OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12801, 23 October 1903, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Up to the. present time a. total of £9300 lias been distribute'.! by the Palmerstoa Xorth Starr-Bowketfc Society. There are 1600 dozen eggs at the Christ* church Poultry Depot being graded for export. Nine hundred dozen more are expected soon, principally from Ashburton, The Government is pushing on the negotiations for the acquisition of tho leasehold imere;ts held over the Tamati Block, near Dnnnevirke. The block contains about 35,000 acres. You will bo happy in the harvest if you buy a M'Cormielt.... At Eyreton, Canterbury, Mr Alexander Scott recently lost a pedigree mare, valued at £100. Tin's was the more unfortunate as three months since an equally good draught mare also died suddenly. A young man, Herbert Power, a. shunter, employed at tho Cootamundra (New South Wale.'j railway station, was caught between the buffers oftwo engines, sustaining frightful injuries, which caused his death. The Wanganni College School Old Boys' Association has decided, with the consent of the college authorities, to erect & brass memorial tablet in the college chapel to the memory of the late Key. J. M. Marshall. Direct importers will find it to tlieir advantage to hand their bills of lading and documents to tho New Zealand Express Company, who are in a position to offer special facilities for the handling and prompt despatch of all consignments entrusted to their care.... The proposal to work the Kakahll (South Canterbury) quartz reefs was discussed recently by a number of those interested. It was decided to form a company with a capital of £10,000 to develop the reefs, and also the clay deposits found on the adjoining reserves. Another attempt is to be mado by tho grocers of Invereargill and suburbs (says the Southland Times) to check the " donation" drain on their stocks by refusing to supply trophies to sports, shows, or bazaars, This step lias often been mooted by retailers, and it remains to be seen whether the grocers can withstand the eloquent supplicants for their " patronage." A. and T. Burt have the largest and bestselected atock of Gns Fittings, Sanitary Fittings, and Gas Stoves in town, at prices to suit everyone. Come and see our Showrooms, Stuart street, and satisfy yourselves. The goods speak for themselves. ... Tho Feilding Farmers' Union has approached the. Foikling auctioneers with a, view to securing to members a reduction in the selling commission charged. There i? a. thinly-veiled threat that if the reduction is not made another auctioneering business will bo started at the instance of the union.

The building trade is exceptionally brisk ill Auckland just now, and there is a demand for skilled carpenters. A largo number of new houses are in course of erection in llie suburb-, which ore rapidly extending ill all directions, owing largoly to the electric trams. Taking advantage of the general briskness the Painters' Union luis made a claim for 44 hours as a week's work, and Is 3d aii hour as the minimum rate of pay. Among the nrettiest novelties we have seen are the ladies' coffee coats at T. Rosa's, in Paris net and laco or washing Japaneso silk, from 13s 6d; while the new ready-to-wear trimmed straw hats, from 2s lid, are simply marvellous creations at the prico. 200 dozen lace and kid gloves and 1500 umbrellas sound a lot, but they are merely (ha first of the season's shipments at T. Roy's, direct importer.... An important discovery was raado by ilio police under cover of a warrant at Lakeside, Kalgoorlie (Western Australia), roeently at the (-amp of Joseph Sheckelton, who had been in the employ of the Great Boulder Proprietary for a considerable time. The police found under the camp a. capacious cellar, wherein was a plant comprising all the requisites for treating ore. Provision had been made for the smoko to pass up into and through tho ordinary chimney of the camp overhead, and thus suspicion was averted. Besides tho treating appliances the police discovered 121b or 141 d weight of tcdluride specimens, which wero estimated to contain 33 per cent, of gold, Sheckelton was arrested and charged with the unlawful possession of gold-bearing ore.

Scott's bargain, hard to beat:—English Speedwell cyclo, price £16, fitted with plated rims, 'free wheel, and back pedalling brake, Dunlop tyres: best of everything. Inspection invited. —\V.. A. Scott, Speedwell Cyclo Works, 155 Georgo" street.... There is on exhibition :n the windows of Mr A. E. Geddcs's shop nt Port Chalmers the several prizes to be given in connection with the coming, band contest. The principal itefn is a massive silver cup, bearing an appropriate inscription, presented by Messrs Boosey and Co., London, through the Dresden Pianoforte Company, wd it goea with the first prize of £35. There is also a massive silver shield, suroiountftl by It) smaller ones of the same metal. This shield, which is ornately decorated, is the gift of Messrs C. Bogg and Co., Duncdin, and will be awarded to the band attaining tho highest aggregate points in music. A silver-mounted baton, made by Mr Gcdder for presentation to tho _ conductor of tlio band winning the selection, together with a number of handsome go d_ and silver medals for tho successful soloists—-Maltese crosses for drum soloists and lyres for quartets with a soecial silvor medal for tho drum major of'the band winning tho quickstep contest, arc also on view. Tho whole of these reflects great credit on Mr Gedaos s artistic skill, and the Contest Committee aro to be complimented on the manner in which thev have, worked to bring the matter to a suSessful issue.