OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15183, 30 June 1911, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

It is expected that (ho first section of tlio Invercargill trams, to a point on the town e!<lo of the Waihopai bridge, will bo in work-ins order by February. A fat ewo, sold by auction at Pahiat.ua Inst week in ajd of tjie funds of the Flalviatua Hospital, realised £4 15s. Fire motor cars from Wimpoany Eros' Premier Garage.—'Telephone 1246.... A collection was taken at Tuesday's public meeting in support of a creche and kindergarten for Christchuro'n and realised £3 lla 3d. Tlio retail price of butter in Mnsterton at present is Is 3d per lb, and 4ho Wairarapa Times considers it is not unlikely that, before tlio winter is over, it will so to a higher figure. J. Waters, clicmist, Princes street, has an absoluto cure for chapped and hands, 15... ° Interest in the Rugby pastime in Invercargill, says llw News, has been gradually growing during tlio season, a.nd last week's gam<s at Rugby Park constituted an easy roord, when there was an attendance of 1510 spectators and tlio gate receipts exceeded £30. Tho presenco of lanits at this period ol tlio year causes one to wonder whether spring ia at hand (writes tho Aniberiey correspondent of tho Press). On three farms in thai locality tlicro are already a fair number of lambs. Hire motor curs from Frank Shearer Telephone 3065... A special collection was taken in St. Matthew's Church, Hustings, on Sunday ' last to clear off tho church debt, amounting to about £150. Of this over £70 was cofIccted at. the ordinary services. A party of 10 Sikh policemen arrived in Sydney last wo»k, en routo to Fiji, having been sekctod for servieo at Government llouso, Fiji. Two of tho Sikhs are acconi panicd by their wives. Fragrant, wholesome, and delicious— "Camp Coffee!"... A bteing accident, occurred'in Dannevirlcn on Saturday, whereby two children of Mr and Mis Jensen, Adelaide road, wore rather seriously injure*!. Ono child had three fingers blown off, while tlio other received a,n injury to its eye. Quite a number of poultry farmers from r.ntsido district] havo signified their intention of taking part in tlio egg-laving comi -'itiono that it is proposed to start in Maisterion, and pens of fowls ar already bcLnp set aside for the purpose, ];rank 11. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's!. Telepiione 1483 .. Tho search initiated by the Sydney Globo with.a view to locating tho largest family in Australia has revealed one of 30, the parents of which are -Mr and Mrs Richard King, of Moiuit Viow, via Corsnock, NewSouth Wales. The Globe lias received par. iioulars of a number of other largo families hut this appears to 1)3 tho best" yet. Hot water bags, special quality,' rieht price, at J. Waters, chemist... A gas oxp'lwion occurred at tho Auckland City Hotel last l'rxkty night, and as a result considerable damage was done to tho wall and floor of the sitting room, which was wrecked', the hall floor was torn up nn l tile ceiling of rooms underneath blown ou!.. Made in a-minute and no trouble 1 — Camp Coffee.".., Tho handsome new oonvent of tho Sacrcd Htaifcin \ ictoria (ivoiiuc, RciTiuora, erected by tho Sisters of the Sacred Heart at a cost of £30,C00, was opened on Sun day afternoon by his Graeo Archbishop l\c<n\ r ood. ot W cllington, in tJio woeonce i of «i lanjro concourse of people. ' i For clirono client complaints. Woods' Crrcat Peppermint Cure; Is 6d, 2s 6d.... J

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Tho Maoris up tho ooast do not intend to bo_ bohand tho pakelia in tho matter of being up to dale, saya the Wangaai lioi*a:d, r.s the Natives at Nukumaru. Wi , totem, and tho Waitotara Pa have ht ihe tuiephone installed. Ready, eye ready! "Camp ODffee" i, always ready.,,. ,i;J"- nv ® rca,r ß.iH and in the surroundina flisi-ncts there is evidently a good deal o! sjmpathy for Lionel Terry, v.'io hai been under restraint ever sinco 1905. A petition for lus release liaß been returne< L i r , of Ashburtoii, frorr the Soutnland l:ines OiTioo bearing ovo--200 signatures of bona fide residents o: dktrVbj 1 " surrounding- count-rj Now that winter is coming, electric ligh bills are a, consideration. Mazda, lamp keep them down, 'the National Mco. am Eng. Co. (Ltd.), Chambers' Bldps, Stuar On Tuesday a motor delivery ' wa RBO i collided with a cyclist in Cathc<li a sijuare, Chnstehurch (says the Press! ine cyclist was pinned to tho ground b' a whec-l, which rested upon his clothes out wlien ho had been released by the ai of many willing hands it was found tlia lie was unhurt, and. apart from tho effect of tho shook, iiono the worse for hi adventure. Absolutely safo for youngest bab* Marshall s Teething Powders, free froi mercury and all narcotics; cure all toethin ailments promptly. Is, Marshall's Phamacy.... Reports to hand from tho country di< nets (romark? tho Aahbnrton Mail) sho\ tliat tho early-sown wheat is now lookini particularly wall, and it would appca that emco the wet weather tho gras gruL-fl have practfeally ceased to wor! lurtller damag-iv in gross pasture am •rops. As soon as tho weather will per mit, an unusually largo area of. lam wmcli is now m readiness will bo sowi in corwils. High-grade footwear at bargain price' f/rl? 3 w° ntinCnt?l - Boot 01 . Prince street. Wo aro giving from 2s to 4s ii tho pomw reductions. As we have a sal. 0 y , a year, wo intend it' to bo : rccord. You should visit u5.... ' According to the Mataura Ensigi Romething m the nature of a mild lam boom occurred at Gore on .Monday mom ing when Messi-3 T. Green and- Co. offeret in pnva ' :o sa '° sections in the noi Albany street subdivision on the southon Sl .' ! vero during the mornini at £110 each. The National Elec. and Eng. Co. (Ltd.! Chambers Bldgs. Stuart st. sole rgent bonoi-al Llec. Co., British Thomson-Horn o!Li British Insulated and Hclsb Cables (Ltd.). Jas. Gordon and C 0.... Tho Wanganui Herald reports tha salvage operations on the stranded Pelo tas still continue. About 400 t.ramwa' sleepers have bran got out of the vessel and tho contractors (Messrs Tomslt-t am Stokes) expected to salvage another 30' on Monday Capita,in Cozens hps re moved a considerable - quanitity of thi ship 3 gear, which is to be disposed o by private sale. It will be of interest to our friends v know that Friday, 23rd June, will h the opening day of our Coronation Sale when our stock will be offered at prieu .unprecedented in Otago, in addition U tlie usual rebate of Is in the £.—Christi. and Co.'s Store of Economy. Moseiel....' When tlie last mail left San -Francisco John F. Seymour (Chief of Police of tha city) was about ito be tried before « Board of Polios Commissioners, boinj charged with "conduct unbecoming of i chief of police, and incompetency." Thi general chargo against Seymour was tha ho failed to do his duty in checking anc preventing gambling in San Francisco As usual, the chargo was entangled witt local politics. Tho greatest bargain event of the entixi year is our winter sale. It comnienoos, to day (Friday), June 30. You can't find fa.ul with.our prices: they aro alwnvs reason Every article genuinely reduced.—A F. Clieyne and Co., iviosgiei.... To show -what interest is taken in football on tho cceist, the' Gisborne Times reports that a Maori boy of between sever and '.eight years of age rode down frorr Tokomaru Bay, a distance of 25 miles, to see a recent match. ,On arrival at Tologu one could hardly tell whether tlu lad was palwha or Maori,- as ho was i-.ovf-rod in mud. Nevertheless, ho seemed to enjoy liiniself as much as his oldei companions. Tho Mammoth Boot Sale begins tomorrow at tho City Boot Palace. Shop early!... In connection with the Puhipuhi tragedy the sum of £10 was subscribed as a.memo, rial for the murdorcd man Freeman b? tnose who inaugurated the agitation is favour of tho commutation of tho Sent-enoi of death pass?d upon Tahi Kakq.: Tho Mr Cnncksliank, of Wbajjffa.rci. who ! earned out the burial jsorvico at tho informant of Freeman, has been written to (says tho Auckland Star) and asked to recommend the best purpose to which this sum can be derated. There is often a fortune 'in a simple idea that is patentable. The thing is to invent something useful, and eecure the rights to yourself. If you don't scouro these rights someone else will, and thoy will niase a fortune out of your idea. The best plan in Patent matters is to seek tho services of reliable and experienced peoplo liko Baldwin /lid Rayward, Joel's Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin..., Tho Southland Times notices that although the return of grain railed at Invercargill for last week was over 2000 sacks less than for the corresponding week of laat year, the total for the season is almost 80,000 sacks greater than last season's total at tho sa'mo time. It is only to be expected that tho returns will now show a steady decrease week by week as tha bulk of the grain has already been railed away from country sidings. Fof the past four weeks the returns have been 21,177, 14,914, 10,276, and 6352 sacks, respectively. At T. Boss's salo you can get pure wool flannel blouses in pretty patterns at 3s lid each, also a grand range of stylish flannelette blouses at Is sd, Is lid, and 2s lid, Rich fur collars in marmot, sable, trimmed squirrel tails, at 5s L Ladies' Warm winter gloves, from 6u. Ladies' cashmere stockings, fr.irn IOJd And a very r ine stock of umbrellas, corsets, skirts, i 'ackintoshes, flannelettes, and towels.—At 1 Ross's Sale of winter goods A mitition is being circulated in Christchurch by tho ficoretary of the Waiau Railway Loaguo urging tho necessity of constructing a contuiuation of the north line from Oulvcrden to Waiau, to servo tha growing need's of the Northern Amuri country. 'l'ho petition already bears a largo number of signatures, and when it is complete ,it will be presentod to Parliament by a deputation from tJio Waiau Railway League. To-morrow tho annual clearance uale will open at the Oity Beot Palace. This year wo aro calling it a '' Mammoth Sale," becaueo of the bigness of the stock, tho reductions, and tno values. The City Boot Palace stands for "a square deal," and you can d'3pond upon what vou buy there. As usual, a lot ot surplus stock, oddments, remainders, and so on will to cleared out at job prices, while many lines have bsen muoh reduccd in prio:. On all tho latest and most fashionable gcois a discount of 10 per cent, will be allowed.—City Boot Palace, George streot. G. M. Pizoy, manager.... Satr.o Masterton "droppers" will suffer a. disappointment (says the Carterton News). Ono of the workmen engaged on tfc? work at tho northern approach to Masterton was cutting down a Dank near a mfiCTccarpa hedge when he noticed a bottle under tlie trees. Ho thought it was empty, but by way of a joke'called out to his mates, '' Here's a ' dropper's' plant," and reached in and took up tho frattlo to show them. It was a full ono, and further search revealed 10 or 11 more. It was just dinner rime, and thoso who preferred bcor to tea eoon disposed of tho "droppors" and drank tho King's health with gusto. 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