OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14700, 7 December 1909, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

In the opinion of men interested in the ' dairy industry, the Auckland province in j another six years will double oven the pre- ' <soiit season's big output. Dainty Perfume Sprays from 2s 6d each at Watora's Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... An Epsom (Auckland*) resident has offered a hnndfomc oil-painting to be presented to frho sinfflo girl who is most in her attendance at the parish church during next year. Prank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Suflierlnnd's!. Tilflniionn 1483.. Almost every orohardist in the Hastings district reports exceptionally hoaw crops of aprioots and plums, 'lbe operation of thinning will involve a considerable amount of iabour. Don't suffer; no need to, no matter how much run down. Marshall's Fospherine Will promptly help you. Is bottles, at all chemists and stores... Every immigrant tc Queensland is entitled to take up 163 acres of land : for nothing, provided tliat he is prepared to settle on it and make it his permanent homo. xVidroeised simply with a lady's portrait and the name Att-Boxhagon (a suburb of Berlin), ?, post-card readied its destination after f.hroe days. Manicure Sets from 2s; Perfume at all prices, at J. chemist, 20 Prince* 6tre*t..„

Lieutenant C. J. G'tierin, who was raised from the ranks U years ago, has been granted tho honorary rank of captain. Captain U-ucrin's army service, which includes the Boer war, extends over 28 years. Chcyne and Co.'s clothing walks the bargain plank. It won't take much argument to convince you ot the swings to be made when you have seen our goods and learned the price of everything:. There's satisfaction in buying our goods.—A. F- Clieyne and Co., Mosgiel.'... The fund being raised on behalf of Captain Webber, who at the outbreak of tho South African war spent £12,000 of his own money on .military services, and has sinco lest all his means, now stands at over £10°. By last mail intimation was received that a. large consignment of monuments had been shipped to Rogen and Clarkson. To lliako room for these t'lioy must considerably reduce their stock. During this month purchasers would <lo welt to take advantage of reduoed prices.—Rogen and Clarkson, Moray place (off George street), Dunedin.... For offering £5 as a bribe to the master of Haokney Workhouse, CLirles Frank Uritton, a plumber, who was an applicant, for a post, has been fined £5 or a month's imprisonment at Kssex Quarter Sessions. Improvements in eiectric lighting are continually made. The National Klec. and Eng. Co. (Ld.), Crawford et, havo lamps and appliances which much roduco the oo6t. Special shipment razor strops, just landed; wonderful value—2s each. Also, razors, shaving brushes, soaps, etc. Inspection invited.—Hendy's Hairdrcssing Rooms, 101 Frinces street (opposite Bank of New Zealand).... Whilo tho court was sitting at Toulon recently burglars made off with some valuable bronzes, the goldheaded cane belonging to the judge, and £200 from the secretary's office. There is great rejoioing in Marlborough over tho recent rise in the price of chaff. During the Ipst few days one merchant alone has bought 1000 tons, mostly from tho Grovo and surrounding districts, for shipment to Auckland. Tho new metallic filament electric lamps give thrico the light for tho samo current consumption. Sco them at the National Elec .and Eng. Co., Agricultural Hall Buildings. Tel. 2108.... l'or several months past workers in a way pit at Ilalberstadt havo been turning up bones of prehistoric animals, which, as a result of examination, arc shown to bo tho remains of Dinosauri. They are tho I to be discovered in Germany. Mr Hendy, hair specialist, invites ladies or gentlemen suffering from weak or falling hair, premature greyuess, and all scalp troubles, to oonault him. Advice gratis. Address, 10? Princes street. Telephone 902.... A loulon workman named Brotjuier went out shooting in the woods. For a joko he lud behind the foliage and 1 imitated! tho cry of a bird. Another hunter at ones fired at the spot whence the sound came, and killed Bronuier. Santa, Glaus has arrived in Mosgiel— not with the usual tomfoolery, but with 50 ladies' colonial tweed costumes, bought at half manufacturer's cost. Every lady should see this big bargain before blundering elsewhere. Vol' quality, style, and cheapness they cannot be beaten. See them to-da.y at Christie and Co.'s, drapers, Mosgiel and London.... The planet Venus is now a very fine object in the evening sky, and is plainly visible in broad daylight, if ono knows where to look for her. It is nccessary to look from a position on which tho sun is not shining. There is much money to be made bv patenting the right ideas. The shrewd inventor puts himself into the hands of an expert. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin, publishers of Progress, the inventors' journal, are intimately familiar with all matters conoorning patents. Expert knowledge in their case is backed by an elaborate system of reference.... Tho following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Canterbury Women's Institute on Friday evening:—"This institute cxpiesses its indignation at the treacherous and reactionary proposals emanating from wMS iOaclors •of the .Liberal party in tho Land Laws Amendment Bill now before the House." During the. v.ast week or two, says the Evening' Post, there, have been a considerable number of miners passing through Wellington from the. south to join the Westport Coal Company's service, extra hands being wanted to work the mines to their full capacty. We claim to have the finest assortment and the best value in Otago of the undernoted Richly embroidered blouse lengths, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, upwards; new Gibson girl and Peter Pan collars, in ivory, and pail's guipure lace, lid. Is, Is 2d, up; new kid gloves, wear and fit guaranteed, in pvetty beaver shades, 2s 6d, 2s lid, and 3s 6d. 'Also, new green, navy, purple, wine, and blue, with dome fasteners and fancy backs, 3s 6d and 4s 6d; fine'washing gloves in every new shade, Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, up; 12doz long elbow gloves, beaver shades, at Is—worth 2s 6d,—at T. lWs, 130 Princes street.... Mr F. W. Mackimney, assistant olork to the London County" Couoil, who has bean appointed, by 37 votes to 13, director of storesat a salary of £1000 a year, entered the service ol the council 20 years ago as a junior clerk at £80 a year. The statement of accounts for the Pacific Cable Board shows that the deficiency for 1903-9 was £1475 less than for 1807-3. There was a deorease in the number of ordinary wires in 1908-9, but am inorea-.se of 79,614- words sent at prcfe rates. ])r (>. 11. Savage, in his Harveiim oration at the Royal College of Physioans, said the hypnotic system would have been iuantained but for the discovery of ether and chloroform. There were oases in which, he was convinced, hypnotism could be usefully employed. The expression " Fit for a king" -is indeed most, applicable to a new style of scnt-leman's boot now being shown at Cookham House. This is a Derby Balmoral, made of enamelled kid, which is similar in inisli to tho well-known patent leather, but wry much superior in quality. Tho higher part of the uppers are made of rich dull lid. The shape of tho boot is known as the "Bronx," one of the latest and most fasuionable. The soles are welted, and ho toe is the popular full round shape. These bcots are 30s per pair, and we are experiencing for them quite ahcaviy demand — hey are so much beyond the ordinarv in style.—Cookhain llouko, Depot for liighfrade Footwear, Princes street.... In order to sc-cure, if possible, oaoli man ind boy on home service being examined t>y a dental surgeon once S"yeair, the Adniralty has deeded to increaso the number if civilian dental surgeons employed at tho borne ports mid training establishments. The leakage of cm-rent- on the electric ;ars is sometimes painfully obvious during wet weather savs tho Christchurch Press). A day or two ago, a passenger in the aot af handing a penny to tho conductor rcMvcd an elcctricaJ shock wheh was so strong and unexpected that he promiptly :lroppod the coin on to the floor and refused lo have anything more to do with it. The ?oniductor, it transpired, was standing upon i couple of bolt-heads which protruded through the footboard, and immediately lie touched the passenger's potmy thp circuit was completed, and such electricity as \na Rowing about promiscuously thug" found a sonvenient out-lot for its energies.