OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16405, 9 June 1915, Page 10

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Oaten sheaf chaff is reported to be seßbw at as highmi £10'10s in Hawke'e There will be 109 polling booths in the( Taumarunui electorate for the pnrpoee of' the by-election on Tuesday. For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d. 2s An area of 1844 acres in Soutiiiid. inown as the Croydon Bush Domain, hajbeen set apart as a sanctuary for iomortedl and native game. At a recant and fnUy-attended meetin* of the commercial travellers of Southland! at Invercargill, it was decided that thejrf should form themselves into an association. J. Waters, chemist, has an absolute cure for rough hands; 1a.... • The directors of t3fce Orooa Freezing Works have accepted the tender of Mr J. J M'Millan (Auckland) for the erection of the buildings for the works. The urice ma £24,237.

A man named W. J. Douglass, {he fireman of a goods train, fell off at Moomahaki on Wednesday. He was badly burt, and was taken to the Patea Hospital. Some people will swallow anything, bat those blest with a nice palate insist on getting the best coffee, and none other, from their grocer—Bourbon Brand.— ■Something in the natnro of a record football score was put itd at Masterton nn?h when Red Star thirds beat Carterton Thirds at Masterton by 81 points to nil—a Wairarapa record. Mr R. Meredith (says the Waimate TWj has received news that his nephew (li»pector Meredith, of the Straits Settlement Constabulary) had A hairbreadth escape mg the fc'ingaporo mutiny. Two Chinese servants in his carriage were killed, «-l«™ the horso that was drawing it. The best luncheon during Show Week will be at Wm. Croesan's, Waterloo Hotel, Csversharn....

The Pahiatua Post Offioe ia getting a notoriety for changes in the staff, many of whom remain for a time, and are then transferred to large towns (aaye the Herald). During the last four or five years, it u stated, there hxre been no fewer thtm 05 cnanges in the etaif.

The New Plymouth police have been informed that Murdo Stewart, a Mokan launch proprietor, left on Wednesday 'to go up the Mokau River. On Thursday the launch was found with a light banting in the engine room, but the engine ron down. What has happened to Mr Stewart is a mystery (says the Taxanaki Herald}. The Wsnlees Goitre Core, splendid remedy for thick neck. No extendi application necessary. 3s 6d, Marshall's Pharmacy...

At the annual meeting of the Hswke'a Bay Licensing Committee, held at Hastings on Friday, Mr L. W. Fowler moved—"That the Government be requested to close both the ptrblio and private bar® of all licensed hotels at 6 p.m. during the currency of the war." Hie motion lapsed for wast of a seconder.

The Ruapeha, which, left Wellington on Friday morning for London, took 14,216 crates of cheese from New. Zealand (says the New Zealand Times). The cheese was shipped as follows:—l 49 crates from New Plymouth, 6700 from Patea, 4385. from Wellington, and 2982 from Donedin. Hire motor cars from Wimpennjr Bros.' Premier Garage. Telephone 1246.... The plough -is kept going and every preparation i* beintj made for a goodly acreage of cereals next season (says the Fairfax correspondent of the Southland Times). Considering the number of oar boys who have gone to the front, it does not seem very advisable to go in for too large & harvest. There is a shortage of good farm hands now, and if recruiting still goes ahead the shortage will become very gesrkraa by harvest.

A few days ago the president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce (Mr T._ F. Gibson) communicated with the Prime Minister (says the Press), asking that a rebate should be granted on the cost of railage of swede turnips for farmers. Mr Massey has replied to the effect that he will oonfer with the Minister of Railways on the subject, and advise the chamber of the decision "later.

Mr Keipierley Rmnford, before tearing New Zealand, bought a supply of F1 aerosol —a perfect gargle for singers and speakers-. A witness in a cose at the Auckland Magistrate's Court on Friday (says the Star) mentioned that when 12 years of age he ran away from his and had lived with the Maoris, who treated him well and paid him far his work. He returned to where his home had been some time later, but learned that his father bad gone to Amencau As to Bis mother, ho had never heard ot her since. An unfortunate accident happened to Miss Bishop, daughter of the Rev. H. Sholto Bishop, of Kurow, when oat riding on Thursday (says the North Otago Times). Her horse got beyond oontrol, and she was heavily thrown on to a barb wire fence, receiving a number of deep cots. Dr Todd attended her, and put in- some stitches, and although much shaken, she is doing as well as can be expected. After a. fatiguing day yon 'want a good wholesome beverage as a; piofc-me-up. M'Gavin's New Brew is the right prescription. ...

On Saturday morning the Southland District Coroner (Mr T. Hutchison) held aa inquest at Invercargill concerning the death of Malcolm M'Callnm, who waa killed on the railway line near Kew on the evening of June 3. The evidence supported the view that deceased was not knocked down by the train, but waa lying across the,track when the cowcatcher pioked him up. The verdict was that deceased was accidentally killed, no blame being attachable to anyone. T. Ross & annual winter sale of ooats, furs, umbrellas, corsets, blouses, ladies' and chil clren's underwear, gloves, and hosiery now on. Catalogue of genuine reductions on every item posted at once on application to T. Ross, 130 Princes street, Dunedin.... The following announcement regarding the issue of pass ports appears in Friday night's Gazette:—-'"it is hereby notified, for public information, that inquiry is in all cases necessary, even in the case of wellknown colonists, before his Excellency tie Governor can be advised to sign a passport. In future & passport will not be issued until the expiration of 14 days after the receipt by the Department of Internal Affairs of the application for its issue. All persons intending to travel abroad and desiring to have a passport are warned accordingly." ' .Frank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street Soutii (oyer Kilxoy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1463.... The Opposition M.P.'s who are energetically electioneering in the far North are not very bashful. The Kawakawa correspondent of tho New Zealand Herald reports that at Punakitere Mr W. D. S. M'Donald was to have addressed the settlers in the school at 10 o'clock one morning last week. Apparently it was expected that the school would be cleared of the irrelevant teacher and classes, for the politician and his friends duly arrived. TTiey were routed by tho tcacher, however, who declined to disturb the children, and the politicians, says the correspondent, "vanished into the mists of the morning." . Waters' Pharmacy (opposite H.B. Buildings) for Nazol, Orlox Compound, etc.... _ On Thursday afternoon a car containing four men collided with a trap containing two Maori women on tho Haiowhai road (says the Napier Daily Telegraph). The collision was a violent one, and much damage was done to both vehicles. The two Native w<maen suffered severely, one having an broken and the other a leg smashed. T&.11 the four men were considerably knocked about, and on© received a nasty cut on the head. It is stated that legal action will follow, the Natives claiming thai the cause of tho accident was not theirs, and that they did their best to avoid it. What is smarter than a nice serge costume? Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel, advise us that they have opened a fine range of serges and worsteds, and, though the prices lucre advanced considerably, thev are still filling orders for costumes at old prices....

Many are the excuses put forward by prospective jurymen to escape service. "Cannot hear too -well," is generally accepted as good and sufficient reason for release, but some escape by means of other reasons advanced. When the common jury was being sworn in at Wangamri one man asked for exemption on the groumd that his business as a baker 'would be interfered with. Incidentally he claimed that he •was selling tho cheapest bread in tie dominion—at 4d per loaf. 'It sounds aospiciouely like an advertisement," commented Mr' Justice Edwards. He decided, however, to grant the application.