OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12601, 3 March 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The Hon. Mr Mills is tho Minister who will accompany the parliamentary tour to tho Pacific Islands. It is possible Lord Eanfuvly may visit the Pacific Islands aboard a warship at the same time aa tlic parliamentary party. We understand that tho Oaraaru-freezing worta havo treated no fewer. than 40,000 sheep and lambs this season. • Tho New Hudson Bicycle, fitted with frco wheel and back-pedalling: brake, is considered a very necessary article. Owing to tho sound way in which this machine is built it is being sought after by riders who like a good safe bicycle.—\V. A. Scott, 155 George street, agent. ... Tho outbreak of scarlet fever gives no signs of abating in Christchurch. There aro between 18 and 20 cases at the hospital i at present. A Wnikari correspondent of the 1 ress states that a lino of Tuscan wheat lias been j sold at a price equal to 4s on trucks at Waikari. . , ,„, D.0.2 give them a trial. What? The j New Century Soft Rubber Hair Curlers. ! They are now in very general.use, and the j unanimous vordict on them is that they are perfect. '— ... It is stated that a Temuka citizen intends building a theatre on the section next to the Bank of Now Zealand, Temuka. j A good many farmere (says a Timaru j paper) were busy on Sunday among the crops, outtiug and stooking. The weather is i so unsettled that every advantage is taken ! of n, fine day. •

It's no joko to buy boots that look well and find they don't wear. Tho City Boot Palaco offers you tho best value money mm buy. Good wear, with neat appearance, at a moderate price is the story in. a tmtsholL Think it over.... ! Tho prohibitionists of Waitaki district (says the Timaru Herald) have decid«l to nominate five candidates for the Licensing Committee, one the planks of their platform being limit of license hours to 10 p.m. i The North Ofago Farmera Co-operative ' Association have disposed' of tho • first lot 1 of about 1000 sacke of wheat this season, which is being delivered to the purchasers at the present time. J. and T. Christie have added to their business of sanitary plumbers tro manufacture of spouting, ridging, down pipes, etc, ThcEe good 3 they supply in 6ft and Bffc lengths, tho latter saving one-third the labour in fixing, and costs no more per Miss Marion Thompson, who has been an assistant in tho Oamaru South School for a number ;of years, has been appointed ■ mistress of tho Orari School, under tho jurisdiction of the South Canterbury Education Board. Mr Adam Johnston, a Chatton farmer, of long standing, expired while walking; across his fields last week. Ho had been a settler in tho district for many years, and had passed the allotted span of life. Tlio grasi harvest will soon he read , /, and fanners should see to it that they have their machines ready also. The M'Cormick is always ready.,.. A gun club has been formed at Timaru, ■with an initial roll of 23 members. The club will affiliate with tho Now Zealand Gun Club Association. Mr J. Hole wae elected president, and Mr D. Nuloly secretary pro torn. At a meeting of the South Canterbury Branoh of the New Zealand Teachers' Institute, held in Timaru on Saturday, a sug- ' gesbion was made that steps should be taken to abolish/the vertical style of writing, and it was decided to devote the next meeting . to discussing the subject. The iM'Cormick Binder is easily handled by the operator. It is easily drawn by the boraos. It is (ho binder you want.... The few who were abroad between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday morning (says the Timaru Herald) were a good deal startled by the- effects of a brilliant meteor which shot low across the eastern sky. The latter was covered with a heavy curtain of cloud, and the meteor lit up the fringes of this cloud , in a very vivid manner. , The M'Cormick Harvester is the, only machine that is good enough for evory- , body.... The settlers of the Banakaio Plain are , making hay while the sun shines, as well I as taking every advantage of their opportunities to harvest the crops. The plain 19 , now covered with thickly planted stooks, which look as if the' earth had given of her abundance to the tiller of the soil. Tho M'Cormick is built for clean work, . quick work, perfect work. Its geai , .-. are thf: r strongest known.... The Timara Harbour Board has instructed • their -solicitor to take legal proceedings , against the huntsman to tho South Canteri bury Hunt Club, for having taken his pack of harriers to Caroline > Bay, and there caused what is alleged to bo a nuisance by galloping about and allowing the hounds to ; worry other dogs. "I will rofer to the rules of construction on this point," said a lawyer in the Wellington Supreme Court last week. "Very briefly, I hone," retorted Mr Justice Den-. , niston. "I learnt them some 30 years ago, ■ and have been practising them and -applying 1 thorn ever since!" Counsel took the hint, and was brief. Another shipment of novelties for ladies' wear just opened, comprising gold and)silver tinsel belts, ll£d, Is 6d, Is lid, and 2s 6d; > pretty pearl necklaces, lid, Is 3d. Is 3d, Is lid, and 2s lid; new guipure and Roman, lace collars, sailor or fichus shape, at Is lid, 2s 6d, and 2s lid; rich real lace- collars, from 3s lid upwards; also a choice range of beautiful silk blouses with pretty lace insertion fronts, from 8s lid, at T. Ross's, direct iinnorter, 130 Princes street.../ There are some good old-fashioned "sports" at Shannon (says the Wanganui Herald). At a recent meeting of the' Hack Racing Club, one gentleman offered to supply free all the posts required for fencing the course and tho saddling paddock, and another offered the free use of his teams to help with the work. Both were taken at their word. A cable received in Blenheim on Thursday (soys the Jlarlborough Times) gave the news of the death, at Johannesburg on the 24th inst., of Mr Herbert Miller, a native of this district. Deceased, who was about 32 years of age, died of enteric fever, and leaves a widow and two children. Mr , Miller received his education in the borough schools, and was for some time a member of i the Garrison Band. _ ' To-day one million five humiml ihousand M'Cormick reaping and harvesting machines are in use in all parts of the world. They harvest grain on tho steppes of Asia, on the pampas of South America, the tablelands of South Africa, (he plains of Europe, , and the prairies of North America. From, . Manitobo'to Argentina;_ in New Zealand, ! Australia, and South Africa one man Ecated ! at ease (loos the work of 20 toiler;:. The ! M'Cormick harvests over one-third the grain ! and grass of the world. You can buy a M'Cormick Harvester for £35. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents.,.. Harvesting has already begyn on several farms along the Waimea. Plains. Crops in the Balfour district arc looking remarkably well. On Mr James Butler's farm there is a niulilcnk of Wavcrley oats estimated to 1 yield" fully 100 bushels to the acre, wl.ila > Mr George- Stuart has a splendid crop of tho same variety. Thn latter gentleman has also a fine paddock of wheat which is now ready for cutting. The small birds sirs creating great havoc itmnug the crops in the district named, and are proving a greater nuisance than ever before. Anviws to Moimits , —are you broken in ' your rest by a sick child suffering with th» pain of cutting teeth? Go s.t moo to » chemist and go! ?. iwtle of Jfjts Wikslow's SooTmxr, Syrup. It *-ii! relieve the poor sufferer immediately. II is perfectly harmless imd pleasant !o Uste, it produces r.rlural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and tho little cherub, awake? " as bright as i button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays a!l pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is tho best-known rcmr>dy for flysAiitery and aiarrhooa, irhei'nor arising from teething or other c.vjsos. Mrs 'WrnsW* Soothing Syrup is sola by V«tlicine dealers everywhere.