OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13832, 20 February 1907, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Ontario's wealth is equal to that of all the rest of Canada combined. The foo for a registered letter was originally 2s 6tl, and afterwards Is. Frank £1. Elakeiey, surgeon dentin, 17+ Princes street South (over Kilroy and Suthorla-nd'al. Telephone H83..„

_ Postal business all over the world is increasing 7 per cent, per annum. Tho most savage fish in the world is tha green nioray of Bermuda waters.

Ladies who have ones worn Brown, Ewing's "B.E. Specialty" corspt buy it again and again. It can bo washed, and will nor, rust; only 12s 6d.„. The record frequency of lightning flashes ill England is 25 to the minute.

It is calculated that tourists spend £6,000,000 a year in Switzerland.

■ The world is moving forward all tlio time, ai:d the new is supplanting the old- " King Coffee" challenges comparison with past and present productions...

At Kenmare Castle is preserved an enor-i mous cockleshell. weighing 1201b. The great aqueduct .which supplied Cari thage with water was 70 miles long. The danger of an introduction of bubonio plaguo from Sydney is 'a. very real olio. Tako the advice of the Minister of Public Health aucl disinfect at once. The best and cheapest disinfectants on the market are Quibell's. A largo tin or bottle costs o" 1 " Is, and all storekeepers sell them. Seo t.ho splendid display in Marshall's (chemist) window, Princes street....

Iron corrodes with great rapidity at or about the temperature of boiling water.

The largest military band is that, of the Belgian Guides. There are 100 performers. In undressed white shirts we can eupnly you with a 7s quality shirt for 5s 6d during our sale, and in hard or soft felt hats you will find the makes and shapes we stock reliable and reasonable.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel and Lawrence....

' There are 80 miles of tunnels in Great Britain, the tolal cost exceeding £6,500,000.

New regulations for the carriage of dock' cargo were gazetted last week.

Latest Entrlish Suitings in great variety. Ansell and Co., Octagon (Fred. Smith, jun., cutter)....

A sum of £5000, which is to be taken from the Day of Reckoning Fund, which is kept at Parihaka, is to be spent on T'obu's tangi. In addition to giving (lie best value ever offered' in tbo Taicri, from now till tho end of our sale, wo will present every cash buyer from £1 up with a beautiful picture worth 3s 6d.—D. Christie and Co., the Busy Drapers, Mosgiel and London.... Tho Bruco Herald states that owing to some disagreement with the head master the members of Milbum School Committee have resigned in a body.

. Dyson try is very prevalent. Our 2s mixtnro gives immediato relief. Our Is bottla of grape salino makes a pleasant drink mid keeps tho '-system freo from trouble.— 11. L. Sprosen, chemist, Octagon, Dunedin. At Palmerstou North a girl was remanded for medical treatment rendered necessary by excessive drinking. At the present time special opportunities are offered the Taicri folk to securo genuine bargains at our cheap sale—now proceeding. We are busy, but can attend to you,--13. Christie and Co., import drapers, Mosgiel and London....

At the Hastings land ballot recently two men and their wives drew four sections, but owing- to tlio residential oonditions were compelled to forgo their rights in two cases.

I.V'oplo who wish to travel must havo a knowledge of languages. The Scranton Schools (Bra)' Bros., agents) teach French, German, and Spanish by phonograph, to insuro proper pronunciation; Our records are now used in the New Zealand universities....

A resident at tlio Narrows, Riverton, had tlio misfortune to lose about 40 liens and a number of ducks last week through their eating poisoned pollard, which had been laid for bunny.

Tlio champion talking bird of Australia is the gallah parrot. Charles Bills, Dun* cdin, lias just landed a. splendid collection, and gives a written guarantees that each bird will talk, or ho will cxchango it frc« of cost....

The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon... R. M'Nab) has arranged a policy whereby young bulls, by ITomc sires out of tested dairy cows, will bo supplied to farmers. The herds will' bo kept at tlio Wcravoa Experimental Farm.

The boundaries of the electoral districts of the colony, as finally fixed by tho Representation Commissioners, arc gazetted. Only a few email alterations, which have already, been described, were made to tho original proposals. A salo is a salo to'most people—that's tho beginning and the end of it. As tho poet sings, "A primrose by tho_ river's brink a yellow primrose was to him, t and nothing more-" But the salo now running at tho City Boot Palace docs not belong to the yellow primrose order. It is a sala that excites wonder and admiration! II shows what Dunedin can do when she " wakes up"! AVhy, last Saturday evening tho door had to bo closed thrco times, tho rush was so great! Boots anil shoes are being sold at prices so low that tho people are fairly astonished. Women's shoes at 2j lid and 'men's boots at 3s 6d aro sufficiently out of th n common to cause a rush. In real liigh-clas3 footwear substantial reductions have been made, though it is not pretended that they aro sacrificed as aro tho sample, job, and odd lots. Tliero arc many bargains y.ct left. Visit the City Boot Palace,- Gcorgo street, and see for yourself.... . ■>.

The Marquis of Graham, who was married to Lady Mary Hamilton last year, in working in one of the largest shipyards on the Clyde as an engineer. He is an enthusiast in all matters pertaining to ships and shipping, and is at present engaged in fitting out a deep-sea steamer with suction gas engines. _ The remains of the .Elginshire appear to be crumpling up (says the Tiinaru Herald). On Saturday a large piece of the starboard 6ide, was seen to have been torn loose and turned snoreward like a 'tumbledown door. 'Tho whole of ihc forwarc l part, seemed to have sunk lower, and thoso who knew tho old landmark well thought tho next heavy sea would probably smash it to pieces. Our sale of fashionable, every-day gocds, now in full swing, bids fair to bo tlio most succcssful wo liavo had. Ladies' pretty striped, checked, flowered, and shot sunshades selling at tho ridiculous prices of Is 6tl and Is lid. All our new season's blouses, many of them only just imported, and worth up to 10s 6d, aro marked Is lid. 2s lid, and 3s lid. Sevonty-nino linen and crash dress skirts, excellent (or wear, and wash ]>eantifullv, from 2s lid; lace gloves, 3d pair: lace stockings. Is ]Jd pair (just the thing for tho warm weather), and everything throughout tho whole shop reduced at T. Ross's, 130 Princes street, Dunedin....

Major Edward Henry Elliot, who was A.D.C. to Lord Glasgow when the latter / was Governor of New Zealand, arrived in Wellington last week by tho Kiverina. Maior Elliot saw service in tho. Sou'h African war, and was at _ono time in charge of a big floor prisoner camp. While hunting in India wmc time a<rq ho hail the misfortune to break one oE his logs, the "sotting"' of which did not turn out so well as it might have done, and tho limb is now a source of a good deal of worry to him. 110 had recently been staying in Queensland, and has come across fo Nov/ Zealand for tho physical benefit be may derive.