OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13874, 11 April 1907, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Plymouth municipality possesses a Ihcatre valued at £40,000. Wo draw attention to the grand collection of tweeds and suitings from which tho cutter at Herbert, Hayncs, and Co. (Ltd.), Dnnedin, is making stylish suite.... During December 14,075 tone of fish wero 6old at Billingsgate, i A ton of gold contains 29,166.660z5, and is worth £120,000. Cold weather is apnroaching, and you will require a gae fire in office and home. Wo can suit you in design and price; inspection invited.—A. and T. Biirt (Ltd.), SliiMt street.... European locomotive works turn out about 7000 new engines yearly. Bradford's Tcchr.ical Collcgo is said to be the beet in the kimlgom. Frank H. Blafceioy, surgeon dentist, 174 Prinoae street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telopbono 1483.... Chineeo coffins arc always waterproofed' with a kind of resinous cement. There is noiv a I'ull board of butchers (69) killing at the SmithfieJd Freezing Works. The largest and moat recherebo selection of suitings on view at Ansell and Co.'e, Octagon. Fred Smith, jun., cutter.... Several Chinese market gardeners are to be prosecuted at Mastorton for working on Sunday. Drinking the king drink—King coffee.... Tho coronation-robo of tho Empress of Russia is of fur. Though it weighs but looz, it is worth £1200. For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d &2s 6d. Tho Auckland Grammar School old boys havo presented a braes tablet to hang in tho school hall as a memorial of Grammar , School old boys who fell in tho South African war. Brown, Swing's colonial blankets, 19s 6d pair (double-bed 6izc), are a marvel of •value.... Tho Loader of the Opposition, Mr W. 1?.. Mnssey, who has been addressing, moetingo in the north of'Auckland,'intends'to. conduct a campaign in the Taraimki district at a-n early date. Hundreds of sufferers from rheumatism now wear iho famous " \ Element" Electric Ringe with great benefit; -14-cara't rolled gold, ss, past free—From Marehali's Pharmacy, Duncdin...... A boy who liad escaped from the Buruham Industrial School was discovered to bo a stowaway on board the s.s. Warrimoo on Monday, and was promptly taken charge of by tho police with a view of returning; him to the school. Thomson and Co., Moray place, havo just landed, ex Oswestr'y Grange, a largo shipment of square and other granite monument;. Inspection invited.... A recent Ga-zctto contains "Rules nnd Regulations for the Guidance of all members of the Government Railway Service." These arc intended to replaco the book of rules at present supplied to railway servants, and which wero printed in 1881, but of which the amendments now almost obesure the original. Best English hot-water bottles, steam valve and best rubber, 6s 6d, 8s SJ, 9s 6d, and 10s 6d each. Send stamps or postal note, and we will forward by return.—H. L. Sprosen, chemist, Octagon, Duucdin....' The Poverty Bay Herald understands that Mr G. F. K. Hindmarsh, tho well-known station-owner of Tokomaru, will bo a candidate for the Bay of Plenty scat at tljo next election in tho Government interest. Wanted—The depot for real hand-made Maltese laco collars and scarfs, at lowest cash price—Dorothy Millinery Salon, 14High street.... For over n thousand yeans, and without peifuminj, the Mosque of St. Sofia, in Constantinople has retained ite fragrant odour of musk. The reosoji for this is that when the mesquo was built must was Tnixed in the mortar. Drinking the king drink—King coffee.... The Stratford Post reports that an elderly man named Noble, a settler on tho Toko road, was found by a neighbour on Monday on tho floor of his house in a helpless condition. Ho was paralysed down one side and unable to move or to speak. Ho was removed to tho Hawera Hospital. A crippled l son was in tho house, but was unable to go for assitance. Indications point to a severe winter. Sco our window for hot-water bags, footwarmers, from 2s 6il each.— J. Waters, chemist.'2o Princes etrcet ' Mr W. Mace, one of Now Zealand's oldest pioneers,, died on Thursday at the Taiwru, aged 90 years. Mr Mace came from Norwich, Kngland. about 1843, and lnmlod in Wellington, where he was in business for 20 years. In 1864 ho became i Wairarapa farmer, taking up land at tho Taueni, where he resided u'ntil. his death. Your winter costume will .require the grace and elegant fit which make oura so noticeable if you desire lo be fashionably dressed. These essential qualifications, combined with moderate have gained for our workrooms golden opinions. A. F. Cheyne and Co.,' JVlcegiel and Lawrence.... Some few years ago it wae thought by manv that most cf the timber on the Longwood Tallies was composed of birch. Although there is a large ouantity of this timber, rimu and iotara are ,-i!so plentiful, and when this has besn cut out. some of tho finest land in' the Western District will Iμ thrown open for settlement.— Western Star. Before visiting the Exhibition, you will look much smarter in ono of our iiow jackets. A beautiful.range to choose from in tweed or caraclo. In millinery we have sonio very choice models. Come and soo them. —D. Christie and Co., import drapers, Mosgiel and London.... The Wakatip Mail states that tho weekendl excursion traffic to Queenstowri wae considerably iiflreted by the counter-attrac-tion of the Chrieiehnrch Exhibition. T'no •'bookings were as follows:—1907, 692; 1906, 1119. The doorcase in this yoar'e bookings is, therefore, 427. Tho number cf oxeureioniste up Iho Lake on Mondays shows ft corresponding'* decrease. There were 857 in 1907 and 1156 in 19G6. Tim' new coato itist to hand are Iho prettiest wo have opened for many a day, reaching from below the knee to tho bottom of the dress, and mati-o from rainproof tweeds in pretty 'check stripe, ami fancy mixtures. They &k beautifully finished, and, being tailor-made, they fit like a glovo and give a stylish and ladylike appearance to tho wearer. The prices this year aro extremely moderate, running from 15e 6d. 17s 6d, 19s 6d, 21s, 255, and 29? to ♦Sβ, and aro well worth the careful consideration of every lady contemplating buying a now coat at T. Ross's, direct importer, 130 Princes street.;.. , •Mγ P. A. Vailo, of Auckland, has received a private letter irom Highbury in regard to Mr Chamberlain's health, from''which the following is an extract: — "Thero is not the slightest foundation for the alarmist reports to which you refer. On the contrary, the doctors arc perfectjy satisfied with the progress Mr Chamberlain is making, and hie recovery is continuous and assured. Ho himself is looking forward to tho lime when he will bo able to resume his active publio work." Amidst a splendid selection of such highclass footwear as is displayed at Cookham House it is almost invidious to single out any special lines for mention. Keith, Bostoek, and Snow aro represented by their best goods, together with the well-known "Waukcezie" brand. However, thrco linos in men's boots bearing tho wnrldrcnoivnwl English trade-mark "Bcctivc" seem particularly attractive. A Balmoral in chrome calf, leather lined, very trim, at 21s; a most stylish boot in glace kid, with new mod. toes, at 22s 6d; and an excoptiona.llv etylish boot in box calf, with Englieh butt eolcs, at 23s 6(1, all merit inspection by men who like "good thinge" in quality and appearance. Cookham House, depot for high-grade frajtwear, Princes street.... An exceptionally favourable breeding timo and the prevailing mild weather havo combined to enormously increase the numbers of "Brer Babbit,"'and now that buyers have recommenced operations the' trappers are having a very nrofitable timo. Wo know (says the Wyndham Framcr) of an Kdcndale man who works 300 traps, and for last Friday night's catch earned £1 17e 6d. A vVyndham A'alley trapper averaged £1 a day for six consecutive nights just before Easter, and then ho had " money in Iwth pocketG," as tho saying goes, for his holidays. Plenty of trappers are at present making 15s to 17e a day at the game. George Andrews, Rochester, Vic, writes: "My occupation of a rabbit trapper obliges me to be out at .night, attending to tho traps, and while so doing I contracted a severe coid: After trying other cough mixtures on the market. I was recommended to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial. It gave me immediate, relief, and three bottles completely cured me.- I can with every confidence recom l mend Chamlxirlain's Cough Remedy to anybody having a cough or cold." For safe everywhere. Washable paper carpets arc being manufactured in Bohemia. '*