OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14699, 6 December 1909, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Air C!. P. Donnelly has installed steamirivcu milking machines for the dairy terds of Natives at Wniohiki. The plants ■vill treat 200 cows.

Dainty Perfume- Sprays from 2s 6d each at Waters's Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... Mi- 1,. (.'. Hull, who has been elected president of the Oxford University Athletio tlub, is the first. Rhodes scholar on whom that distinction has been eoufericd. I'rank 11. iilakeiey, surgeon dentist. 174 Innces s,tv«?t South (over Kilroy and butiiorliiii.l si. 'l'e!.-.Diioiifl 1483... q^^ l of wmpbt-ing lira Uiuwh of fct. Michael and AH Angels, httottiounie, by meeting a IWVB , vml to an unknown donor has offered to provide

Makes ladies 1 hair soft, cures dandruff, restores colour, , s not a dye M, ;„•» Hair Promoter, 2s 6d, M.«i,.ir. PW macy....

The hrst name on the roll of freemen of the Borough of Oldham, Lancashire is to bo that of a woman (Mrs (.:. y„ vvllo 13 It member of tho Town Council.

No mother should miss seeing our stock ot boys' clothing If economy counts anywhere, it, most certainly does in tho purchase of boys' clothing. We have the kind of clothing that both l»ys and mothers delight in—A. F. Chcyno and Co., Mosgiel....

Seven Finns—five youths, a married woman and Iter daughter—arrived at Wellington from Sydney by tho Mocraki last week, having transhipped from the Orsova, on their way to Port. I.ovy to engage in farming.

Electric lifiht consumers who find current bills heavy should consult tho National J3lec. and Eng. Co. (lid.), Crawford st, to find out how to 6avo 30 to 75 per cent. Tel. .2108....

Owing to the impossibility of obtaining ground for extensions, somo of tho London cemetery authorities are charging double,

treble, and oven four times tho ordinary fees for the burial of a non-parishioner.

By Inst mail intimation was received that a largo consignment of monuments had been shipped to Bogon and Clarkson. To nuiko room for thes* they must considerably reduce their stock. During this month purchasers would do well lo take advantage of reduced prices.—Roßen and Clarkson, Moray place (off Oorjro street), Dimedin....

George Shtitc, of New Jcr«y, lias just been bound over under a. £25 penalty for kissing his wifo against her will. Justice Ware warned the man not (o kiss his wife again without first obtaining lier oonsenj. The largest permanent skating rink in England has been opened at Water lane, Brixton. It occupies 36,000 square feet, and can accommodate 5000 persons at one time. The surplus from the Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush last year amounted to £9550, and a .cheque for £4775 has been forwarded to the French Embassy and one for a similar amount to King Edward's Hospital Fund. Special shipment razor strops, just landed; wonderful value—2s each. Also, razors, shaving brushes, soaps, etc. Inspection invited.—Hcndy's Hairdrcssing Rooms, 101 Princes 6treet (opposite Bank of Now Zealand).... During the past 20 years deposits and cash balances in Irish joint stock banks liavo increased by £20,682,000, Irish deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank by £7,815,000, and deposits in Irish trustee savings bonks by • £438,000. &nta Glaus has arrived in Slosgiel—noo with tho usual tomfoolery, but with 50 ladies' colonial twoed costumes, bought at half manufacturer's cost. Every lady should seo this big bargain before bliuidoring elsewhere. For quality, style, and cheapness tlrey cannot be beaten. Sco tlicm to-day at Christie and Co.'s, drapers, Mosgiel 'and London.... " Tho game of billiards has been tlte means of wrecking a number of lives, and wo ought not tc touch it," said Mr H. O'Connor, the general secretary of tho Dublin City Y.M.C.A., at a Dublin conference. About 10,000 weavers of tho Cainbresi3 district, who by toiling from early niosjiing till late at night, cam at the maximum Is 2|d a day, and at certain periods of the year arc without work, havo declared a strike. Getting a patent is not so easy and sale a thing, or not invariably, as many peoplo think. Tho man with an idea should consult an expert. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Joel's Building,?, Crawford street, Dunedin, publishers of Progress—tho inventors' journal—are constantly saving peoplo expense and trouble... An indication of tho slackness of casual work on' the Bluff wharf may be gathered from the fact that 7s 4d constituted tho largest pay received by workers last week. Others received 3s 9d. This slackness (says tho local Press) must revert upon local tradespeople sooner or later. National net toasters 15s, National net radiators 355, imtdo by Tho National Electrical and Engineering Co. (Ld.), Agricultural llall Buildings, Crawiord 8t.... In order to escape performing his allotted task of stoncbroaking, a tramp named John Odx, by removing bricks, effected his tseapo through the 9in wall of the Dover casual ward. At. Dover, for doing damage to tho wall, lie was sentenced to a month's luvrd labour. 1 The Devcnport (Auckland) Borough Council has decided to discriminate in granting permission for open air shows, tea gardens, and such. The Mayor said ho thought it «ould bo only disturbing 1 tho quietude of the locality to encourage such shows. Manicure Sets from 2s; Perfume at all prices, at J. Waters'e, chemist, 20 Princes strcit.... A Jicw invention in tho way of flaxdressing machinery is boin<r tested at a mill at Orou-a Bridge, Manawatu. It has been 1 lwsiiblo, by means of it, to strip the flax and soutoli the green leaves in five hours, doing aAvaywiitn the drying of the fibre, and shortening tho process of preparation by about 10 days. The machine is tho invention of a Milton resident.

A few weeks now will bring its to tho school vacations: consequently, tho prospective .requirements of children and ladies for scasida and country holiday footwear uro receiving special attention at the Oiliy Boot Palace, Tho following can bo recommended:—For children, Englwh-mado "Solito" sandals, in tan calf, are vorv nice— 3s lid, 4s 3 Id, 5r IW, Children's shoottos, in black and tan, from 3s 6d to 4s lid. Little children's while buckskin shoes, single bar, 3s 9d. Ladies' tenuis shoos, very suitable- for country, brown and white canvas with tan and kid facings, rubber soles, 7s 6d. Tan glace kid tennis shoos, triplo bar, red rubber solo, 10s 6d. Ladies' shaott« in black, also tan, with grcort chromo soles, 5s 9d. Now opened up, latest summer styles.—City Boot Palace, G-eorgo street. G. M. Piv.ey, manager....

A doudi of brown beetles visited many ga-wlens at Ardgowon on Thursday night (fays the Oamaru Mail), and causal consternation in the orchards. The destruction cattS3d resembled the effects of a raid of locusts. Horticulturists, and particularly vosa-faneicra, bavo been plaugod for somo time by these brown scourges, but (ho visitation last week was well described as resemblinfi a dust cloud.

Mr Bendy, hair specialist, invites ladies or gentlemen suffering from weak cr falling hair, prematura greyncss, and all scalp troubles, to consult him. Advico gratis. Address, \Q\ Princes street. Telephone 902... '

A. Alien, while working in an Australian copper minis, was shockingly injured by an explosion a few days ago, and lies in a critical condition in the Ikmrko Hospital. Although his pelvis was broken and one arm stripped of flesh, Alson olimbed 220ifc to the surface and ■walked a quarter cf a ■luila to his homo.

We claim to liuvo tho finest assortment and the best valuo in Otago of (.he undernoied:—ltichly embroidered blouso length.', & cd, S3 6d, upwards; new Gibson girl mid Peter Tan collar*, in ivory, and paii"guipuro lace, lid, Is, Is 3d, up; new kid gloves, wear and fit guaranteed, in pretty beaver shades,' 2s Od, 2s lid, and 5s fxl. Also, new green, navy, purple, wine, and blue, with donio fasteners ami fancy locks, 3s 6d and 4s 6d; fine washing gloves in ovary new shade, Is, Is 3d, '.s 6d, up: 12doz long elbow gloves, beaver shades, at ls-worth 2s 6d,-at T. lias's. 130 Princes street....

A P. and 0. liner-tho reshawur, ono of the cargo bonis for the wool bertharrived at Sydney a fow days ago from China. A feature of the Peshawur is Iwr extensive refrigerating space, and sho has on board for the Kiwrlish market some 60,000 head of game and 4500 frozen pigs. The whole of t!» shipment was talwn in at Hankow, China.