OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12649, 29 April 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

_ «. I The stupid old ghost trick is being played in Gore just now. Rabbit-trapping is very brisk round Clyde. Somo of tho trappers are making over'£l a day. A private cable message received in Christclmrch on Monday stated that tho Queensland Freezing Works had bean rc-_ opened. Stay at Coughlan Bros.' New Shamrock Hotel. It i 9 a brick building, newly fur-' nished. Tariff is only 4s 6d per day,... It is reported by tlio Ratanm correspondent of the Free Press that the- dairy factory there will close down at the end of the month. A permanent way* gang are now engaged 1 in- laying ne\v and much heavier rails between Timaru and Saltwater Creek"."" Medical Science proves that hUf'mdy Koyal Disinfectant Soap will cffectr.»Uy .destroy the germs that produce dc'neaflo,...? |

[ On Monday afternooni Mr Samuel Daniel, I of-Kaitangata, aged 60 years, and a resi-' ' ' dent of over 30 years' standing in the dis-. : triot, fell down''dead in his bedroom:- Hug . sudden end came as a great shock,_ and much ' sympathy is felt for the bereaved family. Cattle thrive marvellously well 'on-'the . grass lands and herbage of tho. bush, in Tahakopa, Valley.-■ Mr D. M. Fed- (says the - Free Press) has recently.sold from, off his . property there 100 odd head bullocks at • ; £10 each. , With a view to trying a change m blooa ■ among tlie quail in tho Wellington district, ' ' the Acclimatisation Society has arranged to gej a supply of quail from tho Nelson , Society in exchange for two young stags '' recently- sent over to Nelson. i Furnish your houso well.' Buffalo ■ ; Leather Suites and Carved Sideboards,; our '! specialties.—C. and W. Hayward, 103 I George street.... • Tlio first of the S.O.R.U. banner matches '! — Clinton v. ■ Owaka—was played at Bali clutha on Saturday, and resulted in a, draw, • j each team having 3 points to its credit when time was called. I 1 Tho following candidates have been nomi-- ' natcd for the three vacancies in the Clinton ' Town Board-viz,, Messrs F. C. Andrews, • Georgo Cougar. -T. R. Mnyson, J. -Malt-land, 1 P. M'Rorio, and Charles P.cdpath. I Mrs Jefcoate. of Lochimierb Station,. ; broke her leg last Sunday by slipping on ' the grass in her garden. The fracture Was reduced by Dr Fleming, of Puerua, and the patient is now doing well. The leading house for foot wear (the City' L Boot Palace) beg to draw the attention of. ; their numerous patrons that they have now 1 opened their new shipments of goloshes, i felt slippers, gum boots, etc., etc., for the . j coming winter. Inspection invited. ... An old and much-respected resident of . Silvmtream, near Timaru, in the person i of Mr William Douglas, passed away on , Saturday. The deceased had been .unwell j for the part day or two, but it was not - thought that his condition was serious, t The executive of the Southland tranoli I of the New Zealand Farmers' Union decided c on Saturday to make a levy of 6s 6d 'per f member on all branches for the provincial 1 executive. This includes the Is payable i for the colonial executive, r - Messrs Morrow, Bassett, and ' Co. have I'. just landed ex Kinclune another shipment of fc the famous Daisy Carts. _ Intending pur- . j chasers should send in their. orders at once , to avoid disappointment. Price, £11 10s. ... - I At a Christchurch church on, Thursday 1 morning a bridegroom, waiting for his 1 bride, was startled to see the latter's drees- ' maker come in with the bridal gown, which ' she could not deliver, having forgotten the ? lady's "address. The waiting groom supplied the' information, and the dressmaker I hurried away to what must have been an ' anxious bride. | The Rev. G. H. Colo, of the Melbourne _ ' Central Mission, is now busy conducting J services in Oamam. Last Sunday he held no less than five, one of which: was in ' tho theatre, at which 700 people werd prosortf. - The Excelsior-ploughs have already made a good name for themselves in various parts of New Zealand, and wc can confidently recommend the latest pattern a 6 superior to.: . anything of the kind on the market. Price, double-furrow, £11 10s; three-furrow, £16 10s. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents ' in New Zealand. Send for'descriptive'cata--1 ; logue of the Excelsior farm implements; It will pay y0u.... ■ I Tho Premier has written to tho secretary' 1 of the Christchurch Progressive Liberal Asl, sociation stating that it is the intention I of the Government to introduce an amendment to the Municipal Corporations Act ' next session providing for an increase'in the number of councillors in boroughs. According to the Clutha Loader, a record price was paid for turnips, considering the' time of year, on Monday, when a paddock at Inehclutha fetched £10 per acre. ' The death is reported of Mr Robert-King,' third son of Mr James King, of Benhar. Deceased had been in bad health for two years, and succumbed to internal complications ,last Friday, at the early age of 31. He was -universally liked by all who knew him, and his untimely demiso is greatly ; deplored.. j The New Hudson Bicycle, fitted with free 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.—W. A. Scott, 165 ■ George street, agent. ... IA deep booming, accompanied- by a slighttremor of tho earth, was heard to 'the west of Milton on Monday morning (says the ' Bnico Herald). The sound, which lasted for a good many seconds, was very loud, and reverberated among the hills like distant thunder, j The Bruce Herald expresses a hops that | tlie Fortification Coal Company will be able j to reconstruct, as, if not, it will- bo a seriona ' loss to Milton, the amount distributed in wage* alone being between' £6000 and' £7000 a year. The quarterly returns of the Oamaru Harbour Board for the quarter ended March.' 31j 1903, show a great falling off in reveriuo as compared with tho two preceding vcars. i The revenue in 1901 was £1865 15s 9d; in- , 1902 it was £1703 8s 9d; this year it is j £134-1 18s Bd. The expenditure has increased since last year from £396 lis 2d to £434 13s 4d. That the market is crowded with inferior tools of the same style as. the Excolsior I Horse Hoe and Cultivator makes it neces- : sary' for us to draw attention to the fact that the Excelsior is made from first-class, high-grade matorial only. Price, with hilling attachment complote, £3 10s: Every, fanner should be provided with this implement.— Morrow, Bassett, and Co., agents. ... Southland is still engaged producing "prime Canterbury" lamb and rant-ton. Winton recently sent forward a big contribution. ■Reports reach' the 'Winton Record' that grain in the Winton ditsrict is not threshing out quite as well as was expected from the appearance of the crops before they were out. Many district' farmers inform tho Southern Standard that tho results of their oat threslring aro disappointing. Wellgrown fields of oats, apparently quite as heavy as iast year's, failed to yield anything like a similar quantity. The 'yield in many cases is fully 15 and 20 bushels per acre less. ■ _ ' The ground value of residential allotments in Goro is enormously on the inoreaso, if the figures secured at Saturday's'sale of education and municipal reserves are to bo taken as a criterion: One allotment (says the Southern Standard), carrying £370 worth of improvements, and the upset price 'of which was £4, realised £H 103—a" ground ! rental which, in the 14- vears, will total up to tho tidy little sum of £203. If yon want a really good, reliable fur at a moderate price, we recommend a visit to T. Ross, direct importer of these, goods. There you will find lovely mink, marmot, fox, grebe, Thibet, Kolinski, or the more aristocratic' sable. Prices run for necklets from Is lid to 455; many of tho larger necklets at 10s 6d to 21s, being beautiful j-goods. Muffs range from' 4s lid to 50s. I As these are in much demand this season, I ladles .will do well by an early' visit to T. i Ross, 130 Princes street.... There is an admirable saying that "kind words can never die." A man who evidently lias the same difficulty to contend ■ with is John Hughes, of Fremantle, who recently placed a dynamite cap in his'mouth and exploded it. A hole was'blown in his right cheek two inches long, and his jaw- '. hone was fractured, . He then rushed to the ' jetty and threw himself "into the water, but was'pulled but in an unconscious condition. It was not expected that his' injuries would prove fatal. An interesting and instructive exhibition of ironing and polishing gentlemen's shirts and collars was given la6t evening in' the Trades Hall, Moray place,' by Medame Rosa. There was a large attendance of ladies. The articles which she had operated on were greatly admired, showing, as they did, a brilliant polish, which she attains without tho aid of any glaze whatever. Madame Rosa uses ft special kind of iron, for which she is the agent, and with these she accomplishes' her'excellent work. It is claimed that by her method tlie shirts and collars ore not like'y to become frayed and spoiled after, the fifth or sixth dressin?, as is tho case by so many of the methods nowadays I employed.