OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12472, 1 October 1902, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Horticultural Society show to-day. For stealing flowers a- boy was fined 20s at Wellington last week. Mr W. C. M'Dermott has been appointed registrar of marriages, birth, and deaths for for Waimato. The Bruce Horaid saye tnat work at the Taratii mine, which was stopped for about a- fortnight, is to be resumed immediately. During the stay or the American revivalists in,Dunedin Mr Alexander was simply deluged with bouquets or flowers, many of thorn coetly and elaborate, and boxes of chocolates and bon-bons from feminine admirers. j\ T ow that the cycle season is in full swing, riders should have their bicycles put in order by sending machines to the Speed-' well Cycle Works for overhaul and general repairs, where they will be attended to bji the largest staff of cycle mechanics in 0tag0.... Following the example of the butchers' ia several other centres, those of Balelutha have now decided to raise the price of meat. The Leader says that the poultry indaairy is now attracting a .lot of attention va the Clutha district, anrt gives promise of grownginto considerable dimensions. ! Sir J. S. Fleming, proprietor and editor or ~4 toe Oliithu leader, vhicn 'he established over 28 years ago, retires i'rom the control of that paper as from to-day. The " Excelsior ' spring cultivator offers the farmer a more profitable investment > than any other.—Morrow* Bassett, and Co., sole agents, New Zealand. ... A butter-plant has beeu installed ai wieGore Dairy Ifaetory, and butter will bo made principally craring the coming season. The quantify of cheese made will be email. Despite the recent rough in a good many instances the farmers of the Oamara district have (says the North Otago Times) siili fvom 'MO to .""Jo per cons* of lambs. The _<ey. v. Steme, wko w?jn nis rarmry nas >e!t Temuka, v?as fttreweiled hy the • members of the Presbyterian. Church, and presented witri a silver-mounted l iju'-te co"vaimng: 20 sovereign.* The ," Excelsior '•' cultivator i* more simple, stronger in construction, and lighter in draught than any other.—Morrow, Bas- ' sett, and Co., sole agents New Zealand.... ■At the annual meeting o£ flv; StirLng Dairy factory Company, the Clsatrmaa announced tiiat the directors bad nad av» offer for jhei- output thai; woirid warrant the paymert* oi' 4d pel- galior. tor milk, ■ and they looked forward for a Detter price-. A 6 per cent, dividend was declared. According: to the "Wesiporv jtfews, taa crew, of the s.s. Solsdon, now lying la Westport, Harboui; is composed of-men it-oi-v a-li! parts ot the world. Amongsii theni is one Abdulla Ramicc, ••• relative o>' the Emg of Abyssinia. Another shipment of Morrow, Bassett, and Cp.'s famous Daisy Carts has just arrived. Intending purchasers should . send in their orders promptly.... At a meeting of the Dr Smicn Jftcmorurj! Committee, held at Baiolutha on Saturday, it was resolved to obtain prices &nd aesigna for a monument; so-, cost aftc/i'. £9C. A letter was read from M? &r. 5L Taylor, o'' Kenilworth, Cape Colony, enclosing « donation of £2 2s, and Messrs R. JSouhslon and Son (West Coast) also forwarded 52 L'-s. The treasure;: reported tfowA" Jie ha<£ now •«. hand JBIBJS. The iter. D. <j. iuatea, tonneri7 o> Glatf- ', stone parish, Invercargill, and who went to Sotyth Africa as chaplain of tho Ninth Coa. tingent, has been appointed locum tenons for the parochial district of Hamilton CWaikato) for three months, and will eisie:- on Ins new duties on Sunday iiexi. Morrow, Bassett, and Co. wili give any trial with the "Excelsior" farm implementa. ... £"or some time past; residents in i*craki stfe©», Kaiapoi, have contiriually lost a number of fowls. At first it thought (writes, the Press) thau weitseJa wero respon. sible S'or the mischief, but the .e&t! eclprii turns oat so be » wild cay, i'os. she ca-i>ture of which various devices have be«a resorted oo in vain. T. Bogs.—New season's goods just opened, ex Aotea:—New stockings, pretty lace* fronted in cotton, lisle and cashmere; "lovely guipure applique , lace collars, in white, ficelle, and black; new kid gloves, new laee gloves, new blouses, 'new laces, now flowers, hat ornaments, corsets, handkerchiefs, and a manufacturer's range of sunshades, i'rettiest goods ever shown here, at Tlßois's, direct importer ,<i story is - related in the iuonaon Jwuiceii of an Aignan who swallowed all his movable property, ua the s'Kipe of 59 Kafou'i rupees, equal io a-Doui 12do'i * n American money, in order to awoid a taxgatherer. The details axe girea at.lengthiii the x/ancot, where the ease is beoauae of the great surgica,: /nteress attaching to the removal of the coins from tha man' 3 stomach, an operation which, yt'ua sucoesefully performed ia »« hospifc&l, >"!( Peshawar. What in considered to be a lieeord in. official promptitude ia work of a pateni office is worth recording. An application for patent for a device soi- preventing a horse from bolthig with a vehicle, filed by Messra'Baldwin and • ilayward for Mr Fred Matthews, a Weffington inventor, was lodged in the United Stamg Patent OfSoe on 22nd August last, asp. on 28th. August; (only six days later) a notification oi tho allowance of the application »sras aiailed from .Washington to Messrs Baldwin an 3. Xtaywavd, much to the deft gilt ox the inventor, - who had' expected some weeks would; erapse before 'ihe result of lisa applicatiap- became known. _ ' For absolute strength, extreme simplicity! freedom from weak or undesirable pointis, and abundance of excellent working features throughout, Excelsior Ploughs are tin-' rivalled. They will do perfectly the work ■ that can be expected 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 boards, and steering gear of the most complete and approved kind. Be-' volving swivel steel circular coulters. Double furrow, £11 10s; throe-ffirrows, £16 10s.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents in New Zealand for Cockslvutt farm implements.... The following resolutions were at a meeting of the Waimato WorEers' Union on Saturday.— ■'" Thai feia meeting of the Waimate Workers' Union is of opinion that th« time it. now opportune when aa organiser should be appointed! co organise the whole of the agricultural and pastoral t workers of the colony." "That; the. tune has arrived when there snould be established one Labour and Liberal 'federation for the - whole of New Zealand, go as to protect and ( advance the interests of tiiio workers by' direct legislation." Copies cf cOie i-e?«lu-tions are to be forwarded to tho vanoua branches of tlie Trades and Labcia- Couacit, asking for their co-operation. A party of English and German tourists arrived at Auckland by the Hauroto from the South, Sea' Iclr.-ids, having journeyed in. the Sierra from San Francisco to Pago Pago, where they broke their journey. Tney now purpose "doing" thw colony. 'The two Germans—Messrs Weber -nd Schroeder--intend to canoe down the Wangonui River, and after leaving Wellington to visit the West Coa.st of thS South. Island, crossing to Christchurch via the Otira Gorge. Mr V/eber represent; a German illustrated paper. After visiting Australia the visitors will return to their homes via Japan. The latest particulars from T^oubriago, lighthouse (South Australia) sh'ov* that the keepers had a miracu!ou.s escape during the recent earthquake. At 8 p.m. the machinery is wound up, and on Friday night the. head keeper, M'Leod, was abotfi co ascenct the tower for this purpose, but was detained outside by a few minutes' conversation with the other keepers. While he was talking • the earth shock occurred, shaking lamps off their pivota, from which they fell wit£> a crash, scattering the kerosene over th-ei lower part o? the structure. This coming itito contact with the other Ught« used 1 below) at once ignited, enveloping tho whole gsruwura in flames. A copy of tite "letter wrriien to Dr Torrey by ti)R spcretary. of the Ohri&tchuroh Freethought Association recounting Khe - circumstances of his conversion appears 2<i this Outlook. Verbatim reports are nublislied of Dr Torrsy's two sermons " What slial! I do witfr .Tesas? " and " Heroeri and Cowards." rogetne;- wivi> a full descriptive account- of the o'osir % services of the* TorreyAlexandet mission in Dunedin. The latest movements tv. coniioetioii with fee BiMo-in-Kohoois campaign a-re pithily recorded,' including n. onmmary of recenv ptuoit '■&. ferences in Wellington. Full particulars are ■triven of the »namento of the Torrey-Alexander mission, wliich it is announced, will l->c ready by the /inddle of the month, ar.d will contain a unique illustration; reproduced from specially-taken photograph:.-.