OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16980, 17 April 1917, Page 10

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Owing to tho flood so Jato this season, water melons, usually so plentiful in Tangoio (Hawke's Bay), arc at a premium. This, together with the potato blight, has resulted in a very lean year for the Maori community. Mr Duncan M'Gregor stated in Masterton last week that yeaxs ago there was sufficient wheat grown in the district to keep two flour mills going. "When tho train servieo is cut down by 50 per cent, will the gentleman who re"ceives £30G0 a year accept half his salary in consequence?" was a question put by Mr Piper to tho chairman of a " protest'"'. meeting at Pctono on Thursday evening. If you wish to purchase r, headstone', Thomson and Co., luoray placo (opposite First Church), have the best selection, avd prices to suit a 11.... At the corner or Tuam and Colombo streets on' Friday evening a motor car collided with a trap in which were a man. a woman, and an infant (says the Christehurch Press). The woman and child wero thrown out of. tho vehicle, but escaped injury. Several cases are recorded in New South Wales where calves for the next three years have boon bought on deposits of 10 per cent. This shows confidence that prices will be maintained for some years. Nugget Bay fishing iboats havo been getting good hauls of groper lately (says the Clutha. Freo Press). Ono boat, manned- by two men, is said to have earned £80 last month. "' M'Gayin's "Huia" ale cannot bo beaten for purity, brilliancy, lightness, and clearness. Suitable for family use. A superior and refreshing ' beverage. Stocked by all hole 15... The Wanganui Borough Council has declined a request from the Tramway Union to grant a 10 por cent, increase in Tho council offered id per hour war bonus but this the union refused. A deadlock has now been reached. The receipts on the Wellington tram-ways for Tluirsday week were the largest for any ono day since the electrical svstem of road cars was instituted in Wellington. On tliat day tho actual cash taken (including moneys received for concession tickets from tho various agent) amounted to £1008 19s 2d. r ' Waters' Pharmacy removed to larger premises, Nt.. 11, next, Herbert. Haynes.... Tho contents of two casks of beer were allowed to run away at Forbes,, (writes- tho correspondent of tho Sydney Sun). Later a cow appeared, on the scene and drank deeply. Half an hour later the cow was gloriously drunk, and could not proceed home until next morning. Interest in the municipal election at Bluff is dormant (sayo tho Southland Times). There are no burning quest«ms at issue, even that of lighting tho townicTock having died a natural death, and it is probablo that not sufficient nominations will be mado to fill tho 10 vacancies, let alono create an election.

Constitution maintained by drinking only the best wines, spirits, and hop drinks — Iry Wrn. Crossan's Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.... In connection with the law examination results, it is interesting to note that out of. 35 candidates 18 were either returned soldiers, men in camp, or men who have enlisted or been called up (says the New Zealand Herald). It is also interesting to learn that the highest marks were gamed by candidates who have returned from active service. *,r" Aro you ' n favour of free school books?" Mr J. O. Sharland, a Wellington City Council candidate, was asked at a meeting which Jjo addressed, at Berhampore (says the Post).- " Certainly," he replied emphatically, school books should .be free. I consider that education should be absolutely free ail through." The recognised firm for first-class monumental work •is Frapwell • and Holgate, Princes street, Dunedin. Inspection invited... On one of the farms in the Tangoio district there has been a peculiar lung troublo with tue sheep, quite a number having died (says the. Napier Telegraph). The disease l °°5 n °t scorn •*» uo any of the recognised binds. The bad season and continual wet weather, it is considered, have had a bad effect on some sheep arid their constitutions have been weakened. "Bitter pit is duo to over-pressure-of water in the constitutionally weakened tissue of the cultivated apple,'.' is the conclusion arrived at by Mr D. M'Alpine, as a result of five years' scientific investigation into the causes of and remedy for the disease, on behalf of the Commonwealth and State Governments When it comes to having corns everybody is Jike the Irishman, who " couldn't bo happy when ho was miserable!" Misery ia dispelled by Kura Klava, the universal corn cure. Marshall's Pharmacy, at 15.... '" You'll be a pretty expensive recruit," remarked Captain Walker when tho question of financial assistance required by a man who had recently married a widow with six children was under discussion at the Appeal Board the other day. Under the ne\sjfrregulations an allowance is mado for every child. A flourishing state of affairs was disclosed in the financial statement presented on Thursday night to the Miramar Borough Council (says the Post). There has been a marked activity in tho transfer of properties in the borough. The increase in the tramway receipts and tho large number of buildings that have been erected and are in courso of construction demonstrate a rapid increase in population. For Chronic Chest Compaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6d.... There was some excitement in Koromiko road on Thursday afternoon (says the Wan. gantu Chronicle). It appears a bailiff visited a bouse to remove the furniture, and waa thus engaged when the head of the family arrived on the scene, and an acrimonious discussion was followed by a scuffle. In the end the police were sent for, with tho result that the matter will be ventilated at the Magistrate's Court. Mr James O'Connor, of Appleby (says the Nelson Mail), is recovering from a curious accident which befell him- a month ago. A box of matches slipped down his leg, and as he was grasping tho box the matches took fire, the result being that Mr O'Connor sustained a severe burn. Ho is only now able to get about, and it will be some little time before ho regains the free use of his leg. Everything noiv is being Specialised. Our Specialty i 3 Ladies' Costumes. Good Material, Careful Construction, and a Perfect Fit at Moderate Cost is our motto. See our new season's Worsteds, Serges, and Gaberdines; then entrust us with your order.—A. F. Cheync and Co., Mosgiel.... A resident of Masterton, who is .generally subject to inal-de-mer, has discovered a euro for this distressing trouble. Tho remedy costs nothing. All that the trayeller has to do when he feels sea sickness coming upon him is to take ten or twelve deep breaths, inhaling as much air as possible. The Masterton man has .put this cure to the test, and has fouud it to be absolutely effective. Mixture of colours and tongues seems to be one of the marked features of tho Allied battle fronts. For example, an Aueklander now in Mesopotamia describes the company in which he journeyed by river steamer up the Tigris as consisting of New Zealanders, Australians, Englishmen, Indians of many castes, negroes from Egypt, and Arabs. Tho same writer mentions that he passed Ezra's tomb, and that tho ancient Israelite sleeps under many thousands of tons of masonry. The fragrance ot good coffee is gratifying and stimulating to the appetite. Coffeelovers, can obtain from " Durie's," Octagon, Dunedin, not only good coffee, but tho world's best.... A distressing accident occurred in the Ohauiti district last Monday. Messrs W. Kiddie, W. Edwards, and £. Phillips were out deer shooting, and were going through bush country when the trigger of Mr Edwards's gun got caught in a supplejack, with the result that the gun went off, a soft-nosed bullet entering Mr Kiddie's, forearm and inflicting serious injuries. Mr Kiddio was conveyed to the hospital. Waters' Chap Lotion is a guaranteed cure for rough hands; Is and Is 6d.„. The award in the Wellington biograph operators' dispute has been filed by the Arbitration Court. Minimum wages have been fixed as follow:—Continuous theatres —First operator, £4 10s; second operator, £4; night theatres, £4 per week. Operators with less than a vear's experience may be employed at £3 a week, but such engagement can only bo made once in two years. Hours are fixed at seven per day. or 42 hours per week. Overtime is to be paid at the rate of 4s per hour. A fortnight's holiday is to be given on halfpay each year. The award operates from Monday, and applies to picture theatres within a radius of three miles from the Chief Post Office.