OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16547, 22 November 1915, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The thermometer registered 84 degrees m the shade at Hastings on Tuesday. No less than three sets of boy twins have been born in Feilding (says the Star) in tne past two months. Wednesday was the 47th anniversary of the Te Kooti massacre in Poverty Bay. Many mercantile offices in Wellington are experiencing difficulty in obtaining clerics. The Napier correspondent of the Dominion reports that the three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Dickson, of Napier, was drowned on Tuesday in the river at Wairoa. The wise housewife never uses a substitute when she can obtain the genuine article. Bourbon Coffee is the genuine article, and of first-rate quality. All grocers.... The Hawera Star hears that the school at Auroa has been closed for a week or two owing to an outbreak of diphtheria. This epidemic has already caused the death of two little girls. Six telegraph posts on the Great North road, near Okura, were struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday week. They were split into matchwood, pieces being thrown a long distance. Tho dairying season in the Marlborough district promises to put up a record for high prices this year (says the Express). The Linkwater Dairy Company paid out Is 3id per lb for butter fat liyjt month, which is probably a record for the district. Black Cashmere stockings, at Is, Is 6d, Is lid, 2s 3d. Black or white lisle stockings, Is 3d, le 6d, Is lid. Black lisle stockings, silk ankle, the latest, Is lid, 2s 6d, and 3s 6d. —T. Ross, importer, Dunedin. . A private letter received in Wellington states that 40 Wanganui College "boys intend to devote their midsummer vacation to harvesting work in Marlborough district. It is Understood that they are to be paid at the rate of Is per hour. Tn September 2725 mortgages were registered in New Zealand, the total amount of the same being £2,981,969. In the same month, 1795 mortgages, of a total value of £1,417,809 were discharged. The executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce' of New Zealand decided at Tuesday's meeting (says the Dominion) to proceed -with the task of propounding a scheme «n connection with the_ setting up of voluntary tribunals of arbitration in connection with commercial and industrial disputes in New Zealand. Trices at J Waters, chemist, are always lowest: Cash or Credit. .. Marriage licenses appear to be in great demand in Ashburton during the present month (3ays the Guardian), and it is quite probable when the totals are available at the end of the month that a record will be established. * At the meeting of the Gore High School Board of Governors it was decided the Mataura Ensign) that owing to the scarcity of liarvest labour this year the Christmas holidays should only extend to January 10. 1916. and that the balance of three weeks' holiday bo reserved for the harvest season, the date of'which ■will be„ fixed later on. Tliis will enable the seniof boys to assist during the harvest season on their parents' farms. Boys' sports suits of strong tweed and nice dark nattorns. to fit- boys from 8 to 16 years. Prices from 19s 6cT to 32s 6d. Well cut and nicelv finished. Postage extra, 6d a suit.—A. F. Cheync and Co., Mosgiel. Send aee of hi v.. . During the first nine month? of venr. 2088 estates, of a total v«l'i" of ■ pv A 7° wor <, certified for stamp duty (says the New 7>nlnnd T : mes). Of these estates. 52 of £20.000 *nd ovcr aggregated no less than £3.438255. or practically as much as all the other ?036 put together. A curious accident, which might easily have bfen attended with fatal results, happened ; n Timnru oti Monday morning. A) car which was oasing throucrh from Dunedin met a fout.h on a bicycle at the iunction of Stafford and H : nrh streets, and by some means the two collided head on. The bov was thrown clean over the ear, and landed on the rond at the buck of it. without any broken bones, but the bicycle was badly shattered.

Some young men who filled in their aational registration forms with an evasion some of tho most important questions lad a prompt reply from the department says the New Zealand Times) to the effect ;hat if the forme were not properly filled n immediately they would have to take tho :onsequences. All farm work is well ahead in South. Canterbury, and swede or turnip sowing iterations are progressing rapidly, under nost favourable conditions (says the correspondent of the Christchuch Press). Gardens ivorywhero look well, though some damage - las resulted from a late frost. In the shelved orchards a heavy crop of plums will 3e gathered, and the 6how of pears and ipples is generally satisfactory. i)r Crossland's "Noxol" relieves most stubborn cases of Indigestion and Constipation. Composed of natural herb and fruit juices anly. Sold at 2s by grocers everywhere, ilso at Marshall's Pharmacy, Princes 5t.... In tho Bix months ended September 30, L 3,338 mortgages, of a total value of 612,684,316, were registered; while in the iame period 9427 mortgages, of a total value >f £7,175,584, were discharged (says the New Soaland Times). The above figures do not nclude those for Hawke's Bay for August ilSt. At 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday Mr Batley leard a loud crash on the pavement out>ide his residence in Smollett street, Christjhurch,. and, on going out (says the Press), lound a large quantity of fragments of what he took to be a meteorite that had evidently just fallen and scattered into a ;housand pieces. It appeared to have been submitted to great heat. The Gisborne lodges are experiencing some lifEculty in regard to medical benefits owing ;o lodge doctors leaving the district (says ;he Poverty Bay Herald). The matter was discussed at a meeting of the Friendly Societies' Conference, held on Monday night, md it was decided to communicate with tho local branch of the British Medical Association, placing the position before it. Frank H. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's). Telephone 1483. A remarkably conscientious ratepayer has :ome to light in the person of a member af the Third Reinforcements, the son of a well-known Mangapapa resident (says tho Poverty Bay Herald). A day or two ago the resident in question received a cablegram from his son in Egypt (-where he is it present recuperating after a lengthy spell in. the trenches) instructing his father to pay his Mangapapa rates. A fatal accident occurred at Oanui, near Opunake, on Tuesday (says the Wellington Post). Mr Thomas Vincent, 27 years of age, with a lad named Shirley, was preparing to go_ fishing, apd it is said taat he was inserting a cap into some gelignite for the purpose of obtaining herrings as bait, when an explosion took place and he received the full force of the discharge in his body,_ which was terribly mangled, while his right arm was also blown off. t Death was instantaneous/Shirley received a severe shock, but did not sustain any physical injury. W. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversbatn, supplies wines, spirits, ales to order. Sign name, address, occupation when remitting... A most painful accident happened to Mr Arthur Christiansen at Norsewood on Tuesday afternoon (says the correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald). He waa using explosives for stumping, and was removing some dirt from a detonator cap with the aid of a stick, and must have pricked the contents of the cap, causing it to explode. The force of tho explosion blew off the thumb and first finger of his left hand, and severely injured the others. After a doctor had dressed tho wounds the unfortunate man. was conveyed to tho Dannevirke Hospital At the meeting of the Mandeville branch of the Farmers' Union on Tuesday: evening (writes the correspondent of the Mataura Ensign) a member referred to the price per 100 for shearing 'this season, and was informed that the price was the same as last year—namely, £1 per 100; but, of course, that would not interfere with any fanner giving a little extra, if he chose. Shfearing will commence at Wantwood in earnest this week. A little shearing of farmers' loto gbing on at the shed at the present time. s Vociferous applause greeted the win at the Oam aru show on Thursday of Mr W. Clyma's Happy Jack in the high jump for hacks carrying a minimum of 11.0. For 24 consecutive years (says the North Otago Times) Mr Clyma has been a competitor in the jumping oontests at the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Show. He affirms that it is his intention to appear " just one more year," to make up the quarter century, when he will " give the younger generation a show." Waters' Chap Lotion is unequalled for Rough Hands, Is.—Waters' Pharmacy.... A girl ; named Nellie Wheeler had a ' miraculous esoape from death at Heathcote Valley on Sunday week In bidding goodbye to one of the soldiers on the returning troop train, hands were clasped too long, and the" girl waa dragged to the ground. She had the presence of mind to remain lying flat and motionless on the permanent way, on the outside of the rails. This, doubtless, saved her life. Her skirt was cut through" as if a keen knife had been used, and, with the exception of a naety cut, where the gas meter of the carriage had come in. contact with her body, the girl escaped injury. Some interesting particulars of worlt of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters find Joiners are'given in the monthly report of the New Zealand section. The society has a total membership of 91,829 ol wiucil number New Zealand contributes 5000. "It has 1104 branches in the world, including 37 in New Zealand. The total amount paid by $ay of benefits since the society's formation is £4,28,009, including the following amounts. —Unenmployed £1,508, loo; sick benefit, £1,096,197; superannuation benefit, £746,804; trade privileges, £437,251. A sad drowning accident took place oil Tuesday morning, whereby a ycung man named James Crowley, who lived about two miles below the Inangahua Junction, lost his life (says tho Grey River Argus). It appears that Crowley, in. company with another young man named Lines, went in a boat across a tributary of the Buller River, which at ordinary times has about 3ft of water, but owing to the heavy flood. there was in it about 20ft of water, and it 'waa running very swiftly After attending to some cattle which wero grazing on "the island, they attempted to return, but the boat capsized, and young Crowley waa washed down the river and drowned. Under £500 in value, 72 estates, of a total value of £16,426, were certified for stamp ■ dutv in September (says the New Zealand Times) Between £500 and £1000 the number of estates certified was 42, and the aggregate value £30,986 ; 42; were certified between £1000 and £2000, the total value beino- £57,389; 16 between £2000 and £3000 total value £37,761; 31 between £3000 and £4000, total value £39,233; 3 between £4000 and £5000, total value £13,291; 14 between £5000 and £7000, total value £83 2813 between £7500 and £10,000, total value £26,282 ; 5 between £10,000 and £15,000, total value £64,054 ; 4 between £15 000 and £20.000, total value £71,255; and' 6 of £20,000 and. over, total value £206 741. The total value of the 218 estates so certified was £646,699. The 15 estates about £10,000 in value aggregated no less than £342,050, or considerably more than all the other 203 estates nut together. A Native entered the witness box at the Huntly Police Court in a semi-comatose state, and, leaning lazily against the side, was handed the court Testament., When asked by the clerk to affirm or kiss the book, h° merely gazed blankly at the open pases. Fully a minute elapsed in this way, when a peremptory reminder came from the bench. The witness nodded slightly but still the book firmly, and continued to stare at the printed leaves. Mr Rawson apparently considered that the man s evidence would be of little assistance to tlys court, and the Native was escorted out by a couple of constables. At a later stage of the proceedings he was again oallea, and in answer to his Worship as to whether he was sober then, said he was fairly so. How much beer have you had ? ' asked the magistrate. "Oh, I dunno, 'bout a barrel, I 'qpnsc." After taking the oath the witness declared, with the air of a man in a tight corner. " 'Spose I better tell the truth." Hia Worship, amidst considerable laughter, assured him that he had better, but later on dismissed him as quite unreliable.