OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12420, 1 August 1902, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

_ From China £92,000 worth of human hair is ©xported annually. Seven clergymen and 16 lawvers are pauper inmates of workhouses in Yorkshire. Mr W. Church, of Woodlands, has been reappointed manager of the Clmrchill-Wai-kato Co-operativo Chceso' Factory. A large shipment of bicyclo lamps, including the. Phenomenon Gas Lamp, has just been -landed by W. A. Scott, 155 George street. An. inspection will repay y0u.... ' " It is reported (says the Westporfc Times) that the double-shift system is to be instituted at the Westport Coal Company's Deniußton collieries. .The shark holds tho record for longdistance swimming. A shark- 'jas been known tO ( cover 800 miles in three days. "Music hath enarms to soothe the savage breast, _ and Tone Tonio acts like maeic on a weary system.... Sharp Peak reports that tologranhio communication with Foochow is restored. .The Christclmrch Master Bakers' Association has (says the Press) decided that on and after to-day the price of bread, per 21b loaf, shall be 2|d at bakers' shons, and 3d delivered. * If Otago and Southland girls lose the colour from thoir cheeks, it 'is found that Halls lone lonio restores the true pink tone....

In T a letter received in Wellington from Mr J. G. Woolley, the American Temperance advocate, ho stated that he hopes to be able to revisit Now Zealand next year. A cabman was arrested at Christchurch on Wednesday evening on a charge of the theft of £1. It ie alleged that on tho 24th ult. he was given a sovereign by a farei and drove, off without returning tho change. Another shipment of Morrow, Bassett, and u>. s famous Daisy Carts has just arrived. Intending purchasers should send in their orders promptly.... A London paper of June 7 says:—At jNewport low prices again prevailed on Ihursday at the Duke of Beaufort's estato sale. Two ruined castles with their manors wore sold for £750.

The "Excelsior" cultivator is more simple, stronger in construction, and lighter in draught than any other.—Morrow, Baseett, and Co., sole agents New Zealand.... Italy and Spain have fewor houses in proportion to population than any other country. The Argentino Republio has moat. A few days ago two Gisborno boys; one aged 10 and tho other 16, rode (on' one horse) through to Rotorua, where they were ml" 16 "' The - J° l l rne y occupied five days. The Excelsior" spring cultivator offers the farmer a. more profitable investment than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co sole agents. New Zealand....

According to Mr Potts, principal of the. •Hawkesbury College, the king of fodder for dairy cattle is lucerne, which, ho.considers, should; bo grown all over Australia. AH the patients have now been discharged from the infectious diseases hospital at Bottle Lake, Christohurch, Moore, the last patient admitted, having left on Wednesday. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. will give any trial with the "Excelsior" farm implement;* Mr and Mrs Grattan Grev, who have been touring the world, he with a pen, 1 and she with a camera, getting matorial for their forthcoming book,- "Travels in Two Hemispheres, ' are at present in Molbourue. 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.... . '.'

In the course of a discussion on the small birds nuisance at the Selwyn (Canterbury) County Council, one councillor mentioned that boys in the district were- malting £1 per week selling birds' eggs. Another coufa. cillor stated that if the farmers were given poisoned grain thoy would not 'place it, but if they had to buy it thoy would do 60. Compare our prices for carpets, linoleums, furniture, bedsteads, etc., with other sale prices; see our advertisement. Scoullar and Chisholm..,.

The Ashbnrton Airricultural and' Pastoral Association has finally decided on securing for the county the services of a dulyqualified veterinary surseon, whose income shall be not less than £300 per annum. A guarantee for this amount has been freely signod by a large number of agriculturists and pastoralists.

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.

A little instrument has been devised after the style of the phonograph, which, attached to a piano, will retain all the notes of extempore compositions, thus preventing the loss of any piece tho player may not have been able to recollect.' It is worked by the movement of the keys, and the impressions made on the wax can be transcribed into musical notation after a little study.

In an English medical journal it is reported that when a soldier in tho famous Devons was struck by a Boer bullet, he had in his trousers pockot a purse which contained some coius. Among othcis was a silver fourpemiy pieco, and when the ball was extracted from the wound iff his thigh this coin was discovered embedded in tie soft metal. The coin, in its strange setting, was afterwards sold to a ourio hunter for.£s. 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 be oxpectsd of any plough, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction in any soils where a plough can work at all, no matter how tough and difficult the work. They have extra length of land beam, specially made mould hoards, and steering gear of thp most complete and approved kind. Revolving swivel steel circular coulters. Double furrow. £11 10s; three-furrows, £16 10s.—Morrow, Bassett. and Co.', sols agents in New Zealand for Cockshutt farm implements...

A meeting of the Lily of tlio Valley Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in Albany Street Hall on Monday evening, the C.T. nresiding. There was a good attendance. Officers were elected for the ensuing quarter. Harmony was contributed bv Bros. Robertson, M'Oonnell, Nisbet, S, Morrison, and Sis. M'Meckan (songs), and Sis. Forrester (recitation). A vote of thanks was passed to the visitors, and responded to bv Bro. Robertson (Pioneer) and Bro. Monkford (Hope of Dnnedin).