OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13649, 19 July 1906, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

A Queen Anno farthing bearing the date 1/1j was recently sold for £40 at Mc ssr = ootheby'e. The last Sovereign to abdicate was King Milan of Sorvia. 110 relinquished the crown in 1859. " Polish " is the hall-mark of civilisation. A gentleman :s not polished it his boots nave not had a touch 06 "Record."... The will of one William Ison, of Bexlcy Hcalli, who almost starved himself to death nas just been proved for £8255. 1 ®jJ jer j a a bride 011 coming to her huaband s house is required to prepare a dinner with her own hands as a test of her skill as a housewife. Bromoim,—lllfori's new bremids pjpp.r just to hand. Queen Louise massage cold cream, tho great healer, 6d a pot. Splenmd assortment- of hot wator bags at wholesale prices.—ll. L Sprosen, chemist, Octagon, Dunedin.... Deschlcr's Hotel at Invercargill, the rent of which was £12 10s a week under license, has now been leased as a boarding-house at £5" a week. Under lidward VI not only were beggars frogged and branded, but the giver was fined 10 times the amount of his alms. J*or Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' ■ Groat Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.... A casually company af Hartford, Conn., has paid Miss \nnio Lochs, of Now York, £3200 for the loss of her scalp in & machinery accident.

Tlio {ouncil of the Cookie (Victoria) Agricultural College has appointed a committee t° inquire into an allegation that a considerable amount of tlrinking gees on amongst, t.he students. In two instances men have been sent away fop having shown signs of drunkenm**. 11. D. Brewer, dentist. Princes street, opposite National Baul;. Hours of attendance, 9 to 5.30 daily. Telephone'lßss.... A largo number of Gore residents who purpose visiting Chrislehtirch Exhibition intend taking tents with them to canip ous either at Sumner or New Brighton, in view of tho difficulty that would probably bo experienced in obtaining hotel accommodation.—Ensign. Great liill-climbors arc Vauxhall ami Leader motor c%rs; all British made.Stuart W'hite, 98 Princes street, agent. Also, Decauvillo (French) and Mercedes.... It is stated that ono clay last week an Invercargill bank was made tho recipient, by a clicnt, of an old ono pound note which, beforo coming into his possession, had been eo • " doctored" that anyone might, in a dim light, take, it to bo on# worth fivo pounds. Report has it that th<» operator was extremely crafty, but not skilful. Frank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 17+ Prinocs street South (over ICilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1(83.... Tho demands made by friends upon, members of tho Commercial Club, Invorcargill, to become members have been so great since No-license eamo into force that a meeting is to bo callcd to consider tho question of excluding the "friends" from introduction. Ansell and Co., Octagon (Fred. Smith, juu., cutter), for high-class tailoring of every description.... It is stated that inquiries are being mado by the representatives of an Australian syndicate as to whether foreshore claims could not bo secured at Thames and tho tailings and otlior deposits treated for gold. Tho same syndicate have large areas of similar claims in Queensland. It will pay visitors to Dunedin requiring anything in the monumental lino to call on Thomson and Co., Moray nlaeo (opposite First Church).... A number of members' of tho southern section of the South Island Maori Council have assembled at the Arowhenua Ka'k (Tcmuba), to take part in the forthcoming conference. The business of the council is to collect historical evidence and causes of tribal and national grievances, which will be laid beforo the Houso for consideration and redress. Tho finest collection of liigh-cla6s toilet soap in the city.—Vinolia soap, 6d; Buttermilk, 6d; Glycerine and Cucumber, 6d; Skin soap, fid; Margerison's White Rose, 6d; Wright's Tar, Pear's, Colgate's, and many others—At Marshall's Pharmacy.... ,'fho Feilding Borough Council has been served with a writ by the cxccutore of the late Charles Newall, who met with a fatal trap accident in the borough on February 16 last, claiming the sum of £3000 damages. The case is set down for hearing at the next, silting of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North on September +. In conncction with the Christohurch Exhibition we arc offering £10 in prizes to customers guessing tho correct or nearest number of patrons to the Exhibition on tho first day. For every 10s spent entitles you to one guess besides getting full value for your money.—D. Oliristio and Co., Gordon road, Mosgiel.... Tho morning mail bag from Riverton to Orcpuki went astray on Thursday between these two stations. So far (says .'the Western Star) no trace has been found, Tho bags, four in number, were noted by the guard on delivery at the guard's van, and on arrival at Orepnki it was found that one was missing. A tail round the world can only be appieciatcd by a good sailor, but everyone visiting our sale must appreciate the value wo aro offering in scasonablo drapery. Every article reduced; and the people's verdict is: Best value obtainable.—A. F. Clieyne and Co., Mosgiel.... Tho district constable at Tokaanu has resigned from tho force. Tho residents of this township are anxious that a blacksmith should fill tho vacancy, as they aro at present without police protection. A district constablo is allowed to follow any honest occupation (excepting dealing in liquor), and a good living should be derived from the combined occupations. T. Ross's genuine sale of winter goods now on; everything in the shop reduced, and, . specially, you should see the new winter jackets, from 5s lid; children's winter coats, from 4s lid: flannel and flannelette blouses, from Is 6d; rich fur necklets, from 2s 6d, muffs to match, from 5s 6d; children's heavy knitted wool b'.oomcrs, 2« 6d. ladies', 5s 9d; and all gloves, stockings, ties, laces, umbrellas, and everything reduced to lowest bargain Ealc prices at T. Bosses. 130 I'rinecs street A "New Zealander named Mavis, described as a boilermakor, has been sentonccd to six months' imprisonment at Adelaide under " Tho Convicts' Prevention Amendment Act, 1879," the clurgo against him being that ho had unlawfully entered the State. The accused had served a sentence for felony in Western Australia during the past three years. We have much pleasure in mating the announcement that on Thursday, July 12, the Mutual Stores, Limited, will open their great winter 6ale. This is an event looked forward to by hundreds of shrewd and thrifty heads of households. Never before ha.ve wo been in tho position to offer such good values at such low prices, our system of buying for cash having enabled us, in spite of tho great rise in prices, to secure goods at most remarkable price concessions.... At the end of May (tho last returns to hand in the .Journal of the Labour Department), the Department of Roads was employing 2749 men throughout - the colony. They were distributed as follows:—Auckland 497, To Kuiti 384. Kotorua 224, Hawke's Bay 20. Taranaki 334, Wanganui 302, Wellington 246, Marlborough 33, Nelson 117. Westland 102, Canterbury 72, Otago 64, Southland 115. Are you grasping opportunities? There is no such thing as luck. Everybody in this world has chances. Wlis.t people call "luck" is simply that someone sees his chance, holds on to it, mid at the right moment works it for himself. The man that sits down and waits for opportunity to nestle in his arms will wait. Here is an opportunity: Simon Brothers, Princes street (opposite "Post Office) offer bargains in boots at their sale. Women'* goloshes. 2s 9d; men's glace and chrome boots, 105.... In order to test the accuracy of the statement mado by temperance advocates that tho consumption of- alcoholic liquors, even in moderation, leads to the physical deterioration of the race, the Victorian licensed victuallers lias challenged the Victorian Alliance to hold a tug of war between non-abstainers and total abstainers, 10 men aside. The proceeds, if the contest eventuates, will be devoted to charities. The " hit of tho season " is the " Keith " boot. This is the gentleman's boot which has met with so much favour. It has a smartness and comfort " all its own." It is cut on tho most fashionable lines. It's a man's boot, with all the dainty finish of a woman's. Worthy of the cWst attention. Made in different stvles. We have also tho latest and most fashionable shapes in ladies' footwear at Cookham House, depot for hich-sradp footwear, Princs street.... i The Firth Pumice Co. (Ltd.), Auckland, is introducing its' patent coninres'ed " Puniieine" sand snap throughout New Zealand. Mr A. T. Firlh. who is representing the firm, is now in Dunedin, and has made arrangements for the free distribution of 4000 full-sized blocks (14|oz each). Already 15.000 have been distributed in the parts of New Zealand already visited, and it is estimated that another 15.000 blocks will be triven away as samp'es in the towns slreadf to be visited. All who have used "Puniieine" speak most highly of its undoubted merits. 'It does not crumble away when wet, and retains its original hardness after use. This company has suonlicd large quantities of its natent calcined numico insulation to freezing eomnanies throughout the world.; Mr 11. F. Moss is tho Otago agent.