OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14783, 16 March 1910, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Omnibus proprietors in London assert that they carry 20 million passengers a > year. For maintaining and cleaning London public roads for i year nearly £1,500,000 , is spefit. Hiro mowr ears from Wimpenny Uros.,,, __ Last year's strikes and lock-outs cost the Federation of Trade Unions more than £120,000. There are more than 30,000 steamships and sailing vessels of 100 tons and upwards • in the world. . Electrio light consumere who finfl current bills heavy should consult the National Jiloc. and Eiig. Co. (Ld.), Crawford st, to 1 find out how to save 30 to 75 per cent. i Tel. 2108..., England's National Debt originated in the ! i reign of William 111, whose first loan was 1 obtained in . 1691 ~ ' s Southland s'lll expects from the Do- ' minion about one-fourth of the cheese I shipped to the English markets. ; Waters'* Chap-Lotion absolutely cures Rough and Chapped Hands; Is.—Watore's I • Pharmacy.... j , . There has been a ;veritable plague of \ moths in Hawera during the past month. ■' .probably due to the almost continuous hot weather that has been experienced. ! A purebred Holstein cow belonging to Mr R. H. Cameron, of Stratford, recently crave birth to four calves at one calvin"". The calves all died. ' ■ °" j Frank. li. lilakeley. surgeon dentist, 17< Princes street South (over Kilroy anil Su>iiprlni'<r«! '!'«!»r)h«iio 14M \ One'of Uie attractions of the "United Provinces Exhibition." which is to Vc , opened at the end of next, year nt Allaluw ;• bad, will \k " the first .aviation moctin" in ' tin; East." Nothing equals Violet Oatmeal Poap fcr Delicate Skins; cakes 9d.-At Walers's Pharmacy,,,,

liio Commonwealth Government lias is : sued in circular, form its recent Gazcttn notice permitting tho importation of hor.fa ad horns of, animals slaughtered in New '/calami. (loitre or thick neck. The only safe and radical cjro is iWanloss Goitre Remedy. Internal Treatment, no external application nwessary; 3s 6d, at Marshall's Pharmacy.... An Clamant fisherman this week caught a Stroiier that turned the soalc at.lo9lb. and when dressed 651b. This was one of the largest over landed at Oamaru. On. January 14 « gang of 40 Chines'), attacked the village of Tnngka, on mo borders of Johore, Malacca, killed one man and wounded nine, carried off hun- " ods of dollars and 3onie lico r j fl()s i»d ammunition, and escaped into Malacca. Aa lonal not toasters 155,. National net \ S ITr ''• "" U -° V' 10 Nnti °« al Eleetr;H.ll n,;i'r g "' <!e n" s ?°\ a,ll) ' Asricultural Hall ISuiltlings, Crawford et % Residents who have taken a leading part l seeking to have a permanent branch of »io New South Wales Bank opened in Otautau- have received intelligence that tho at present seei way to open a branch m Otautau. ■ Rear-admiral Lcutzc called at the White I louso o Wellington 47 years ago and hanked President, Lincoln for nrroointiii-r mtu to tho Naval Academy. flc called on President Taft on New Year's I.w ™. fold lui» of his White House nMillion of years ago. Correct stylos in smart millinery. Never T? 11 ™^ 6 ™ amorelavish use of everything: that is dainty nl) d pretty in the creation of beautiful Mis Our autuinn and winter models, are surpassing; all nrevious exhibitions. Call and inspect.-A F Cheyno and Co., Mosgiol.... ' According, to the Berliner Tagoblatt Dr umage, the eminent Brussels, surgeon, has sont in his bill for £4000, his foe for the opera ion performed on King Leopold a foiv days before tho King's death. The operation is eaid to havo lasted onto '10 minutes. Girl students at Wellesley College, Ma«aohusetts, have givon an order for 1000 blouses to bo ,made at the projected cooperative faotory which Miss Anne Morgan has offered to equip and Enancc on behalf of the New York girl blouse-makers wlio are on strike. . .We have just received by post a consignment of new season's millinery, Pari; "1° l ?' l,eEe wo -now have on view al about half the price you would pav else- 1 where for. the same class of goods. 'Ladiei who require a smart hat should see these at Christie and Co.'s, Mosgicl.... Commander R. F. Peary will on Mav 4 lecture before the Royal Geographical fcociety, London, when he will bo presented with «, special gold medal in commemoration of his discovery of the North.Pole. Uptam Bartlell, the master -of the Roosevelt, may probably accompany tho Commander to London. The outstanding feature of the meeting of the Indian. National Congress on 28tfl December was a vigorous anceoh by Mr Surcndrnnath Bannerjce, who denounced the regulations, whioh, ho said, had " wrecked the roforms.", Nevertheless, ho urged thoso present to continue to work in a constitutional way f or self-government within tho Empire, ■. . In Memoriam.—Nothing is nicer to mark tho spot where departed friends are laid than a suitable tombstone. You can non get these linos at greatly reduced price! from Rogen and Clarkson, tho Bucces6fli ; tenderers for Bergamini's assigned stock, tho public getting tlie benefit,—Rogen -alio Clarkson, Moray place (off George street).... . Among tho witnesses in a Supreme Court case in New Plymouth,. in which, among pttier matters; an old cottage was' concerned, was the father of 17 children. Witness explained that three of his children slept in the cottage, t.' because they ovn r . flowed, and ho, had to put them some' whore," ■

Still another local body is a victim to the "tag" epidemic. On the balance sneot of the. Napier. High School Board- the auditor complained that a sum of £5 6a 6:1 included in miscellaneous was for the travelling expenses of a master accompanying a boys' team by train, and ho could, not pass it. The board took no action.

Visitors to town are invited to seo magnificent selection of hair and toilet goods at. He'ndy's Hairdressing Rooms. Hair switches, transformations, .toupees, etc, in great variety. Appointment* may be booked for hairdressing, shampooing, ia'ce and scalp massage. Con-sultations-on all-matters relating to hair and scalp troubles gratis.. Hair tinting a specialty. Address: 10* Princes street, v Telephone 802.... Xows has' been received at San Francisco 'that a number of Chinese girls, specially _ trained in the Oaiifomiar metropolis, .have begun work in Peking, a-« central operators in the telephone system recently opened in the Chinese capital. Instead of'subscribers calling "Are you there?" or " Hello, Central," the customary mode Of address is "Lily of the air," an! "Butterfly that talks." • A man needs to be very cautious and shrewd when he takes the ripe fruit olhis brain to market, The prime necessity of success, given o, good idea, is to make, your patent a eure thing. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Joel's Buildings,'Craw-' ford street, Duneuin, have correspondents and sub-agents evorywhere, and their re- • putation for scrupulous dealing gives their clients- full security .-.'..

A handsome memorial to the late Captain Matthow Webb has been completed, and it is to be erected at Dover, overlooking the Channel. It consists of a bronze bust of Webb, surrounded with a design of dolphins and .sea-shells, resting on a red granite obelisk, which bears a bronze laurel- wioath; It records \ Webb's successful swim from Dover td Calais in 21hr : Slmiu: on 24th-25th August, 1875. How often do wo find {he smallest business, run on economical linos, to outstrip, the larger, heavily-salaried concern. The goods' kept, as a rule, are more in consonance with tho requirements of the people, and are always Uetter value. We are pertinently reminded of this by the steady run. of business going on at T. Ross's sale, owing, to the splendid value showing in blouses, gloves, hosiery, corsets, peggy-bags, umbrellas, sunshades, and the thousand other etceteras now being shown at T. Ross's sale at 130 Princes afreet, Dunedin,...

A Broken Hill barber, Ted Grimm, at- i tempted to lower the world's record for shaving, and succeeded in shaving 18 men in 14mm 3sec, aji average of feeo each. Ills was not equal, hoyyever, to the record, which is believed to be S7isec per man. Only one slight cut was inflicted, and this ■ V11 ,5. ( ! U6 . to tne ma » moving his head. Waimiha, the propescd North Island camping ground under the new defenco schome, lie 3 just north of Ongarue, oh the Wain Trunk line. It looks, as far as one can judgo from tho train, a suitable site, being a valley that embraces flat land with good water, flanked bv rough ground and backed on throe sides by hilly country. There is amplo room, for a long'range for artillery practice.

The West Australian states that regulations have been made by the Board of Health compelling butchers'to protect meat stored for sale from contamination by flies. The meat must be stored in fly-proof compartments, and only removed for immediate sale, and the front of the. shop -endcrec' fly-proof by glass m-' nintal-ivoven gauze. Young men as a .rule are. fond of stvlish footwear, but generally object to paying more than a moderate price. We are fortunate in being able to supply the very' kind of thing,required, for.our long experiento has enabled us to know \vhev< we can secure.the best values in boots o< this kind. The following will bV founi really satisfactory: Balmoral, box chrome cather-hned, stout sole, fair stitched welt' box tee, 16s 6d; smart chromo Balmorals', pointed or medium tees, 13s 6d; Derby glace-kid soft leather lining, medium toe', 19s 6d j glace kid Balmorals, with fashionable extra wide welt, pointed and medium toe, 18s 6d. All first-class value.-City Boot Palace, George streofc.-G. M. Pizev manager... *'

Iho Chief Secretary of South Australia r I!" V G '. Blse '> P rc6 Wing at a meeting ot the Institutes' Association, retailed an lncidont of the early days when Yorkc leninsula was an unimportant place. A local institute was'in finnraial difficulties and it. was announced that the books would be fold by a wax match competition. Ai a result a largo number of neoolo assembled and the iierson whe acted as auctioneer' probably without a license, struck a wax match as each book was offered, and whoii the match went out, knocked down the article to the last bidder.'