OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13250, 5 April 1905, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The poll on the question of rating on unimproved values at' Timaru will be taken on April 18. On several farms on the Edendalc Settlement there have bc-cn excellent crops. One settler averaged over 80 bushels oats per acre. For superior walnut and oak furniture, the largest stock of this timber in the city. —C. and \V. Hayward, 103 George street.... "I think books are dearer in Dunedin than they aro in Timaru," was the remark made by a teacher at the Timaru Institute meeting on Saturday. Mr M. .lamcson and Mr P. Elworthy have gone to the' Hunter district, in Otago, for deer-shooting, and Mr Melville Gray has gono to the Hawera to indulge in the samo sport. Taratu coal, only 20s per ton delivered. Leaves light grey ash.... The Bruce Herald states that a slight fall of snow took place in Milton about 5 o'clock on Monday morning. There was a horse named Tatterabodijiisablia entered for the Hurdle Race at Raglan. ,Rather a "facer", for those calling the odds! , Hydraulic sluicing plant, fluming pipes, dredge work carried oiit promptly by Burt (Limited), who cast daily in braes and iron. Breakdowns in machinery repaired p'msjtlv, having special facilities to do it,... Mr, W. 11. Hillier, who lias filled the position. of sktionmaster at 'l'emuka for a i number of years, retired yesterday from the j railway sendee after a continuous oareer of 53 years. ■. • ■

Mi 1 J. B. M'Neil, Te Houka, on Sunday lost- six steers which had eaten tutu berries,' Another ouo'was affected, but ncovcrql on king bled, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for coughs and colds, never fails, la Gd.—Advt.'

At Ashburton on Saturday a 182-aoro farm nt Somerton, near Raknia, was sold at £30 10s per aero. 1 Another fatm, containing 124- acres was sold at £9 Is per aero. Study economy and comfort by using Taratu coal. Your coal merchant can supply it....

The Rev. Father Hays returned to Melbourne on March 22, after completing hi? provincial tour. During his visit of two months to Victoria, he has made over 21,235 converts to, temperance. Try Taratu upper seam coal (leaves light grcv aslil. 20s delivered.... The Greenfield Settlement is attracting attention from Southland farmers, and quite a number Have been visiting the sections with a keen eyo to select. Local residents aro also on the look out as well as northern men. Milton coal, a fine household fuel, nonsulphurous. 21s per ton delivered.... At. the Tc Awamutu Court David Ormsby was fined £25, and costs (£ll 5s 6d), for sly grog-selling. John Bairatt, for a similar offence, was fined £25, and costs (235).

It is very evident that Miss- Nellio Stewart and Mr Musgrove's Dramatic Company will put up a record for attcndanco at the Timaru Theat.ro Royal this evening. The booking for circle and stalls aro so heavy that hardly a seat will bo left by opening hour. Genuine Taratu eoal loaves light grey ash. 20s per ton delivered... Jlr M'Lean, of Rocky Point, who was very bad with typhoid, took a turn for tlio better last Snnday (says the Cromwell Argus). Mr Scaifc is now almost convalescent. All the patients at tho hospital showed a marked improvement on Monday. The Minerals Agency Company, 37 Crawford streot, has been appointed sole selling agents for (lie fine household Vilton c0a1.... The Maneawoka correspondent of the Manawatu Times reports that a Government official has absconded with £100 of money that does not belong to him, and says this is the third case of tho kind within about 18 months.

Tarata coal burns freely, giving great heat, and is clcan. Price only 21s per ton delivered. Sold by all coal merchants....

At the Timaru Hospital during the past 12 months tiho payments made by patients amounted to £371, this being the largest amount over eolleoted in one year at this institution from patients. In compliancc with a requisition signed by a majority of the chemists in Oomani, the Labour Department lias decided that the chemists' shops in that town shall ba closed at 8 o'clock on four evenings of tho week and at 9.30 p.m. on Saturdays.

Single suit lengths, specially selected patterns, now opening in tailoring department. Brown, TCwing

The Registrar of Electors (Mr F. W. Mansfield) left Wellington for the South Island on Monday evening to instal tho card system of registering electors at. all those towns which have a registrar. There are 34 such towns in the South Island.

Milton real should be tried and its valuo ascertained; obtainable «ll coal merchants....

A brave action by a little pirl is reported by the Nelson Colonist. A girl about three years of age fell into a waW.holc some 4ft nr sft in depth, and would undoubtedly have 'been drowned but for the prompt action of a girl named Davis, aged nine years, who, from the bank, grasned the drowning girl by the hair and drew her to 6afety. Half the pleasure of life U in knowing you havo got the best. This you can secure in riding a Royal Enfield. This cycle is still the leading favourite in Otago, and is hard to boat. New Models now showing, fitted with two-speed (tear, free wheels, etc.—W. A. Scott, 155 George street....

Workmen on the Otago Central railway are being shifted onwards, still closer in to Alexandra (says the Dunstan Times), a sang being now" camped opposite Hock's brewery at Alexandra. Tho men seem to be confident that the formation to Alexandra, will be completed in 18 months' time.. Another month's work will finish the big cutting at Chatto Creek, and immediately that- is done the plate-laying and ballasting to that place will bo gone on with. This week more new winter goods are landing—attractive, seasonable, expedient, novel, stylish, and reasonable, as the ease may be. A treat for visitors,' we think, iu what they oan see and get. if they choose. A. F. Oiieyne and Co., Mosgiel and Lawrence....

Threo candidates are now definitely announced for the Patca seat—Messrs Symes, Boddie, and King, Mr Symes declares himself for -the Liberal Government, Mr Boddie for the Opposition and Farmers' Union, and Mr King contents himself with a- special reference to the condition of back-block settlers. Farmers will do well to call at Eeid and Gray's show room aud inspect the new "Doering" grain and fertiliser drill, and fitted with Gray's patent balanced open-run turnip feed. This drill is made by the same company that makes the famed "Deering" binder, and is strictly the most modern drill in New Zealand....

A raid on a Chinese gambling den in Sydney last week resulted in the arrest of 17 men. One Chinese was so excited that he jumped from a window of a top floor. A constable caught him by the log, but the man Tell about 12ft cn to the roof of an ortthouse, from which ho rolled to tho earth, and got clear away. I'coplo aro not usually benefited by a fire, but Duncdin certainly seems to be an exception just now. Messrs Butterworth Bros, misfortune in the form of a lire was tho opportunity of The Mutual Stores, Ltd. This enterprising firm promptly purchased for cash all tho salvage, and are now retailing it at sacrifice pricos. Some of the linos aro absolutely untouched, some ara soiled by fire and water, but the first wash gives now goods for prices unheard of before in Duncdin.... The Jlataura Ensitjn reports the death of an old colonist in the person of Mr Joseph Heherr, who died at Gore on Friday night at tho si?c of 78 years. Mr Heheiir was a native of Bingen on the Rhine, and after working at his trade as a baker in the Fatherland he visited London and Liverpool. On gold lieing discovered in Australia he emigrated to Victoria, whero lia followed the diggings, woricing at Bnilarat, Bendigo. and other places. H« came to New Zealand shortly after the goldfielda of Tuapeka were opened, and was afterwards at- Kycburn,.the Tvokomai, and Waikaka. From the latter place ho went to Croydon, and was for a time engaged at tho sawmills, afterwards settling down in Gore, where for some yearn l.e carried on business as a baker and eonfectionor. Ho was of a vcrv charitable disposition, and in tho early days,' when the struggle with adverse circumstances was keen, Mr Heherr assisted many in a practical way through his business. He took much interest in tlio welfaro of tho Roman Catholio Church in Gore. The latest decidcd novelty for ladies' wear is tho new Inverness coat. We have this day opened a magnificent rango of over 80 patterns in pretty greys, browns, navys. and checks in light or heavy cloths, with or without silk linings. Price—?,7s 6d, 32s 6d, 355. 395, and 455. F*very lady wanting a stylish and thoroughly up-to-date winter garment should see these coats or write for one. If ordering send chest measurement and state whether tall or short figure, to T. Ross, direct importer, 130 Princcs street, Duncdin....