OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14282, 3 August 1908, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

It. is unlawful in Turkey to seize .a man's ; Te-idenee for debt, and sufficient land to t support him is also exempt from seizure. . powerful flame arc lamps under Mol- . lisons' verandah wero erected by the , National Electrical and Engineering Comj pany (Limited).... f .10 only venomous bird known is the ■ &"■ a nativo of New Guinea. I When bitten by it death occurs in two , houm. " n 9f adian C-oiiffh Cure quickly' euros i '■Is 6d and is 6d at J. Waters, chemist... ' r n , B !' a£6 trom volcanic slopes >°' 'V Algeria, is so eJastio that it can i J* instead 0 f springs in the manufacture of furniture. i Stocktaking ealo high-ciass jewellery, etc., ; at Leonard L. Lilbume's, tho up-to-datfl jeweller, 30 Princes street. You take no ■ r 'w ®s all goods are new... f Waitara can 1 claim the distinction of i porting nioro bosf than any oilier port in j the Dominion. lor the six months ended ! ' ''f shlp|,ed 6.556,8871b or , 6Sl,jBMb Jnore than Napier, its nearest ! rival in the matter of quantity. For bronchial coughs take Woods' Great . Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d I Ostrich feathers can be taken every ei"|,t . months. The plumes are not as some sup- , pose, pulled out, but are cut with a very sharp knife. Tho elumps wither and fall ! out. , Frank H. Blakcley, aurgeon dentist, 174 | Princes street South (over Kilroy an d . Sutherland's). Telenjiono 1483.... It is understood that if an Opposition : candidate does not come forward to contest j tho seat with the Hon. K. M'Nab, , tho No-license party will probably put for--1 ward a man iu view of the local option [ poll, the party having been advised that j such a course is desirable in the interests' . of tho movement. , See the winter display of Wilson's Malt , Extract in Sprosen'e window, Octagon. . This is tho greatest strengthening food for , colds, weakness, and debility.... Mr Louis Brcnncn's large mono-rail mili- . tary waggon, 40ft long, which is being built , to the order of the liklian Government for i service in the Himalayas, will be completed i Within the next four months. J. Waters, Chemist, has best medium* . size Hot Water Bags from 65.... ; London city churches, when they come , into the market, fetch big prices. The ; building and 6ito of tho Church of St, Peter la Poer* in Old Broad street, has , been sold for £86,000. ; Elccfcrio radiators aro superior in every , way to gas. Descriptive pamphlet obtain- , able from the National Electrical and Kngi- ; ncering Company (Limited), 47 Crawford street.... . According to a privato letter received ■ in Wellinston from Sydney, tlio Maori football team, which is visiting Australia, , is not free from financial troubles. • Tiio , team, says the writer, lias not done badly : in tho matter of gate money, but there are . ho alleges, various promoters' claims float! i ing about. Thero is a wonderfully, well-made Ixjot Uem K offered just now for 16s 6d by tho City Boot Palace, George street. It is a gentleman's balmoral, in box calf, leatherlined, whole-golcshcd, foir-etitched, with strap-back. This is a splendid lino for young- gentlomen's wear, and is tin-top value....' Typhus fover has practically been extinguished in Great Britain and is "tending" , towards extinction in Ireland. Phthisis is ; diminishing in Great Brtain and elsewhere, i but'is increasing in Ireland. Every possible need in tho floor-cover-ing lino can be met at A. F. Cheyne and' Co. s, Mosgiel. Our stock of fine carpets, . ruijs, and linoleums is simply inexhaustible. . Bring your floor-covering wants here. Wo , Will make the price right. . I _ Archbishop Redwood is, it is underslood, . ucsuons of establishing a community of i [•'!<; teaching order of Patrician Brothc-ra in , lim diocese, and- the preliminary arrange- . ments for reference to the superior-general [ of tlio order have already been made. , Archbishop' Redwood's interest in the order . is the result of a visit to the Holy Cross m gC ' Kydc ' duTin S his visit- to Sydney. We are determined to clear out all remj nant6 and odd stock lines before wo tako . down stock 'at the end of July. For all I such lines no reasonable cash offer will be , declined.—D. .Christie and Co., Mosgiel t and' London.... ( A statement published at .New .York shows that during the past 12 months the gifts made to universities aud colleges in the United States amount to the enormous aggregate of 23,127,762 dollars. Avoid paying for main street expenses by a gentle walk to Lochhead's (Ld.) , corner Hope and Walker' strects. Tile innumerable household necessaries 'are worth seeing.... A Wellington tailor has revealed a trick that is being played- on some country people. A canvasser travels the country taking orders for suits to be made by , So-and-so, a first-class city tailor. Ho | sends the order, not to a tailor, but to a factory, which eend to the expectant buyers "tailor-made" goods that are hi reality mere "slops." The traveller gets the profits. All physicians' prescriptions carefully compounded with highest quality drugs at i Marehall's Pharmacy,' 86 Princes street, i Prices right. Tclophone 397.... i Another linJc with the romantio past was severed by a notice in tlio London Gazette which states that the doubloon will ccase to bo legal tender in any of the West Indian oolonies after August 1. Frost means burst taps. The only safeguard is to use Ra-mage's patent frost-proof taps, made by A. &T. Burt ILtd.): sold by all ironmongers aad plumbers.... The gold yield, for t,hc Commonwealth and New Zealand for the first five months of this year amounted to 1,463,708 fine ounces, or a decrease of 67,350 fine ounces compared .with the figures for the corresponding term last year. With the exception of New Zealajid, which shows a larger return, all the contributors to to the total show decreases. To ensure perfection in fit, style, and choice British or colonial tweeds you must place your euit order with tho Dunedin tailors —Herbert, Haynes, and Co, (Limited).... Horseflesh as an article of diet is- Increas ing in favour among Parisians. Last year no fewer than 49,298 horses were killed for food' in Paris, an increase of 5000 over those of the previous year. • It is still tlio belief of some people that steamers go to sea with paint covering tho rust, of worn-out. plates and machinery fit only for the scrap "heap. The Inspection of Machinery Department, however, takes care to safeguard the public. " Surprise visits," state the annual report, "were made to several steamers during the year, but very little was discovered that could bo found fimlt with." At 1. Ross'3 winter sale you can got ladies' warm winter gloves from 9d pair; chit arenas ditto from two pairs for 6d: children's cashmere stockings from 6d pair; ladies' plain or ribbed ditto from 10id: umbrellas from Is lid; ladies' warm tweed coats at the ridiculous price of 2s lid and 3s lid; fino hemstitched handkerchiefs from lid tho half-dozen, and Everything else in tho way of corsets, furs, singlets, bloomers, doyleys, laces, etc., etc., at tho p ame astonishing prices at T Ross's, I3C Princes street.... A citizen who was in Jervois quay the other day (says the Wellington Post) states that several "unemployed" men stared -hard at a woman who seemed to be earning her living in an unusual manner. She was driving a dray loaded with shingle, following a similar vehicle piloted by a man. The woman did not have on the raiment ordinarily affected bv the drivers of drays. She was well enough dressed to lead observers to think that she was trying to win a wager. Again w© call attention to the remarkable qualities of -tho " C.8.P.—0.8." Cookham Boot-. It is giving- most emphatic satisfaction, and receives nothing but praise from those wearing it. It is a triumph of tho bootmaker's art. Tho uppere aro of soft, pliahle, very high-grado leather, the soles of oak-banned hide, and the whole boot— uppers and soles—is waterproofed by special processes, At 30s per pair it is honestly a choap boot. City Bc»». Palace. Go»w street, Dunedin, Jos. M'Kay, pruir. Ferdinand Schumacher, known as tlio " Oatmeal King of America," from having founded the breakfast food business in the United States, died "rccentij in his home at Akron, Ohio. He was 82 years old. He retired from business some years ago, after having disposed of his large interests to the American Cereal Company, now the Quaker Oats Company. Mr Schumacher gave large sums for educational and charitable purposes. . This is tho 6«ason to erect monuments. Messrs Rogen and Clarkson still have about 300 headstones, monuments, and railings to sell at landed cost to make room for machinery now being erected. A great opportunity to save 25 per cent, in prices at which other firms can supply, Call and inspect, at Rogon and Clarkson's (late G. Munro and Son), Moray plaoe, Dunedin...,