OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13845, 7 March 1907, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

e» The tat <in Asliburlon on Saturday registered 91deg in the shade at the Domain weather station. A stained glass window has just been erected in St. Mary's Church, Timaru, in memory ot the late Dean Harper. Drinking the king drink—King coffee.... Beavers have been known to construct a dam no loss lltan 1530 ft in length. The recent visit o[ the King and Queen to Xcwcastlc-on-Tvne involved the town council in an outlay of £7752 13s 2d. The Norfolk County Council has decided that no person whose vision was defective should he licensed to drive a motor ear. Frank H. Blakoiey, surgeon dentist, 174 Prin«6 street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Tolepkone 1483.... The area of the British Empire is 12.000,000 square- miles; its coast-lino is 43,000 miles; its population 400.000,000. Mr .luslieo Sutton said at Liverpool assizes that if drunkenness was an cxcuf.o for crime -half of the gaols would be empty. Thomson and Co., Moray place, have just landed, ex Oswestry Grange, a largo shipment of square and other granite monuments. Inspection inviled.... Coal mining is the most dangerous of all land, employments. Thirteen in every 10,000 coal miners are killed yearly hy accident. A home can always be made bright and cheerful if you have onn of Charles Bills's champion parrots. Every bird guaranteed.... Intimation has been received from the Trinity College of Music. London, approvi ing of a, centre for Wore lor the College.

— All bees do not make the usual six-" sided coll. Upholsterer bees, to wliiohi room is 110 object, construct circular ones. Wo arc making a special offer to patrons visiting our chcap sale this week. Every arliclc furl her reduced until Saturday, Come ami participate.—l). Christie and Co., import, drapers, Mosgiel and London....' An old wc'.ian who was charged at l'lnKeld Police Court with intoxication attributed Iter downfall to reading- novels late at night. A war against clairvoyants lias lately been waged in Melbourne by tlio police, and several amusing exposures have been mado in the courts. Latest English Suitings in great variety, Ansell and Co., Octagon (Fred. Smith, jun., cutter)— A son of .Tames Fitznatrick, of Narbethong (Kew South Wales), six years of age, fell into a pit of burning sawdust, and sub. Bcqucntly died from tlio terrible injuries lie received. Want a pump? Our "Simplex" is a splendid lift and force pump, suitablo for gardens, washing buggies, etc. Write for particulars.—A. and 'J'. Burt (Ltd.), Dunedin. Owing to the briskness of tlio building trade in Poverty liav a local timber mill it obliged to work double shifts in order to keep paco with orders received. During' 1907 you will Rain much in satisfaction and cconomy if we supply your medicines and dispense your prescriptions.— J. Waters, chemist, 20 Princes stroot,... Thero is an usual quantity of groper on tlio fishing grounds off Oamaru, and on Monday tlio boats brought in about 800 of these fish of alt sizes. Christchurch is tlio market for most of tlio catch.—North Otago Times. Ladies who liavo once worn Brawn, Swing's "B.E. Specialto" corset buy it again and again. It. can bo washed, and will not rust; only 12s 6d.... The remains if tlio Elginshire have lately taken a further din seaward, tho deck is now becoming steeply inclined forward, and the "port bow" is at water level at high tide. Tile next heavy roll will therefore sweep up the decks. Reliable!— That is the word which best describes the character of footwear sold at Cookham House, Princes street. Not only docs it apply to tho ordinary lines, but to every description of footwear stocked. C'eokham House has sonic excellent values in gymnastic shoes—for example, the "Celtic." laeinir, with black rubber sole-at 3s 6d, 2s lid, and cililuren's, 2s 6d. A beautiful white canonlaeing_ shoe, with while rubber soles, from tho North British Rubber Company's factory, is real good value at 4s lid. Men's tennis and gymnastic boots, with canvas uppers, at 4s 6d aro also wonderfully chcap. Shipments of winter styles in everyday footwear arc now opened up at, Cookham House, tho depot for high-grade footwear, Princes street.... As showing how- sheep liave gone up in price as a result of the recent rains, a farmer told a. Timaru Post reporter on Saturday that sheep for which lie had been offered lis 6d threo weeks ago, lie had since sold at 16s per head. Drinking the king drink—King coffee.... Tho danger of an introduction of bubonio 1 plaguo from Sydney is a very real one. iako tlio advice of the Minister of Publio Health and disinfect at once. The best and cheapest disinfectants on the market are Quibcll s. A largo tin or bottle costs o- 1 - ls. and all storekeepers sell thejii. Sec tho splendid display in Marshall's (chemist) window, Princes street.... By the death of a relative in Ireland, Mr Frank Hennclly, who for many years has lived at Ararat (Vic.), working as a .labourer, has been left a fortune of £18,000. Ho purposes going to tho Old Country to claim his fortune. A lady says: "The relief I got for tho night from eczema was well worth the 2s 6d for Galenol Ointment. It is the best I have ever used." Sole agent for Dunedin, H. L. Sprosen, chemist, Octagon.... Mr Salem Pearcc, of Marysville, Ohio, has a lien which ho declares is an infallible

laromctcr. AVhcn. the lion roosts high on he branch of an apple tree a fino night is «rtain, but if she goes into Iho lion roost or the night bad weather is to bo exacted. In undressed wliito shirts we can snpuly •ou with a 75 quality sliirfc for 5s 6d during >ur sale, and in hard or 6oft felt hats you vill find tlio makes and shapes wo stock eliablc and reasonable—A. F. Choyno and 20., Mosgiel and Lawrence.... A bandit leader in the province of Szo!huan, China, informed the inhabitants of Jlientu that a large body of Bandits was ipproaehing the town. The people went Hit to meet the 0110111.7, and while they vere absent the bandit'leader burned the nissioii chapel. In tho window of Mr G. M. Marshall, liemist, Princes street, is a fino display of ho disinfectant preparations of tho worldoiiowned firm of Quibell Bros. Tlie merit if these preparations is indicated by the act that the Sydney Corporation* selected: ;hem against all-Homers for use in.com>ating the plague during the last great outiroak. As large tins or bottles cost Is >n!y, the use of Quibell's disinfectant in Sew Zealand is bound to become widespread.... During January the arrivals in New Zealand totalled 4788, comprising 4392 ululfs (2893 male, 1499 female), and 396 Aildren (221 male, 175 female). The departures aggregated 2172-2978 adults (1182 male, 796 femaie) and 194- children (113 malo md 81 female). The colony's population ivas therefore increased by 2616 by immigration. In January last year the arrivals numbered 4878, and the departures 1726. Tho scarcest, tiling in town the other day was a lady's long imitation or real snedo iduro reaching to the' elbow in a. decent quality at a moderate price. Wo have this day opened with our new goods ladies' elbow-length superior suede gloves, white, cream, and boa-vcr shades, a.t 5s 6d, and a, grand lot of imitation suede gloves in white, champagne, beaver, grey, and black, at 2s 6d.—At T. Ross's, direct importer,! 150 I'rinces street.... The Government; has given notice of its intention io resume for closer settlement 4650 acres of Mrs Matthows's To Ohu Estate, near Norwood. The whole estate comprises 13,000 acres, extending over both slopes of the Ruahino Range, _ where the country is, of course, very high. The owners object to part being taken, and desire that, tho purchase should take in the whole property. Consequently thovo will he a sitting of the. Compensation Court to hear the ease, which will open probably at Napier on April 16. For business purposes |.hc best education. is the most practical. A local electrical engineering firm writes: "Other things being equal, we always give preference to applicants holding Scranlon certificates." The training is thoroughly practical.—Hray Bros., agents.... Tho London Daily Graphic prints in facsimile a- copy of a memorial brass recently erected in the Anglican Church, Odesso, in memory of five of the ship's company, including the captain and a midshipman, of H.M.S. Tiger, who were killed by tho enemy on 12tli May, 1854, or died subsequently of their wounds. The incident occurred in an early stage of tho Crimean war. As staled on' the tablet, the Tiger ran ashore in a thick fog in tho early morning three miles south of Odessa, only. 1000 ft from the abrupt edge of a tableland 130 ft above sea level, from which height she was raked by artillery and infantry, and set on fire. A local interest attaches to tho event, as Mr A. E. Rowden, of Central Kilbirnie, was one of tho midshipmen on boavd, and was taken prisoner. Tho tablet is made from brass recovered from the wreck by Lieutenant Charles Stewart Smith, British Consul-general at Odessa. In buying "Upton's Tea" the public get from the actual growers of tea, whereas in the case of ordinary leas, these aro shipped from various places in bulk and blended locally, passing through many hands before reaching tho public. Lipton's Ceylon teas are shipped direct from C010mb0.... " '