OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12439, 23 August 1902, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Southland v. Otago football match to-day.° A young lad named Leal (writes tho Free Press's Catlins correspondent) had two of his toes crushed off on Wednesday by a falling tree. The Rev. ,T. M. Davidson has resigned charge of tho Mataura Presbyterian Church parish, where ho has laboured for over a quarter of a century. Calcutta is to be- improved by driving wide, open thoroughfares through the slums of tho city, at a cost of nearly £2,000,00(1 sterling., Should you require any repairs to youi bicycle, it will pay to send them to W. A. bcott, 155 George street, where you wil} find tho best-equipped cycle repairing shop in tho c010ny.,., The Gore Retailers' Association havo resolved to call the attention of the inspcotor of factories to two firms that had fro qucntly committed breaches of the Factories Act.' "Music hath cnarms to soothe the savage breast," and Tone Tonic acts like magic on a weary system.... At the Mclbourno Working Men's Collego a class has been commenced for instruction in artificial flower-making, which promises to become a very imuortan': industry. ' It is rumoured (says the Hovald) thai a farmer (Mr Wallace, at Hillcnd), and Mr v Hosier, farmer, at Inch-Clutha, will bo candidates for Bruce at the eomiug election. h. i ' ® TCelslor spring cultivator offers the farmer a moro profitable investment than any other.—Morrow. Bassett, and Co., sole agents, New Zealand.... Corporal H. Harvey, of the Seventh Contingent, was welcomed home by tho residents of Haldane at a social last week, when he was made the recipient of an address. Kulloo, one of the two remaining natives of the north-west province of India, who came out with the late Sir J. Cracroft Wilson in 1853, died at Christohurch on Thursday, / If Otago a'nd Southland girls lose the colour from their •cheeks, it is'found that Hall's Tone. Tonic restores the true pink tone.;.. . On Wednesday the residents of Goodwood and district entertained at a social returned Troopers M'Grogor and J. Begley (both of the Eighth Contingent), and presented each of them with a gold Maltese cross. ■ The Moeraki lighthouse keepers the other cay made an unsuccessful attempt to capture the whale whioli was last week reported to have been Eeen in the bay, and which still lingers in that vicinity. For buffalo leather suites and carved sideboards, C. and "W. Hayward, 103 Georgs street,_ cannot bo beaten.... During the past' season a Waimea Plains settler has killed no less than 1500 sparrows by tho old-fashioned method of paying nocv turnal visits to the hedges with a lantern and net. , ' Another of the old pioneers of the district (writes the Lake County Press) has passed away in the person of Donald M'Gibbon, who died at the Frankton Hospital on Thursday, 14th. - One can depend on reliable work being done by J, and' T. Christie, plumbers, George street. They employ competent tradesmen.... It is rumoured that informations are to 'no laid against two Palmerston tradesmen for keeping their shops open on Coronation Day, the previous Wednesday afternoon noi .having been observed at* a half-holiday. Overheard in the train:—"Oh, no, dear, it will not wash off. Hall's Tone Tonic has put the bloom of health upon my oheeks." Fact.... . Says the Ensign's Mataura correspondent: An Australian farmer two or three years ago purchased from a Mataura breeder a. few prize Ayrshire cattle, which have giveu him such eatisfaction that he has forwarded a large Order for another shipment at a veiy satisfactory figure. Another shipment of Morrow, Bassett, and Co.'s famous Daisy Carts has just arrived. Intending purchasers should send in their orders promptly.... Mr William Baird, of Invercargill, has (writes the Bruce Herald) purchased a large number of draught horses in "the' Bruce' district. During the present.month his purchases amounted to over £600, and included 25 draughts of varying ages. Comparo our prices for carpets, linoleums; furniture, bedsteads, etc., with other salt prices; see our advertisement. Scoullar and Chisholm..,. ~- ';..,. The death of Mr Adam Falconer, the firsi settler in Flag Swamp, Dunbaek, is*' reported in a Caithness (Scotland) contemporary. Mr Falconer in the early days helped (says an exchange) to make tho road over the Horse Range. Some years ago he went Home and took up a farm in Caithness. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. will give any trial with the "Excelsior" farm' implements. ... A 20 miles walking match has been arranged between L. Blood, of Christohurch, and J. M'Gee, the Australian champioi; walker. Tho state are for £25 aside. The event will take plaoe on the Christohurch Colosseum Skating Rink on Thursday evening next. Addressing the Liberals of Mangaweka a few days ago, Mr Culver, general secretary of the Liberal and Labour Federation ov New Zealand, remarked that the federation now had some 400 branches throughout New Zealand, and where there was no branch they had what might be termed outlying pickets, of which there were over 3500. The " ExceUior" cultivator iB. more simple, stronger in construction, and lighter in draught than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents New Zealand.... < As showing the terrible state of the road between Lawrence and the Beaumont, the Mount Benger Mail mentions that the other day as one of the surfacemen was rilling up the holes in the road with gorse, which he rammed down by jumping on it, he missed his mark and got into the mud, the result being that he could not extricate himself, but had to stop tho.ro until his mate came along and helped him out. T. Ross's Coronation Silo for genuine bargains; everything throughout the shop reduced in price. Ladies' jackets, all this season's goods; red, navy, brown, green, black, and fawn; were 22s 6d to 4 guineas; sale price, & lid, 12s 6tl, 15s 6d, to 12s. Children's stylish coals, were 12s fxl to 295, all from 5s lid. Ladies' cashmere hose from lOid pair. Cashmere Gloves from 6d pair. At T. Ross's Coronation Sale.... Port Chalmors residents will be glad to hear that one of its boys, Mr J. Cameron, eldest son of Captain Cameron, marine superintendent 0 f the Union S.S. Company, who has filled the position of Government road superintendent at Armidale, N.5.W.., for the last 12 months, has beon promoted to Sydney to tako charge of the departmental _ stores. This means a substantial promotion. The Armidale Chronicle in reviewing Mr Cameron's services says:—"H« has done excellent work, and it is not overstepping the,mark to say he is one of the most \capable engineers that the northern district has ever claimed. His investigations in connection with the water supply scheme for the proposed Federal capital at Gostwyck called forth a very high culogisin from tho commissioner, and, with other undertakings ho carried out, stamped Mr Cameron with the 24-carat hall mark of skill and efficiency." For absolute strength, extreme simplicity, freedom from weak or undesirable points, and abundance of excellent working features throughout. Excelsior Ploughs arc unrivalled. They will do perfectly the work that can be expected of any plough, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction in any soiW where a plough can work at all, no mattei how tousli and difficult tlie 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, 511 10s; three-furrows, £16 10s.—Morrow, Bassett. and Co., solo agents in New Zealand for Cockshutt farm implements. .. M. Carles, the French sculptor, who was commissioned by the Paris pro-Boer committeo to execute a bust of Mr Kruger, says tho ex-President leads a singular life. He. rises at 10 a.m., and until 1 o'clock works, reads, and walks in his garden. From 4to 6 ho works, reads, and walks. Dinner is served at 6 o'clock, and Mr Kruger goes to bed at 8. But at midnight he wakes and works with his secretary (who was formerly an engine-driver) until 2 o'clock in the morning.