OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12606, 9 March 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

e » From jroymouth last week tho Blackball P Company shipped 2237 tons of coal, and the ' Brunner Company 2265 tons coal and 49 tons >' -coke. T . A crop of barley grown at Kuratawhiti, Grcytown this season, yielded 84 bushels to 11 the acre. 3 Mr E. H. Carew, S.M., sat at-Port Chalmers on Saturday forenoon, when tho whole J of tlio cases set down for hearing wero either struck out or adjourned. Now that the season is in full swing it is ' desirable for the comfort of riders that their 1 machines should ho in good order. • The ' Speedwell Cycle Works have the largest and best-equipped factory in the colony, ' and are in a position to put any cycle in 3 good order at a very short period. Ail work s guaranteed. ... The price of flour in Timaru has been reduced, says tho Press, laconically, but there is no reduction in the price of bread. Tho Timaru Herald says that early-cut ' ; which owing to the damp weather are still in tho field, are becoming black with _ mildew. This month is the thirty-second anniversary of the inauguration of railway con- • struction in New Zoaland under tho publio works policy. ; It's no joko to buy boots that look well and find they don't wear. The City Boot Palace offers you the best value money can . buy. Good wear, with neat appearance, at a moderate prico is the story in a (nutshell. Think it over.... At ft recent largo Native tangi, hold at Normanby, Taranaki, one notable featuro was t-ho absence of liquor in any largo quantity at tho gathering. The Minister for Industries and Commerco has informed the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that the question of a uniform fire policy will be considered in duo courso by the Government. Yes! Men make money, but women tales care of it—especially those who buy their corsots, gloves, umbrellas, and stockings at J. M. Auld's, 39 George street, nunedin. ... Forty pounds has been offered as a prize by a Vienna confectionery company for tho best translation of the English word " cako." the exact equivalent of which does not exist in German. Petroleum has been poured over tho premises of tho Northern Railway Company at Barcelona by tho carmen, who aro on strike there. The moderates have nominated Messrs J. M'Gregor, W. Milne, G. Miller, A. Carter,.. and J. Sinclair for scats on tho .Waitaki Licensing Committee. The first four .are present members. •_ Messrs Morrow, Bassett, and Co.. have just landed ox Kinciuue another shinment of tho famous Daisy Carß Intending" purchasers should send in their orders aV-once to avoid disapnointment. Price, fill 10s. ... Mr Arnold. M.H.R., was guilty in Christchuroh at the mission meeting on Friday evening of a fearful "bull." 110 spoke of a man "standing alone With twelve other, men around him." Rotary aro being employed .on the' East Coast i'ii various localities with success. Tho nardest ground is easily - cut by them, and by means of a scoop roads in level country can be formed very cheaply. The Gas Works Company of Timaru are carrying out extension works in order to copo with tho increased area over which, owing to tho development of tho town, the operations of the company have to bo carried on. ' That the market is crowded with inferior took of the same style as the Excelsior:' Horse Hoe and Cultivator makes it necessary for us to draw attention to the fact that tho Excelsior is mado from first-class, high-grade material onlv. Price, with hilling attachment complete, £3 10a. Every farmer should be provided with this implement.— Morrow. Bassett, and Co., aeents. ... Tho Ashburton Borough Council has not yet decided as to tho form which its memorial to fallen troopers shall take, and on Friday the matter was referred back to tho committee for further deliberation. A petition has been circulating in the borough of North Invcrcargill for some timo calling upon the mayor to take a poll on the question of rating on unimproved values. The petition already has more signatures appended than the minimum number required by law. The borough valuation roll for Timaru is now; complete. Sinco the last valuation the capital value has increased from £189,821 to £866.812, the unimproved value from £80,075 to £324.393. and the value of improvements from £101.749 to £542.219. Another shipment of novelties for ladies' wear just opened, comprising sold and silver tinsel belts, Hid. Is 6d, Is lid, and 2s 6d; pretty pearl necklaces, lid. is 3d. is 9d, 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 collar's, from 3s lid upwards; also a choice range of beautiful silk blouses with prcttv lace inserlion fronts, from 8s lid, at T. Ross's, direct importer, 131 Princes street.... Mr .Tames Thompson, lately sfationmaster nt Oamaru, was presented on the occasion of his promotion to Port Chalmers upper station with a token of esteem in the shape of a handsome dressing case. In an interview Madame Melba said that Clara Butt has a God-given voico but no brains. Ada Crossley is incomparably inferior to Clara Butt, and Melba thinks little of Amy Castles's chances of becoming a great vocalist. In speaking of Fiiian customs at the mission meeting in Christchurch on Friday (says the Lyttelton Times), the Itov. W. Slade said that in his work as missionary ho had always endeavoured to give the natives a personal interest in the church by speaking to them of " our church," "our house," and " our circuit." One Fijian, • however, had gone rather far in these courtesies when be had alluded to.Mrs Slade as "our wife." To-day one million fivo hundred thousand M'Cormick reaping and harvesting machines are in use in all parts of the world. They harvest grain on the steppes of Asia,' on the pampas of South America, the tablelands of South Africa, the plains of Europe, and the prairies of North America. From Manitoho to Argentina; in Now Zealand, Australia, and South Africa one man seated at case does the work of 20 toilers. The M'Cormick harvests over one-third the grain and grass of tho world. Ton can buy' a M'Cormick Harvester for £35. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents.... A correspondent writes as follows:—"A facotions writer in tho Oamaru Mail, referring to the unalloyed blessings conferred upon Now Zealand by its labour legislation, goes on to run down the Home Country, where ' prejudice and custom reign supreme.' Anyone who knows the Home Country is wcli aware that a due reverence for custom obtains there. As for prejudice, that also exists—but without the unfavourable connotation which evidently filled tho mind of the Boanerges in outlandish costumo,' who inveigh against England. A little English ' prejudice' in this colony would do it no harm." Farmcis who have used ♦"Standard" Manures speak in high praise of the quabty for grass, roots, and grain. The condition is such that it can be used with any<dri r ( for sowing broadcast or in drills. For analysis and price apply to Nimmo and Blair, Duncdin.... An amazing instance of cowardice was - brought to light in the Magistrate's Court in Christchurch a day or two'ago during tile, examination of a witness. An elderly countryman, under the influence of liquor, had been attacked in a right-of-way in the city by two men after 12 o'clock one night, and the witness, an able-bodied young man, stood about 15 yards away and allowed the assailants to work their will upon their victim and thou to depart unmolested. Questioned by Mr Donnelly, tho witness replied that- it was no duty of his to see what was ■ happening. Sub-inspector Dwycr: "110 was afraid."