OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14281, 1 August 1908, Page 16

OMNIUM GATHERUM

* . It is staled that the recent Trades ami i Labour Councils' Conference representee! a membership of from 15,000 to 17,000 union--9 ists. Canadian' Cough Cure quickly cures 6 Colds. Is6dnnd2s6dat J. Waters, chemist... The' Bulletin of the Berlin Bureau of '> Statistics says that four-fifths of |he engines . now working in the world have been constructed since 1870. Stocktaking sale high-class jewellery, etc., at Leonard L. Lilbnrne's, the up-to-date jeweller, 30 Princes street. You take no risk at this sale, as all goods are now... f British industries were responsible for 1178 fatal accidents ami 123,230 non-fatal nooidents in 1907. There were 707 cases of 1 industrial poisoning. 3 For bronchial coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d. 3 Most of the Berwick lifeboat crew were , attending a funeral when they were suin- , moned to.rescue two Bwnmoiilli fishermen whose boat had capsized. Frank 'H. Blakniej, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes fitreet South (over Kilvoy and Sutherland's!. Telenhone 1483.... There are 307 men employed on the Hult railway duplication works at present, whieii is the largest number yet employed at one time. See the winter display of Wilson's Malt Extract in Sprosen's window, Octagon. This is the greatest strengthening food for colds, weakness, and debility.... ' A collection tcken at a united meeting of tho Parish Church Biblo Classes, St. j Helens, resulted in . somewhat curious figures. Tho women in the gallery gave a total of £3 3s 3d, and tho men below gave £4 43 W. ! '_ J. .Waters, Cliemist. has best mediumr size Hot Water Bags from 65.... ' A rather ra.ro incident happened on Mr ' MaoVcan's farm at Te Roti the other day (says the Bltham Argus). A cow gave . birth to throe calves. About August last ; year tho same cow- bad two calves—that is '. to say, she has had five calves inside of 12 lnoutiu. .

Frapwcll and Holgate, monumental sculp' lor?, Princes utrect South, draw public attention lo their now stock of monuments just arrivod; now offered at unequalled: prices. (!rave railings and concrete work doni! by competent workmen. Tel.- 2342.... Germany's trade with Japan and China, totalled a value of £13,000,000 in 1907, coml'ured with £12.500,000 in the previous year. In 1907 the value of the German trade with .Japan exceeded for the first time that of the trade with China. For electric lighting, heating, ironing, cooking, or motive power, consult the National Electrical and Engineering Company (limited), 47 Crawford street. Telephone 2108.... "During the iirsl. trip 1 look into tlie interior, which lasted a mouth, 1 never onto washed my [ace, as there was uo water for washing, and very often none to drink," Bishop Riley, of Perth, Western Australia, told a conference of Lancashire- clergy. Thomson and Cu. Moray place opposite First Church, have the largest and cheapest stock or headstones, etc., in Dunedin to select from. Telephone 2296.... A young woman lias got £1200 damages in the bmtod Slates Circuit Court against a patent medicine company wliioh hail obtained her photograph and exploited it, with a forged testimonial, in its public advertisement. Tram quills, nigs, inverted gas fittings, copper l)oilers. etc., wonderfully cheap and excellent quality at Lochhead's (Ltd.), corner Hope and Walker sts. See for yourselves. ft is expected that the Victorian Government will have fully 7009 guests at tho great concert* it is giving to tho officers and men of the American fleet, and also to the children's demonstration to he held on the Inhibition Oval on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1. Here is a real gem in ladies' shoes. Just a smart, very smart_ indeed—woll-cut walkinjj shoe, made of nice, 6oft box calf. Oxford shape, with toecaps and Cuban heols. Daintily leather lined. Port eyelets and' the broad silk ehoe-tics. These shoes aro : really worthy of your inspection, the prico' 18 _ only Ms 6d a pair, and they are simply " ideal ' for winter wear. When you aro in the shop, you will be interested to eco tho beautiful new styles in wide, fashiona'blo shoe-ties for ladies. Everything up-to-date at Cookham House, the depot for high-urade footwear, Princes street. A Jamaica correspondent stales that tha Government of the Windward Isles are carrying out improvements in the fortifications. A new fort is' being erected commanding the harbour 'approaches to' St. Lucia, and guns of a modern pattern are being installed. This is the season t6 erect monument*. Messrs Rogcn and Clarkson 'still have about 300 headstones, monuments, and railings ' to sell at landed cost to make room fbr machinery now being erected. A great opportunity to save 25 per cent, in prices at which other firms can supply. Call and -in--1 spect, at Eogen and, Clar'kson's ■ (lato G. 1 Munro and Son), Moray place, Dunedin... The new motQr_nia.il van which has been . introduced to Wellington by the Postal Department is stated by the assistant post- , master to be doing the work of two njnil , carts. At present it is only working in tho daytime, but as soon .as the second chauffeur is quite efficient it will be used . at aight also for the collection of mails. ■ _ livery possible need in tho iloor-cover-' "V'no can be met at A. F. Cheyne and . Co. s, Mpsgid, Our stock of fine carpets, ruif), and linoleums is simply inexhaustible. Bring your' iloor-eovering wants here. Wo will make the'price right.. . T . h ,? r f T . aro Plenty of bakers aVailablo in Wellington just now for vacant situations. - lhe Wellington Hospital Trustees, who have discarded the contract system ju favour of liaking their own broad on tho hospital premises, thus following the ey6tcin pursued at Mount View Mental Hospital, received about <j0 applications for the position of baker in charge of tho hospital. "Gem" lamps posses,') high efficiency. They give more light, with less current-con-sumption, than ordinary lamps. Sole agents, the National Electrical and Engineering Company (Limited), 47 Crawford street.... • Work has been started two miles northwest of Houston, Texas, by a syndicate with a preliminary capital of £30,000 to, unearth buried cities, believed to lie in Harris County. ' Professor Braissons, who .is interested in the syndicate, declares that the' work will prove that Texas was peopled like- Mexico -.with Aztecs and Toltccs, We are determined to clear out all remnants and odd stock lines before we tako down stock at the end of July. For all such lines no reasonable cash offer- will be dcclined.--D. Christie and Co., Mosgiol and London.... Mr Roy, Johnston was riding and leading another horse loaded with stores along a rough track in the Mangaweka district. Not meeting a promised guide. be went valorously oh in the dark, and encountered what he imagined; was a creek, but it proved to be a deep chasm. The led horse fell over and'broke its neck, and its descent warned the rider of his peril. He slipped off his horse and turned the animal round, thus .perhaps averting a dreadful accident. .The best of all corn cures, Marshall's famous Kura Klava; removes hard corns and bunions painlessly. Is everywhere,; and at Marshall's Pharmacv..>. .'■' ', . During;' the unemployed movement, aSouthland resident wrote to tho mayor of Cliristehurch saying: "If there are any bushmen out of work, I will'give them 500 cords of fircwocd free if they like to coma and cut it, and plenty, of manuka rails as well. If they could prevail-on the Minister, of Railways to carry it to Qulvcrden or other places for hailf the present rate, they would find work for a lot of people and bo a boon to plenty of people where there, is uo bush?" He also specified work, awaiting ditchers and ploughmen. , Hydraulic rams and pumps, water pjpea and hose, stocked in all sizes; full particulars on application; send for our special pump circular.—A. and T. Burt (Limited).... To ensure perfection in fit, style, and choice British or colonial tweeds' you must place your Suit order with the Dunedin tailors -Herbert, Haynes, and Co. (Limited).... A remarkable instance of a dog's sagacity and fidelity was related at the-inquest at Beeston, near Nottingham, on William Cross, aged 7, who was drowned in the Trent. Cross fell into the river, and his two playmates tried in vain to rescue him. Than his little, terrior sprang into tho water, swam to him, and seized him by tho coat. The little animal struggled vigorously with his- heavy burdon, but his strength gave out, and lie was obliged to rcaloaso his hold and swim to the bank. -. '■ ■ . - ;- At T. Ross'3 winter sale you can get ladies' warm winter glovee from 9d pair; children's ditto from two pairs for 6d: children's cashmere stockings from 63 pair; ladies' plain or ribbed ditto from lOJd: umbrollas from Is lid; ladies' warm tweed coats at the ridiculous price of 2s lid and 3s lid; fine hemstitched handkerchiefs from Ud tho half-dozen, and everything else in the way of corsets, furs, 6inglets, bloomers, doyleys, laces, etc.. etc., at the same astonishing prices at T. Boss's, 130 Princes street.... A prize of £8000 in a lotter.v organised 'at St. Pol in aid of the Consumptive Children's Fund has fallen to a widow at . Calais. The winner i.i Mine. Louise Sailly-Goret, who is 51. Sho lias two children, and until recently has been working'in a local factory. With her modest savings she had contrived to buy a piece land, upon which she contemplated building a houee. The prize will now enable her to ncco'mpliih this.