OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12414, 25 July 1902, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

It is expected that the jetty that is oeing crectod at Lake Manapouri will ho'finished bofore the tourist season commence;-.

Mr W. Hayton, a resident in 'Wr.imr.te district for over 30 years, died ni the" io:al 'hospital »n Tuesday, a: t'no advance! r;ju of 84 years. J t A northern exchange staicc {hat nt a clearing sale- of dairy stock hold at Kolii'mi, Pahiatua, a few days ago. the whole herd averaged exactly £9 per heaci. Should'you require any repairs to your bicycle, it will pay to send them to "W. A. Scott, 155 George street, where you will find tho best-equipped cycle repairing; shop in the c010ny.... Hop-growing lias so greatly increased in tho United States that last year 210,000 pickers wore employed to strip 72,000,000 hop vines. Another shipment of Morrow, Bassctt, and Co.'s famous Daisy Carls lias just arrived. Intending purchasers should send in their orders promptly.... It is stated that in England and Scotland tho Government (Board of Trade) will not allow tho sumo sheep trucl;3 to bo used twice unless cleaned. It is reported (says a Thames paper) tnafc +hu robbery of slimes from somo of the reduction houses on the goldfiekh has not yet ceased, and that a parcel oa-me through Paeroa the other day. " Music hath cnarms to sootho the savagebreast," and Tone Tonic acts like magic on a weary system....

Ill' Thomas Heath, of Pokororo, Xeisoii, has just planted 1500 apple trees, specially selected for him by Mr Blackmoro, tho Government Pomologist, with a view to growing fruit suit&bic lot- rjiraii expertttion to tho London market. Tho Christclim-ch Museum has received a valuable addition to its collect-ion of New Zealand birds- in tho shape of a red-necked sandpiper, presented by Mr E. Stead. This bird is' known in Asia and Australia, but has not previously boen seen in this colony. The "Excelsior" spring cultivator offers the farmer a more profitable investment than auy other.—Morrow, Bassctt, and Co., sole agents, Now Zealand.... A correspondent writes paying a tribute of respect to tho late Mrs 1.i.-(on, of Dunedin, who died recently, referring especially to her charitable disposition, and expressing tho hope that other ladies may be found to follow her example. Portugal is the most illiterate country in. Europe—67 per cent, of its people cannot write. In Ilaly there are 52 illiterates in eve-ry 100. and in Russia 36 per cent. The "Excelsior" cultivatoi is mora simple, stronger in construction, and lighter in draught than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agent* New Zealand...,

A Masterton resident states that indications of an ear:y spring are showing in the fact that peach trees in the most sheltered portions of his garden are already bursting into'bloom. The. Qamaru Mail learns that action is being taken all along the line from Georgetown up to Kurow to protest against tho inclusion of the western part of Waitaki County in tho proposed Mount Ida electorate. Overheard in the train:—"Oh, no, dear, it will not wash off. Hall's Tone Tonic has put the bloom of health upon my cheeks." Fact.... Orange-growing is being abandoned .on tho Peninsula of Lower California, and the orchardistis are cutting down their trees and planting the laud with coffee, cotton, and sugpr-cane. The Nelson Colonist states that at a meeting of tho local City Council last week a councillor complained that a number of cows were permitted to graze in the Old Cemetery. If Otago and Southland girls lose the colour from their cheeks, it is found that Hall's Tone Tonic restores the true pink tone.... A traveller on the East Coast of the •North Island, who rocently rode' from Te Awaite to Gladstone, counted 108 deer on the To Awaite station, besides four email mobs at Pahaoa.

The outbreak of anthrax at Te Awamutu, Waikato, appears to have been satisfactorily dealt with. No cases occurred beyond the three at first reported. Of these, ono patient died, and the other two have now almost recovered, Compare our prices for carpets, linoleums, furniture, bedsteads, etc., with other sale prices; see our advertisement. Scoullar Mid Chisholm.... At a. special meeting of the Queen's Drive Boating Club (Mr W. J. Wilson presiding) it was resolved to hold an aquatic carnival in November,, and a strong sub-committeo was sot up to give immediate effect to this resolution. '■ A paragraph in yesterday's Daily Times stating; that at a meeting of the Board of Nominators a ivicar for the parish of Dunslan had been nominated "by" the Bishop should have read "to" the Bishop. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. will give any trial with the "Excelsior" farm implementa.... A well-known Gore dealer' (reports the Ensign) has received an extensive order from the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, London, and during the next few weeks ho purposes slaughtering some 60 head of cattle at the Gore abattoirs for the purpose named. The meat will bo cut- from tho bones and sent Homo in a frozen condition. . Poisoned Grain for Birds—Now is the best time for using Nimmo and Blair's Poisoned Grain; the most effective bird poison on the market. In bags, Is and 3s each.—Advt.

The inhabitants of a largo village in Wiltshire have decided to collect funds for a permanent momorial of the Coronation, which is to take t-ho form of a hand-bier for the churchyard! The lord of the manor has intimated his strong disapproval of this arrangement, and offers to give a dinner at his own expense to the whole of the parishioners. For absolute strength, extreme simplicity, freedom from weak or undesirable points, and abundance of excellent working features throughout. Excelsior Ploughs are unrivalled. They will do perfectly the work that can bo expected of my plough, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction in any soils where a plough can work at all, no matter how lough and difficult the work. They have extra length of land beam, specially

made mould boards, and steering; gear of the most complete and approved kind. Revolving swivel steel circular coulters. Double furrow, oil 10s: three-furrows, £1& 10s.—Morrow, Bassctt. and Co., sole agents in New Zealand for Cockshutt farm imple-

ments.... The occupants of some of -flip offices in the Queen's Chambers, Wellington, were thrown into a great slate of excitement on

Monday afternoon (says the New Zealand Times), when it became known that a largo dilapidated rat, supposed to he ".suffering from symptoms resembling bubonic plague" had been captured within the building. The. rodent was eo bulky that it was scarcely able to move. After it had boon murdered the Health Department was communicated with, and the remains of the creature were removed- to the Government laboratory in Sydney -street for examination. The .investigation is not vet competed.