OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12639, 17 April 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

There is a movement on foot in Invor« cargifl to promoto a company to run motor car services to the suburbs. The new fever hospital at Bottle Lake, Christchurch, i 3 full of scarlet fever patients, •and the fover ward at tho Christchurch Hospital iii also full. The leading house for foot wear (tho' City Boci Palace) beg to draw the attention of thoir numerous patrons that they have now opened their new shipments of goloshes, felt slippers, gum boots, ©to., etc., for tho coming winter. Inspection invited.... There is still a good deal of harvesting to be done in North Otago before it can bo said that it is over. Several fields of grain still stand uncut. Tho majority, howovor is in stack, and threshing ia going on. Some old shops which, from the. fact of ■their having been erected over 40 years ago, constituted a landmark in Oamaru, wcro demolished on Wednesday to make way for more modern 'buildings. Mr Scott,-while in England, secured the agency for tho Royal Enfield Bicycle .for the whole of New Zealand, and is now show.ing a number of these machines at liis warehouse, 155 George street. They are fitted with all the latest improvements.... _ The fire in the Nightcaps coal mine is still raging, but the part affected is sealed off, anil it is stated that tho fire will make no difference to 'tho output, ijot-h as to quality and quantity.

A man who is alleged to have been selling a quantity of spurious beeswax to purchasers in both islands, was arrested in Christchurck on Wednesday on a charge of fraud.

Tho foundation stone of the new Maeonio Hall in Ashburton was laid on Wednesday b>' the Difitriot Grand Master, R.W. Bro. R. D. Thomas, assisted by W. Bros. J. A. Frostick, Thomas Stone, and E. Wa.vmouth.. Messrs Morrow, Bassctt, and Co. havo just lauded ex Einclune another shipment of the famous Daisy Carts. Intending purchasers should sond in their orders at once to avoid disappointment. Price, £11 10s. ... Mr Thomas Stoue, of Maranui, Wcstorfield, Ashburton County, has sold his sheep farm, consisting of 4003 acres, to a syndicate who intend cutting it up and placing it on tho market at an early date. A number of residents of Plimmcrton and a constable havo beon fruitlessly searching for tho bodies of the boy Archie Heigh and tho fisherman Peter Lomas, the two! victims of tho recent Plimmerton boating fatality.

The North Otago Times cays that in spito of the predictions to the offcot that tho prico asked for the Awamoa. Estate would bo h eomnleto bar to its closer settlement, at ,'ho present time there are only a few sections loft unsold, and the prices obtained so jar are 20 to 25 per cent, higher than the figure offered by tho Government. If you want a really good, reliable fur at a moderate price, we recommcnd a visit to T. Ross, direct importer of these goods. There you will find lovely mink, marmot, fox, grebe, Thibet, Kolinski, or the mora aristocratic sable. Prices run for necklets from Is lid to 455; many of tho larger necklets at 10s 6d to 2!s, being beautiful goods. Muffs range from 4s lid to 50s. As these aro in much demand this season, ladies will do well by an early visit to 1\ Ross, 130 Princes street ' A man charged with drunkenness at Invercargill on Wednesday endeavoured to sot up a plea of unjustifiable arrest' by the police, he not being drunk in any sense of the word. After a. good deal of fruitless discussion and the exchange betweon counsel and police of unpleasant remarks; the magistrate declared tho case proven and convictcd the man, mulcting him in 5s and coste.'^ The hunting season is now in full swing in South Canterbury, and last Monday at. Fairlio a big meet, took place, about 50 riders attending the hunt, including some five or six ladies. The day was fine, but the scent indifferent. Two kills resulted. In tho evening a. ball, promoted by a committee of hunting men, and attended by eome 200 persons, went off with great oolat. _ That the market is crowded with inferior tools of tho same style as tho Excelsior 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 farmer should be provided with this implement.— Morrow, Bassctt, and Co., agents. ... Enthusiasts for the Australian form of football in Christchurch have already formed three teams, and a scries of competition matchcs will be commenced on tho sccond Saturday in May. Tho exhibition game, designed to stimulate general publio interest in the ,-sport, will probably not be played till the end of tho season.

The street-widoning scheme of tho Wellington City Council lias cost, up to date a sum just under £120.000, said tho president of the Ratepayers' Association on Tuesday ovening. "It look 3to me." remarked Mr Wilson, " that with tho Town Hall and other schemes ou hand, the council will have to come to the ratenayers for another £200,000 loan." Intercolonial mails which left Melbourne, via Brindisi, by the Occana, on March 11, arrived in London on Saturday last—one day early. To-day one million five 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 plain? of Europe, and the prairies of North America- From Manitoba to Argentina; 1n New Zealand. Australia, and South Africa one man seated at ease does the work of 20 toilers. The M'Cormick harvests over onn-third the grain and grass of the world. Ton can buy a M'Cormick Harvester for £35. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., solo agents.... An important collection has recently been made by tho New Zealand Fire Underwriters' Association, who, recognising ths efficacy of the May-Oatway fire alarm system ta New Zealand invention), have decided to allow a rebate of 10 per cent, in fire nremiums where this alarm is put. in to their satisfaction. Messrs Turnbull and Jones (Limited) aro tho authorised selling agents. • '