OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13877, 15 April 1907, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The Westport Coal Company's output, last week (hits a Press Association telegram) was 11,726 lons lOcwt. The lirst organ built in the eleventh century had keys sin in width, whicli had to be struck with the list. Best English hot-waler bottles, steam valve and best rubber, 6s 6d, 8s 6d, 9s 6d, 10s 6d each. Send stamps or postal note.— 11. L. Sproscn, chemist, Duncdin.... Hungary uses inoro cliarcoal than any other EuroKan country. Its annual coneumption is aiwnt 2,000,000 tons. Tho largest block of hewn granite is that which supports Peter tho Great's statuo in St. Petersburg. It weighs 1217 lons. AYc draw attention to tlio grand collection of tweeds and suitings from which tho cutter at Herbert, Haynes, and Co. (Ltd.), Dunedin, is making stylish suits.... Hiss Millioent Fawcctt, who in 1890 took place ,il)ovo the Senior Wrangler, was the first lady to become an electrical engineer. There arc at present in (he Lome Farm, Invercargill. two women, 24 men, 15 girls, ami 31 boys,-a total of 72 inmates.' Frank 11. BlaKcjev, surgeon dt-ntiet, 174 Pnnoos street South iowr Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483.... Mr 11. \V. Bishop, S.M.. assisted by two ofhccrs of the railway service, will hold an inquiry info the circumstances of tho recent railway accident at Banlcside. Cold weather is approaching, and you «m reqiiiro a. gas fire in office and home. We can suit you in design and prico; inspection invited.—A. and T. Burt (Ltd.), Stuart street.... A draft of 60 picked dairy cows from tho north reached Tit iron homestead, Pino Bush, on Tuesday afternoon, to the order of tho proprietor, Mr James L. Gilkispn. Tliis brinjis tliat; [*en'lcman's dairy herd up to 100 kad.-\Vyndhn.m Farmer.'Tho largest and most rociiorcho selection o. suitings on view at Anscll'and Co.'s, Octagon. Fred Smith, jini., cutter.... Tlso Mexicans claim to have the finest harbour on the Paeifie coast at Manzanillo. About 3.500.000d0l (gold) has been spent on it, and 2,500,000d0l more is to bo spent in perfecting it. Brown, Ewinjr's colonial blankets, 19s 6d pair (double-bed 6i'ze), are a. marTcl of value.... Wives and daughters are put to a curious uso in somo districts of India. If" a man wants mono}- he puts these members of hie family in pawn, and his creditor' detains t-hoin until tlio debt is discharged. lor Children's Hae-kinpr Cough at nieht Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is6d&2s6d. Vergcmont Station, in North-west Queoneland, was sold recently (o llr T. A. Field, a Sydnev carcase butcher. Tho sale included tho whole of the herd, and a big prico was paid, about £30.000. ■Recently the Papawai Natives held a Native cclohrat.imi, which consisted largely nf haka and kai, and by much enterprise and energy succeeded in raising a sum of £600 to maintain the Native- pa in a fit bWc. This Pirn (savs tho Wairarapa News) was gathered iiv a few days. Marshall's Fospherine, tho famous fonio and neuralgia wire; a nervc-strengfhonor; nothina- to equal it as a none pick-me-up : splendid for students, busiiiws men, and those whose nerves are out of order. Is. Is 6d. 2.S 6cL— Marshall's Pharmacy.... It is reported (snvs the ■ Gore Standard) that a district individual has skipped b- tho litrht of the moon, his poek-ets wo'l lined with the recoipts of a profitable industry ho carried on, and many anxious creditors ar« left inquiring as to his destination Drinking the king drink-King coffee.... Exceptionally powerful wireless telmrrnphv stations are to bo established at Ushanf Marseilles, Algiers, Toulon, Biaerla, and Oran. CMiiiarv el-ations will bo erected at Dunkirk. Cherbourg, Brest, Loriont, liochcfort. Ajaci-io. Boulogne. Havre St. m&'kM C° ul > r<, . Nice, and Cano Corso. /ho Maoris predict a sevcro and lonitthy winter. Se.o our window for best quality hot-water baps, foot-warmers, from 2s 6d.— J. Waters, chemist. 20 Princes street.... The oTithufiiasiri of the beekeeper 'mows no bounds. For instance, raw night though it was, it was not sufficiently uninviting to prevent Mr A. C. Tosliaeh, of Waikiwi, a member of Southland Beekeepers' Association, from cycling from his homo to Wvndham on Tuesdoy evening, a distance of 34 miles, to attend tho annual jiiceting of tho association. Your winter costume will reqiiiro the graco and elpgant fit which mako ours so noticeable if you desire to bo fashionably dressed. These essential qualifications, combined with moderate eijirges, havo jrainod for our workrooms goMcn opinions. A: F. Chcyno and Co., Mwgicl.and Lawrence.... ■ On Saturday the Maori Hill School football and rounder teams visited Kaitangata and had a most enjoyaljo time, the children being' royally 'entertained by' tho Kaitangata,'children and teachers. Tlio girls succeeded in winning then- rounder match by 32'noinls, and tho football match after a most enjoyable- gamo resulted In. a' drawn game. Ladies wishing to bo well dressed can depend on having a really smart costume made _ by oiu- Mrs Webb. New costiimo materials aro now to bo had at our establishment. Book your order now and savo disappointment.—D. Christie and Co., import drapers, Mosgiel and London. Tho new coata just to hand • aro the prettiest we have opened for many a day, reaching from below the kneo to tho bottom of the dress, and made from rainproof tweeds in pretty check striyjc and fancy mixtures. They are beautifully finished, and, being taiior-nwde, they fit like a glove jind give a etyiish and ladylike appearance to tho wearer. The prices this year aro extremely moderate, running from 15a 6d, 17s 6d, 19s 6d, 21s, 255, and 29s to 455, and aro well worth the careful consideration of every lady contemplating buying a new coat at. T. Ross's,.direct importer, 130 Princes street.... The total amount of wool shipped from Victoria to oversea, ports from Ist July, 1906. to 26th March, 1907. amounts to no less than 482,312 bales, against 404,194 bales for tlio corresponding period 1905-6, showing an increase in favour of Iho present toy-car of no less than 78.118 bales. The total for tho whole of 1905-6 only amounted to 418.299 bales. It is oxpeclc-d that tho exports for the wool season will closo with about half a million bales. Drinking the king drink—King eoffeo.... Tho .Now. Zealand Trade Review refer? to tho general complaint about tho difficulty of collecting money. It eays tho Christchureh Exhibition is blamed for this, but suggests it is only one cause, or rather a symptom of the main trouble, which is the'tendency of people to live beyond their means and at an extravagant rate. A now typo of boot is being put upon this market by the City Boot Palace which lx>ars the singularly' appropriate name of "Health." The "Health" boot belongs to tho high-class typo of footwear, and combines the style and fit of the American .with tiio scot! weaving characteristics of the/ English boot. The experience of 25 years has enabled the makers to cvolvo this perfection of stylish and comfortablefootwear for men's use. " Health ". boots are inado in box calf of tho first grade, wholo golosh, with cellular ventilated linings, at 18s 6d, 19s 6d, a.nd 21s, also in glace kid at 2?.s 6d. It might bo mentioned that "Health" boots arc specially made to fit tho natural formation of tho foot, and their name indicates the, hygienic qualities which they possess. These boots aro now stocked, we understand, exclusively by tho City Boot Palace, George street.—Joseph ll'lCay, proprietor...Bft'orts mado bv reform societies in England to get a law abolishing tho barmaid havo disclosed that 27,000 girls aro employed in bar-rooms in the United Kingdom, and at least 7500 in London. Mcvst of them are under 25 years of ago and abovo 16. Salaries vary from 5s to 17s a week. A remarkable record of safo "tube" railway working was mentioned by Sir Charles Scotter at the final meeting of the Waterloo and City Railway Company, whicli lias boon taken over by the London and Soiith-Weslern Railway Company. The railway was completed in 1398, and since then'it. lias carried 41,000,000 passengers without accident. A serious case,' in which poison was apparently wilfully administered with deadly effect to a horse, has just occurred in Hamilton. At the requeet of a young man a> local cliemist nrovided a harmless drench for a thoroughbred hor?e, valued at about £30. Soon aftor the drench was administered the animal died in prreat agony, and investigation, proved that death was "due to arsenical noifoning. The police are busily engaged making inquiries with reference'to 6ome suspicious circumstances, and some important developments aro expected in tho course of a few days.