OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12618, 23 March 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Floral fete :at Forbury Park to-day. If the weather : is'unkind this morning the arrangements may be altered by , the com: mitteo to r>rpyide for an exhibition in the Garrison Hall/.

To-day is Anniversary Day, and a public holiday in Suqedin. Tho Now Hudson Bicycle, fitted with free %vhcel and back-pedalling brake, is considered a very necessary article. Owing to the sound way. in which this machine is built it is boing sought after by riders who •like a good safe bicycle.—W. A. Scott, 155 Goorge street, agont, .„.."■•• ~, The .Wea'tport-Coal Company's output last week was K55 : tons of coal.

From , Greymouth last week the Blackball Company snipped 1551 tons coal,, and the Brunner Company 974- tonE coal and 35 tons coke. . .','■■■' ' ' .'.

Tl)e Bruce Herald aays that the price of meat and bread has in each case dropped Id in Milton.

Too many think success in business ie attained by extensive advertising. It is not. Back.of the printer's ink there must be an article of merit.' We—City Boot Palace— have a conscientious regard that goes into the manufacture of our goods, in order that they may, bring good results and satisfy their wearers. .Looks, wear, and price do the .business;;'at the leading house. See. and ■believe.;..-... .... ■ . .

•A firm of Ashburton fruiterers, were showing some large. apples recently. One of them -weighed lib '6oz. '. .; •

■In the Temulta district the oat crops are. giving ■ very good yields. Two paddocks have, given 84J. and 82 bushels per aore, and tallies-of 50;t0.70 bushels are quite common.: ■' .:.'-, ■''.'•

In the 0.-.maru district cutting and stoomng are practically completed, "but in one or two localities tho crops are still quite green.

Monkey Brand Soap cleans kitchen uten--sils, steel iron and tinware, knives end forks, and all- kinds of cutlerjL.3 ■ Ihe.limaru Herald says that the gales of Inst week have knocked about the gtobki very considerably, and damaged the tops of newly built stacks. v The Pacific Cable Bbard advises: "No. 2 Irmidad-Demarara cable has been restored. lno Anglo-American Company announces that telegrams for Costa Hie* will only tie ncoopted at the sender's risk."

Lifebuoy Soap—disinfectant—is stronriv recommended by the medical profession as a ii"°S, ,lar ?. against infectious diseases. 4Ihe Waimate Times points out that on account of the scaroity of labour threshing from the stook is very common in the district. The practice, however is a very riskone, on account of. the unsettled state of tho weather. The ecpiinoxial gales are quite likely to culminate in several days' rain. . £' A correspondent of the Timaru Post, commenting upon the fact that the price* of bread, which is 7£d in Timaru as against 5d in Chriatchurch, sarcastically suggests that a, meeting of consumers be called with a view to obtaining direct daily supplies from the. Canterbury capital. The bread could be sold in Timaru, inclusive of ;the freight, at 2d less than the current price in Timaru. *

To-day one million five hundred, thousand M'Cormiek 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, tho plains of Europe, and the prairies of North America.' From Manitobo to Argentina; in New. Zealand, Australia, and South Africa one man seated at ease does the work of 20 toilers. The M'Cormiek harvests over one-third the grain and grass of the world. You can buy a M'Cormiek-: Harvester for £35. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents.... The North Otago Dairy Company paid close upon £3000 for milk during the.month. of February, and, according to present appearances, in view of the plentiful supplies of fodder, the Oamaru " Mail says tho creameris are likely to be keot going right through the'year. " • ■ Mr William Jones, an old Oamaru identity, who had been in the, colony einoe '69, died on Thursday morning at the age of 60 from dropsy. He wns unmarried, and had no reiatives here, but he had formed a largo circle of friends, who feel his death very deeply. Messrs Morrow, Bassett, and Co. have' just landed ox Kinchiue another shipment of tho famous Daisy Carts. Intending purchasers should send in their orders at once to avoid disappointment. Price, £1110s. ... The Fort Chalmers Band .under Conductor Schnaek, assembled at the Rotunda in King Edward's square on Saturday.evening, and njayed an excellent programme, to the delight of a large and appreciative audience. .

There are only two night policemen for the whole of Invercargill, and the recent feeling of insecurity in tho town resulted in a discussion in tho Town Council whereat such a state of things was characterised as absolutely absurd and ridiculous, and application is to be made to have the force, strengthened.

A medical man who has kept a nightly record of his pulse for fivo years, says that every year it falls through the spring until about midsummer, and then rises through the autumn to November or December, Then comes a eecond fall and rise, culminating in February.. That the market is crowded with inferior tools of the same style as the Excolsior Horse Hoe and Cultivator makes it necessary for us to draw attention to the fact that the Excelsior is made- from first-class, high-grade material only. Price, with hilling attachment complete, £3 10s. Every fanner should- be provided with this implement.— Morrow, Bassett, and Co., agent 3. ... Referring to the indiscriminate use of tho' word "awfully" in such phrases as "she is awfully nice," etc., the Lyttelton. Times says "poor old awfully" line hnd the quondam sonibreness so garbled out of its first syllable that tho adverb has been broken down into a paltry superlative hack on which any oiit-at-elbows adjective may ride.", The paper says that as polite usage forbids ladies to employ forcible expletives they levy a ceaseless tribute on adverbs and adjectives in these days of senseless hyperbole. . One of the parties to an assault case, heard at the Christchurch Mngistratc's Court on, Friday, was asked if he had used any violent language. Ho replied very deliberately, that he used a word which he had heard used ill, the theatre. He repeated the word—it was a condemnatory monosyllable—and when asked in what sense he had used it, stated that he was not excited, nor upset at the • moment, but had used the word.ae a pure adjunct to common conversational effort.

The elfief Government grader of hemp is very dissatisfied with the Southland product. Out of 25 samples graded by him into the five usual grades none go to tho first, only two to the second,-10 to the third, 11 to the fourth, and two to , the fifth. The large proportion ie below the grade contracted for most -usually. Miller.? are too anxious for quantity at the expense of quality, and the hemp is very faulty in stripping—a point .of vital importance. In the northern part of the colony nothing but first and second grade are produced, and Southland ought surely to do better. , • \- ■

The. Press says:—"A recent visitor to Chnstehurch was afforded e striking illustration of the anomalies \in the railway tariff. He landed at Lytrelton and came up to Christehurch, bringing a considerable amount of luggage with him, for which he was charged 8s excess. On making inquiries afterwards, he found that if he-had brought four more people with his party, and paid first class fares for them, it would have cost him only 4s, and the whole of the luggage would have been carried free. In, other words, the Railway Department cnargc.l 8s for carrying the luggage alone, but would have cheerfully carried four persons, first doss, and the liiggape as well for 4s. Naturally tho visitor is'a little surprised, and wonders if business generally is carried on in this way in New Zealand. If so, he thinks it only fair that some warnjng should be t-iven to new arrivals when thfy land, ao that they may know what to expect.

Another shipment of novelties for ladies' wear just opened, comprising gold and silver tinsel belts. lljd. Is 6d, Is lid; and 2s 6d; pretty pearl necklaces, lid, Is 3d. Is 9d, Is lid, and 2s Jld ; new guipure and Roman lace collars, sailor or fichus shnpe, at Iβ lid, 2s 6d. and 2s lid: rich real lace collars, from 3s lid upwards; hlso a choice range oi beautiful silk blouses with pretty lace insertion fronts, from 8s lid, »t T. Boss's, direct importer, 130 Princes street....

~ The Egmont Settler, referring to the. recent Supreme Court sittings, and. discussing the characteristics of witnesses under smart '■

cross-examination, says that some men in a witness box liei with the ease and charm of a Munchausen ; others who abhor untruthfulnossaremadeouttobo liars by the skill of an opposing counsel. A man who is, before an examination, an honourable, intelligent being, finds that an hour in the' witness "box make 3 him devoid of intelligence, memory, truthfulness, eyesight, and hearing, and when he escapes from his. tormentors he is perplexed to know whether he- should seek the- shelter of the asylum, hospital, or'caol. In nine cases out of ten he solves the riddle by going to a "pub."

A gentleman, formerly resident in Neff Zealand, but who has for many years past been occupied in trading in New South Wales/Tahiti, and. the South Sea "islands generally, while speaking to a representative of. the Times on the north express on Saturday, said he had been on a holiday trip through the colony renewing old friendships, and was surprised to note the great advancement and progress of the colony generally. If iysa conceded by all that New Zealand was the finest country on the face of. the glohe, and he had "everywhere heard it spoken of as the garden of the southern world,-but-he had scarcely been prepared for the prevailing prosperity, and could not say too much in praise of the energy and progressivenes3 of New Zealanders." Of the. colony, however, he looked upon Otagoaa the finest country of all, and great as were the agricultural, pa-storal. and manufacturing industries he was surprised they were not : trebled with so magnificent a country at hand. Spenkinir as an "xporter erW 'rnder lie ooneiVlcred Duncdin had enormous possi-bilities-before-it, and, ho hoped; whon ho next returned, to see the Peninsula 'thickly populated and ferry .steamers running between it and the main city overy few minutes, if not electric tramears over a great connecting bridge.