OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13374, 29 August 1905, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

; Dr .A. R.; Falconer; has been appointed ;public vaccinator for. Ihe Bliieskin district .in succession-.to: DrGauil. \v \'''■■■ '*■ '■'■ The price reniised by the Scfton; (Canterbury) Dairy Company for butter exported last year was 9ld per lb. ■■.■■;;■ .-■"-: •Brown, Ewing, and Co have just opened their new Spring Suitings for gentlemen, and make, sao suits to order from £4 10s. Patterns on. request...., ; Three officers of the Indian Army are to be allowed to proceed to Japan annually for two years' study of the Japanese language. Mr A.vOpie, of Winchester, met with.a very painful accident last week (says the 'Timaru.Herald). Ho was feeding some horses, when one of thorn bit at his face Mid took off the .end of his nose, -making a very nasty'wound. • With so many coals on the market "The. Bruce" should not be forgotten, especially by Scotch f01k.... • ■ ... " ■' An old Essex man who lias lived within a liundred yards of a railway station for 50 years has just made the first railway journey of his life. ■ ' - It is anticipated that the Kinloeh Estate (Canterbury), recently acquired by. the Government' under tho Lands for Settlement Act, will lie thrown open'for selection early .noxt year, and that the successful applicants will obtain possession in April. The special exhibition of Spring Novelti"? commences lit tho D.I.C. to-day Speaking to a Wellington Post reporter oil Friday a merchant, who has his finger fairly on tho pulse of the market, remarked that ho would n6t bo surprised to see tho pi'ico of potatoes rise as high as £17 a ton befoio another month has passed. The "Brace" Coal, just on market, 21s per t0n,,., , ■ ■ An Asliburton farmer, who is -.the reverso of a prohibitionist, speaking to a reporter , in reference ,to nrohibition at Ashburton. 1 said that, notwithstanding whqt/was said about sly prog-selling being jparried on almost openly there, he did nor know of a sintrle sly-Froi; shon .where he could obtain a drink.—Tiniaru Post. So went, are tho ravages nf black measles, yellow foyer, and lpalaria at Cliagrc.", Panama, tliat a train is'making from ono to four trips daily" to the cemetery with victims. American workmen have been warned to avoid tho Isthmus. '. Country visitors should call at Thomson and Co.'e Monumental Works, Moray.place. Cheapest in Dunedin...-. ■-, "In view of tho insanitary condition of many perambulators and co-carts." states a resolution passed by the Christehureh - Burgesses' Association at its last .meeting, "ami tho ease with which infection may ha disseminated through this medium, this association is of the opinion that public' attention should be directed to the subject, as these vehicles too often find a. rcftins; place in shops and places of public resort." Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for coughs and colds, never fails. Is 6d.... During the sitting of the Native Land Court in Riverton on Wednesday. Mr : P.ishop, S.M.. stated that. lie would not hem , any applications in respect to owner-, fillip of the mutton bird islands, as the Government intended shortly to introduce legislation dealing with them. Natives at present claiming ownership of tho various islands were merely trustees for all tho Native*. Frank H. IMakcley. surgeon dentist, 174Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483..'.. The fortunate holders of potatoes iu the Blenheim district were offered £1?. 10s per ton in vain on Thursday last. Tlic retail price per sack is now £I—which works out at about a halfpenny each. Old residents can recall only one year in which the nrico of the indispensable • tuber was fo hict'n. That was about 25 years ago.—Mnrlborougli Times. Special parts made to pattern for any make of cycle. Repairs of all kinds, enamelling and plating at lowest prices,- good work guaranteed.—\f. A. Scott, 155 George street.... , Sir E. Bunn, tho victim of the Murchieon traendy, who returned to Murchison from IWEtnn on Friday evening;, lias not entirely recovered from tho effects, of the injuries he then sustained. His .hearing is defective and the sight of one eve so impaired that lie has to woar a shade. The medical opinion is fhat his complete recovery is a. matter of time. The proprietors of "Bruce • Coal, in selling at 21fi per ton, are giving purchasers a distinct advantage.... The following .ucslinasters have won appointed transmitting receiving officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph " sent under "Tho Electric- Lines Act, 1881," or the regulations made- thereunder, and of signing such certificates in relation to tho service of any suck notices as arc required or authorised to be signed or .given under the act or regulations:—Alfred Clark. Lawrence;, John James. Naseby; William J. Walsh, Goro; and James Wylie, Port Chalmers. The Drainage Board has started opera-. tions, which mear muddy thoroughfares. Avoid discomfort by wearing Malleoli's boots. Royal Arcade. .. The following cases have been set down for hearing at the criminal sittings of the. Supreme Court at Invercargill. commencing' to-day:—William Andrew Hicks, forgery and uttering: Harry Hart, alias J. W. Harris, forgery andl uttering; Daniel Swan, wilful murder"; George Tomkins and'"John Hayes, theft from tho person; Fraiil; Cur- 1 tin. theft from the person; Edward Man-ail, ' carnal knowledge; Joseph Griffiths, theft from a dwelling. Thet'i; is every indication of an cii'ly spring. Wo would therefore remind (ur UAv patrons that in our dressmaking department we are now prepared to execute their orders. All our work is finished and .fitted in an artistic manner, and satisfaction is assured.—A. F Cheyne and Co., Mnsgiol and' Lawrence..... An amusing, and apparently true, story is related' in the Daily Chronicle. A prisoner was heing conveyed to Dielsdorf, and was locked up in a. waiting room until the train arrived , . Tired of waiting, ho got through an open window, mounted a. detective's bicycle, and rode to tho prison, IS miles distant, and stated that he had como to serve six months. The governor thought he was joking, liut a telephone message to the -station resulted in a oell being placed at his disposal. . You should £co the new 6tock of Gasfittings iust imported , by A. and. T. Burt (Limiteih. whose showroom is in Stuart street. The price is right. Inspection will repay you. Baths. Basins. Gas Heaters and Cookers of the latest designs.... On behalf of the widows of Messrs Alexander and Richards, who were killed in the railway accident at Chaney's some, week.? ago, Mr D. Buddo, M.H.R., has eommunieatod with tho Railway Department, claiming compensation. Tho department iia3 replied stating that it cannot recognise any liability. In the first place, it states, it is not responsible for the cau3o of the accident, which was a flood; and, in the second place, the deceased gentlemen were contraveninsr the regulations by standing on the platform when- the accident occurred. Savins money is the object of every thrifty housewife. She bitterly objects, to seeing an article priced lower than _ sho paid for it. The best way to avoid.this is to have a look at the Mutual Stores winter sale before purchasing anything. We can guarantee that, quality'for quality, we can show you goods unsurpassed anywhere. Tho proof is written in plain figures and easily read.... A gentleman who rpoently paid a visit to Lake Rotoiti, and who is an enthusiastic angler, assures the Hot Lakes Chronicle that at no time of the year has ho witnessed a greater number of trout in any of the, streams than is to be seen at present' in -the Oliau. "The water is thick with" them," he said; "and such fish! I havo never seen finer in my life." Taking it that the other streams are similarly stocked —and there is reason to believe such isjtho case.—it is very evident tho fish are increasing at such a rate as to cause anxiety in the very near future with regard to a food supply. The TJtnhina Stream is particularly well stocked this season, find we learn thai: already the officers of the Auckland Ace'iniatifation Society, who havo been _ at work in this strcamj have secured a milliin and'a-half nf ova, from the fish. -'The Hamurana Stream" teems with beaiitmil Csh, and the sight ndds considerably to the attractiveness of this stream. T. Ross's great, sale of fashionable winter Koods now on; everything in the shop reduced, but yo.ir attention is specially directed to 125 fashionable winter jackets, 6d to 3 .guineas-How'from 8s 6d. ftcwwinter blouses, in pretty patterns of flannel . and flannelette, from 2s lid each.■ ■' Pretty coif jerseyj, from 7s 6d: ladiei' knitted bloomers, from 3s lid. All our fury and> muffs reduced from Iβ lid, muffs 7e 6d. Cashmere stockings, from' 10d pair; kid and suede gloves, from la Ud; 700-umbrellas, all new goods, pretty handles, were 175.-: 6H to 8s lid-all'at 5s 6d.-At T.-Ross's sale..'. , ;'- - " . ■';:.:. ,/■ ' ,