OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14580, 20 July 1909, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM

A train has covered ilio 965 miles betwecn Now York and Chicago in 967 inimiKs. Six wgiiHtf wt-ic used during the journey. " Two years ago 1 owned 22 cabs and 33 horses," a man told the llarjlebono County Comt judge. " Now I have no' a bingta call, and' 1 owe £500." To make toaai [Hourly, bread should be heated through, not just scorched. ".National Met" toasters l!5s) do this to perfection. National Klec. and Kng. Co., 47 Crawford st. An old English silver teapot of the time of Quecs Anna was sold recently for 185s an ounce, or a total sum of £l(W'l0s 6d, at i Christie's. j The new governor of Worcester Gaol I 15 the Hon. Harold FitzOlarence, brother I and hcii-presumptive of the Earl of Mun- | st<M', and a great-great-grandson of William IV. Canadian Cough Cure is a certain cure for Colds; Is (xl and 2s 6d, at Waters' Pharmacy... Timaru camc eixtJi in quantity among the 12 ports from which wool was shipped during the year ended Juno 30. News has reached Sydney that the,fii'6fc printing has been done on' a printing press m tho Solomons, it is at present worked | in a. missionary's bedroom What! Still suffe riiiif from neuralgia and toothache? Why not try a Is bottle of Marshall's Fospherine, the groat nerve, remedy. Is, Is 6d, and 2s 6d. Large size

A movement is on foot vo bring about the federation of all furniture workers throughout the Dominion. It. is estimated that the workers in the trade total over 1000, of whom 300 are resident in tho Wei-hug-ton district; "The day of the clean potato has passed. They are all move or less blighted now, ami it is quite unsafe to deal in them," observed a Timaru merchant when retiring to tho potato market. lliero can only l>e one reason for the enormous success that has attended the first week of our expiration of partnership sale, lire extraordinary bargains wo offer are without parallel in the history of the town.-thristic ami Co., Mosgiol... Inquiries have boon received by the industries and Commerce Department from i finn m AYaudabeck, Germany, for inferination as to supplies and prices of hemp; also canned fruits and jams. It wai pointed out ,n the letter that •• D | lo rjnium tenax has nosv a well-paying market in bcrmany. Since dip steam trawler began its operations in tho fcorth Sea there has been a parked decrease ,n tho si ze of the catches, lne lleehs are •benipr compelled to' S o to Iceland, the Bay of Biscay, and tl, u White hea and a oleso season is urged for the iSorth Sea. Frank 11. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Irmces street South (over Kilioy and &iit.m>rliiwl s! 14P3 The difficulty of seeing slicep on dry roads at night was explained bv a train motoiman at tho Christehuroh Magistrate's Court tho other day. I]« said that their colour made then almost invisible on a dusty road, and always the firet notice of their E"cV M thc gka " ling a[ the Hght on J. Waters, Chemist, 20 Princes street, has tho host stock of Hot Water Ba"s At * meeting of the Hawke's Bay"Count T JM, 1, ?, c11a, " n ", n , (Mr , T - M -Chambers* said that the rateable value of the countv was just on six million pounds Tho rati payers, inoltiding those in special district,, numbered 2071, as against 163* for k't year which, said Mr Chambers, was rav gratifying. y For Chronic Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is od and 2s 6d., . Mr M. O'G-rady, of Waihou, one of the si.ppl.ew of the Te Aroha Co-operative I Dairying Company, ),as ken* <\ careful record of the yield of his 1, c1 .d 0 f 50 COW 3 or the past «a«m. From this it is shown I'nLii , ta '' ot,lml '" b »tter-fat was 10,0601b for the 10 months, which (ha ft return psr co,v 0 f 26U-J,. Ideas aro assets; large fortunes are mad* horn Patented Inventions UnWwiu and Wayward, Crawford street, Dunedin, are experts in taking out Patents. Write for mforiimtion.-Mirnms Bros., agents... ' Mr P. L. Ilalle-nstoin, who has 'just returned from a holiday visit to New South TUc, states that, the news of the Dominion published-bythe Sydney papers is practically «« unknown quantity. It is only when some horrible crime is perpetrated" on this side that Now Zealand i s given any journalistic prominence. .The duly Furniture Sale.-With this simple announcement comes the uno-ues-tionable arguments in favour of buying furnituro and doing it when prieeo are much reduced We invito a thorough scrutiny of furniture ready for you at a quarter Moiiof Wlnc -~ A - V - Ch °W° a, «' Co., A wcjlitnown Gore tradesman was' the recipient of a rather novel parcel per post on Friday By the afternoon m ail ho » coved a box elaborately dono up and ingating that it contained something o! alue On opening it, however, it WM oimd to contain 6 i x H w young rate. The fciit was jiot an accentab'e one A watched pot never boils'," but no amount of watching can prevent the 2gal wa er-heaters made by the National Hoc ami hug. Co. from,boiling in 15 minute... p&fr ° n * of "» Canterbury W« h V> w pek. Mm Patten cam 0 to Ly telton with her parents, Mr and M Mouudev, ,„ the Crresy, one of the iW. our ships, and had lived quietjy in Chns church ever since, the early day 1,1. lif "u " ntl a ? amil - v of one »n and thee daughters survive her lire cargo of the s.s. Aotea contained a X n f nm n r ° f and mom,ii cuts for Rogen ami Ctartoon, Dunedin. Uiese, combined with the laMj-purcteed «s-p.ed stock 0 f C. Bergamini, have omstocked t.heir yard and they aro compelled to «il at .educed pn«s to make room ™ UT n I N n »on«*-Bo ß en and Clark«oii (ate &. M.mro ami Son). Moray place, on boorge street,. Tho wild grey ducks have got to know apparently that the waters in the Park at rimarii arc a sanctuary for them, for they flock there now in great numbers and aro not readily frightened away Tho lark curator, who takes considerable,prido in the wild, fowl on the waters of tho domain keep* a sharp look-out to see that *£n K 1 * are " 0t £hot at or otherwise disturbed. ho-kef' P l U Wl '° Vh * K° lf «* hockej. Cookham Home has opened up wo lines of strong well-made boots for ladies, which are particularly suitable for'"Hie above game-;, as well as for walking ' and general winter wear. Box calf bal-mc-rals stout projecting soles, strong and neat, Cuban heels, 14s Od. Tho " Brogue " snaiJe, new and fashionable, box calf locin«wide soles, solid and comfortable, 14s 6d" Ladies who play golf and'hockey ore invited to inspect these boots; they aro extraordinarily good valuo for the moneyonly 14s 6d,-and for business ladies who have- much walking they are most desirablo.—Cookham House, Depot for Highgrade footwear, Princes street.. In conversation with a Wellington pressman, Mr Yung Liang-Wang, Consulgeneral for A'ew Zealand, said (Bat the Chinese do not live so cheaply as is generally supposed. They spent more money on food and drmk than other men of their class in this country It was their custom to go out on Sundays nicely dressed, and lo meet together at a social feast, where they would have eight or 10 courses, ,vith Cmnese wines, which pa'«i sl high import duty, and were rather expensive I'. Uoss's annual sale ot seasonable .roods ' S ."T' V 1 i f "" S "''" K ' wllen wo 51,,1il c 'ear out the balance of our winter stock regardloss of cost or profit. Call and see" the immense bargains oliering in new and stylish flannel and flannelette blouses from Is ild; rich silk blouses, black, white 5 , and cream, from 6s 6d; golf jersey blouses, from 4s Gd; ladies' new tweed paletot coats, from 12s 6d; ribbon corsets, with 6u«|>cndcrs, from Is 3d; real Russian hare necklots, from Hid; lovely 6ablo marmot stoles, 10s 6d; and a complete rango of gloves! stockings, laces, handkerchiefs, skirts, and corsets at half-price.—At T. Ross's Bale. 130 Princes street. Touching on tho domestic pcrvaut problem in a lecturo in Auckland, tho Rev. W. J. Mayers, who is conducting a tour through New Zealand of boys from Dr Rarnardo's homos, stated that he had been approached by a Xow Zealand resident who had suggested that a number of girls fitted for domestic service should I>3 sent. out to the Dominion. Mr Mayers said that it was impossible to do so. as they wero unable to fully supply tlie demands for these girls at Home. "'We get, on an average, 33 applications daily at Homo for girls for domestic service," he added. A choice selection of winter footwear at Cookham House, Princes street. The North German Lloyd Company announccd recently that in the first fivo months of this year 71,225 emigrants were shipped from Bremen, a.s compared with 18,522 in the same oeriod of last year During May the number of emigrants was 13,115, of whom 12,138 went to North America, 482 to La Plata, and 495 to Brazil.