OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15707, 8 March 1913, Page 16

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Taumarunui Hospital ihaa nine patients suffering from typnoid fever. The outbreak is said to be due to defective drainage.

Since last season grain freights have risen somewhat, and it is reported that as much as 45s per ton will do chargcd this year on shipments to England. For sick and nervous headaches take Dr Crossland's Headache Powders. They cure in 15 minutes.—Marshall's Pharmacy....

Mr J. D. Rockefeller has paid £200,000 to block the .building of shops and other 'business premises on a corner of Fifth Avenue adjacent to his residence. While the oarriers were holding bheir annual picnio at Upper Hutt on Saturday the trophies presented for tho winners of the various sports events were stolen, and liave not yet been recovered.

M'Clinton's Soap is made as soa,ps were 100 years ago, from plant ash. Duko of Argyll jays: "M'Clinton's is excellent",,. Tie surface of Lake Takapiuia has fallen four feet in eight years, and even present requirements of residents on tho North Shore side of the Auckland Harbour are double the capacity of the lake to supply. "Orookford's Clerical Directory" reveals that no fewer than 400 clergymen of the Church of England have been reported missing. Of that number 30 disappeared during 'the last 12 months, Waters' Chap-Lotion is an absolute' euro for rough hands, Is.—Waters' Pharmacy.... The largest cargo ever brought to Napior by ono ship arrived at the breakwater on Monday in the Kauri. That vessel had over 3800 ton 6 of coal, oil, and timber on board, all for Napier. Included amongst the cargo were 3000 sleopers for tho Napier tramway. One of the slaughtermen at present omployed at the Waingawa Freezing Works (6ays the Hawera Star) is 6aid to be a champion, at his business. He claims to be able to dress two carcases of beef 1? minutes. The record for fcho world is two carcases in 11 minutes.

If you wish to purchase a headstone, Thomson and Co., Moray place (opp. First Church), have the bost selection, and prices to suit a 11....

A Maori woman, while walking down tho main street of Huntly, was attacked by a largo dog, -which seized her by the leg', threw her to tho ground, and commenced to worry her. Tho animal wa6 driven off, but not before tho woman was eo severely bitten as to require mcdical attention. Tho dog was subsequently destroyed by its owner. Tho Nelson Freezing; Works are just now " going at top" to contend with the pressure oi business (says tho Nolson Evening Mall). Mr Mitchell, the manager, 6ayß tho season so far has been an excellent one, with plenty of sheep offering. It js expected that between 11,000 and 12,000 carcases of frozen, mutton will bo shipped by direot steamer loading at Nelson this month. It will interest ladies to know that we have on view in our showroom new season's millinery, and havo to opon during the week 26 cases new season's goods,—Christie and Co., The Store of Economy.... It is reported that in the Manawatu district tho straw has proved most productive, and. quit© a big tonnage has already been pressed and railed away, the market prico .'being £2 a ton. To those livihg near the railway station tho marketing gives a clear profit of £1 a ton, 14s being allowed for pressing and baling, and 6s for cartago. Tho blaok list of foreign bondholders shows that Honduras has been a defaulter for '40 years and Guatemala for 14, while nino others of tho American Confederate' States decline to their obligations. Tlie sum to tho bad, principal and interest, is £90,000,000,

Waters' Vi-Oatta Cream (greaseless) makes the skin liko velvet—Waters' Pharmacy..,.

Our first shipment of ladios 1 autumn ooats have lust come to hand, in beautiful shades °f narv. brown, cinnamon, grey, heather, and cream. Scotch knitted from puro wool I hey look well, and are guaranteed to tit we'l and wear well Prioes from 8s 6d — At T. Ross's, 130 Pripces street.... About 4 a.m. on Monday (says the Grey River Argus) a brilliant meteor was observed _in tho north-west sky. The attention of the eye was first drawn by some sparks which appeared to fall from behind a DM>k of clouds. Immediately afterwards a hugo ball of fir© hurtled through the heavens and burst into millions of vanegated sparks. It was a brilliant spectacle. J. lie Uamaru Mail reports that two <toublo square stacks of wheat, valued approximately at £200, the property of Mr il Iffbell, wore burned down on'his farm at tfukeun Junction early on Tuesday morning. At 4.45 a-m., when the blinds were let up firet thing l in the morning, the stacks wero seen to bo fairly ablaze, and, 600n were totally destroyed. There is nothing to how the fire originated, the only supposition tenable being that 6ome swaggers who wore seen in the neighoourhood are responsible. J| A J!' ng of * » i°y for ever; il will nevor pass into nofchingneas." Thi« can be truly said of tho photographs ob! tamed from Gut Morris's, f or the prints are most carefully washed, and do not fade place' 0 ' 6f 6tTeet and

The old steamer Wellington, which was so familiar on the New Zealand coast many years ago, and which in later years traded under t-ho house-flog of the Northern Steamship Company, htus been towed to Moehau gramte quarries, near Coromandcl, f ? rra to the breakwater. Thi6 fine, old steamer has been in New Zealand waters for about 46 years. • y'raroatio episode at the matinee riven m His Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, recently in aid of the Scott Disaster Fund waa the Bale by auction (by Mrs Brough). of the printed copy of Captain Scott's last letter, read by Mr G. S. Titheradge. There waa spirited bidding between Mr Edward Maas and Mr A len Doone, which culminated, in the printed sheet of paper being knocked down to Mr Allen Doone-for £50. Keady-io-wear hats, in felt, fur, or tweed, will be much in demand this season for ladies and maids. We have a splendid assortment at moderate"prices; all the most EILtT nf wiil > a n ' . "f- Cheyne and Co., MosgieL... Uptam Hooper, of the Now Zealand training ship Amokura, has advised the .Marino Department that he. had visited \i u j 1:3 a ' Kermadeo group, and had not found any wreckage or castaways, Captain Hooper also reported that no had seen all tho inhabitants on Sunday island and had found them "all well." The message waa despatched from Tryphena, Great Barrier Island.

I have .great difficulty in getting anything out of the local shops in reasonable ten remarked Mr °y™ Williams, the u ji n a . r 'b° ur Board's engineer, at the boand s meeting this week, when explaining why he had sent certain work to a Dunedin foundry, Mr Colin Cook thought the remark was a reflection on the local foundries, and said that he believed the work could havo been done and guaranteed in eight days.

The medioal ioen of Dunedin are unanimous m drinking coffee at least once a day. Bourbon Coffee i 3 easily the best obtainable; Have you tried it?...

Favoured with fine weather during the spring, the cocksfoot crops on Banks Peninsula have turned out the best for many years past (says the Lyttelton Times). Tho estimated yield this season runs into close on 80,000 bags, being nearly double that of last year. The seed is also said to be in splendid condition, and up to the present good prices have been realised. TTie total output of the cocksfoot reaped off the Eemnsula this yew is estimated to bo worth close on £100,000. Hire motor cars from Wimpenny Broj.' Premier Garage Telephone 1246.... A handsome shield has been donated by Mr Theodore Tobias, of Dunedin (says the h& tOD f W / or almual between football teams representing the New Zealand Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association. Tho shield is cruMder-shiiped, with high relief work round the border, and tho purpose of the shield is engraved in the centre Sur-' mounting the shield is a silver statuette of a female, and the whole is mounted on a backing of brown leather and enclosed in a heavy black ebony frame Frank H Blakoley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland s) Telephone 1483. Ono of the elephant's belonging to Wirth Brothers' circus is inclined to be playful at times (says the New Zealand Herald), and on Monday night it was in one of its frivolous moods. The elephant in question has a Maori attendant, and lo turned upon him. The Maori wasted no time in making his escape, and ran through a gateway into the gasometer yards near the circus. The.elephant followed, and finding the gateway too small to admit hun, made a hole through a fairly substantial hoarding, through which ho plaoed his head. However, ho was unable to get through, and the playful mood passing, ho wab taken quietly back to his quarters. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Joels' Buildings, Crawford street, Dimedin, report that the following applications for letters patent of Now Zealand have been filed recently : —C. W. Michie (Mangonui), cow milking instrument; C. Baeyertz (Welling, ton), clothes .dryer; F. R. Dennison (Oamaru), sparo wheel attachment; H. and \V. S.. Kingsbury (Rakaia), thrashing machino elevator and, band cutter; B. E, Mead (Auckland), waste outlet,... ' < A civil claim which came on at the courthouse on Wodnbsday (says the Timaru Herald) did not lack elements of humour. Plaintiff, a married woman, asked for compensation for loss sustained through tho death of 19 guinea pigs, whioh sho said had been killed by defendant's dog. She found the pets lying dead near their boxes, and although sho did not see the dog actually worrying her precious rodents, she knew it was tho dog in question, by its feet marks, and she had been told it was that dog. Mr L, E. Finch, for dofendant, cross-examined the plaintiff, and it transpired, after all tho circumstances had been related, that tho defendant did not possess a dog. Tho justices dismissed the case, allowing £1 Is solicitor's fee and 5s oourfc costs to the defendant.