parish church for. four months during the absence of the minister, who is now on leave ot absence owing to ill-health."

Our Milton contemporary learns that at a registrar's office not a thousand miles from Milton a couple were being married, alltho preliminaries had been settled, and the woman was about to sign her name, when she threw down the,pen and said, "No, I won't have you,"-and-ran out of the office. The feelings of the astonished bridegroom may be better imagined than described. A very representative gathering was held at Duntroon on the 7th inst. to bid farewell to Mr James Mason, who is leaving the district to reside at Burnside. During the evening Mr Mason was presented with a gold ring as a token of esteem and trust;

The Sterling warrant is backed by experience, reputation, capital, capacity, honesty, and the Morse chain. The Sterling rider sita on certainty....

Mr A. Ballantyne, who has been appointed cheesemaker at the Little Akaloa Factory, was the recipient of some parting gifts from his friends of Seaward Downs and Mataura Island on Wednesday evening, the gifts taking the form of a gold albert, a set of gold sleeve-links, and a travelling bag.

The Wyndham Farmer reports the death, of Mr Donald M'Kinnon, an old resident of the district, at the age of 61 years. He was born in Cromarty, Scotland, and emigrated to New Zealand about 35 years ago, the last 27 of whichv were spent in the Wyndham district. The cause of death, was an affection of the heart.

As showing the large amount of heavy traffic on the road between the Wedderburn railway station and the Alexandra district, it may be stated (says the Herald) that 25 waggons, with over 200 horses, are now employed. These waggons are mainly occupied in carting dredge material. The above figures do not include a large number of rabbit vans and other lighter conveyances that are plying on the same road.

One of the nicest and easiest riding gigs ever seen in this or any other country is the new Daisy Cart, truly a buggy on two wheels. A shipment of which has just been landed by Messrs Mokeow, Bassett, and Co., Cumberland street; and the price is only £10 105.... Messrs A. and D. Stacpherson and. Co., sawmillers, have received an order from a firm in Glasgow for a consignment of figured red pine, for which the bush supplying the firm's mills is"noted. The order came through, a Qunedin furniture manufacturer, who recently visited Scotland.—Southland Times.

The splendid weather we have experienced in this district during the past fortnight has beaten all records for this time of year. With the exception of a fortnight in July, the weather has been exceptionally fine since the middle of May. In well-sheltered gardens, the currant and gooseberry trees are budding and breaking into leaf. Altogether, the present has been the mildest winter ever experienced in this district.—Gore Standard.

. According to the Chronicle and Southgate Herald, the Rev. Allon Poole, who was-for-merly a resident of Dunedin, and subsequently of Invercargill, from which latter plaoe he went Home not long ago, was accorded a, splendid reception on his assumption of the ministry of the Chase Side Baptist Church. Another old identity has passed' away. Mrs James Callander, who died at Soroggs Hill, East Taieri, on Thursday, at the age of 90, arrived in the colony by the barque Philip Laing in April, 11848. She was ; a native of Renfrew, Scotland. After living in Dunedin for nine years, her husband and the family removed to Soroggs Hill in 1857, and she resided there till the hour of her death. She leaves a grown-up family. Declaration of peace celebrations. —T. Ross can supply Union Jack, Royal Standard, Lion Rampant of Scotland, Green Flag of Old Ireland, and New Zealand Ensign, with or without sticks, at 3d, 4d, 6d, and Is, according to size. Peace" badges, 6d. Special quotations to.school committees or for quantities. British Empire neckties, Is 9d; contingent medals,' 6d; neckties, Is ' 6d; hat bands, Is; and tri-colour ribbons, 2d and 3£d per yard.—T. Ross, direct importer, 130 Princes street.... , Farmers inform the Bruce Herald that the ravages of the species of white grub, whioh attacks grass, are more noticeable this season than formerly. In a few places considerable areas are affected, while in others the grub appears to be located in small round patches, varying from three to seven or eight yards in diameter. The grub kills the grass by eating it at the roots, and once the grass has been attacked it apparently does not take a hold again for a year or more, the spot affected meantime invariably being sparsely overgrown with noxious weeds. Outside of dressing the ground with lime, and rolling it, the starling is at present the best friend of the farmer to combat the pest.

At the meeting of the committee of the Balclutha District High School on Monday evening it was resolved to ask the Education Board to take steps at once to fill permanently the first assistantship, rendered vacant nearly 12 months ago through the resignation of Mr Valentine, and filled temporarily by Mr Turner. It is understood that no less than 40 temporary and relieving teachers are at present filling various positions under the board. A most novel and ingenious objection was urged at the Waikaia Warden's Court on Tuesday (says the Maiaura Ensign) to thegrant of a certain application for a lignite license. The objector (who forwarded a letter to the court) stated that he was the owner of a lignite pit and was quite able to supply the wants of Waikaia without any others starting in the same line of business. Warden Stratford, in rHsmissina tb? poiiiu^U i/uo WIWI becoming gravity that, in these democratic times anything pavourinp; of a monopoly had to be trodden on with a firm hand.

The coo! and comfortable condition in which their work is a remarkable contrast to the heated and exhausted state of horses' working in ordinary collars in hot or wet weather. The collars are lighter, stronger, cheaper, cleaner, and more comfortable than leather collars, and the only way to appreciate their numerous and undoubted advantages is TO " GIVE THEM A TKIAL." MORKOW, BASSETT, and Co., sole agents....

A correspondent of the North Otago Times states that a large public meeting was held at Duntroon < i AVedDedday night to initiate- the talcing of the necc-sary steps to induce the Government to r.cq lire for settlement purposes the Otekaike esti te. The Otek&ike estate belongs to Messrs R O-.mpbell and Tons (Lferdted), and comprises some 10.000 acres of Ivcd, lying between Duntroon and Otekaike House. A large portion is good arable land, and v:wjld, probably, be reatr'ly taken up. A petition is to be signed in the district, and *ori»J»ded to the Minister of Lands, praying that the land be r'Mumed.