OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13959, 19 July 1907, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Tho cost of a well-bred pack of foxhounds is about £1000, awl the annual bill for keep about as much. Our readers should noto that tho groat clearing sale of Herbert, Hayncs, and Co. (Ltd.), Dunedin, will positively close on Saturday next at 1 p'clook.... There will bo a partial cclipso of the moon on July 24. It will bo visible in New Zealand as tho moon rises.

A moo gas pendant will set off your room. A, and T. -Burt (Ltd.), Stuart street, have jusfc lauded tho latest designs in fittings, globes, burners. Inspection invited.... Measles liavo not yet completely disappeared from tho Western District (Southland). The Thornbury and Pahia schools otc nt present closed becauso of tho epidemic.

During tho cold weather Cucumber Jelly is delightful for tho skin.—J. Waters, chemist, 20 Princes street.... A tombstono to be erected in a Bath cemetery to the memory of an enginedriver who was an ardent geologist.-is to bo composed of tho fossils lie collected in his rambles.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is6d&2s6d. A Chinoso merchant of - Pekin who vraa convicted of murder was scntoncod to death' by be-ing deprived of sleep. Four -warder* kept waioh over him to kcop him awake, and on t-lto tenth day tho inundorer died. Martin's Hair Promoter is a ■ splendid hair dressing for ladies. Restores colour, removes dandruff, kills tho hair eater. 2s 6d at Marshall's Pharmaoy.... . J Wattles are now tolje soon in full bloom in parls of Masterton. Tho blooming of the irattlo is frequently a premonitory 6ign of a, hay-fover epidemio among tlioso subject to the complaint. Brown, living's sale is' a great buying opportunity. Great reductions in highest class drapery aud clothing. .. Tho Caversham Rifles entertained tho Hillside Railway Firo Brigade at a, oard tournament on Tuesday evening, lvhon the Rifles were. victorious, bating tho Brigade by 27 games to 22; -During tho evening refreshments wcto - handed round, and' the following contributed songs:—Captain VVilkins, Firemen .Tolly and Brrd (Fire Brigade), Private M'Queen (Rifles). Aroma, strength, and quality! .A. tin of King Coffee is full of it. Eig-hteonpenc© per lb, net weight.... The Otautaiu Standard has been informed that a. woll-known [aimer and contractor not 100 milee from Otautau-was seen cutting what looked like a nice orop of dun oats on Saturday, 6tti inst. WhotheT tho sairf farmer has made or lost a season the journal .is uixvblo to say. „ ' The best soap for winter use is Cucumber and Glycerine, 6d—J. Waters, chemist, 20 Prinoes street....

Twonty-four riflo bullets, discharged at intervals during ah hour's exciting chase, were aeoesary to kill a rhinoceros oncountered by Mr A. 6. Trollip, a British settler, on his farm near Gwclo, Rhodesia. Zymole Trokoys giye immediate rolief ;to soro throat; price, Is box. Eucalypti Rosi quickly cures all diarrhoea. and dysentery, price, Is bottle.—H. L. Sprosen, chemist, Octagon, Dunedth.... A laugh was crcated at the Timam Hospital Board yesterday by a complaint reported from an ox-patient that ho could not get any rest because the ntirtes were continually putting his bedclothes straight. A member said ho know tlirmn as an irritable. old fellow, and the .board, having^' heard tho complaint .and' explanation, exonoraitod tho nurecs from blame.

It. is only onco a yoar we have a special clearing salo of our high-clasd boots and. shoes. To ; day it oomiuences, Men's 0.8. Cookhams, '255; calf, 15a 6d; women's evening 6hoe6, 2e, 4s; men's clogs, 2s 6cL—Continental ' Boot 1 Depot, Princes street...

Mr William Comyers,' who was general manager of; the Now' ; Zealand- KaUways oriorto the appointment of Mr Eonayme, has addressed from Melbourne a'third potition to Parliament for a 1 compassionate allowance.. On tho day of tho -opening of the through lino from Christchurch to Inveroargill, Mr Conyers was 6tandmg on tho front engine and leaned out eligMy, . his head ooming in contact with the sleep- >' crs. oil which a water-tank was 'resting. The aooident occurred about half a milo to > the northward of ■; Gore, and Mr Conyere l;vy' for a long time ill, eventually losing the eight of one eye.' ■. For tho rainy season a good coat is invaluable. Wo have aomo rainproof coats to offer at reasonable prices. Our oheap sale. is extended uutU ; fnrtbor notice,—D. Ohrietio and Co., Drapers, MosgieL... There is a pathetic unwritton poem in - a letter wo (Taranaki Herald) received recently; from a. settlor back of Stratford: -. " Will you please sond mo,a parcel of books lor--bush men. ,Wc are lonely here for something to read. -Lam sending enclosed herein sis penny .stamps to Bond them with." j. .' -i •■ ■■. •

Frank H. BlakeJey, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street 'South (orer KHroy and Sutherland's). Telephone* 1483..... A new crew, oon9istingof five seamen, got together for the Melaneeian /mission steamer Southern Cross, refused to sigh for articles at Auckland fast week unless they received the union wage. The managers of the et-oamer, aftei'. consideration, conceded their demands, and the men signed on at £6 10s a month. Do you feel- tint yau want a lot foe your money? . Then ' the : groat annual winter .'ale will enable you to fill t.ho wait, llus sale is a wholesale slaughter of reliable merchandise, and begins' on Thursday next' at the Mutual Stores (Limited), Princes street.... :- ■. 11 Of attempts to change the weather, rainmaking has been generally regarded as a delusion, and now it is proved that bombfiring as a means of preventing hail is quite useless. " Hail-shooting" had gained the confidence of vinogrowers in the Aljjs to such an extent that in 1902 the Italian Minister of Agriculture appointed a commission to make conclusive tests of its efficacy. The commission now reports that shooting the clouds had absolutely no effect.

Comfort and satisfaction come from an ,'attractive interior. If you want beauty in furniture, pay a visit to A, P. Cheyne and Co. V furniture warehouse at Mosgiel and you can make a splendid selection ifroin our beautifully varied 6t0dc....

A Berwick (North Island) labourer, who was sentenced to two months' hard labour for what the magistrates described as a cowardly' and brutal assault on his wife, said that she was a Roman Gatholio and he was a Protestant, and they quarrelled about the church in which they should have thoir baby baptised, i

We are pleased .to note that another of tho prominent city buildings is about to be altered to the up-to-date stylo of what may bo termed shop architecture, and in order to avoid loss and deterioration of his goods through paint and plaster, T. Ross has deoided to. give the public ; the groat benefit of scouring, at really unheard-of prices, his choico stock of (. jackets, coats, blouses, furs, corects, stockings, gloves, and every essential to good looks and comfort at T. Ross's great alteration sale.... • Tlio people of Gisborne some : time ago erected a memorial to Captain Cook. Thoy combined with it a memorial to the local troopers in the Boer war. Struck with'the incon gruousne6s of the • completed combination, a publio meeting deoided to collect funds to pay for providing a separata memorial for tho troopers and wiping their names off the Cook structure.

Tho people of Boned in are many of them unaware of tire extraordinary rise in the price of loathcr all tbo world over. Boot manufacturers have striven to keep to their standard price for well-known brands, but this has been abandoned in despair, and notifications aro consequently pouring in upon retailers announcing great advanocß in tho prices of boots and shoes. It .is stranwo, in tlie faco of these facts, to find tbo City Boot RUaco ho Wing their stock-taking salo as iffiual, awl it is little wonder that the public aro booming tho sale. 'When Mr Maekay announces a sale the people well know to expcct bargains, and i' faith they's getting them just now, and no mistake, at tho City Boot Palace, George street....