OMNIUM GATHERUM!

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11934, 7 January 1901, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM!

San Francisco mail reached Dunedrn this morning. From Greymouth last week the Brunner Company exported 1350 tons of coal. ; Miss Fotlieringham, till lately of D.unedin, has been selected as probationer nurse at the Masterton Hospital. T'ne Marist Brothers, in defence of the Stoke cases, have been, it is authoritatively stated, compelled to expend a sum bordering upon £750. Had if not been for tlie needs of the cyclist, many centuries migjit have elapsed before the travelling lamp was brought to its presont pitch of perfection. Perhaps the finest assortment of up-to-date twentieth century cycle lamps is now on view at W. A. Scott's, 155 George street. ... The export of coal from Westport last week was 2563 tons 14cu;t, all of which was shipped by the Westport Coal Company. Recent rains have had a very .keneficial effect on cereals (says the Winton Record), anjl judging from present indications there will lie an abundant harvest. M'Cormick machines lead in design, .workmanship, and high quality of material,.. A number of ■sheep have died at Pongoroa this season from blood-poisoning. Tho cause has been traced to sheep being left in' dirty yards after shearing. The Border Knight, which' arrived at Oamaru on Saturday afternoon from the Bluff to load for South Africa, will (says the Mail) lake between 40,000 and 50,000 bags of'.oats, or over 2000 tons. It is believed that this will pretty well clear off available stocks. ■

At the Christchurch Cycling Club's Jubilee meeting the riders of the Sterling bicycle secured 13 firsts, 13 seconds, and two thirds. The-big event of the meeting—the New Zealand Wheel Race—was won by Conriell (Temuka) on a Sterling. Send for catalogue. Morrojv, Bassett. and Co.. agents.... , A giant orchid at the Royal Horticultural Society's show at the London Scottish Drill Hal!, Westminster, had three heads of-purple flowers, each nearly 3ffc high, and bearing about 30 splendid blossoms. On New Year's Eve the emnloyees of Messrs Carter and Co. presented Miss Halli.nan (who for fo,ur years had charge of the showroom) with a flower epprgne in view of her approaching marriage. Mr Yates made the presentation. In a Senior Cud cricket match Wakefield v. Wanderers, under the auspices of the Wnimea (Nelson) Cricket Association, on December 29, W. Fowler, of the former team, carried his bat for 139 runs. In appreciation of his performance £2 was subscribed and handed to him on the ground. . A 10 a.m. delivery within thp Town Belt is now being made in connection with the N.Z. Express Company's Feighter " parcels service . ■ Mr Will Jameson, who has been, temporary business manager at the Alhambriv Theatre, leaves by-.this morning's express for Christchurch to take over his old position of manager for Mr P. R, Dix's Gaiety Company in the Cathedral City. 1 Playing in the junior representative cricket match, Marlborough v. Nelson, on Boxing jDay, T. Goodman (Nelson) performed the unusual feat of taking the whole of the .10 wickets in tne second-innings for 18 runs. He clean bowled eight of the number,, and tha other two he secured lbw. M'Cormick machines make agriculture profitable, They harvest I lie crops of the world with the least exp#nditure of time and money.... The representative cricket match Taranaki v. Wanganui was played at Wanganui on. January 1 and 2. when the visitors won by'4B runs. The seoring on both sides: was very small, the winning team scoring 80 and 97, and the home team 42 and 87. An object of considerable interest among the passengers'in'a- recent steamer, to Sydt>ev was a young woman, who. having drawn £6500 out of Tattersall's consultation on the Melbourne Cup,' was taking her husband—an Inglewood settler—to 'see the Commonwealth festivities. The prosperous'farmer always has a M'Cormick machine.... ... I A verv- pleasing ceremony took place -at Messrs Jteid and Gray's on Saturday, when Mr R..'Bryant (fireman), who is severing his connection- with the firm to pursue the dredging industry, ■ was ■ presented with a puree .of i sovereigns 'hv-his fellow-employees. Mr Garratt, in making-the presentation, spoke in high terms of Mr Bryant's connection with the •firm during tlio last 11 years. Mr Bryant suitably responded. x

Mr. Cement L. Wragge, the Government Meteorologist "of Queensland, has started for Styria and' Northern Italy for thp'pnrpose'of examining the'methods in use there for controlling the rainfall in nrder to minimise the effects of heavy rains and'liail on the vineyards and orchards. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. are sole agents in New Zonlend for the M'Cormick Harvesting Machine Company, and the Sterling Bicycle.... " ' " At. a recent meeting of the Queensland Central Board of 'Health t-he-secreiary (Dr Wilton Love) mentioned the matter of the earth-eat-ing disease, and asked if he should send- out a- circular letter to medical men or local authorities. In new of the expected early arrival of the new health commissioner it was considered advisable to allow the matter to stand over. ' .. ' Mrs George Harris, of Ultimo House, Sydnev. founded in the University of Sydney a scholarship in* memory of her late husband. It is to be awarded in the Faculty of Law. The principal sum given by Mrs Harris is £1700, and the annual value of ,the"Scholarship is £50: while anv accumulations'' are to be. applied to the establishment of a further scholarship or scholarships when funds permit. M'Oormick machines are the beet in world. They work the best, require the least power, - and are the' most economical to the ufcer.... In a recent interview General Gordon, commandant of the' South Australian forces, ftnted that in regard to the formation of the Federal arniv he was convinced every young man should bo tVuaht to sl>ont with the rifle si'itl under?*)'-sufficient Irainine to He Ma place in the ranks when required. Compulsory service or conscription was not to the tasfn of the British race, and there was certainly not anv need for such form of service. He advocated the formation of a citizen soldiery,,an .irmv to which every member of tociety should for a certain period belong.

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