OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12737, 10 August 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The Wostport Coal Company's output last voek.wae 15,32* tons of coal.

Tlio Blackball ■ Company shipped from "roymouth' last week 1521 tons of coa! and lie Brunnor Company 3169 tons coal and '12 tons coko and bricks. ...

Mis? Keys, of Mosgiol, has been appointed i teacher under the ISchication Board, and ■r-ft hit week to take up her duties as •iiislrc-35 of tlic'Clydovale School.

City Boot Palace midwinter sale now 'irnceeding. Genuine bargains for all. See web list, page 7 this issue...;

At I'uapoka Flat on Wednesday last Jlisa .teacher of the local school, was, Wore leaving tho district, presented by tho "oaunitteo and residents with, a handsome :lrcssiiig-casi>. She was also presented by 'hose who, met in the school for divine servico with a neat writing-desk.

■ It<M stated (says thfc Lyttelton Times) that Mr Munro, sanitary inspector at Christ, '■hiirch, who recently recaived notice of dismissal in connection with tho Gracchus caso, han been reinstated in .the servioe and trans-ferred.-to the West Coast.

Monkey Brand Soap makes copper like ?oM, tin like silver, crockery like marble, and'windows-like crystal....!

. There is a disagreement between the white swans recently placed in the park at Timaru and the black swans already living there. ■■The fbud is so persistent that it is intended. to permanently separate- the two species. . ,•

The Gore Standard understands that tlie case Police v. WhMingham, for selline beer in Wore sinca the enforcement on no-license, will bo heard before ! Mr G. Cruickshank, S'.Ml, at Gore on Wednesday, August 19.

The sulphur in tho vioinity of the Cliamrmgno Pool. Wniotanu (says the Auckland Stir), wns, foimd to be on fire on Saturday Inst, and before it was extinguished on Monday a holo fully 9ft square had been created.by. tho fire.

That the market is crowded with inferior tools of the same style as the Excelsior Horse Hoe and-Cultivator makes it necessary for us to draw attention to the fact that the Excelsior is made from first-class, bijrh-irrade material only. Price, with hilling attachment complete, 53 10s. Every farmer should be? n'rovWcd with this implement.— ATorrow, Bassett, and Co., agents. ... When the s.s. Cygnet arrived at Le Bon's Bay, on Tuesday morniug (says the Christolmrch Press) the sea was so rough that £

boat leaving the steamer with passengers was upset. All wero picked -up immediately, none being much tho worse for the ducking except Mrs Marsh, of Iβ Bon's, who was rescued in a.rather exhausted condition.

Among other presentations made to Mr .T. C. Williamson on the occasion of the . opening of the new His Majesty's Theatre in Sydney was one that' afforded its recipient exceptional .gratification. It' took the form of a solid silver casket, enclosed in which was an illuminated address bearing the signature of over)- taember of Pollard's Oporo Company, now in South Afrioa, whence it was forwarded' so timeously as to arrive in Sydney on the day before the opening of the new house of entertainment. The New Hudson Bicycle, fitted with free ' wheel and back-pedalling brake, is considered a very necossary article. Owing to the sound way in which this machine is built it is being sought after by riders who like a good safo bicycle.—W. A. Scott, 155 George street, agent. ... Says the Tuapeka Times:—Mr W. Wallace, who has been for the past five years employed as cadet in the iocal eourthouso, has been transferred on promotion' to Coaet, and leaves for there in the- couree of a few days. Mr James Norrio; who was a successful candidate at tho recent Civil Service examination, has been appointed as tadet to fill tho vacancy created by Mr Wallace's removal. i

"As this township is just over the border of the Asliburton prohibition area," writes the Chertsoy correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, "it is quite common to see a few come here by express, and go back again-by the evening train to Asliburton. The express crosses at R.ikaia, giving people time to quenoh their thirst and take a bottle home with them. Chertsoy has only lately sprang into a town of note." The Excelsior ploughs have already made a good name for themselves in various parts of Now Zealand, and we can confidently recommend the jatest pattern as superior to nuytliing of tho kind on the market. Price, double-furrow, £11 10s; three-furrow, £16 10s. Morrow, Baesetr, 'and Co., sole agents in Now Zealand. Seud for descriptive cata- ■• logue of the Excelsior farm implements. It .will pay y0u.... ■_ With respect to our notice in Saturday's issuo of -the "Tourists' Guide to Nefr Zealand," which we received from Mr Joseph Braithwajte, ■ tho compiler informs us that the edition supnlied to the Government differed from that to which we' referred, and contained the names of the principal hotels in tho various centres referred, to in the guide. _ A copy of the Government issue submitted' bears out this statement, and wo are pleased to find that there, is iio occasion for tho complaint that the edition, supplied to the Tourist Department was made subservient to advertising purposes. The edition which we referred to on Saturday is a private venture, and the publishers no doubt felt justified in drawing special attention to those who advertised in the work.

Not many miles from Malcolm (says the Kalgoorlie Sun) tho unusual spectado of a man and woman and a group of children, their progeny, may be seen actively carrying on mining operations. The show has ,been dubbsd tho Hard Case mine, and is a very profitable concern,.- Both husband and wife •take it turn about down below on the brace, the latter, garbed in -masculine attire, doing quite her share of the work, tast montn they obtained £1200 worth'of .gold. ■'.'•. T. Ross's sale of winter''.goods' begins tomorrow, The-whole of his , magnificent stock reduced m price. Fur necklets from Is 3d;' muffs from 3s lid; newest grey jackets from 13s 6d to 635; rich fa>n jackets'.-.were 21s, now 4s lid, 7s 6d,'and 10s 6d; now blouses from Is lid-evening silk blouses from,3s lid; ivarm glovos from 7£d- furtop gloves, Is Ud; wool Tarn o , Shanters irom iljd. Kid gloves, hoisery, umbrellas, corsets, aprons, skirts, laces, lace collars, and everything reduced in price.—T. Boss diroot importer. ... , . ; Mr-James Barron, of Saddle Hill, met with a gainful and serious accident recently' (says'the Taieri Advocate). Hβ was working, a chaffcutter, when by some means ho was drawn into the machine. Before he was rescued a large portion, of his left breast, extending underneath his arm, was torn away.- Dr Will was sent for, and attended the sufferer, who, .we are pleased t6 hoar, is making- satisfactory progress -towards recovery., ■ .. '■ . A correspondent. o£ the Hot : Lak"es Chronicle write:-; , A case of \some considerable interest came before the court recently, when- a Native- .was charged with, selling native pigoons; and was fined £5 and costs. ■ This is tho first ■time that suc-li'a case has been brought before the-magis-trates, and the fine inflicted created great surprise among tho Natives and Europeans alike. It has beou tho rastom, -ever since the place has been occupied by Europeans to purchase pigeons quite openly* and if the selling of native game is .illegal it is thought .a small fine would have mot the ease, more especially as this was tho first prosecution under the act.

The daisy oart offered by Morrow, Bassett, and Co. is the lightest running, "eaeiost riding, and smartest turn-out on the market. Price, £11 105.... ■ . . I :

The- Auckland Herald contains the following:—"While out rabbit-shooting towards the end of last month Mr George Barnes, of Avondale, stumbled across a hean of human remains among some scoria rocks at tho top of Oakley Creek Gully, which, runs from Mount Albert-to tho Avoridalo Asylum. The bones, which were subsequently gathered up and brought to town< by Constable Dart, have been examined by Dr Sharman, who, in his report to Inspector Cullen (chief of police), • describes them, afc those of in adult (probably a. man),- and a voung person, of from 10 to U years of !■ ago (sex , unknown). The bones wero crumbling away,'and wef6,so decomposed that tho doctor is of opinion that they had been lying where they were found for a great number of years, And are probably Maori remains." ■'•■■■' ■,

Farmers and others requiring. a skylight that, is guaranteed not to leak, try "■Wade's." iSole makers, A. and T. Burl; (Limited), who stock rams and Dumns of all sorts, iron pipe and hose, frices on apnlioation, and inspection invited ; ' Sa,ys the Auckland Star:—"Tho strange reptile which was recently captured by.a West Coast gentleman' and sent up 'to Sfr Oiieeseman, of the Auckland Museum, for identification, turns out to be a sea snake, ft k described by tho museunt curator 1 as follows:—'The animal is tlie yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrus nlaturus), which. is, very plentiful all through Polynesia, .'extending as far south as the Kermadeo Islands.and Norfolk" Island. v There have been ' several instances of its coming ashore alive in New Zealand—no doubt having been drifted southward by northerly gales, and I' have no less than four specimens so found in the museum. It is highly poisonous, and is a dangerous .animal to handle incautiously when alive.' • New Zealand waters have, no poisonous snakes, except a few stragglers from tho tropics, like that recently • captured, and these stragglers would not be likely to breed in our cold seas. Large swarms of these and other noisonous snakes from tho tropics were noticed on one occasion many years ago, but wo were apparently immune for a considerable period afterwards.. Tho noison of a venomous sea snake is considered to be more deadly than oven that of a. rattlesnake or a cobra, and tho subject will therefore be an interesting one to bathers."