OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14283, 4 August 1908, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

•■ ■ * The other day Alfred Bennett, who was' casually prospecting near Trontbam (Victoria), picked up a nugget'of gold weighing oOoz. Full stocks of electrical appliances obtainable from tho National Electrical and Engineering Company (Limited). 47 Crawford street. Telephone 2108.... Tho estimated cost of tho cordite factory to be, built near Melbourne, complete, with certain reserve parts 0 f machinery i* £65,000 to £70,000. '««emnery, is Pram quilts, rugs, inverted gas fittings copper boilers etc., wonderfully cheap and excellent quaity at Lochhead's (Ltd,), corner Hope and Walker isia. See tor vourselves * . Th ?. c , lt >' ot Vle " n , a Purchased "the house' in which Franz Schubert was born and intends to preserve it in its present eondition. It may ultimately be used as a benubert museum. Canadian Cough Cure quickly cures Cods. Is6dand2s6d at J. Waters chenSt According to the Federal Meteorologist the rainfall in Australia is higher than in many countries not considered droughty but evaporation seriously discounts tlui benefits. Stocktaking sale high-class jewellery, etc •' at Leonard L. Lilburne's, the. up-to-date jeweller, 30 Princes street. ..You toko no risk at this sale, as all goods aro now.. the body of a man which was found on the Ringwood railway line. Victoria, was identified as that of Henry John Deddiek, head master of the Huntley School; who had^eon. missing since the day set apart forMus marriage. For bronchial coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d The Camboi-well Guardians (England) nave appointed a committee to visit the children in the cottage homes for' a few hours daily, with the solo object of in- ' strutting, interesting, and amusing tho children. ° Frank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroj and Sutherland's). Telephone' 1483..' Four axis deer (Cervus axis) and font Bharral (Himilayan) sheep arrived by the Rimutaka. last. week. The animals will go into quarantine, and" afterwards, it is probable that the sheep will be liberated by the Tourist Department on the Southern Alps. 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 telegram, in which a. tribute was paid to his honour, kindness, and justice by t,\ lifelong friend, was placed, in the coffin, at tho request of tie sender, at the funeral at Earsham, of Mr R. H. Clarke, miller. _ Every possible need in -the floor-cover- ' ing lino can be met at A, F. Choyne,and Co. s, Mpsgicl. Our stock of fino carpets, rugjs, and linoleums is simply inexhaustible Bring your floor-covering wants here. We ' will make the price right. •>■ ' . "In every place I have sat in the North Island, declared the Native Commissioner at the sitting of the Native Land Commission at Masterton, "I have found the JMatavee no match for Europeans in bar-gain-making. We hear a J lot about the Maoris being hedged' in with too many restrictions, tut I entirely disagree with . that view. Once the restrotoons are removed, the race- will be destroyed." We are determined to. clear out all remnants and odd stock lines before we take down stock at the end of July. For all such lines no reasonable cash offer will be declraed.-D. Christie and Co., Moseiel and London.... Whilst fishing:for trout on the Aahwiek water, near Dalverton, an angler, upon drawing in his line, that a snake- measuring 3ft in length had taken reptile, which was landed W ™i difficulty, .was-quickly despatched. ihe National Electrical and Engineering Company (Limited) have erected or on o "w r 75 , e trio m °tors in 0tag0,... i- v. m i?" 1 ? Write aay years,. Heroi kiah T. Bailey an inmate of fte- Masonio Home at Phiadelphia, was granted" a few hours of-sight before ,his death. He de- ■ scribed the piotures, the ohaiwj-'and the persons about his bed. • J. Waters, Chemist, has Cucumber Jelly for the Skin; tubes, k See window.. Succi, a professional fasting man, has been given a place as nurse in'one of the hospitals outside Paris. He told an interviewer that professional fasten can no longer grow fat on the proceeds of their profession, and that he was onlv paid £20 for a recent fast of one month. * What, still ooughing? No. need to: . Uneeda Cough Syrup stops the worst coughs promptly. Splendid remedy for chronio coughs of. old people. Is 6d at Marshall's Pharmacy.... ' For burying a dead horse, the-sum of 10s was charged to the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board by the local body at Petone. "A Btrange item," remarked one of the members to the board, to be charged to oharitable aid." The horse, it appeared, belonged to someone who had no money to bury it. The item was deducted from the account as one which should bo a charge on the local thorough Council. Frost means burst taps. The only safeguard is to use Ramage's patent frost-proof tap, made by A. &T. Burt (Ltd.); sold by all ironmongers and plumbers„.. ' • It was estimated at a recent' meeting of the health committee of the Liverpool Corporation that damage amounting -to £250,000 had been done during > tho past year by rats among stores 'in the local warehouses and cargoes in the docks. .The medical authorities are to begin a campaign against the pests. , • ' To ensure perfection in fit, style, and choice British or colonial tweeds yon must place your suit order with. the Dunedin tailors -Herbert, Haynes, anil Co. (Limited).., A foreman baker writing to the New Zealand Times says that his wages are £5 per week, he works about 10, hours a week overtime and 6ome weeks his wages amount to £7 and over. His letter concludes thus: "That lam being'paid high wages* ' is not duo to union influence, but because I am sober, steady, and competent,' and thoroughly understand my work. That is what employers like, and what they are prepared to pay for.—l am, etc., L. H. • Megan." It is perhaps rather early in the year to talk of spring fashions. Still, there are fastidious dames of high degree'who object to wear heavy winter boots andshoes:in the- epring-time. For such, ladies we have something specially suited for early spring wear. The brand is "Quak'te Premiere," rich dark tan,. in both glaoe kid and the heavier willow calf. In shoes, there is the Oxford, porthole'eyelets, with Gibson Girl fancy ties, Cuban heels, welted soles, Lovely goods I 19s 6d a pair. The same style of thing can be had in boots, Derby shape, porthole eyelets and wide ties, at 255. These aro most graceful and aristo-cratic-looking, and will give splendid wear. A large stock of tho new fancy shoe ties now on hand. Cookham House, depot for high-grade footwear, Princes street.,.. Mr Elliot O'Donnell, in a lecture at Mr Eustace Miles's restaurant, told his audience that London was full of haunted houses. Tho Strand and Oxford street have a generous share, while " in grey and grim Euston " there -reappear the victims of .blood-curdling murders long forgotten." Berkeley square, according to | the lecturer, has more than its due proportion of haunted houses. At T. Ross*3 winter sale you can get ladies' warm winter gloves from 9d pair; children's ditto from two pairs for 6d; children's cashmere stockings from 6d pair; ladies' plain or ribbed ditto from lOjd: umbrellas from Is lid; ladies' warm tweed coats at. tho ridiculous price of 2s lid and 3s lid; fine hemstitched handkerchiefs from lid tho half-dozen, and in the way of corsets, furs, singlets, bloomers, doyleys, laces, etc.. etc., at tho same astonishing prices at T Ross's, 130 Princes street.... A writer to one of the Wellington newspapers say that the principle reason that enables tlie Oregon pine to come into competition with our native product .is the timo and labour 'saving appliances that are used in the American mills. Our New Zealand methods are clumsy, laborious, and expensive a 6 compared with American systems. Further, there is no waste in . tlie American mills. This is the season to erect monuments. Messrs Rogen and Clarkson still have.about 300 headstones, monuments, and railings to sell at bnded cost to make room foi : machinery now being erected. A great opportunity to save 25 per cent, in prices at which other firms can supply. Call and inspect, at Rogen and Clarkson's (late G. • Munro and Son), Moray place, Dunedin.... ■ i i ■ ■ ——