OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15985, 30 January 1914, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

SVfr W. H. Foster, of Omilii (Canterbury), has reaped a crop of about 3000 bushels of oats, equal to 72 bushels per acre. A grant of £50 towards the funds of tho New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts has been made bv the Wellington City Council. .

Uoffeo drinkers make no mistake -when they order " Bourbon ' from their grocer. It is the production of a coffee specialist with 50 years' practical experience.... There vras an earthquake in New Plymouth eight minutes before midnight on Sunday.

A small rowboat capsized in the harbour on Monday (says the Auckland, Star). Tho live occupants were rescued by a yaoht after they had declined assistance from two ferry steamers. Frank il. Blakoloy, surgeon dentist, 17* Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 14-83....

An empty railway wagon got out of control during shunting operations in the Auckland railway yards on Saturday afternoon, and. crashed through tho corrugated iron fence on to Factory road. No damage was done except to the fence. The Lake- Wakatip Mail indicates that there is a probability of several prosecutions lacing instituted by the County Council in respect of motorists travelling by Tobins track instead of the zig-zag, on tho routo between Queenstown and Arrowtown. Hire motor cars from Wimpenny Bros.' .Premier Gan:;e. Telephone 1246....

A groper weighing 451b was captured in the Opihi River on Sunday by two Timaru anglers. It had come in from the sea in •pursuit of herring, and when half a mile from the mouth of the river it got stranded in a ripple. It is stated on good authority (says the Press) that Quinn's block of 300 acres of land at. Arowhenua. Temuka, has been purchased bv a syndicate under the Land Finance Settlement Act. Tho matter will come beforo the Land Purchase Board in due course. Genuine Marmola cures stoutness.—Obtainable Scott's Pharmacy, Princes street, opp. Herbert, Haynes....

A man who had no right on kotel premises on Sunday entered a Wellington hostelry on a recent Sabbath, and accosted tho first man Jje met. "' Your name and address, please? 7 ' said the one accosted. Ho was sergeant of police, who was doing tho hotel round that day. Reports from some of the freezing works in Canterbury are to tho effect (the Press states) that stock is not coming to hand in. the quantities that are usual at this stage of the killing season The heavy feed that sheep have had js eaid to 1m one of the reasons for this slackness. Your house will look all tho brighter if you had that couch or easy chair re-covered. Rail them to us; we will re-covor them equal to new. and pay carriage one way.—A. I?. Cheyne and Co., house furniehars, MO6giel....

A man who arrived in New Zealand by the Karamca, and was found to be mentally, deficient, was transferred t«t. the Turakina, and was ordered to bo sent back to England! (says tho New Zealand Times). The man, however, went ashore from tho Turakina, and has been apprehended. In connection with the anniversary of the Wellington provincial district, which was celebrated on tho 22nd inst. it was recalled that in tho early days a Greytown settler wheeled flour in a push-barrow from Wellington to Wairarapa, over the Riurutaka, hill, a total distance- of 60 miles

" Erazol": Superfluous hair remover; Sa.—Scott's Pharmacy. 17 Princes straot.... Tho snapshottor is not allowed in the Auckland Exhibition grounds with iia camera. Tho rights to photograph everything within the grounds have been sold by the authorities, and hundreds of amateurs are prevented from taking a picture of any kind within the grounds. Tho Akaroa Mail reports that while engaged on the Hill road, Okain's, some workmen discovered some moa bones buried about Bft deep. They wore embedded in a clay deposit, and consisted of part of the leg bones. Tho Mail believes tiiat moa bones have been found about Pigeon Bay district also, showing that numbers of those birds frequented tho PeninsulaWaters' Violet Oatmeal Skin Soap; absolutely tho best; 9d.—Waters' Pharmacy.... A big load of cheese toalling 17,264 crates was taken to London by the Turakina, which sailed from . Wellington on Sunday. The bulk of the shipment (9886 crates) irae loaded at Bluff. Taranaki contributed 4435 crates and AYellington 2943 crates. There was only a small quantity of butter on board—3s73 boxes—and all of this was loaded at Duncdin. Tho vessel took much frozen meat and general cargo. A dead sperm whale, over £oft in. length, was thrown up on the Six Mile beach, tho other side of Fortrose, on Friday (says the. Southland News), and Messrs Geo. Kirkland and A. Dandy, miners in tho locality, found some distance away a piece of ambergris weighing 1341b, which they took to Invercargill in order to ascertain its value. It is understood that ambergris is now quoted at from £5 to £15s an ounce, according to quality, so the find should be a valuable one. Valuable Hints for Inventors.—Much technical knowledge is required in securing a patent. The least error is fatal to success. To assist patentees, Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, tho well-known patent attorneys, Joel's Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin, have published a book of helpful information A copy will be sent you free of charge on application.... A clause in the Tramway Committee's report submitted to the Wellington City Council this week stated (says tho New Zealand Times) that the committee had considered eight advertisements submitted by the advertising contractors for display in tramcars, and had approved of the same. In reply to a question, the Mayor stated that the advertisements were for a term of five years, and in that time would bring in to the council the sum of £1359 IQs.

Mr C. E. Street, of Smart road, met with a peculiar accident at his home on Sunday night (says the Taranaki Herald). He was endeavouring to catch a horse in a paddock, and when he was approaching the animal it apparently took fright at the lamp he was carrying and charged him. He was knocked over and the doctor who attended him found him suffering from concussion of the brain, but otherwise no injuries could be found. Mr Street will be eonfined to has bed for a time.

Wo have just purchased tho entire stock of a Dumedin manufacturer of shirt Houses tha<t will lit ladies of generous proportions. Lovely goods. Were 6s 6d. Our sale price 2s lid.—At T. Ross, 130 Princes street....

For the first year of the existence ot the Wellington City Fish Market, October 4, 1912, to October 3, 1913 (says the Dominion), the total amount of fish sold realised £1931 18s lOd, the total number of sales being 33,622. In his last report the manager states: " The price at which fish is sold in the market is from_2s to 50 per cent, less than the price charged at shops. Taking the price a.r. 25 per cent, less, this shows a saving to the public of £482 on the price paid for their fash. For tho period August 16 to December 19 last there was a balance of approximately £19 over tho working expenses." Dr Chavasse, in " Advice to a Mother." says, under "Washing Baby": '" M'Olinton's Colleen soap is best for this jvorpOEe."...

The theft of goods valued at the smsil sum of 3s was the subject of a rha-rge brought against a young man named Roberr, King Trevethick at the Magistrate's Coutl, Wellington. Trevethick (the New Zealand Times states) had been a permanent employee in the Railway Department's goods shed at Thorndon, and he pleaded guilty to having stolen u camisole and a small quantity of fruit, the property of the New Zealand Government. Chief Detective Bkh berg said the accused' was a man of good character, and had not been before the court before. A fine of 20s, in default 6even days' imprisonment, was imposed. Our end ; of-season clearing' sale now in full swing. Offers the greatest buying opportunity in the history of the trade. Drapery, clothing, and furnishings at exceedingly low prices at Christie and Cb.'s, Mosgiel. Send lor catalogue.... A naiTOw escape from a serious accident occurred at the Otautau railway station on Saturday night (says the Western Star), and had it not been for the alertness of the enginedrivcr of the train a young man would undoubtedly have been killed. By some means or other the young fellow missed his hold and slipped down between two carriages. The driver was keeping a look-out for the "clear" signal from the guard, and immediately applied the inghouso brake, pulling the train up before" the wheels reached the man's body. T)nlookers wero delighted with the promptness displayed, and the efficiency of the brake. Nyal's "Death to Flies" deals effectively with these pests; 9d packet.—Waters' Pharmacy.... Some time since (says the New Zealand Times) a. very largo concrete culvert was erected at a place known as Walker's Gully, Pukerimu, to take the water of a stream, so that the gully might be filled in and the road raised some 50 feet. Befora the filling in was completed the culvert sank in tho middle. To effect the necessary repairs tho water had to be diverted, and when this was done tho large culvert was found literally crowded with ells, estimated

by thoee who saw tbem at 2000. Several business places in Symc-nds street suffered on Monday (says the Auckland Star), as the result of a water pipe burst* ing in the street When a fire occurred aA Arch Hill, extra pressure was, persumably. put on, and this is believed to have cau6e<§ the pipe in Symonds street to burst. A considerable quantity of water was 6ooa flowing over tho footpath and under the adjoining shop doors. In tho caso uf Mr Spinley's boot shop a. good deal of damage was done, goods on the floor and in the cellar being saturated. Some damage was also done in Mrs Bennett's drapery shop adjoining before the flow of water was stopped. If your children have whooping cough send 2s in stamps to Marshall's Pharmacy, Dunedin, for Dr Hall's Castana Vesca, the

only certain cure.... An application for a separation order was made by Beatrice O'Donnell against Thomas O'Donnell, a retired Government nightwatchman, in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington on Monday, the grounds alleged (the New Zealand Times st»tei) being cruelty and failure to maintain. In the evidence of the applicant it was sWn that she livod for '20 years with her husband, who was 74 ; years of age, and about 30 years her senior; she lott him three yeara ago. The contention of the wife was that the defendant told her to get out., while O'Donnell said that she left of her own accord. After hearing the cvdonce, }:is Worship said it was impossible for tho plaintiff to succeed on tho ground of cruelty. The defendant's circumstances were also reviewed by the magistrate, who 6tated that tho plaintiff was certainly not entitled to a Beparation order. Tho application was therefore dismissed.