OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15986, 31 January 1914, Page 16

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Sheep traffic on tho Wairarapa railway is now very heavy, large consignments going forward to tho Wellington meat companies. A beautiful specimen of the shining or bronzed cuckoo was captured a few days ago in Mr G'. H. Pickering's orchard at Palmerston North. Dominion Rheumatic Dure.—Absolute cure for rheumatism; hundreds can testify.— Apply 89 Princo Albert road, St. Kilda Captain A. M. Ross, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, has been appointed instructor in tactics at the (Royal Military College at Duntroon, at a 6alary of £450 a year. louring tho past few years a good many orchards have bow planted in South Canterbury, and preparations are now being made ' for planting further areas next autumn and spiing. Notliing equals Dr Hall's Gastana Vescri for whooping cough. Cures oougli, stops sickness, easy to take; 2s. —Marshall's th"macy, Duncdin.... Mr W. Butler, organising secretary of the Samarang Exhibition, arrived in 'Sydney from Java last week. The object of his visit is to endeavour to induce Now South Walcts to recognise tho importance of arriving at a decision as to representation at tho Exhibition. Frank 11. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483.... Bothasberg Day, the twenty-fourth of next month, is a notable, anniversary in the history of the Seventh New Zealand Contingent, which served in the South African war. In an engagement on that day 23 were killed and 41 wounded. There arc 600 survivors to tell tho story of tho light (says the Wellington correspondent of tho Lytt'rlton Times), and a committee, of which Mr Bsam, of the Advances to Settlers Office, Wellington, is secretary, has in hand a commemoration dinner and reunion on the coming anniversary. Our end-of-season clearing sale now in full swing. Offers the greatest buying opportunity in tho history of the trade. Drapery, clothing, and ' furnishings at exceedingly low prices at Christie and Co's, Mosgiel. Send lor catalogue..-

Two Hindoos were before the court at Taumarunui the other day on judgment summonses. One held 344 acres of land on lease from the Maoris, and the other had land which he said would sell for £900. He had, however, a wife in India and two boys in a mission school, for whom ho paid £2 lOfi.a month. Nyal's " Death to Flies" deals effectively with these pests; 9d packet—Waters' Pharmacy..,. Owizig to the reported outbreak of infantile paralysis in Otago, the Public Health Committee of the North Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (the Press states) has visited ihe Canterbury branch of _ the Medical Association to express an opinion as to tho best moans to adopt to prevent tho spread of the disease should it make its appearance. Tho Duchess of Abercom writes: "Wo have used M'Clinton's Colleen soap for years, and delight in it."... Speaking at the meeting of the North Canterbury Executive of the Now Zealand Farmers Union (says the Lyttelton Times), Mr G. Sheat said that, on behalf of the union, ho had informed tho thrashing mill owners that, in tho event of a strike, tho union would undertake to man the mills. The result has been to secure the cooperation of the owners. The contract system would be maintained, and tho farmer would not have to pay ynoro than 3jd for thrashing wheat. Rich washing Japanese silk and tussore silk shirt blouses. Special purchase from manufacturer of American shapo blouses Worth 10s 6d to 17s 6d. Sale price, from 6s 6d.—At T. Ross, 130 Prinocs street.... The principal feature of the Labour market in Auckland at present is a dearth of domestic servants, tho position being intensified by tho necessity for increased staffs in hotels and boarding houses owing to tho influx of visitors to the Exhibition. During January 197 employers have approached tho Government Labour Department in an endeavour to obtain suitable "assistance, and it has only been found possible to make 59 engagements. Valuablo Hints for Inventors.—Much technical knowledge is required in securing a patent. Tho least error is fatal to success. To assist patentees, Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, the 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 chargo on application.... An alarming experience befell a party of Featherston residents returning from Trentham on Thursday, in a motor car. On the Featherston side of the Rimutaka a large boulder was seen rolling down the hill above. With a final bound it dropped right in tho centre of the road, a short distance in front of tho oncoming car, the occupants of which had taken precautions to avoid a likely accident. Waters' Violet Oatmeal Skin Soap; absolutely the best; &d. —Waters' Pharmacy.... Expressing impatience at the delay occasioned by parties in an action not being in readiness when tVeir case was called, Mr Kerr, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court at Wanganui, remarked that the dilatoriness of litigants on some occasions almost amounted to contempt of court. "If parties are not prepared to go oil with their case when it is called," his Worship said, "the case will be struck out, and application for reinstatement will have to be before it can go on." " Erazol": Superfluous hair remover; 5s. —Scott's Pharmacy 17 Princes street.... An old Maori rangitira, giving evidence with the aid of an interpreter in a civil action in the Magistrate's Court, in which lie was the defendant, stated (says the Wanganui Chronicle) that he stayed at an hotel for over two months. Only five weeks were mentioned in the < laim, and tho statement was an obvious mistake. The Magistrate, commenting upon this point, said, "The Maoris are children of Nature. They live for the present only. They have no idea of time or datee." Your house will loos all the brighter if you had that couch or easy chair re-covered. Rail them to us; we will re-cover them equal to new. and pay carriage one way,—A. F. Cheyne and Co., house furnishers, Mo - giel.... On Tuesday afternoon, at the . Belfast Works of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, the cliairman, Sir George Clifford, will open the new tepid swimming baths that have been provided by the company for its employees (says the Lyttelton Times). Tho baths will be filled with artesian water, which will be warmed by flowing over; the condensers in the engine ■house. The cost of the baths was about ■ £300. The company is also laying out the grounds round the works in gardens and lawns. Genuine Marmola cures stoutness.—Obtainable Scott' 6 Pharmacy, Princes street, opp. Herbert, Havnes.... It does not always pay to steal (remarks the Christehurch Press). A week or two ago a tent belonging to tho Hospital Board, and in use by a tuberculosis dispensary patient, was stolen. The tent was in readiness to be sent to the hospital for disinfection when it disappeared. '' The person who was guilty of this particularly mean theft may have reason later to regret having taken away an infected tent," remarked Dr Blackmore, officer in charge of the dispensary, in his report to tho board. Hire motor cars from Wimpenny Bros.' Premier Garige. Telephone 1246.... A correspondent writing to the Lyttelton Times says:—" Two travellers, friends of the writer, went on an exploring expedition in the Oxford district, a few days ago, and, when about 10 miles from West Oxford, discovered what is believed to be a very large deposit of greenstone. Samples of the stone have been taken away, and authorities consider it to be of excellent quality, and, as there is almost an entire hill of the 6tone, it is expected more will bo heard of the find within a few* weeks." The great boom which has existed in shipping circles throughout tho world is now easing off, according to Mr G.' H. Scales, of Wellington, who has just returned from Sydney. "There is," he said, "absolutely no surplus tonnage, though the demand is not so great as it was. The output from th ; > ■ various shipbuilding yards has constituted a record, and tn« running of newships is naturally affecting, the market" In regard to freights, Mr Scales predicts (the Press states) that in March thev will bo 15s to £1 lower than at that time last year. Coffee drinkers make no mistake when they order " Bourbon ' from their grocer. It is' the production of a coffee specialist with 50 years' practical experience.... The Timaru correspondent of the Christchurch Press recently wrote that a blight had been attacking the wheat in South Canterbury, causing it to die from the root upwards. A sample of the affected grain was sent last week to Dr Cockayne, biologist to the Agricultural Department, and ho has advised that the disease is known as "take all of wheat"- (ophiobolus graminis). Ho recommends the use of basic slag on tho land as a curative agent. Oats, he say 6, do not contract the disease (farmers noticed this), so that this cereal can bo grown with safety on the affected land. Beautv Competition.—Another pretty child competition will start shortly. Two prizes: Ist class, £5 ss; 2nd class, £3 3s Full particulars obtainable at studio of Guy, photo, corner of Princes street and Moray place, Tho best work. See show cases.... Great progress is being made m the shipbuilding industry in Japan. On December 1 the Mitsui Bishi Dockyards and Engine Works, of Nagasaki, successfully launched the battleship lvirishima, of 27,000 tons displacement, which is a sister ship to tho Kongo, built by Messrs Vickers, while a few weeks later th-c battle cruiser Haruna was launched at Kobe. Tho latter vessel is 704 ft in length and has a displacement of 27,500 tons. Her armament will consist of eight 14in guns and 16 6in guns. Notice. —Morris, photographer, Princes at., now at Gardens Studio, 554 George st. (corner St. David-Regent road). Te! 2279... The presence in tho country districts of a larger number of men -looking for work usual was oominonted- upon by Mr i'. Evans a I the meetinn of the executive • i.V North 'Canterbury Farmers' Union ihr i'reff). Mr Kvane said that thero were piv.-f'i.t rt; men tra veiling round (!>-' couiilrv thai; im ij.ui- for years. ]!■> wanted fw public; i<. understand thai ii number of th'-so ritea. were not the J»iml •''* ii«?u want.-xl in ihe country, as ;m:y won- not farm liaadf. He spoke to many of them, and had not found two competent farm hands or men able to do reasonable work on a farm. If you wish to purchase a headstone, Thomeon and Co., Moray place (opp. First Church), have the best selection, and price* to c uit a 11.... Mr T. Eyre Macklir.. the designer of tho South African War Memorial at Nowcastle-on-Tync, has, at the request of tho Victoria League, submitted designs for a memorial to bo erected ir. Auckland in memory of those who fell in the war.