OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16663, 7 April 1916, Page 96

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Mrs Lawrence, a victim of the fire on Monday, at Palmerston North, died next day. it is 6tated that there will be several important transfers in the Labour Department shortly. In these days of dear oil, Tapanui people should consider (says the Courier) a cheap electric lighting scheme above the reservoir in Whisky Gully. Tho Pom&haka scheme is thought to be too costly. Tho grape is to drink, not to oat I This is tho general verdict at Win. Crossan's Waterloo HoteJ, Caver&ham.... A defendant in a case at the Napier Court on Monday morning was a cripple; and (says the Telegraph) had to be carried from an express wagon into the court to answer the summons. Rabbits are reported to have increased enormously during the past couple of years in some parts of the Masterton district. The seasons have been favourable to the -propagation of the pest. Aocording to the Manawatu "Daily Times, a farm in the Napier district recently purchased by Messrs Ewing, of Palmerston North, -was sold on Monday at a profit of £30(X) without the owners having handled the property. i'rauk 1-1. Blakeley, surgeon dentist, 174 Princes street South (over Kilroy and Sutherland's) Telephone 1483 Since the beginning of this year there have been three bankruptcies in Wellington, as compared with four in the first quarter of last year. There were no bankruptcies in the district last month. It is announced by the Thames Star that some sections on the Hauralji Plains (formerly the Piako Swamp), sold-by the Government at £9 per acre in 1910, have recently been disposed of in their improved state at £45 per acre. Prior to the Maori leaving Lyttelton on Tuesday night, a man in the act of passing a parcel up to a passenger in the steerage lost his balance, and fell overbroad (says the Christchurch Press). Mr T. Serra jumped in to his assistance-, and in a few minutes both were hauled up on to the wharf, none the worse for their immersion.

Other scarce lines are twist wincey shirting, Is lOd; doctor's flannels, Is lid, 2s 3d, 2s 4£d'; striDe flannelette, is and 1b 2d; colonial wool blankets, 28s 6d, 32s 6d, 3?s 6d, 39s 6d; ladies' latest tweed coats, 39s 6d, 49a 6d.—A. F. Cheyne and.Co., Mosgiel.... The Niagara, which sailed from Auckland for Sydney on Monday (says the Star) carried a record number of passengers, 500 persons. having booked for passages from Auckland. This included 100 persons who arrived by the steamer from Vancouver, and who were going through to Sydney. A shortage -of water was reported to the City Council by the city engineer (Mr W. H. Morton) on Monday night (says the Dominion). It appears from the report that Mr Mortozi considers the position almost critical, and he advised stringent measures to prevent wasteful or extravagant use of water. These measures the council decided to take.

No essence can possibly have the aroma, the strength, or the flavour of the genuine article. This applies especially to coffee. "Bourbon" coffee is the genuine article.... The steamer Waimarino, which arrived at Auckland from Vancouver, San Francisco, and Suva on Sunday, had on board three stowaways (says the Herald). The men were found one day out from San Francisco, and, as they stated that they wished to go to Auckland to enlist, they wero given work to do in the stokehold and were brought jfco this port, - The survey of the land purchased by the Labour Department for the erection of workers' dwellings at Lyall Bay and Kilbirnie has now been completed, and the building operations will be commenced without delay. Three houses are to be built at . Kilbirnie and eight at Lyall Bay. At a recent sale at Remuera (Auckland) land realised £26 per foot for a corner section. It is a favoured residential portion of the northern city, and the land was purchased by a Syndicate which proposes to erect a picture theatre. Other sections in the, vicinity were sold at from. £12 to £9, per foot. Infantile Paralysis Preventatives—Cam. phor, Gargle, ana Lozenges.—At Waters' Pharmacy.... When descending the Kelso hill on Sunday afternoon, Mr J. ' Cnmmings, of Tapanui, had a runaway (says the Courier). Tho brake failed to hold, and the pair of horses bolted. The occupants were thrown out, and Mrs Huntley fared worst, her collarbone being broken. The others escaped with a severe shaking and soma bruises, excepting Mr Cummings, who waa slightly injured internally. Tho. Manawatu Standard amplifies the report that Mr E. H. Hiley, general manager of the Now Zealand railways, has purchased the property known as "Nockmor," near Linton, so long occupied by the late Captain Hewitt, R.N. The farm consists of about 2000 acres freehold, of which about 400 acres are ploughable, and the balance is hill country. This year the walnut crop at Akaroa is a very good one, the nuts beinj* clean and free from disease, though, the dry weather is responsible for the fruit' being on the small side (says the correspondent of the Lyttelton Times). In no part of the dominion do walnut trees grow like those on Banks Peninsula, and visitors from other parts are filled with admiration at the many stately trees. . . , ! , T „ Flies quickly exterminated by Nyal 8 Death to Flies, 6d.—Waters' Pharmacy.-. The large cargo-carrier Waimarino, wmch which arrived at Auckland from Vancouver, San Francisco, and Suva.,-on Sunday, had included in a very large fjeneral cargo no fewer than 200 motor cars from San Francisco (says the Herald). Of this number, • about 70 were landied here, and the balance wero to be_ taken to Sydney. Sixty of the cases containing cars were stowed on deck. It is stated that over 1000 motor cats are awaiting shipment at San Francisco for New Zealand and Australia,, and one vessel now loading there is bringing a ■ cargo consisting solely of motor cars. During last week at least one Queenstown \ hotel had tho rather remarkable inclusion of strawberries and cream on the luncheon menu (says the Wakatip Mail). Inquiry elicited the information that they were sup- , plied from the garden of Mr H. Angelo, Battery Hill. Mr Angelo, who is a most successful grower of this popular fruit, has been gathering quite a heavy second crop of the luscious berry for some days past, and it is' understood that he anticipates the bearing continuing up till Easter time, provided the weather is favourable. "The hell o' a' diseases!" That's what Burns styled toothache. Of he didn't have Odontalgioon at hand. This reliable cure stoos oain by stopping the teeth. Is, at Marshall's Pharmacy.... ■ /Mr Charles Skinner, of Irwell, was the victim of a gun accident on Tuesday (saya the Christchurch Press), by which his foot was badly shattered. About 6 a.m. he took down his shotgun, with the idea, of putting an end to an old dog. After placing a cartridge in the chamber he went out, and in cocking the gun the hammer slipped frorri beneath his thumb, and the cartridge exploded, the charge passing, through his ankle. He was brought into Christchurch by motor, and attendled to at the hospital. , , Mr J. Bragg (Stewart Island) instituted an unusual experiment this season (says the correspondent of the Bluff Press). At the mouth of Half moon Bay there is a.-group of bushy islands, including one known aa Pukeokaoka Island. Here Mr Bragg clcared a patch about 66ft x 24ft, and sowed down in potatoes (mostly Up-to-dates). He did not visit tho rilace again until a few weeks ago,' when, he looked over to see if the crop had' come to anything. Imagine his surprise when ho up a shaw or two to find potatoes weighing about 21b in weight—huge tubers every one of them. This small patch returned a crop of half a ton; This will probably lead to some further exploitation of those little-visiterf ■ islands.

There has for years past been a coneliderablo shortage of domestic ■workers, both by the day and for permanent situations, not only in Wellington City, but in the dominion as a whole (says the New Zealand Times). At the present time, however, the Labour Department has more applications from women seeking day work than from housewives w.ho desire that class of labour. The majority of the women applying for day work are soldiers' wives who desire to supplement their allowances, but do not wish to break_ up their homes by accepting permanent situations. Those of them who nave children very naturally and! properly wish to keep them at home, and, therefore, they cannot take work except by the day.