OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15540, 23 August 1912, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Mr Tom Ketce, tho famous billiard player. who in Sydney recently defeated Mr Initial! arrived in Auckland by tho Wimmera on Sunday night. The Maiiakau State n:1iooI has boe.it on account of au outbreak of hcarlot fovt-r. Kvi'ry procuution is taken to prevent its i-.pre^ul. Country orders for cash a specialty with tho Waterloo llotci. Prompt acspatch, any train.—Sufficient address: Crossuu, Cavcrsbuin.... Mr W. Howard Booth. of Carterton, luu sold a line of hvo-iootll wet here at tij 6d. the record pri<v for the Wairarapa. Al a un-eiiug of Cabinet on Monday mi appropriation of £30,000 out of the amount voted by Parliament last year was authorised for expenditure on tho Tauraiiga-Te* l'uke |Kast (,'oaj.i) railway. It is very, very handy Tho train-or-Ixwl-tocnlch rush, the early riser, tlio chanco visitor—in cases such as theso " ("ainn Coffee" i= priceless I—Advt. In Melbourne ail application is Ix-ing made for a liar licence for a club known ius the " Quainby." It is a ladies' club, to which men are not admitted, excerpt to the strangers' and dining rooms. Frank 11. Hlakeloy, surgeon dentist, 171 I'rinccs street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's) Tcleplionn 1483.... It is reporied that tho Dinfield Clieeso I'm torv will too Uie price j>nr<"l in the Dominion for bitiler fat to milk suppliers. They are likely to pay out 16 LBd Ir.r tlio whole tenfion. Wc have highest grado Hot-water Bottles (fresh rubber), madn to our order; lowest pricGs.—Marshall's Pharmacy. .. As shewing the proportinis of \V.il atipu'ii new inter, the Wnkatipu Mad nw that on a rccent trial trip a young lady lost her mother, and it was only after making several inquiries of her fellow-pas-scngers that sho discovered tho missing one. ()ur well-known remedy, " Broncho, is iindoubt'xlly tho best for coughs and col&i of all descriptions. Is 6d anil 2s 6d. —Wm. Eldor, chemist. Nos. 8 and 297 Gcortrn 5t.... A trouble Ins arisen (siys tlio Wairarapa Age) among the employees of *' • Watngawa freezing works over the i|. >l:on of registration, An cfTort that is being mado from Wellington to induce tho men to register under different unions is being vigorously resisted.

J." Waters, chemist, has an absoluto euro for rough and chapped hands: 15.... "No man ought lo be allowed to drivo a motor car, men for himself, unless ho is a skilled driver—ollierwiso lio is a menace to the public." remarked his Honof Chief Justico Stout, at the Supreme Court. Auckland, during the hearing of a caso in which tho driving of a motor car was under review For chapped hands, roughness of skin litso Rose Glycerine Jelly; Is— Scott's Pharmacy Mr Ernest Short's olTcr of a Clydttdalo colt lo the Uruguayan Government has been accepted witJi thanks. Tho gift nro'e out of the reoent visit of the Uruguayan Commission to Mr Short's place at I'eilding. The animal is to lie forwarded to Montevideo by tho Kaikoura. This information has ken rranved by tho Consul for Uruguay at Wellington. Hiro motor euro from Wunpenny Bros. Premier fi'irago. Telephone 1216.... Adviccs from the Northern Territory state that one sretion of ilie American inndtwkers has been through tho \ ictoria River district, and is " surprised and delimited." The Administrator (Mr Gilrutli. formerly of New Zealand) was to meet tho Americans inland, and arrange a further itinerary. It is hoped to tints stimulate Ameriuin immigration not. only to Victoria (the original objective) but even tho empty Territory. Coffee is out of the run of general competition becaiisc of tl*> innumerable variations in quality. ' Spccialito " Bourbon colfee, finest grown in 1911; all gr000r?.... Mr Goorgo Chandler, contractor for Tuapeka County, had the misfortune to losn a valunlilo maro last week. The animal fell on n. frosted road, and injured a hip joint, breaking the pelvis lrnne, and nail to be destroyed. A team of Mr Wnteon Abrum's ran away near Kelso (says the Tapanui Courier) and a vabiablo brood maro in foal was thrown and killed. Scott's iV.nrrh Cure.—Safe, cortain; 2s 6d posted 3v-Scott's Phnrmacy. Duncdin. Tiie three seals tluit ea-me into the Oamani Harbour al»'it a fortnight ago are still there. The North Otngo Times states that one has located itself on one side of tho small pontoons, and another was tasking on the bench on Tuesday. and the third is dend ill the opening (it tho Macandrew wharf. Two are in prime condition, nut that which has died seems to have wasted to a mere skeleton.

Siilthino depilatory for removing superfluous liatr. to lx> hud at Wat on* Pharmacy The Thames Star slates thai a Native nnmrd Mol;- bad his faco peppered with son)? shot tin l other day. 110 nii'l others were out shooting in tho vicinity of Tahuna, lliiuraki when the gun of one memlicr of tlio party wont off accidentally. and Moki, who was fortunately some distanco uvay. received some of tlio pollels in liis face. No sorinus injury was, however, sustained. Fur influenza tnfco Woods' fireal Pepperninl. Cure. Never fail' 1* fid, ?.« 6d.... At the mortinc of tlio Teachers' Superinnal ion Ikmrd hold on Ttiosdivv (tviys tlio iVfllinirton there_ worr 12 ordinary lonsion.s granted. varying from £S2 pi'f inmnu to £205. Five iwrsons medically infit were granted pensions ranpiiiß from 373 to £232. Tlio hoard granted refunds o 44 wmlriimlors. nnd two refunds lo relresontatives of deceased contributors. To every buyer siicndinc £S with ua luring August "wo will present ono of tho lew tilnruni clocks, worth 6s 6d—this in iddilion to our keen prices.—A liberal ilfer from Christie and Co.. drapers, llos;iel.„. A vor.v painful accident occurred to a ,-ounß nian named Waiter Clicsswas whilo vorking in iv sawmill up tho Wuitotara llivnr on Monday. Ilis hand came in conact with llie circular saw, and tlm sU-ol •ipped in Imtween tho thumb mid foreingcr, the rapged cd«fs tcarin;: out sinews Hid mutilating tho flesh. First aid was endered, and tho young man was brought nto tho Wanganui Hospital. Maltese Lace Ties are the correct Hunt; or ladies' neckwear. Wo havo three ex'optionally good linos at about half thoir isual value —Is lid, 2s lid, 3s lid; postige Id j write for one.—A. F. Choyiio and >•. drapers and furnishers. Mosgiel... It is nrran/H llkil assisted immigrant* of he fanner iind farm labourer type arrivo n New Zealand only in Jhe sunny portion if the year (says the Auckland Htar). A armor "who recently made inquiries found hat all accommodation on tlio oversei iteamers foe tlio ensiling summer was Jroady taken up. Quite a number of those inning arc having J lie balancoof thoir p.i-,-MioiM'V wiiirii it* lint contributed by Iho lovornnieiit paid by New Zealand (armors. Messrs Baldwin and llayward, Joels Inildings, Crawford street, Dunodiii. reiorr. that amongst the many applications or patents they have just filed arc:--A. Talbot, ('hristehurcli, stopladder; .1. largreaves, Aueklaml, hath; (!. Maekie, Caimata, curd agitator; W. J. Hague, Weiington. billiard-dining table; A. Do.ncher, ;hristcliur h, indicator money W... it is reported in well-informed comiiorcial and banking circles (says tlio Jhroniclc) that there is more privately iwned money in the Wanganui hanks than n any other similar institutions in tlio D<>uinion. The reason is attributed to tlio net that ill the early days, wlion so many (-,'imeiit-s were there, sending at |.ho rato if £50.000 per year, the accumulations, vhich wore very (oiiiideiuble, found their vay into the Iviiiks, and as a sequel Iho iin<iuTit«i banked have since W,u most snb;luntially augmented. " Hanking transitions in Waiigaiiiii would astonish you," ■aid a. credible authority. When a manufacturer forwards samples if his wares to compcto will, other goods '* generally sends the best :>e can iiroducn or finish and (|iinlity. Wo liavo opened a tery tine range of samples of knitted golf xwits from 14s 6c]; golf jerseys, from 2s lid; aierino vests and bodices, from Is 6d; leecy lined bloomers, from 2s lid; merino -ombinntion-, 2« Ud: corsets, from 2s lid; nnd tweed motor lints, from lid.—At T. I toss's, direct importer. 130 I'rinccs street, Dimedih.... A lad named Hnrace Temperton was, n company with some others, kicking a out ha I! ill the vicinity of the Northcoto Into] on Friday evening (says tho Auckand Ftar) when, in going to secure the ia 11 after it had hoon sent over the fenco hi the western side of Iho road, 'ho fell nto a disused well, the board of vhich luul rolled awny. Temperton mangod to keep ,-vfloal until a rope was brought, ,nd a rcucue wus affected without liis boing ny the worse. The polite are seeing that lie well is filled in immediately.