OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14382, 27 November 1908, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Invitations have been issued for a very novel form of entertainment in Wellington, —that, of a kite-flying competition picnic, the kites to be made at home. • i Baker, ladies' and gents' tailor, awarded first efoss diploma, by tlie London Cutting Academy for special proficiency cutting ladies'''and gents' garments; trial order solicited—A. Baker, 59 Prinoes street (upstairs; south' end Mutual Stores), DunedfinL. ' , Mrs/Mario Bolleyen is being triecl at Chicago on charges of marrying M men. She admits' having married five of them. It is not the name,that makes the shoe good—it's the shoe that makes the name good. If .vou wear our "Doris" and " Queen" glace, tan, and patent shoe, lace or button, 17& 6d to 245, you are sure of long service and comfort. Our men's British and 1 .American "Solid Value" boots in tan, glace, and Cookhams" made Blucher or goloshwl fronts, 20s to 255.--Siipon's Continental Boot Depot, Princes street, opposite Post Office.... A Kaituna farmer has sold 8000 bushels of barley 'at 5s lOd oh trucks, and his crop averaged bushels per acre. The return was thiis £17 12s, per acre. Avoid paying for mam street expenses by a gentle walk to Lochhead's (Ld.), corner Hope and Walker 6treets. The innumerable household necessaries are worth seeing.... "It's no good giving me a fortnight. Give me a month, l ean get tobacco then," remarked ,lqhn Donetz, just before being, tried in the . Magistrate's Court at. New Plymouth a few days ago on a charge af using obscene language. Voters, Ik; cool headed by wearing one of our straw hats for the summer. Our values aro unbeatable in head gear. Children's galateas in endless variety at Christie and Co. s," Mosgiel.... The sum of £3000, voted by Parliament, is to be distributed on February 4, 1909, to Ireo public libraries for the purchase of .books. Applications must be made to tho Secretary for. Education before December 31. The high standard of quality, fit, excellent finish, and reasonable prioes argue for the supremaoy of our made-to-measure suite.—Herbert, Ilaynes, and Co. (Ltd.), Dunednu.,,

A woman in Buda Pcsth is 6cokiiig e divorce on the ground that her husband insists on consulting a doctor whenever he partakes of a dish which she has prepared. Rheumatism. —Hundreds liavo been bene. fited by weiring a 3-coil zinc and copper Rheumatic Ring. All sizes 5s at Marshall's Pharmacy...'. •'*' Lake Morat, in Switzerland, turns red every 10 years owing to the presence of «. tiny plant, which i 6 visible only through a microscope. ; Eczema, burns, boils,- scalds, cuts, or cracks cured quickly'with Red' Cross Ointment.' \ Ainoricans in England have milderibed £154 towards the cost of restoring tho church tower at Purloigh, Essex, where Lawrence Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington, was formerly rector. Music liafli charms to soothe "the savag'o breast. It is because of the beautiful singing lone of our pianos and their faultless construction in every detail that. musiolovers are loud in their praises of their fine qualities.—A. F. Chey>o and ,Co.. Mosgiel.... "Full stocks of electrical appliances obtainable from tho National Electrical and Engiflooring Company (Limited), 47 Crawford street. Telephone 2108.... An ocean-going albatross i.s a rara' avia on the New Zealand coast, but a fine specimen of this bird was capturcd by the brew of tho Caraceiolo when they were just , off Stephens Island. The bird measures some 10ft across the, wings. Frank H. Blakelcy, surgeon dentist, 174Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telenhono 1483.... A tree census is being taken bv the United States Government, and 150,000 letters requesting assistance in the work of "umbering trees have been sent to ofhciaJs and private individuals. It is be. li-ved there is only enough timber in the country to last 25 years. Summer Show visitors are advised .to see the window display at Waters's Pharmacy.... A northern exchange says:—"Two of the newly-elected Dunedin members have secured their seats in a double sense. Two of the chairs in the Chamber occupied by the people's representatives, have already l been labelled with the names of Messrs Arnold and Sidey, and the words 'Secured for 1909.-'" ' • One of the latest stylish and most sensible shoes for the summer is called "En Tout Oas" shoe. It i - worn as a• lace, buckle, ' or-bow shoe. It's the shoe of tlio season. v 203,—Simon's Continental Boot /Depot, opposite Post Office, are agents..., • "A dog lias as much fight in- the road as human beings, and drivers of . vehicles have to use as much care in seeing that they do not run them down," said tjie judge at Clerkenwcll County Court ill, awarding' a man flO 10a damages - for the loss of a bull-terrier which was run'over by a, cart; Tho new electrically-driven machinery and pneumatio • plant installed by Rogen and Clarkso'n for dressing stone is now com- ' pleted. This , firm can now supply all kinds of _ monuments and • headstones in any design, oheaper tljan the 'imported article. Call and inspect at Rogen and ,Clark6pn (late G. Munro and Son), monumental sculptors, Morav place.... ~ When Mr J. Vigor Brown took his seat on tho bench at Napier for the first'time after his election to Parliament a young, man pleaded " Guilty " to a second chargo . of drunkenness, and was fined 20s. x Mr Brown, quietly handed 'down a sovereign to a reporter, who transferred it to the young unfortunate, thus saving .the latter 24 hours' imprisonment. J. Waters, Chemist, 20 Princcs street, lias a window display interesting to.farmers.... Thero has been opened at Mannheim (Germany) a tuberculosis museum,' the object of which is to educate the public as to the causes, cure, and'prevention'of con-, sumption. The' museum' is opened three times a week fyr a period of two hours; and during that time physicians are present who instruct visitors in the manner of fighting, the'disease, ." Special bargains for show week.-j-Four hundred ladies' floral delaine blpuses—ls lid, 2s lid, and"3s.6d.; 50 dozen'.: ribbed white, cream, and pink singlets, at three for 1 Is; 75 new sunshades, pretty patterns, for Is lid; new lisle. gloves, from lid pair; now kid gloves, all. sizes, 2s 6d and 2s lid; ladies' tan -lace stockings, from la pair; now laces,' ribbons, corsets, 1 bolts/ scarves, and a lovely lot new/Gibson girl collars, very latest 9d, lid, and Is- 6d each—At T. Ross's, importer,. Princes street.... ' ■ . , A horrible phase of the. war agiinsfc opium in China is that morphia pills are taking the place of the prohibited narcotio, though originally intended as a cure. Investigation into opium-smoking in China has revealed an- illegitimate traffic :in morphia pills, the : uso of which has boen, officially recognised as a cure for the smok- \ ing habit. v : • Some pumps give satisfaction; others don't. A. and T. Burt (Ltd.) only stock! the former kind. Whatever pump vyou require they can supply one of reliable mak< and moderately priced. .. The Canterbury Journalists' Industrial Union of Workgrs has applied to' have 'its 1 • registration oancellcd. The reason i 3 understood to have been the restricted definition of "worker" in the act, which was held by 6ome authorities to exclude journalists from the provisions of tho statute. _ Bed Cross Ointment is a 'powerful antiseptic; is non-irritant; soothes and, hesls., : ■ The advent of flying machin.es driven by petrol motors at an extremely high velocity, has proved that bearings and axles subjected to at least 3000 revolutions per minute are heated .so quickly- that the necessity has arisen for somo metal which win stand the strain and.velocity without wearing or heating. This has. now been found in the metal titanium, of which rutile id tho purest ore. ' _ , ' Ladies at present visiting Dunedin are ; invited to inspect the now up-to-date styles', in footwear at tho City Boot Palace. have an immense stock of fashionable boots and shoes in beautiful durable soft leathers in the popular shades—the kind , that will appeal to women who want " something' very nice.!' Medium tali, fancy cross-bar shoes, 10s 6d; golden tan "Langtry" shoes, 12s 9d; "Gardenia."tan fancy cross-bar shoes, 12s 9d; dark tan sandal bar shoes, 12s 9d; dark .tan Oxfords, Cuban heels,; 14s 6'dj chocolate' tan Oxford shoes, welted soles, 17s 6d; dark, champagne tan ? "Utzdun" Derby , shoes, remarkably smart, 21s;'. nut'brown, tan glace kid boots, 16s 6d; chocolate glaee. tan, welted, 22s 6d; a special line—dark, glace kid tan boots, goloshcd and strap, neat, ior 14s 6d; In children's, footwear we can offer splendid value, while in men's boots and shoes we have a choico selection of every kind for summer dress or ,rough work';, lowest prices !—City Boot Palace, George street. (G. M. Pizey, Manager). .' Two specimens of what' is surely pne of the ugliest little creatures living, the moloch lizafd, or wood devil, of Western Australia, have presented to the Wellington Museum by Captain Hennaii. One -speci- j men is in spirits and the other allvo,. but probably not alive for long, sincc it must miss tho extreme heat and droughts to which it is accustomed. The live lizard is about 7in long, the normal size, and its, body is covered with small knobs which culminate in long spikes, giving it the appearance of an animal cactU6. ' ; . The National Electrical and Engineering Company (Limited) j have erected.'or on order 75 electric motors in 0tag0.... . The number of ijkrsons of Irish nationality who left the* United Kingdom for places out of Europe during last August was 3974, as against 7492 in August, 1907, The total for the eight months ended August 31, 1903, was 24,922, as against 40,093 in the / corresponding eight months of 1907., Of those emigrants 20,116 left for the United States. At a jubilee social at Auckland last week fi letter was read from one of the old Volunteers, Mr James Heron, regretting tliat olil age and its attendant feebleness would prevent him from being with the "hoya of the old brigade" at the function. Tho letter wiw written on Tuesday, and the writer died on Friday afternoon, in his 93rd .year. -, ; At a mooting of the Inglowood Oil-hor-. ing Company, a shareholder said lie esti'mated thut about £500,000 in round figures, had been sunk in old-bores in .Taranaki and in prospecting for oil. Boring for oil was started in 1E62, and tho Government Geological Department was established about 1863, and yet'a geological survey of Taranaki has never yet been made.];