OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16399, 2 June 1915, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Spurions half-crowns are reported to b" in circulation in Masterton, one tradesman having had one passed on to him on Fxid.iv morning. v

In tho Five Rivers-Garston district rain has been wanted for some weeks, and tho ground is now so di v and hard that plough ing operations are being retarded Winter £>how visitors to Dunedin will find that tho Water lo ° Hotel, Caversham, is still the headquarters of Mr Wm. Cttesan.... There was a sharp frost on Saturday rooming at Ashburton (says the Guardian) 8 degrees being registered, and, despite the fact that the sun was shining, there was a ohill m the air all day. Mr George Chartcris, of Mangatoro. has ' otu / T ns from London (savs the Folding Star). Ho received for hoggets and first ewes Is 6d pe r lb, second fleeces Is 5d per b, p:eces Is 3d per lb, bellies Is 2d per lb. For. wines, clarets, Burgundv, and % the best qualities f„ r invalids, try Win. Crossan, Waterlob Hotel, Caversham.... Owing to a congestion of frozen stock, and tho inability of the company to »m----mediately secure shipping space, the Wellington Farmers' Meat Co'mpanv's freezing works at Waingawa have closed <lown for a rjl w T a^ s ' says Wairaraoa Times 1 . pie Hinemoa will leave Wellington in a few days on her periodical southern trip, calling at Lyttelfcon. Dunedin, Bluff Wc*t Coast. Sounds and bays, and either Grevmouth or Westport. as well as the usual lighthouses en route. Cod Liver Oil and Wine unequalled for anaemia. A aplpndid tonic for after effects influenza 2* 6d. Marshall's Pharmacy... Staff-oa-ntaiii Sharp, who is canvassing for fundd for tho Salvation Army's Mntornitv ITomo at Christchurch. made J5 calls at the Mackenzie Country stat'onr. 1,-i-t "week _ (sa>s the Press), and obtained If) donations totalling over £200. Ho had previously obtained over £200 in the Timaru district.

*»"** «4eriy songh* «ft«. m the Methven and surrounding districta owing to the great scarcity of feed for alt classes lof stock (says the Cfrristchnrch Press). Mr Huston M'Lean, Highbank. lately sold 40 acres of turnips at £6 per acre, rhe crop was not pat in until nomine middle of January. J. Waters, chemist, has an absolute care for rough hands; 15.... At the annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Licensing Committee, to be held at Hastings on Friday, Mr L. W. Fowler will rnove (says tho Hawke's Bay Tribune)That all public bars m licensed hotels shall close at 6 pjn. during the currency or the war. A correspondent of the Wellington Post writes:— Fnoay was the 100 th anniversary of the birth of tho first white girl in New Zealand. This event took place at the Bay of Islands the father being Mr William Hall, a shipbuilder, who. with his wi'e was brought to New Zealand by the Rev Samuel Marsden. Just Open- u—-Ladies* wrnter coats, 19s •n and 235: ra "'ncoate. from 17s 6d; rich silk blouses, 7s 6d; flannella blouses, 2s lid; Cashmere, silk stockings, kid, napper, woollen cloves—Ross's. 130 Princes street.... " I don't know what you are going to do when the boys return," said the Mayor (Mr D. M'Dougall) at a patriotic concert at Gore on Thursday (states the Mateura tii.sign), ' bnt I know what I am going to do. I am going to kill the fatted calf, and say, • Let's eat, drink, and be merry." Hie wine that has been maturing in the cellar for 30 years will be opened. there is a dearth of labour for farm purposes just at present, and there is no reason why any man capable of doing manual labour should bo out of employment (says the Ashburton Guardian). Tie v.-ar has taken away so many of our youn»men engaged as farm labourers that farmers are pleased to get men, however inex--penenced. For wines, clarets, Burgundy, and brandies of the best qualities for invalids, try Wm. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversnain.... The number of malicious false alarms received in Wellington during the past year decreased by half compared with the previous .12 months (says the New Zealand Times). A close watch being kept on certain points resulted in the apprehension, on April 18, of a person who was brought before tho magistrate and fined £5. On March 8 two small boys were caught and severely censured by tho magistrate for giving a false alarm. An enterprise under the title of the " Southern Isles Exploitation Company" has been formed at Invercargfll. The capital of the company is £10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £1 each, and the objects are: "To acquire and'take.,over as a going concern the business now carried on by Mr Joseph Hatch, of. Invercargill, oil merchant, at the Macquarrie Islands and Hobart, in Tasmania, of procuring and refining and dealing in oil from whales, sea elephants, and other «nirm»lg of the Sooth PaciSo Ocean." * Hire motor oars from Wimpenny Bros.* Premier Garage. ■ Telephone 1246.... The question of the bonus for the discovery of phosphate deposits in tho dominion was considered by the Board of Agriculture recently, in conjunction with a valuable report from tho director of geological survey on the occurrence of phosphato rook in certain localities in NewZealand. It was decided (says the Wellington Post) to recommnd that a larger bonus be offered. A Stoke fruitgrower informs fiie Nelson Colonist that a large quantity of good fruit is going to waste in the orchards in that district, and suggests that, if arrangements could be mado to send, it to Trenthara, it would prove very acceptable to the soldiers in camp there. A considerable number of cases of apples have been collected in the Motue2a district and sent to Trentham. For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d, 2s 6d... "The tramway system is now 13 or 14 years old," said the Mayor of Wellington on Thursday evening (states the New Zea-. land Times), "and the cost of maintenance is increasing year by year. The finance of the tramways will v h«ve to be considered very carefully in the future, and there will be opportunity for full discussion on the subject at future meetings." "For the past seven years, the sum of £102,000 has been 6pent by way of capital expenditure out of ordinary rates," stated the Mayor of Wellington on Thursday night (says the Post), referring to the cost of acquiring properties in the course of streetwidening operations. A councillor had asked .if the council proposed to dispose of certain of these properties. Tie Mayor said that the question would have to be considered, but the present was not a favourable time for selling or otherwise disposing of the properties. We are getting through the winter well, but tho. severer cold is yet in store. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel, have opened a splendid line of men's warm tweed overcoats, cheap and good. Secure one of these and fortify yourself against the worst... Mr G. P. Donnelly, who was one of those instrumental in the forming of the Sports Protection League, has Bent in his resignation -as president of the Hastings branch (says the Hawke's Bay Tribune). Mr I Donnelly stated at Wednesday's meeting that the league had a membership of 60,000, including a large number of ladies. - ! Strawberries are very rarely seen in the winter months, but on Wednesday morning Mr G Freeth, Mount Pleasant, left at the office of tho Marlborough Express a specimen of fruit which is in evidence in his garden. The plants, Mr Freeth explained, were set out in tho spring, and, .despite severe frosts, all have produced fine, large strawberries. Waters' Pharmacy (opposite H.B. Buildings) for Nazol, Orlox Compound, etc.. Messrs A. Jopp and W. Murphy had. a narrow escape from a serious accident at Bondeineer on Friday afternoon (says the Lake County Press). Mr Murphy was repairing an acetylene gas generator, which' was apparently empty, and, after pouring in a small quantity of water, he was leanover the generator with a lighted match in his hand, when a fairly heavy explosion occurred. Mr Murphy's hair was burnt and singed, and Mr Jopp, who was standing beside the generator, sustained some slight facial burns. "A person who attends race meetings with a view to drawing a big prize is a fool," said Mr S. K M'Carthy, S.M., during the hearing of a maintenance case in tho Dannevirke Court on Thursday morn- ' ing. ITis Worship's remarks were prompted bv a (statement that the mother of a number of children attended race meetings in different parte with the object of providing for the children (says the Dannevirke News), leaving them meanwhile in the care of a neighbour. Some people will swaTiow anything, but those blest with a nice palate insist on getting the best coffee, and none other, from their grocer—Bourbon Brand At onp of the concerts given by the Waiapu Queen's concert party whilst on their tour up the coast (says the Gisborna Times) no seats were provided, and the audience—consisting principally of Natives— adapted themselves to circumstances and squatted on the floor. So many attended that they were packed up pretty closely together. Somo brought their own seats. a common thing to 6ee a Maori enter with a soap box, and another with a butter box or n. jam box. One Native arrived with a rocking chair. At the interval all hands carric;' their various seats into the open air. and returned to the hall with them when the "entertainment was resumed. After a fatiguing day you want a good wholesome beverage as a _ pjefc-me-np. M'Gavin's New Brew is the right prescription ... The president of the New Plymouth Saturday Half-holiday Association (Mr R. C Hughes) has communicated with the aspoeiat.'ons in Auckland. Wangarrui. Waitnra, DunedinT and Wellington suggesting that a conference bo held in Wellington to resolve upon united action to promote legislation fixing Saturday as the weekly half-holiday over the dominion (says the New Zealand Times). Tf the Government will not introduce a Bill to this effect, it is to bo asked to bring forward a Bill to' r. bolish "the local ontion vote and to subrtitutte a dominion vote on the question, "to bo taken on the occasion nf trie triennial election of members of Parliament. Frank H BlnkeW, surgeon dentist, 17* Princes street South (over Kilroy and S-*Vrl*nd's). Telephone 1483... / Thursday was the first annivensay of the railway accident at Whareramarino, where an express train from Wellington ran into a goode train which had just reache-d the station from the north (says the New ZeMard Herald). The accident occurred shortlv before 5 a.m.. in darkness nrd fog. and the sleeping-car of the express telescoped, three passengers were '• ; llfd and several were severely injured. Fr r rl>v was the second anniversary of a collision between two trains at New Lvnn on t'ie morning of May_ 28, 1913, when wviril msseni»er-<: were iniured.