OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16946, 7 March 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Ldunat.on, to bo sound, must bo a preparation for life, and not merely for work, said Mies P. Mycs at the meeting of tho Institute on Friday (says the Wellington Post). • Perennial ryegrass seed was selling in Invo-cargili on Saturday (says tho Southland News) at prices up to 5s 6d per pound, and one of tho firms purchased a largo quantity for North Island requirements. J. no fragrance of good coffee is gratifying and stimulating to the appetite. Coffeelovers can obtain from " Durie's," Octagon, Uunedin not only good coffee, but tho world's best.... At Marton on Friday Mrs Parawihi, tho mother of one- of Gallipoli's heroes, presented Sir James Allen, the Minister of Dew:th a pair of beautifully worked Maori mats (says the Wanganui Chronicle). Arbitration," said Mr O'Shea' (city solicitor) ot the tmal sitting of the Citv Leases Commission on Friday (says tho New Zealand limes), "has all the inconveniences of a law suit without any of its advantages." liic eight schools engaged in tho bottle gathering campaign in Invcrcargill (says tho News) have thus fur gathered 33.257 bottles. i'or purity, brightness, lightness, and clearness. Consistent with "all these," try m ," Crossan's "Waterloo" supplies... Ihe wheat yields around Winchester are, on the whole, very disappointing. Thero are few good returns (savs the Timaru Post). One farmer thrashed 100 acres of wheat, on some of the finest wheat-growing land in the district, for a return of seven bushels per acre. The Victoria League in Auckland has decidcd'"to interest itself in the raising of funds for sending a. " tank " from New Zealand to France This modern weapon is expected to cost about £4350, and / tho share of the Auckland branch is to bo A writ has been issued claiming £2000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution m connection with a recent case at Masterton, in which T. Jones was charged with being the putative fathar of- a child. The case has been set down for hearing at the Masterton Supreme Court this month. . Sheet*- and to\vels are steadily advancing in price. We still hold a large stock at prewar prices, but they won't last long. Heavy unbleached herringbone sheeting. Is, «d. Is 6d .Is 8d .If 10d. 2s yard. Absolutely pure. «V k" 6 ?" 0 an d Co.. Mnsjriel. No sooner does the church come out on bunday afc some places on tho East Coast than a picture show opens," stated a minisn ?* S?l Methodis t Conference (says the Post). The conference unanimously adopted a resolution protesting strongly against Sunday picture shows. Mr D. E. TurnbuH, well known in South Canterbury as a grain merchant at Timaru, has been fitting himself to drive a motor ambulance in London, and expected, when last mail left, to be transferred to France. His eldest son (Richard) is now with tho New Zeaiand Artillery on active service in France. Harvesting operations in (he Waiau and Urepuki districts are now well advanced; most of the cutting has been done, and within a fortnight all should have been led in if the weather had kept, right, but the recent heavy showers would certainly not do any good to what is standing in stook ■says a southern exchange). Nyal's Figsen, the lolly laxative, Is 6d.— Waters Pharmacy 0n1y.... . It h reported that the blight is very bad in the turnip crops in the Ashburton County, while several of the rape crops have also been attacked. In the Lowcliffe district tho turnip crops are so infested that the leaves have completed rotted away, leaving the bare root. - •

The people of Itotofua have for many years been dependent for 'their living almost exclusively on the tourist traffic," remarks the local paper.v "Now that the Thermal bprmgs Act has been lifted, the prospect of agricultural industry has been opened up. Very soon we shall be an important farmintr district." "I fear that we are losing sight of the art of education," said Mr \V. H. L. Foster at inday night's meeting of the Wellington Educational Institute. "The art of education," ho added, "is being swamped by the tneory and science of pedagogics." ' A notable example of patiiotism is that of Mr W. A. Stuciiey, of Levin, who will go into military camp next month for his tnird period of voluntary active service. Mr fctuckey was with the colours as a Now Zealand soldier in the sesond Boer war; he served with the column that conquered the Germans in East Africa early m the present war, and now he goes again to the front with the New Zealand reiniorcements. Waters' Pharmacy. iNew auuruss: i\o. H Princes street (next. Herbert, Havnesj.... If David Thompson M'Gregor had been called up in the tnird balJos he would most probably have had to go to camp. But he was called in the fourth ballot, and was over age. His appeal was allowed by the Third Military Service Boaid at Wellington on Thursday. "Just wins by a short head," remarked the chairman appropriately enough.as the board had just concluded the hearing of a horso trainer's appeal The total areas for thrashing of the various grain and pulso crops in he dominion are stated in the census returns as follow • — Wheat, 329,708 acres; oats, 215,585;. barley, 30,435; maize, 8164; peas and beans, 9359; other crops, 1874. For chaff, hay, or ensilage, the totals are:—Wheat, 6237 acres; oats,. 431,575; barley, 2060; maize, 652. The total area in hops is 741 aores. The first consignment of oil—4o gallons— taken from the' whalo which was stranded on the beach near the mouth of the Rangitata River,' arrived in Ashburton on Saturday, and experts pronounce the oil to be of good quality (says the Ashburton Guardian). Owing to the appliances used for melting being so small, it has taken a longer time than was anticipated, and a large quantity of the oil was lost in the sand.

\ When it comes to having corns every bod v is like the Irishman, who " couldn't bo happy when he was miserable!" Misery is dispelled by Kura Klava, the universal corn euro. Marshall's Pharmacy, at 15....

<: It is better to be born lucky than rich," has _ been lately exemplified by a returned soldier in Christchurch (says the Press). He fought throughout the Boer war, and was not. even wounded. He went right through the Gallipoli campaign without a scratch, and took part " somewhere in France," being wounded just enough to cause his discharge. He returned practically well, and shortly after his arrival home his employer died and left him a nieo little income for a term, of years.