OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15321, 8 December 1911, Page 10

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Tho death luis taken placo at Jersey City of tho world's heaviest man. Ho weighed 6501b, and it required 12 pallbearers to <crry his cofflli. Tho infusion from Bourbon Coftoe it riclior in flavour and of greater strength than from other grades. Blended from tho pick ol 1911 reason. From all groecri..., After listening to ft lecturo by Paster Russell, of _ Brooklyn, on ''Hi* H/iroafter," Mr Toboy..clerk of tho Long Partaa Couifcil, diet! suddenly in a Bournemouth street . Tlw (fonuino B.irkola and Karoi preterit*, tions obtainable at Marshall's Pharmacy) lowest prices.... . Tho Duko of Westminster has appointed tho Rev. C. H. .M. Wilson, vicar of Calvor-, ball, near Market Drayton, tho woU-known. Yorkshire cricketer, to tVio rottory of Kcckwon, Cheshire. Martnola Curo for Stoutness.—Scott's Pharmacy, 17 Princes street, Dunedin.... ]'n a proerciilion of small boys for lampbreaking Mr Burke, aaistant law agent, witl it cost tho'Dublin Corporation several hundred pounds n year to Ireep tho lampa in ro]>air and |>ay glaiiers< It warms tho" oockloe of your heart— "Camp Coffee!"... Tho latest vessel equipped with a wirelera telegraph apparatus to visit Auckland is tho Union Company's Island steamer Tofua. Tho AUa, also engaged m tbo Island trado, will havo an apparatus installed shortly, Bathing cap?, all cites, from Is.—At Waters, chemist, Princes street... A |)onrphlct on military low will shortly bo issued from tho Dcfenco Office in Weilington. It will contain information a* to tlie powers of Territorial officers undof Ihj Detenci Act, and will bo issued to Territorial ofiiocrs Nyal's Beef and Iron Wino (peptonised) st«nj;tlions and ciirkJies tbo Blood; 3s 6d. Waters' Pharmacy,.. As the manager of a. fried fish shop business in Soho street. Liverpool, wai entering his promisee tho flags ol tho footpath gave way, and be 'fell into the ceDat icneath, sustaining concussion of the brain and internal injuries. , * Tho early riser's friend.—" Camp Coffee!"... Sovtn brothors in tho Territorial arm 31 attendod the funeral of thsir father, Mi I lon ry Wood, at Stone, Stafford. Ho had been a bandmaster m tho Volunteers, three of his tons having served' in the samo capacity. Scott's (>larrh Cure, a never-failing remedy; &5d bottle.—l 7 Princes street.'... Tho Gazette announces that tho Government offiocs will observe the -following daja as holidays:—Monday, December 23; • Tuesday, Dcwmbor 26, and Wednesday, December 27, 1911; and Monday, January 1, and Tuoway, January 2, 1912. lliro motor cars from Wimponny Bros. Premier Uarage.—Telephone '1246.... . Referring to a reeent case of suicide by Ivsol poisoning, tho , Melbourne coroner (t>r Cole) Baia that though «o many persons used it as a mctina of eo|f-destnictjpn. it mm still sold to anybody. Lysol, should bo made mor© difficult to obtain. Frank 11. Blakeley, surgeon ueutUt, 17* Prince* street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483.... Tho work of hying tho heavier raits on the Main Tronic lino is now almost completed, only some thrcomilea and a-half remaining to bo done. • Tho big rails hav« bean laid from the Auokhnd era as far aa Hunforville, and from the Marton end to a point about midway between Rata and Silvorhope. - Mallach's Boot Storo, 106 Princes street (opp. Bank N.Z.) foe up-to-dito footwear.... lhc owls that have been released on their mission of destruction amongst the - small birds eettu to bo thriving at Frithloy, • according to the testimony oi residents in tlio vicinity of tho orchards, who stale that' their hootmgs odn be distinctly heard aa thoy flit around Li pursuit of thoir prey: .tmas presents are very much in ovldenoa at Mosgiel. Messrs A. F. Cheypo and Co. have an immense stock, 1 : and whether it is a gift for father. mother, sister, brother, uncle, or aunt, there are heaps to chooso from.. Inspection is cordially invited.... "1 think the lot of the average man ia much morn pleasant and happy in Australia than in Knglmd," stid a returned colonic in an interview. "I aim quite sure of this—that any man coming to New > Zealand and getting qver the first, or four years will, never eettlo in England again from choice." ' ; Raincoats and Umbrellas—Opened this day, 49 ladies' superior raincoats in the latest and smartest shapes; splendid fitting and good wearing; price,, only 27s 6d, 355. 395, /15s, and 40s, Also 7 doien ladies - choice umbrella* for Xmtu presents, with real oilver handles: price, 7s 6d, 10s fid, J5«, 19s. to 42s.—T. Iloss, importer, IJJ Princes streot.... ' Tho Ecniscorthy district has a started ..a new industry, that of ink-making. 'Hie 1 enterprise has been initiated by Mr Wm< ; Haughton and his son. Black ink, blue 1 blade, and n spec&l ink that wiH not ran j on damp paper, have been put on tho market. ' As a special inducement to shoppers at 1 Christie's reduction talc, they aro holding j a competition in connection with election ' results. Every 10s spent entitles the pur- ' chuer to one guess,, besides getting full : valuo for thwir money.—Christio and (Jo.'s ' Store of Eoonomy, MosgieL... I ' At a sale in connection with,# Sunday school in ono of tlio Manchester euburw ' recently two ladies went down to tho school > to assist in the selling. Tho room was full ' and hot, and ono oi tho two ladies, for ■ greater oaso, took of! hor bonnet. Tho' ■ other ono sold iU for 2d. , r A cluster of murhrooms haa fofcctf it> 1 way through an asphalt 1 pavewiont in St. • Judo's, one of the poorer quarter* of Bris- ' tol. It was notkxsd thtt the pavement ? was bulging, and then the asphalt was I conquered and the mushrooms emerged. • About 21b of them, it is said, havo been > gatierud from this strange bad. s Messrs Baldwin and .Rayword,_ Joel's ' Buildings, Crawford street, "Dunedin, re- \ port tint, amongst the many applioationi • for patents they have just filed, are:—C. 3 Cooler (Mangatoki). pipe wronch; C. ,M. M. O'Connor (Queensland), calculating s inschinc; H. W. i'conan (Petone), .step- « ladder; O. H. M'Gill and D. Howe (Wel- " lington), wator aerator and filter.... 4 Tho Dipartment of Agriculture ha« rer cently installed n new tia'teurisar at, tlio 9 Scarborough creamery, the otu put in a ! few months ago apparently not giving the t results. This is the third pattern of f iradiine with which experiments havo ' been mode. Tho oost o« fuel b under* 0 ct-ood to bo an important item witii to d sjxet to tho working of the pasteurisers. V Tho Napier Borowgh engineer is corTy- ?, ing out on cxperinm.it with regard to tno y dust nuisance. From the top of ShakoII spcare road to Fr&ooo road the roadway 11 has been watered with a solution P of calcium, chloride Two coats are 0 given four or five days after tho first, " ond aftor this it only requires to bo ro--0 newed three or four Mmw a year. He r advantages are that it remain* damp. It n is stated that it is questionable if it will 0 bo quito so suite bio for Napier as in A 7 dumper climate. '• White comas dioes aro particularly Suitablo for lioliday wear by women and child- " ren. They are eo light and comfortable, f" besides looking smart Hid natty. This ocau 90,1 oaiivos shoes are going to bo very popuf 1 lar, and wo havo consequently laid in largo stocks. Children's white oanvas - shoes, 1 Derby, lading, with boccap. strong and 1 light, sites 7's to 10'5,.3s lid; ll's to l's, 4a 6d. Very Dainty Girls' One-biur While (.'-anvas shoes, with white kid toecap tnd „ steol ornament, 7's to 10's, 3s 64; ll's to l's, 3> 9d. Women's White Chnvits Derby Shoai, 6s 6d. Broivn and Black Canvas She.*, Oiford sliape, leather faoings, ono bar, 4s 6d. The ''Mocry Widow" CJonrns : ' 1 Shoes for fiummer dTcej wear, very hand- . wmo and stylish, in white, grey, cliampaprne. and block, Ss 5d per pair.—City Boot Palace, Gcorgo street. G., M.-risey, 1 ' manager.... / . . Tlwre is great danger of a water famine ct i n Ireland. Tho shortage has bech KWnly . felt in Dublin, but it is hoped that too I,r recent rains will prevent any curtailment of-tho supply. In Londonderry a houso-to-hotisi delivery sdiemo has been arranged, y, The water famine in Armagh nas beoono s: von' couto. Old wdls that liavo for jtara--30 cltfed or built up have been rcoperod gr.d cleaned in order to try and moci tho dilTiciilty.