OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16070, 11 May 1914, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

According to a Wellington paper, it is probable that an early attempt will be made to demolish the remains of the wrecked! Deron. at Pencarrow Head . ■. Messrs Dean Brothers, fellmongere, Pahiatua, have received an order from a Japanese firm for IGOO bales of crutehings. In thanking customers for liberal support during the last 10 years, we bsg to advise we will have a complete new, stock for the coming season, at 10 to 20 per cent, lower than former prices.—D. Christie and C 0... The Railway Department has madoaetart with the construction of the subway under tho railway bridge approach (says the Wanganui Chronicle) to allow of the tramway extension to Aramoho North. Sheep worrying by stray doge seems to be on the increase in the Aehburton county, and recently in the Anama district one farmer had 30 eheep killed. Frank. H. Blakeley, eurge'on dentist.' 17* Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's) Telephone 1483 .. While "skylarking" a Blenheim Territorial named Lawrence Waters swallowed two false teeth (the Nelson Colonist states).* Ho was taken to the hospital. _ Motor cars and motor bicycles registered! in Gisborne up to the present date total 300. Of these there are 225 motor oars and 75 motor bicycles. Taxi licenses issued Dy the Borough Council total 34.. Wo will gladly show you our ready-to-wear suits, which are quite different from those of a few years ago. Weii-made, comfortablefitting, beantifiillv cut. with fronts that do not curl or sag. Two special lines. 45s 6d and 55s.—A. F. Cheyne and C*., Mosgtel.... Mr P. Greenfield, chief draughtsman of the Lands Department. Ohristchuroh, and Mr Lightfoot vi6ited_ Fairlie on Thursday and inspected lands with a view of purchase for the erection of workers' dwellings. Mr W. Langdon, of Westsrfield, Ashburton County, has just thrashed a paddock of Garton oats Which averaged 54£ bushels per aero. Two stacks returned 896£ 'bushels, while the mill put through 2406$ buehels in a little over 10 hours. We have just opened a grasl range of children's wool gloves in white, eret; brown, navy, fawn, and saxe, all sizes, and guaranteed all wool; 10d to Is pair.—T. Ross, 130 Princes street.... Mr John Bollard, M.P., has been elected chairman of the Avondale (Auckland) School .Committee for the fifty-third time, Tin's is considered a record for the dominion, and p'oseibly for any public position in the British dominions Tho death is announced of Mr John Davies, head of a leading hardware firm in Hobart. Deceased, who was in hie 80th year. gave the site on which tho Hobart Y.MIC.A, building has been erected, and ho also contributed £1000 to tho cost of the structure. Wanted Known.—Scott's Cough Elixir cures coughs and colds.—Scott's Pharmacy.... Much is expected of a Mayor. Thursday was Mr Guinness's first day in his official position as Mayor (says tho Timaru Hertvld), and ono of the first requests'he received was to increase tho rate of interest on depoeite-at-cail >»Jd by the council, from 3i to 4 per cent.

■ j, A net profit of £4218 was realised by th* Takapuna Traniwaye Company from " it* operations during the past yew. The directors reoommend the electrification of the service and the provision of more oars, involving an expenditure of £50,000. You hdvi no idea., how delightful cigarettes can be until you "smoke one made from Red Jacket tobacco. They give pleasure to the most cultured palate.... Mr. Wesley Spragg states that the New , ■i j l waten "ders' strike completely spoiled the London market for butter and cheese, which realised one shilling per cwt all round lees than was anticipated had buaineee proceeded with the usual regularity. A crate of fowls, ■ whioh were packed almost like sardines in a tii* "Hraoted a considerable amount of attention in Armagh street last week (says the Christelrarch Star). They had evidently been in the cratee some time, arid some of them showed sigßs of suffering from the close confinement.-' Marshall Fospherine—the Nerve Tonic of the littlo dose and big result. Try it for youreelf. Prime, Is; all chemists.... While a well-known busftman was pi*hunting Up Mimihau way (says the Wyndham Farmer) he came across a peculiar "find" in an out-of-the-way part of tho wooded country. It took the form of a. great heap of empty bottles—"more than a drayload of them," eo the finder declare*— and they were of all sorts and sizes. A fine specimen of a flying fish, 18in long, and measuring 22in across the wings, was found on the deck of the e.e. Holmdale when thb vessel arrived at Gisborne yesterday week. The fish must have been washed aboard while tho 1 steamer wae being buffeted by tho heavy galo on the previous, niffht The rich, full body and nutty flavour in " Bourbon Coffee" attracts and hoWe new customers daily.—Manufactured by A. Durie and Co., Octagon, Dunedin ' . A camp, in which the teachers in theWairarapa district will undergo a fortnight'straining id physical culture, is to be opened to-day, It is expected that 200 teaohere will be present A staff of five instructors and a quartermaster will have charge of the enrap. Of the 44 prosecutions* brought by the Auckland Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals during the last 12 months 36 we're in. connection with horsee. overdriven, oftieily beaten, or worked whilst in an unfit etate. Warnings in regard ito no fewer than 764 cases, in which the home figured, were issued" by the society* Hire motor, care from Wim penny Bros. Prf-.roief Gafize. Telephone t246—_ On Tuesday the. Christchurca Labttur Office despatched 20 men to Ross, and a was expected that yesterday: another contingent of about 20 men would be sent to road work in the Ashley distrfcfc Applications for work continue and there must be 200 men, mostly unskilled labourers, neeking employment. The Timaunga School district oan claim the distinction of having, the youngest chairman of a school committee in New Zealand (states the Timaru Herald), # the gentleman who was elected to that position at the annual meeting' being but 23 years of age. He is probably also the youngest householder in.the Timaunga district, which is one of the largest in South Canterbury. Waters'"Chap Lotion cures Rough Hanaa; Is and Is 6d.—Waters' Pharmacy.... A few days ago one of the ""Red Fed." party visited the Lake Hochstetter works, where about 100 men are employed, and attempted to form a union (says the West vCoast Times). Thie proved futile. One of the workers' who -wae interviewed said; "No,- we are not going to contribute ahy ; more (to keep Professor Mills, and » kpet of oth'ers running about the country stirring up strife." ~ What would some of our aheepfarmers think of land that feeds 64 eheep to the aore 1 Two Taranaki farmers, who have lately visited New South Wales,' we*e informed by a landholder in that State that he knew of some irrigated land that fed 64 sheep to the acre for four months of the year. It was rather a "staggerer" to the visitors; but the New South Wales farmer -woe well' known to ; one of them, or his veracity might have been doubted. Special Quality Hot Water Bags, at lowest cost, at waters' Pharmacy...; ; - '• We have been favoured with a view of a patient whose cancerous growth had been treated with radium application by Dr W. : li. Hosking (says the Masterton _ Times),' and we have no hesitation in stating that the results, to our mind, are little short of marvellous. The only sign that the: disease has existed is a slight marking of the .skin, which always shows after a wound has been healed. v ■ An application for the position of dog registrar for the Whakatane County was the cause of some heated remarks being made at the council meeting last week obn.cerning dog registration (eays the Whakatane Press). It was ultimately resolved that, as the Maoris' dogs' are exempt from taxation, the council would not impose the tax. in the case of European dogs. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is bd, 2s 6d.... * That cargo pilfering continues to be carried on to a very serious degree is evident from an experienoe which a Timaru tr*de»man has just had states the Herald). Mr J. W. Souter imported a consignment of boots, which arrived there last week. BefoK taking delivery he decided to examine them, and. made the discovery that two of the cases' had been absolutely emptied of their, contents. Rose Glycerine Jelly, unequalled '. for chapped hands and lips.—Soott's Pharmacy..,. Yesterday no less than 32 special trains were employed in. transporting Territorials from the Takapau camp to their homes. Twenty-six of these passed through Dannevirke tor Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu, New Plymoutn, Wahganui,, and "sMain Trunk line stations, while six ran northwards, with Napier, 'Gisborne, and intermediate station troops. Over 60 engines were used in drawing the trains. M'Cliflton's Colleen soap has a delightful aroma. Marchioneee of Bristol says: "Colleen soap I' find very nice to use "... When riding down the coast yesterday week (eays the Gieborne correspondent of the New Zealand .Herald}, a . traveller observed a boat. stranded on the Tapu&e rooks. A closer inspection revealed' that it fras a lifeboat, about 30ft long, but then was no name 'visible. The harbour authorities were'informed, and inquiries were" made of the steamer Tokomoru as to whether that eteamor had lost a, boat when she. put to sea-the'previous night, but a iepry was received in the negative. ... The quality" of gae mantles varies greatly. The British-made Veritas is made from Ramie fibre. It resists draughts and shocks, and gives a brilliantly soft light . Plumbers, or A. and T.' Burt (Ltd.),... / . The extent of the infection borne by flies was referred to at a meeting in Auckland of the Society for the Protection of the Health of Women and Children by the. chairman (Mr W. M'DOwell). He observed that a pure milk supply was useless if the milk were not protected in'" the home. Flies were chiefly responsible for carrying the germs of typhoid fever, and the extent of infantile summer diarrhoea wae largely attributable to the infection borne by flies. The Plunket Nurses might well teach the people how to combat the fly evil/ Messrs Baldwin and Ray ward, patent attorney, Joel's Buildings, Crawford street, Dunedin, have recently filed-'the following applications for patent of New Zealand:— W. A. Fincham and T. Lovejoy, Paknereton North, ticket issuine- apparatus; C, E. Storrie, Karori, Wellington, metalliferous metal treating; G. T. Heriot, New Zealand, preventing- trains over-running signals; W. O. Beere, Wellington, and J. E. Rough, Foxton, flax, etc., treating machine.... The fame of the bogus £10 notes hae spread far and wide, and an interesting opieodo occurred at Manawatu a few days ago concerning a note that was thought to be valueless. A little girl, when <wending her way along one of the thoroughfares, espied a piece of paper, and, knowing the yaluo of banknotes, examined it. Thinking if was a counterfeit £10 note, she threw ' it away, but, lucidly, on returning, home, she" informed her father of her action. With a reprimand, he hurried her back to the locality, and, luckier still, the iparchment was recovered. It was then found to be a genuino £10 note, lost by a resident of Otaki. '