OMNUIM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 8

OMNUIM GATHERUM.

The first, annual balance slieot of tlio Wellington Municipal Orchestra thows a deficiency of £73. Ueiluce your weight bv bathing liouiecnhail Haili Salts.—Onlv at Waters' Pharmacy. The [JMxvrno Borough Council has doeidul to approach the Government for an Order-ir.-Cotir.eil for four miles of tramway. Scott's Catarrh Cure, a never (ailing remedy for this complaint; 2i Gd bottle. — 17 l'rincw sircct... A curicf.it}' in the shape of it ltonuiey ewe with one jet black lamb ami another partly black tos seen en a .station in tho Tiirai district by it party of Ma.stcrton excursionists who were motoring through. Krunl; (I. lllakelcy, surgiwn ilontiyt, 171 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's) Telephouo 1485...

Some peasantr; found an unexplodedi-IHI in a liehl r.iar the artillery |)oly|x,n at, tho village of Milsonn, near Warsaw. When they .1 Uoniplcil to oik-ii the sltoll it exploded, killing three awl wounding 16. Ohfsity curable; no \liotiitLT or uifdicino: liOuisenbaJ Hath Salts.—At Waters' I'narniaov....

A Wellington paper informs its lady readers under the heading " lie!]* to health and loanty " lint cornet wil! help te. plump tho choeks. Such «' valuable hint should have publicity as wide as pcsiiMc. (it inline Mannola Cure for Stonti.e.-s.— (Iht a liable Scott's Pharmacy, 17 Princes it'Cit. l)ni:odin.... A Waitnrnpa naturalist reports hnvinp soon thepiioi whauraroa, or fhiniinr c'lckoe. Those hirvls re;urn lo l!ie .V.rlii Is'ai'd every yo.tr at about t.h : ts l:iu.' from X-'.v Guinea ami the Ka.st Indira to which part of the world they migrate every autumn. Iliro rnolor cars from Wimw'tiiiv lire.; Premier Garace -Telephone While in doooratimr Paper IV.tildin.'?!, in tho Temple, T/vidoi',. n painter foil 60ft nxviii!* ;n the c:ie of the "erndln" ropes. He fell into some thruta. and his injuries were only of a trivial nature.

Up-to-dati footwear try Mallach'a boot store. 106 Princes street top. Hank X.Z.)...

Tlir last work painted by t-lie laio Mr •lohn Gully, one of tky pioneors of landscape iKiirjtuig in New Zealand, haft been presented to the New Zealand Aradoiny of Arts by Mrs Lee, tho late artist's daughter. Conic if you can. 'phono if,you can't, for toilet requisites.—J. Waters, chemiet... The property closc to the railway lino at Klle.-slie, oripnn-'.ly cpcctod and laid out for Mr Justin* Cooper, and lias been for Iho pist seven y«.\irt4 in the oxupnjion of Mr M. M'Galium. bus been acquired for a convent school by tho Roman Catholio commmiity of Auckland.

Oneo the system has nut down, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness Mcnta! Dulnc«, Brain Foe, aro (roquent occurrences. Marshall's Fospherino euros these promptly; Is, at ull chemists and stores....

That pineapples can be grown and npoi;e<l in New Plymouth has boon proved by a resident, who has succeeded iit maturiirr line fruit. Ilis plant wafi grown under glass, oi course, from the top of an imported pineapple. , Indian Coffees u-rcd freely with Central American growths mako tho foundation of excellent blends. We hold the finest selection of Iliom> Collect in tho Domini >ti. .Ark for Ilourlx.n Coffee. ..

Ono hundred prominent. business men of \\ estern Canada, will visit tho chief industrial cities of Great Britain during Juno isoxt year under the auspiccs of tho Winnipeg Industrial nurcau. The itinerary will extend over a period of six weeks. There in ijoins to bo a demand this summer for gentlemen's tan and black suede-top boots, also patent Dcrbv and Oxford shoes, 22s to 30s. We have them.— Simon's Continental Hoot. Depot, l'rincos street (opposite I'ost Office)... A tram driver at Willesden hecamo .o ill after being slitng in tho throat tiv a wasp that ho had to be taken to a surgery. Before he had recovered sufficiently to reSlime tlw journey a long string of cars was held tip.

Use Waters' Peroxide Cream and insure soft, smooth skin; la 6d at Waters' Pharmacy....

As an oasy nica-ns of getting rid of cash as wt-!l as actpiiring it, tho raccoon we lias few equals. A yotini; man who at tended a few mcetiiurs recently discovered (says the Kltham Argns) on going .into his accounts that he had lost a sum of £70, definite tho fact. that he had struck some big dividers.

At this time of the year tho paper-bag cr.okory craze is far lew conspicuous than the millinery-baz one. Ladicw wearing halt supplied by Christie's, Mosgiel, always look well and foel well, without having to carry the bags from town. Roe our hats and savo yourselves tho trouble...

The scarcity of flounders in Now Zealand is Incoming rnmrkaWo (siya Ilio Dominion). A few years apo tho fish cculd be obtained in largo quantifies at a.bout 2J<l |v-r lb, .mil the fish me now exceedingly scarce at about four times that price. Strange lo say the bulk of the flounders consumed in, aid <!e;tfat''.lied from, Wellington comes from the Thames.

Messrs llaldwin and ltavward, Joel's Huildings, Crawford street, Dunedin, roport that amongst the many applications for putonts they have just tiled are:—A. l'ibhes and J. A. C. Clynia (Timariil, road grading implements; 1;. H. Bridge (Vic-*, toria), telephone and recorder; T. .M. Abbott (Christchurch), phonograph recortl io(>oaling attachment; J. 1\ Wilson (I)un-ril-n), variable fpood prcar: X. Harvoy (VclSinalmtf. electric lamp holder....

A letter. fi;rnc<l Jjy 1?4 members of a'l parties of Uip House of Commons. ha? boon sent to tho Prime Minister by Sir Frederick Ranbury, M.l'., conveying their " earnest reqiKrt that tho Government take steps to ascertain tho views of tho pecplo before there is airy imminent, prospect of tho Women's Kufntnehi-romont. l'il! being i»swd into lnv."

Mania metallic filament lamps have boon rcduced in price. and are now fold as follows:—103 to 123 volts: 23 c.p. 2s 9d, 32 c.p. 3=. 50 e.p. 3i 6d; 203 to 250 volts: 28 c.p. 5s 3d, 35 c.p. 5s 3d. 50 e.p. 5s 6d. Ob(ninr»b!r from tho National Klcctricn-' - ,r 'l Co. (Ltd.), Chambers's RuiWiucs, Stuart street, fecornl floor. Take tho lift.... Major I'cwell/Cofton. the bi;_ r pM.n:e hunter, tv-Uirned to on, Aiirh.-I 20 riter a. Iv-K parno shcotiivr and butterfly inllectin;,' expedition iit l'ortiuniese Guinea. Me ftatca that ho !>olipvos he has fiitiml .-ovoral nowspecus of animals and butterflies. They aro Iv.'iiiß fonvarxled to by another lw.it. A week's holiday is always acceptable. Sonic Ro travellinp:, and want a bas or nig; but thoso who slay at homo to do their spring-cleaning should not fail to replace their worn-out curtains, hoarthrucs. carjwis, and linoleums with now ones as supplied by A. i\ Cheyno and Co. Their •selection is good, and prices are moderate... Titnaru is r.ow to have practically a new Theatre Rova!, not merely an a Ik'red one, for it has Ikcu found ir.-eis-.iry to demolish all tho surrounding wnlls. A trcmcndcus thud M-as heard on the centre of tho town oil Tnofday ovoninir, an<l people rushed out of doors, fearing aji explosion .or a thundorflorm. The exp!aira.tion is tint a portion of tho northern wall of tho old theatre was demolished. A little Inter another nortion was pulxKl down. For a summer dressing crown, ai; afternoon tea gown, or a general lounge garment, there is no more dainty or effectivo article of ladies' dress than the Kimono. Wo havo just opened 157 l>oautiful patterns direct from Japan, made from rich cotton crew, in pinlt. sky, helio, and deep blue ground, omliellishcd" with nrtistia ilonil and bird patterns; price, 5s lid each, or extra rich heavy creiw ?s 6d. At T.' lloss,' direct ini|>ortcr, 130 Princes street Dunedin... The imi»rtation of nce<lles at Chungking. China, last, year itioreased by 31,953,030 to 334,/00.030. In many parts of the province it is cuftcmary to ornament tho ceirtxo of the roof ridge of a house with an olakmito plaslor decoration—usually iii tho fp rm °f a dwign eanlxidying the eJiarceter " fu. ' happiness. To prevent this fvom being damaged by the d e;>reda!i<vi of cmws, Inrge numliors of nocd'os are stuck r-omt outwank into the piaster while it is scft.

Sumnicr athletic footwear. Wo arc now showing a nice display of this pennon's athletic footwear in a trront. variety of sty!« and ipialily. (Vicketinir liootn-whit-o ciiKii, vihhfd 'fronts ami sides. leather wile iiml heel. It's 6il: pliin white canvas, I-Mhor solos and hods. 9; 6d. Tennis shoes—white canvas. with ehromo sole?, cr lid; white canvas, strop front, chromo roles, fair stitched, in shoo; or boots, 12s ft I ix"- iviir; white Imckskin shoe, chrcmo <<>!<•'. l?.s 5d and 16s 6d. Ibwliii!; shoos, in white and tan. rnhlx-r soles, 10s 6fl, 12s 6(1, 14s 6d, anil 15s 6d, "'The ltoal Mackay," extra smut nthlior. 2ls. Yachting shorn ami hoots—Hubher sole.'., 4s 6tl; Ixxits. fn llil; "The North Urir=h," 8s 6<l. Uunnine shoes. 5 and 6 spikes, 9s 6d, l&s 6(1, nnd l?.s.—f'itv Boot Palace, Georgo street (0. -M. l'i/ey. manatrer)....