OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16709, 1 June 1916, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

'Jli - retail price of batter in Nelson is now Is 7d per lb, and margarine is selling at is Id.

Tho public debt of the city of Napier is £340,884 Is 3d.

A caso of suspected infantile paralysis has been admitted to the Napier Hospital from TaradaJe, and is now under the closest observation, M'Gavm's " Huia " alo cannot bo beaten for purity, brilliancy, lightness, and clearness. Suitable for family uso. A superior and refreshing beverage. Stocked by all hotels....

Up till noon on Monday no further cases of diphtheria were reported in Napier. The total to date is 170.

'i lie fishing industry is booming at Waikawa. There are five or six oil launches engaged, and.all appear to be doing well. Mont of the fish is sent by coach to Tokanui, and thence by rail to InvercargilL An examination of applicants for land alio tments at Waimate was to havo been held at Tirna.ru on Monday, but no applicants presented themselves. A good light undoubtedly helps to maka a room cosier. A Veritas mantle gives a light about an near perfection as. possible—■ brillant, yet beautifully soft; ideal for reading, writing, .-jewing.—From plumbers, or A, and T. Burt (Ltd.).... Diphtheria ( is still very prevalent in New Plymouth, and (says the News), unless there is a decline in the epidemic a number of schools will probably bo oloscd next week. An appciU has been lodged against tho decision of Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., in tho case in which a man named Bradshaw was lined £10 for having liquor in his possession for the purposes of sale. It was two .years last Saturday since the disastrous collision in tho Gulf of St Lawrence in which the Canadian-Pacific Companv's liner Empress of Ireland was sunk, 1023 lives being lost. For bronclral eouglis, take Woods' Great PeppTrffint Cure....

The Mataura School, which has been during the past six weeks, owing to an t pidemic of scarlet fever, was re-opened on WV'f]'li ~'S<!!lv week. Under the supervision of the district health officer, the buildings were thoroughly fumigated. An instance of the rapid recovery in pries consequent npon the breaking of th" drought is given in the fact that a South Cnnt r rbury farmer was met in Oamnrn on Mondfv vho. three wfeks ago, wns offered 3s 6:! for his ewes, and on Thursday, he said, he refused 21s for them.

Fnnk R Rlnkelr*. surppon dentist, 174 Pr.nrps street South (ovor Kilroy and S ' 1 i - ' ft ] An accidcnt occurred at Carterton on Sunday morning, which resulted in a boy named Harding, sou of Mr Harding, roadman, of Carterton, being shot. Ine boy was out shooting, and fell over a log, with the result that the gun went off, the charge lodging in his groin. The boy was conveyed to the Masterton Hospital for treatment.

Mr Maurice O'Connor, of Hazelburn, who is well known throughout South Canterbury on account of his great interest in edcation, has just retired from the Hazelburn Sahool Committee. He has been a member of this committee for 23 years, and for the greater part oi that time he has been chairman. During that long period he has been only once absent from a meeting. Waters' 'Pharmacy for Unique Hot-water Bag's at lowest cost...

On Saturday evening a number of fencing posts were laid across the Carterton road, near the VVaingavva bridge, the object evidently being to upset motorists (says the Wairarapa. Daily News). Fortunately the first maciiine to use the road after was a motor cycle with powerful lights. The rider noticed the obstruction, and slowed down just in time. The motor struck the posts, but tiie speed was not sufficient to' cause any damage. A somewhat remarkable pair of tasks are in the possession of Mr Robert Winter, of Wyndham (says the Farmer). They were obtained from an old "Captain Cook" specimen shot by Mr Winter on s Station, at the head of Wyndham Valley. Each tusk forms a complete (overlapping) circle, and the points had necessarily become embedded in the animal's snout, 'ihe length of each tusJc is 15iin, and they aro in flawless condition.

There is no need to suffer from corns. Alter a few applications of Kura Klava, simply bathe the feet in hot water, and out your corns will come by the roote. Is, at Marshall's Pharmacy.... It is not at all uncommon for a person to swear by a dictionary," but never on a dictionary (says tho Hawke's Bay Herald). The latter form of ceremony, however, was solemnly gone through at tho Napier Magistrate's Court last week. An affidavit was required to be sworn. A clerk produced a book similar to a Bihle and placed it in the right hand of the person to be sworn. It was not until the oath had been administered that it was discovered that the "Bible" was a dictionary! The demand for land by returned soldiers in Southland at present is a minus quantity. At tho last meeting of the Southland Land Board, for a block of eight sections in block V, Oteramika Hundred, which were opened for selection under " The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915," there was only one applicant. Tho sections lie on either side of the Seaward Bush railway, and vary in size from 53 to 158 acres.

Coffee! There is no advance in price of t,he favourite " Bourbon" brand. If not stocked by your grocer, send direct to A. IJnrio and Co. 3P. Oetaron. Dunedin....

It, is understood that an extensive Napier property deal involving something in tlio neighbourhood of £15,000 is about to be concluded. The property has a 200 ft frontage to Dickens street, and 66ft to Hastings street. The area is approximately about three-quarters of an acre, and extends from the corner of Dalton and Dickens streets. An examination of the hull of the steamer Squall, wrecked some months ngy off tho East Cape, has been made by Diver Walters, of Auckland. The vessel is in 66ft of water, but tho wool, which comprised the cargo, had all burst wen and had floated away Consequently salvage operations havo been abandoned. The steamer Ruru was chartered by the underwriters for the salvage work.

Warm overcoats for men and boys are necessary this oold weather. We have a good stock of heavy tweed ones, well lined and smartly cut, just the thing to keep you warm and comfortable.—A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel. Captain Chucdey, marine superintendent of tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, was in Waitara on Friday morning. He informed a Waitara man that he had hopes of his company's vessels being able to visit Moturoa in the near future. Ha sees no reason wh\ frozen meat from tho Waitara works should not bo shipped from Moturoa when the port improvements as outlined aro '■ finished. Registration cards received at tho Nelson Defonco Office show that quite a number of recruits have seen service in some of tho well-known Imperial regiments. Occasionally, however, a recruit lays claim to something more distinguishing. Last week, for instance, the enrolling officer turned up a registration card showing that a would-bo soldier, 56 years of age, bad served two years in tho German navy. Ycii will not be disappoirted if ,-ou ask for a whisky and soda at Crossan's Waterloo Hotel, Cavr.^-sham.... Tho now cold storage chambers at tha Finegnnd freezing works will, it is expected, bo opened this week, giving space for an additional 75,000 601b carcases (says the Balcluth.i Free Press). A largely-increascd output at the works will result. Owing to the war the contractors have met with mtmer(..is vexatious delays and diffiuulties, whi -h, however, have all been satisfactorily overconic.

Tho manager of tho Taieri and Peninsula Company informs the Oamaru Mail that the supply of milk to the Awamoko Creamery at the present time is about 50 per cent, above the quantity dealt with at this timo last year. Since the beginning of April tho creamery has been receiving milk on thrco days a week, whereas last year two days sufficed to copo with all that was offering. Strange to say, the supply has bewi increasing steadily during ttio past month, and this is accounted for by the. fart that some of tho cows are now " coming in." There is every indication that the creamery will keep open through the winter months. Waters' Chap Lotion absolutely cures Rough Hands, Is.—Waters' Pharmacy 0n1y... Tho Cluiha Leader states that while Constable Martin was arresting a man at Kaitangnta on Saturday night on charges of drunkenness and using obscene language ho was set upon by two men, wi o knocked tho constable down and temporarily secured tho release of the man under arrest. That tho arm of the law is long and that, it is a very serious offence to interfere with a polico officer in the execution of his duty may bo forcibly impressed on theso two men in tho near future.