OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13640, 9 July 1906, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

' The Empress of Russia has a handkerchief which it took seven years to make. It cost £1000. Since the Sue# Canal was opened its annual revenue has increased from £360,000 to £4,000,000. Great hill-climbers arc Vauxhall and Leader motor cars: all British made.— Stuart White. 98 Princes street, agent. Also. Dccauville (French) and Mercedes.... The Tuapeka Times states that Mr J. C. Bhickmore, Government Pomologist, has selected a site in Roxburgh for an experimental orchard. The state of education in Russia may be judged from the fact that there is only one village school to every 12,000 persons. For Children's Hacking Cough at night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.... The deaths of 44 persons, whose ages aggregated 2115 years, were registered at Christ-church last month, giving an average age of over 70 years. The oldest tree in the world is said to be the famous dragon tree of Tcnerift'c, which is estimated to be from 4000 to 6000 years of age.

Frank H. Blakeley. surgeon dentist, 174 Prinoes street South iover Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483....

The French (.'omedie Francaise is tho only theatre wliich pensions its actors and actresses. After 20 years' service they aro entitled to £200 a year.

The highest tide that has yet been seen since Orcpuki became inhabited was witnessed on 'Thursday morning (says tho Advocate). All the beach claims were inundated several feet above the highest known water mark.

.lust received a. splendid lot of traveller's sample hairbrushes, combs,- and nailbrushes; for sale for less than usual cost. Splendid selection of perfumes and faco powders.—H. L. Sprosen, chemist, Octagon, Dunedin....

Several persons were brought before Mr Norihcroft,. S.M.. "on Saturday week at tho Taiinuuunui Police Court, on" charges of sly grog-selling. Fines ranging from 20s to £50 were inflicted.

It is reported that 'Fitzgoralds' Circus, which has recently lost the two proprietors, has been purchased by the tall American, J. F. Filzpatrick, who was manager for '"Looping the Loop" Chefalo, round hero with Wirths' Circus last year.

In connection with the Christehurcli Exhibition we are offering £10 in prizes to customers guessing the correct or nearest number of patrons to the Exhibition on the first, day. For every 10s spent entitles you to or.o guess besides getting full value for your money.—D. Christie and Co., Cordon road, Mosgiel.... A farmer in the Western district was recently two cattle short on counting his herd, and noticing that a straw stack had been blown over in the paddock obtained help, and forked up' tho straw. The two missing beasts were found underneath apparently none the worse for their two days' imprisonment.—Winton Record.

Tho popularity of our winter sale in. creases every year, as our returns show. This year we have some special attractions that must interest, everyone. If yon have not given us a look up—Why not? You- must lie a loser also.—A. F. Cheyno and Co., direct importers. Mosgiel....

Some seven or eight types of houses have been approved of by the Government for erection in Christehurcli under the workmen's homes system. They each contain live rooms, are mostly single-storey buildings, possess all modern conveniences, and had an attractive external appearance.

The Western Star is informed that the s.s. Rose Casey lias been chartered by Mr J. S. Sullivan to take a. freezing plant from Pclorous Sound to Rivcrton. It is also likely that, a number of oil launches will bo towed down, which will be engaged in the fishing industry.

Dr CrttSjliitul's ~ Famous Headache Powders.—The safe and quick cure remedy; splendid for train or sea sickness; Is 6-d. lvosebcrry Balm, a quick dandruff cure; la 6d.—At Marshall's Pharmacy....

"It is a strange thing," remarked his Honor Mr Justice Edwards during tho course of divorce proceedings at. Taranaki on Friday week, "that the people-who draft these laws and the Statutes Revision Committee do not. take tho trouble to make them intelligible."

Ansell and Co.. Octagon (Fred. Smith, jun., cutter), for high-class tailoring of ov«ry description....

When entering exhibits for the Gore poultry show, a Balclulha fancier wrote: "Regarding the prize for the competitor with the largest family, I am after the prize with a total of 14 living, and, if anyone has any more, well, give the bag of potatoes to him." The bag of potatoes was tho appropriate prize, and tho writer won it.

T. Ross's genuino sale of winter goods now on; everything in the shop reduced, and, specially, you should soo tho now winter jackets, from 5s lid; children's winter coats, from 4s lid; flannel and flannel' etto blouses, from Is 6d; rich fur necklets, from 2s sd, muffs to match, from 5s 6d; children's heavy knitted wool bloomers, 2s 6d. ladies', 3s 9d; and all gloves, stockings, ties, laces, umbrellas, and everything veduced to lowest bargain sale prices at T, Ross's, 120 Princcs_ street....

Proceedings under an act of George 111 have been commenced by Inspector Cawsey (Melbourne) against the conductors of Sunday evening entertainments in Fitzgeralds' circus building. The maximum amount claimed is £700. The dates on which tho entertainments are alleged to have been held arc the two last Sundays in March and the first in April. We hear that large, honest, full lib tina of King coffee aro being retailed at Is 6d..„

Some one, doubtless envious of tho success of the Mutual Stores, Limited, or from interested motives, has put into circulation a- report that the business is for sale. Tho directors hog In state that such rumour ia wholly devoid of foundation. Tho Mutual will continue as heretofore, lo afford their largo and increasing circle of customers the usual favourable opportunities of seeurinff the best value for their money obtainable in the oity.-.Tuno 30, 1906....

Among Hie steerage passengers by the Sonoma from San Francisco for Sydney was Ihe. jockey Kllis, who some months ago was induced to 1 ravel America in.company with, a celebrated criminal, who pretended to possess great wealth, and by whom Ellis was decoyed io a house anil almost murdered. " Ellis still bears marks of tha assault upon him in the shape of a big seat on the sculp. It is stated that the Record polish is specially made in England for N.Z. b00t5.... Word was received on Thursday (says tlio Western Star) that a whaleboat which was being conveyed from Dusky Sound, Preservation Inlet, to the Bluff by the ketch Endor had been washed up at. Port William, Stewart Island. The supposition is that, the whaleboat, was washed overboard, The matter has, however, been reported to Ihe Customs authorities. Amongst those who suffered serious loss in the San Francisco disaster were tho Friendly Societies, and most of Ihe lodges are practically ruined. The Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, had all their property, which included about; 10 lodge rooms, completely extinguished, and about 85 i>er cent, of Hie member. 1 ) were rendered homeless and penniless. AH the lodge, funds were used to relieve tha wants of the members and their families, and an nppwil is now being madv l io the, colonial lodges for assistance. "Ability is measured by deeds, not words." and if there are" not many words in this aJvertisemenl there is plenty of ability behind il! This test' of ability ia daily sought for, and very often ill to find, A man (or woman) has a pair of boots worn down a bit: lie wants them brought back by skilful repair to a condition similar to new—at nnyrato, to he made decent:—bub whore's the man with the ability to do it? Some will talk much and do very poor work: it requires a staff like that of the City Boot Palace, who can transform their words into deeds, to turn out boot repairs in a way that will give perfect satisfaclJon. Not that the City Boot Palace claims a, monopoly of ability in boot repairing—the claim of Ihe City Boot Palace is to demon* si rate by their splendid work ability to c.o "lie finest kind of boot repairing....

The Fiji Islands are at present overrun with grass-hoppers, much to the chagrin of the sugar-cane planters, and various ideas have been propounded by which to put down, or at all events to stem, the incursions of the pest. The latest experiment with a view to thinning the numbers of tlio pest rests with Messrs Carr and Doyle, planters, at Lautoka, who are forwarding 100 turkeys from Sydney by tho steamer Navua. Their intention is to permit tho birds to run the plantations, and ascertain their value as a power for, in a measure, preventing the wholesale destruction of tho sugar cane. Should the venture prove successful, further batches of turkeys will Iw introduced, and distributed about the Ba River, as well as in the Lautoka district.

Two comparative si-rangers at last Friday's social gathering of tcmncranco workers:—"l have seen more drunkenness among both men and women on the streets of Dunedin during the few months since I have been in your midst than in all the 21 years I was in the United State/'—Thus Mr Hiist-ie. th" new minister at (ho Tabernacle. " I am delighted to sod the way the temperance meetings in Dunedin arc reported by the papers. It is very creditable to them, and must be a groat help to the temperance cause. It, is ever so much better than I have been used to sceine: elswhcre."—Miss Moody Bell, of the W.C.T. Union.