OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12445, 30 August 1902, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

At Ngapara on Thursday evening tho returned troopc-rs of that district were accorded a public reception. So long ago as 1602 the first British railway was laid down. It was at Newcastle, and the rails were jnade of wood. Horses drew tho cars. The expenditure last year for light for British lighthouse's was £100,8U; for lightships about. £9000; and for buoys and beacons over £8000. , What an expert says: " I may say that I understand everything in reference to life assurance. In my opinion the advantages given by your combined life and accidcnt tables are far greater than those given by any other office." The Mutual Life Association of/Australasia is the only office offerins these splendid investments.... The local paper says that the proprietors of two of the principal hotels in New Plymouth have decided to charge Is 6d for meals "owing to the butchers having increased the price of meat." A doctor was killed by a carriers' cart in Limerick. Tho widow and children sued the carriers for tho-negligence of their servant, arid were awarded £3000. damages. A large shipment of bicycle lamps, including the Phenomenon Gas Lamp, has just been landed by W. A. Scott, 155 George street. An inspection will repay y0u.... . ■ t' Tho Wyndham A. and P. Society closes the year just ended with a credit balance of £27 3s lOd, after spending £42 10s 4d on the erection of sheep yards, which is considered very satisfactory. . Mr •C. Robertson, of tho Otamita, who has received an appointment at Stratford, Taranaki, was on Tuesday evening presented with a travelling rug and writing case from the residents of the former district. • , For buffalo leather suites and carved sideboards, C. and \V. Hayward, 103 George street, cannot be beaten.... With reference to the proposal to . form a now county with Gore as a centre, public' meetings were held during the week at Waikaia, Riversdale, East Chatton, and Pnkorau. At each meeting resolutions were passotl protesting against any change being made. One can .depend on reliable work being doue by J. • and T, Christie, plumbers, George street. They employ competent tradesmen....

It is said that' the number of fat wethers available in Southland is not sufficient to supply thi) demand, and that the local trade will have to kill hoggets before the season is ant.

Music hath cnarnis to soothe the savage breast," and Tone Tonic acts like magic on a weary system....

At Taieri Boach last week Mr Burnnrd, the local school tcaclier. who has been transferred to tbo Bald Hill Flat School,, was tendered a farewell social, at which he was made tho recipient, of a writing desk and a, fountain pen from the residents.of the district.

The police are investigating a ease of burglary which occurred at Otaki oil Mon- A day at the Central Hotel. The thief finding Hie safe open, and no one about, got awav m broad daylight with £100 worth of jewellery and £50 in cash. The " Exoeisior' spring cultivator offers the farmer, a rnoro profitable investment than any other—Morrow, Bassett, and Co.. sole agents, New Zealand.... '

An incipient firo occurred in Mr M'Keoh?ies s ll°P» ifiltou, on Thursday evening. Mr ll'Koclmie was tracing a leak in the apparatus which feeds his gas engine with gasoline, when some of the liquid caught nre, causing an explosion. The flames spread to the walls of tho rooms, but with the aid of a lead of water from a pump which was handy. the fire was quicklv suppressed. , The "Excelsior" cultivator i> more simple, stronger in construction, and lighter in draught than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents New Zealand.... The railway from Nyngan to Boiirke, in New South "Wales, runs over a plain .which is as level as a billiard table for 126 miles m a mathematically straight line.-'There is hardly an embankment, nowhere a curve, and only three very slight elevations. A young man named O'Hagan was convicted at the Magistrate's Court at Timaru on Thursday of obtaining 5s by means of false pretences, and was fined £20. The evidence showed that lie borrowed the money from Miss Nceklin, dressniaEcr, by representing that he was a son of the landlord. . f Otago and Southland girls lose the. colour from their cheeks, it is found that Hall s Tone Tonio restores the true pink tone...; It is reported (says an exchange) that Mr A. A. Paape, secretary of the Southland Sawmillers Union and other labour organisations, is about to leave on a two months 1 trip to Australia, as advance agent, to' Mr. Tom Mann, who contemplates a lecturing tour through the Commonwealth.Another shipment of Morrow, Bassett, and Co.'s famous Daisy Carts has just arrived. Intending purchasers should send in their orders promptly.... A local tradesman played a uractical joke on the Hampden Volunteer Bazaar,. Committee. He presented it with four be'autifull got up cakes for the refreshment stall. Two of the cakes were sold, and the others were to be used for the refveslunent department of the bazaar, but, to tho.chagrin of the ladies in charge, the supposed toothsome articles turned out to be blocks of wood frosted over to perfection. Overheard in the train:—"Oh, no, dear, it will not wash off. Hall's Tone Tonio has put the bloom of health upon my cheeks." Fact....

The Equitable Life Assurimco Society have an advertisement in. this issue showing that its assets ave over' 68 million pounds, and the surplus ovor liabilities nearly IS million sterling. Its business operations extend throughout the world, and last year, we arc informed, the society averaged nearly a million pounds of .new insurances per week.

Compare our prices for carpets, linoleums, furniture, bedsteads, etc., with other sale prices; see our advertisement. Scoullar and Chisholm....

Waikaia settlers are anxiously looking forward to the time when the Otago School Commissioners will put the portion of, the Hyde Home Estate in the market, tho least of which will shortly expire. The property has been surveyed into seven farms of about 200 acres each, and it is hoped that (writes tho Standi)l'd) in the now future it will la settled, and a dairy factory started. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. will give any trial with the " Excelsior" farm implements. ...

to Dr Herman M. Biggs, of New York, the Health Department's compiiign against tuberculosis 'in. that city -is bping carried on very successfully. Tuberctt-' losis is on tho decrease. "If the death rate of 20 years ago," he said in a public speech, had kept up the 10,000 deaths from consumption in this city last year would have been 17,000. Tuberculosis is . not only preventable, but curable.. It i? simply a quesof how parly a diagnosis is made." .T. Ross s Coronation Sale for genuine bargains; everything throughout the shop reduced in price. Ladies' jackets, , all this seasons goods: red, navy, brown, green, black, and fawn; were 225:6 d to 4 guineas; pnee, & lid, 12s 6d, 15s 6d, to 425. Unldrep s stylish coats, were 12s 6d to 295, ini , 10M ,^ 3 Ladies' cashmere hose from 10jd pair. Cashmere Gloves from 6dpair. At T. Ross's Coronation Sale...). The' ladies of Balelutha insist on the reception to be extended to the' returned troopers of that and surrounding districts • being carried out on strictly temperance lines. At a meeting on Wednesday consider what part they should take in the reception, the following resolution was carried unanimously That the ladies present gladly undertake the proposed duties in connection with the luncheon to returned troopers, but only on the distinct understanding that tho express .wishes of Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener that no alcoholic liquors be used be strictly complied with; and that no alcoholio liquor be within tno building on the occasion." The Catering Committee, after considering the resolution, has written declining the ladies' assistance as offered, and requesting that, they reconsider their decision.

■ 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 expected of any plough, arid 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 lanit beam, specially mado mould boards, and steering gear of the most complete and approved kind. Revolving swivel steel circular coulters. Double furrow, £11 10s; three-furrows, £16 10s.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents in New Zealand for Cockshutt farm implements....

A letter dated July 19 has been received by the secretary of Godward's Spiral Pin and New Inventions Company from the Merkham Trading Company, New York, stating that the hairpin machine had be?n put under power, and the first batch of pins turned out. The pins were not as perfect a3 could be desired, but- it was anticipated that the defects could be remedied without much difficulty. Arrangements for japanwag and boxing the pins had been taken in hand, so that as soon as the machine w:b. ready for steady work preparations could be m»de to get tht article ready for tho market.