OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13665, 7 August 1906, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

According to a. "professional authority" who was charged at the Old Bailey it takes about an liour (o oominit a. burglary.

The Government has set a.part 2614 acres for a now farm settlement at Makotuku, Wellington land district, to bo called the Tupapanui Block. _ Anscll and Co., Octagon (Fred. Smith, juu., cutter), for high-class tailoring of every description.... Snow started falling heavily at- Gore shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and continued without cessation' for about a couple of hours.—Standard. The sum of £364 17s wa.* received at the meeting of Hie Hawke's Bay .Jockey Ciub on Thursday in payment of members' subscriptions. For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s od p«r bottle.... MrWilforf informed the Supreme Court at Wellington last week that ajiv man who was decently dres=ed could "get a ™. U0 oss ' l ed by the average hotelkceper. Tho Chinese employed on the Rand mines on April 30 numbered 49.789. Durmg May 1860 arrived, 595 repatriated, and 103 died, leaving as the total number in the country on May 31, 50.951. Frank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Prinoes street South (over Ivilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483....

The Admiralty, according to -Mr F. Bullen, has become as " modern, commonsense, and free from prejudice eg the post office." The War Office, on the other hand, is worse than it ever was.

During tho last two months Mr E. Short, tho noted Romney breeder of Waituna. West, sold 10' ram lambs at an average of £32 •each, three of them—by this breeder's well-known ram Piccord—going at 50 guineas cach.

Molor Bioyclca.—Orders now being booked for next season's mounts. 3J-horso Twin (Magneto, only £60; eecond-hand cars an J bikes in stock;— Stuart White, 98 Prineei street.....

A rccord lias been put. up by the Wellington University Football Civ.b so f»i< this season, eight, matchcs having been played, alt of which have been lost, and no points scored. Mr Cyril Ward 1 did not return to the colony with the other members of (lie family. He intends staying in England for about 12 months, studying mercantile and commercial pursuits. The Duko of Wellington was "quick in action," and ho "achieved brilliant results." This exactly dcscribcs the essential virtues of the "Record" boot, polish.... "Fermena." a cooking commodity which serves an old purpose under a new name, lias been declared liable to the same duty as civam of tartar, tho article for which 11 ir a T f u l f''''' n ' e ' '-t'lie duty is Id per lb. .I'* Broker, dentist. Pnnoes street, opposite National Bank. Horn's of attendance, 9 to 5.30 daily. Telephono 1835.... ~7 .? is „, a curious histon- '(aching to Alicsns fifty-first Palm, v....0h is sung at. St. Pauls Cathedral, London, every iriday m Lent. It. was never available for publio «ss until Mozart, as a boy, took it on n 111 MS. while it was being sung at at. Peters, Rome. . For business purposes tho best education js tho meet practical. A local engineering farm writes: Wo always prefer to employ moil holding Scranton Sohool certificates"bocause the instruction stiven is, above all things, practical. Bray Bros., agents, Bun* edin...,

Tho attempt to further develop tho Island fruit trade with New Zealand by establishing a direct, steamer scrvlco seems destined to failure, for a time at all events (says tho Wellington Post). Tho Government called for tenders for a service, but only oii-j was received—that of the TJnion Company,—and .u the subsidy asked was oonsidercd too high it was not accepted. Besides Mosgiel residents, thousands of our country friends are taking advantage of tho benefits offered in connection with our Christchurch Exhibition guessing competition; conditions on application. Come and try your luck.—D. Christie and Co., drapers, Mosgiel.... Tho only occasion on which Mr William Gray, secretary of tile Tost, and Telegraph Department, saw his Holiness tho Popo during his stay in Rome was at a ceremony at St. Peter's—the beatification of the nurses who tended the wounded of tho battle of Waterloo. Mr Gray states that tho ceremony was a verv beautiful one, and ho^ was greatly impressed. Furniture and furnishing departments are to he opened by Messrs A. F. Clieyne n.nd Co.. Mosgiel, on the Ist of August in tho brick building recently erected by Mr Harper on Gordon road. A call of inspection is respectfully solicited.... At Christchurch on Thursday evening Professor Seott told the story of a steam motor car which he had built in thinedin many years ago. In those days, ho said, tho onlv means of steering a ear was a hugo wheel, which required two big men to hold it. Even then tho ear was not safe, and sometimes, on rounding a comer, the wheel would throw the steersman down and often the other occupants of tho car found a vesting placo in the ditch. Beautiful cork mats for tho bathroom, from fc; loofahs, loofah rubbers, loofah hath shoes, loofa.h gloves, alt prices. Splendid bath and toilet sponges—At Marshall's Pharmacy....

Mr Havilland Do Carteret, at present residing a.', South Yarra (Victoria), lias been, informed through tho Imperial Pensions Oflioo that ho lias been awarded a pension of £4 per month for life by the Indian Government. Mr Do Carteret was senior lioutonant in the 79th Kegiment of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and Foitcfht with lu's regiment all through the Indian Mutiny. He subsequently sowed in the Crimean campaign. He is 74 yeara of age.

The Mutual Stores groat end-of-winter sale is now into its stride, and tho purchasers are numbered by the hundred each day. Evidently the Mutual people are determined to outdo everything before seen in bargain-giving. Added to this tliey are now giving awav to buyers large and'handsome photographs of New Zealand scenery and Other choice and useful presents, according to ihe amount expended.... Mr Frod T. A. Johnstone, who went away with tJie Sixth Contingent, and was scouting unlil the end of flic South Afrioan war, in a letter to his relatives at Kowrw Bush (Canterbury), plates that ho is at present with R-oystons lior.se. Ho says ■n' Quills were pretty troublesome. Boring operations are being- prosecuted on tho farm of Mr ,T. Aitken on the North road (says tho Milton Mirror). A slip of somo extent, that occurred at t.hc placo lWmted to tlie presence of mineral deposits, and the Government lx>ring rods were set to work. Tho bore had been put down 20ffc through elay formation when bad weather prevented its continuance, but work will ba pushed 01), immediately the weather permits. 1. Kosss 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, iT. ~' muffs "latch, from 5s 6d: children s heavy knitrfcecl wool bloomers, 2f ud. ladies, 3s 9d; and all gloves, stockings, ties, laces, umbrellas, and everything reduced to lowest bargain saie prices at T. •Kosss, 130 Princes street....

A Duntroon settler, who has over 30 years experience of that and surrounding districts to draw upon, stated, in convocation with a North Otago Times reporter on Saturday, that this winter has been the finest ho lias ever known, without cxcop. tion. .Tust recently the cold has been keen and tho frost .severe; also, the farmers could do with some more moisture, but, taken all round. Win season oould hardly liave neon better if made to order, and tha prospects for crops an d stock aro excellent Antipon lias just arrived. Price, 4s and 6s 6d, by most 4s 9d and 7s 6d. Zepto removes all stains from the teeth. Price Ib. Dew of violeis, Is a bottle.-H. L. Sproson, ohemisl, Oclagon, Dmiedin.... . An ingenious puzzle, which has been invented by Mr D. M'Ewen, of Dunedin, will shortly bo plaoed on the market. It consists of 14 pieces of wood or cardboard of irregular sizes, which, when fitted together, constitute a checker-board. Tho puzzle is, however, so to placo them togothcr that tlioy slinll make the complete pattern. We have seen Mr M'lv.ven himself fit them into their proper places as to form tlie board. But tlio task has proved beyond the capacity of, we are informed, hundreds of other persons who havo patiently attempt*:! it. Yes, sir! There's no doubt but that when you get, a really first-class Britishmade article you just get about tlie finest thing tho markets of the world havo to soil Frcdk. Bostock, of Northampton, has a liamo and reputation that stands almost alono in Iho higher grades of boot manufacture. He possesses tlie art of givin"- an elegant and graceful form and finish" in combination with that lasting wear the colonial insists on. Cookham House lias opened up a fino lot of men's "Rratock" boo!-. Coine and see them! Box calf, smart ami solid. 22s 6d; witli wide too and heavier build 255: charmingly natty glaoe kid, 23< 6d, 25s {(real Mvell" -boots); box calf, great solid Cookham solo, ropo stitched, father ined. 27s 6d.-Cookham House, J nnccs street, the home of foigh-erado foot-* woar....

T 10 rush of American tourists to Eng. Mid tins season is said to have so far broken al records. Nearly 3000 passenger were landed at Liverpool within 24 hours from two American steamers, and tlio Citsin"™°^ iccivi °/ *' 1C P° rt oxamincd about IU,UUU pieces of personal luggage, weighing in tile aggregate 400 tons. Amen? the new arrivals w ?s a contingent of millionaires, including members 0 f the Whitney, Armstrong, ' Vandorbilt. Huntington, Maekay, Constable famines. Some of these paid in s f a 'e rooms, and carried aa many as 40 trunks. In striking contrast to them wero many school teachers, who arrived Willi little more than handbags.