OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16889, 29 December 1916, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Mr A. Jarnicsion, of Nowlands, Ashburton County, has threshed a. paddock of 70 acres of oats which returned 40 buehels per

A charge of cattle stealing will be investigated in the InvorcsargUl Police Canrti shortly (says tho Southland Times). If you value your complexion, use Watertf yi-Oatfca, Is 6d.—Waters' Pharmacy 0n1y... A not profit of £1410 15s is the result of tho season's State oyster-pioking operatione. Auckland takes tho largest supply—7loo sacks.

Private, n/lvioe states that Sir James Carroll intends to spond some months in South Africa on his way back to New Zealand, for tlio [Riri>ose of inquiring into tho condition of tlio natives.

Bathing Caps, from ]s, at Waters' Pharmacy, 5 Princes street. .. Trade in Wellington city during the Christmas season is reported to have been very good from the point of view of the retailer. Samo shopkeepers experienced record sales in spite of the war. At tho Ash burton Trotting Club's meeting several riders and drivers were fined for being lato in going on to the track, whilo failure to appear in the right colours resulted in more finea being inflicted.

Supplies for New Year holidays still available, i'or whiskya try Begg's; wince, alee, stouts. —Wm. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversharn....

Sergeant-major Preston, who while on leave at Mcthven on Friday evening fell from tho upper storey of a building (saya tho Lyttclton Times), had not regained consciousness .at the Ashkrarton Hospital on Tuesday, and his condition is very low. At a clearing sale in the Shaftebury d»trict last week a dairy herd of 38 Jersey cows and heifers averaged £18 9s 6d. The highest price was £24 13s 6d. Bourbon Colfee! The ideal breakfast drink. The full body and rich nutty flavour of " Bourbon " make an undeniable appeal to all lover 3of the natural morning beverage....

A party of anglers bad a night with the eels last week near Kelso (says the Tapanui Courier), and succeeded in taking between 40 and 50 out of tho river. Similar raids would help to clear the river, as they can bo easily caught whilst the streams are low and clear.

A Nelson resident returned from Blenheim informs the Colonist that the grain crops in that district will yield heavily, though in tho Seddon district the Caterpillar is causing some damago to the barley crops. Labour is scarce, and Is 6d per hour ia being offered for harvesters. A house owned and occupied by Mr Patrick Cavanagh, dairyman, at Kaiwarra, was on Monday morning totally destroyed by firo (says the Dominion). Mr Cavanagh and his family having a narr6w escape from burning. Nothing was saved from the promises.

Some people have piles and don't know it, this irritating trouble beiner but in its initial stages. American Pile Cure (sold at 5s at Marshall's Pharmacy) will effect a permanent cure....

On opening a turbot which arrived in a consignment of fish from the Waiaa, Mr A. Pasco found five young flounders from three to four inches long (says the Southland Times). This is the first occasion in a long experionco that ho has found evidence of the turbot preying on its kind. Taxi-car driving is evidently a lucrative employment in the Wairarapa. A taxicar proprietor told the Military Service Board at its sittings in Masterton that hie takings averaged between £10 and £17 per week, and that his profits, over and above expenses and depreciation, were about £8 per week. . / Best brands of all liqnoxs for Christmas consumption despatched town and country. Wm. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham By tho Tainui, which arrived at Auckland last week from London, crnio four heifers and a bull, all of tho wellknown shorthorn breed. They are from lI.M. tho King's famous stud farm at Windsor and aro consigned to. the Hon. Dr M'Nab and to Mr J. C. N. Grigg. The Lake County Press reports that Mr (J. S. Edie, of Glencoo Station, suffered a serious loss last week. Ilia shepherds were bringing in- a mob of 6000 sheep, and at a gate near Billy Creek & "jamb" occurred, with tho result taht 94 wethera were smothered. Mr Edie estimates his loss at £125. M'Gayin's " Huia " ale cannot be beaten for purity, brilliancy, lightness, and clearness. Suitable for family use; A superior and refreshing beverage. Stocked by all hotels....

Mr Stujtt, a well known Victorian airman, expects his new machine, which was ordered from England somo time ago, to arrive at Sydney after Christmas (states the Melbourne Age). . He intends flying to Melbourne. He anticipates covering the distance in four and a-half hours. His intention is to have lunch in Sydney and dinner in Melbourne.

As a reflex of the pleiitilude of money arking from war prices ruling for prodnoe, Inverc&rgill shopkeepers found business ex'•"pfio'mliy bri;k during Christmas. More than one declared that he had never known money to bs so plentiful, and several records in turn-over were recorded (says the Sauth--1 i-nrl Daily News).

Your satisfaction will be very ranch greater if you purchase your holiday suit now, instead of -waiting- until the day befure it is required. Our suits for men, youths, and boys are beautifully cut and finished. A call of inspection will convince you.—A. F. Cheyne ami Co.. Mosgiel.... A fine patriotic record is that of the sons of the Rev. G. M. Davis, of Hampden. Eiio, who left with the Sixth Beinforcements, has been inhospital recovering from wounds since September 25. Bernard will leave with the Twenty-second Keinforcements, and another is in Franoe. Groyn has offered himself, but has been rejected through a lifelong ailment (says the Oamaru Mail;. If you wish to purchase a headstone, Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church), have the best selection, and prices to suit all— On November 23 Mr Rouch, a member of the Loyal Australia Felix Lodge, M.U., died at Burney (Victoria). He had been on the sick funds of the lodge for over 37 years, and received £979 6s 8d in sick pay, in .addition ho roceived £10 funeral money on the death of his wife, and his family will now receive £20 funeral money, making a total of £1009 6s Bd. This (says the Age) should be an inducement to young men to join a friendly society. Evidence of the potentialities of the Gore district is afforded by several lambs which were grown by Mr Andrew Aitken. The lambs were slaughtered at the abattoirs, and the average dressed weight was 541b. They were of the fine wool type and were anions the exhibits at the Gore Show in the fat classes, but were rejected by the judge for being too heavy. A Boom in Boots: l'homas's (the Boot Boomer) Annual Boom now on, at the Octagon and South Dunedin.... Driving cattle is not apparently such an easy task as may be imagined, or at least it has its dangers (says the Bay of Plenty Times). A well-known resident of lopcrolt, when" trying to head off a cow a few evenings a«o, made a rush under a tree and found to his dismay that he had run his head into a swarm of bees. Some 12 stmgs had to be removed from his neck, and he is having a painful time. , . , Mr Alexander Murdoch, formerly of the Svdney detective force, died suddenly last week He came to Sydney from bcoUaud in ISB4, and during his career had some experiences with dangerous criminals, and was shot at live times. He assisted at thearrest of the Auburn murderers, Grand and Jones and was one of the detectives chosen to escort the present King during his visit to \ustralia. Mr Murdoch had narrow escapes through being blown up in a gas explosion and through being bitten by a snake', and in 1911 was so seriously injured in a bicycle accident in the city that he had to retiTO from the force. He was 55 years Commenting on a statement at the sitting of tho Military Service Board at Ashburton on Thursday that there was plenty of labour available if farmers paid the wages (states the Ashburton correspondent of the Lvttelton Times), a farmer in the Ashburton County said that he had been applyinf for men for some time to man his threshing machine at Is 9d per hour. Up to the present only tho driver had been procured, n> further statrd that it was almost certain that owing to tho ehortago of labour each farmer would have to find the men for his awn thrashing.