OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11935, 8 January 1901, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

An effort is being made to form a women's vclunteer corps in New Plymouth.Ten thousand five hundred tons of kauri gum were received in Auckland during last year. The Alameda, with the British mails of 22nd December, left San Francisco on January 4—two days late. Bot flies have become very troublesome in Timaru for tho last few days. They are later than usual in making their appearance thia' year. > ■ ■ A cordial invitation is extended to all cyclists to'inspect the magnificent display of ' New Hudsons and general cycle accessories at tho "Speedwell" Cycle Works, 155 ■ George street Dunedin. ... : A letter from a member of the third contingent in South Africa states that "the" boys are erecting tombstones over the graves of Lioutenant Berry and Trooper.Scott." The scalp of the Victorian girl, torn off by a machinery accident recently, and replaced by a doctor, had to be removed. It knitted well across the forehead, but at the' back of the head the wound became gangrenous. M'Cormick machines lead in design, work-r', manship, and high quality of materia!;;.. ; At Oamaru on Saturday Mr Slowey, who • has been transferred to the lomotive branch at Balelutha, and Mr Hambley, to the same branch at Dunedin, woro respectively presented with a'traveller's companion and an albert chain and sovereign case by their late fellow employees in the local railway service. At the Chrirtchurch Cycling Club's Jubilee meeting the riders of the Sterling bicycle se- : cured 13 firsts, 13 seconds, and two thirds. The big event of the meeting—the New Zealand Wheel Race—wa3 won by Connell :(Temuka) on a Sterling — •' The Timaru Herald stales that Mrs Davies, the mother of, Sir A. L. Finch, who mot with > a serious necident while competing at the Timaru sports at New Year, has been handed the sum of £28 12s towards the relief of the sufferer. Portion , of the amount was contributed by the public on the second dayof the sports meeting, and the remainder at an open-air performance by the Garrison' Band. ■ > The Westport Co-operative (Mokibinui) Company's output for December was 2756-' tone 9cwt of coal. . • ■ A 10 a.m. delivery within the Town Belt , is now being made in connection with the N.Z. Express Company's "Feighter ,, parcels service.... .. .... , A Canterbury .sheep-buyer now in the Blenheim district has made or, arranged for purchases which cover as many as 15,000 sheep. It is intended to freeze as many of 1 these as possible at (he Pictoii works, and to take the remainder to Canterbury. i ' The harvest will be late all over the district (says the North Olago Times). The early rains nnd continued cold weather checked vegetation, and until tlie past fortnight but littlo progress was made. The' crops, however, under .the stimulus of the higher temperature, are now assuming a more Bstisfactory appearance, will be well into February before the harvest begins. Paris Exhibition, i9OO. — Grand Prize awarded to the Osborne-Columbia reaper andbinder.—Cable.... The output of coal from the Westport Coal Cpmpany'e mine for tho year 1900 totalled 369,484 tons, an increase of 41,551 tons 15cwt, ,is compared with the preceding year. The Westport Co-operative Company'B output was 9733 tons lewt for the year. . ' M'Cormick machines make agriculture profitable. They harvest the crop 3of the world with the least expenditure of time and money.... Tho milking record for the Taranaki coast, or, in fact, for New Zealand, has been put nn by a Plains settler and his wife, who, without any help except what could he given by a 20-month old infant, milked.79 cows twice daily. It is a fact, and can ho vouched for (says the Dairyman) that he delivered on an average 20001b of milk a clay at the factory, and not a penny wss spent in wages last year. The prosperous farmer always has a M'Cormick machine.... The Waipawa correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald writes:—"l hear that the Government geologist hap returned from exploring the ranges behind Maharahara, in the vicinity of the copper mine, having thoroughly tested the latter. He found arseniq with tho copper, and of the 'alter the specimens showed 40 per cent. Men are now testing 'other portions in this vicinity to find a vein of metal. White metal crystals were found in the same locality." Morrow, Bassett, and Co, are sole agents in New Zealand for the M'Cormick Harvesting Machine Company, and the Sterling Bicycle.... The Alexandra Herald states that a petition regarding freightage on the Otago Contral Railway is being extensively signed throughout Central Otago for presentation to the Minister of Railways. Tho petition sets forth that owing to the high rate of freight- charged for the carriage of goods on the Olago Central lino a great deal of merchandise 'which would otherwise be carried, on that lino is , carried oh the Lawrence line, notwithstanding the fact that the pignatorics are served more quickly by the former line, II is also stated (hai merchandise is carried as class A on the Otago Central line, whereas on the Lawrence line, it is carried ns'class O, the rate under the former clasi beinff£2 9s 4d for 100 miles, wlieras under the latter it is only £1 13s 7d for the same distance. The' petitioners therefore pray that the rates for merchandise on the Otago Central line be classified under dues C. M'Cormick machines are the best in the world. They work the best, require the least power, and are the most economical to the user.... Commenting on the decision against the Tyeon estate for death duties payable in Queensland, the Brisbane Courier says:—"l 6 may Iμ admitted that if ever there, were a, case provoking enforcement of the law it waa this of Tyson. The amount at stake was a large one; it would be taken (if successful) by way of tithe on larpre amounts coming to distant relatives; and it would come out of the property of a man whose services to his country had been utterly, not to : say flagrantly, insignificant comnared with his means. Wo might have felt differently if our millionaire had, say, founded a university, as he could have done so easily} we almost wish that this £58,000 could even yet be ear-marked for Ihe purpose."