OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17039, 25 June 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

A resolution in favour of 6 o'clock closing was carried with, only one dissentient at the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association at Palmerston on Wednesday (says the New Zealand Times). The Wellington Post states that it was

mentioned during the proceedings of the Military Service Board on Thursday that three Norwegian firemen had to he sent away oh a steamer because no Britishers _. were available. .

Gore and surrounding districts have under consideration the erection of a soldiers' memorial. A conference of the different patriotic society branches in to be held shortly. Waters' Chap Lotion is a guaranteed cure for rough hands: Is and Is <3d._. The wages and salaries of the whole of the staff ol the llasterton Borough are boing increased by 10 per. cent., which means an extra charge of about £1030 per year upon the ratepayers. A married woman who was fined £id in Sydney on a charge of stealing articles of the totai value of As 6d had in her possession when arrested 20s in silver and books showing bahk deposits of £80 and £30. A pathetic Ggure at a solemn requiem mass iit Wellington on Wednesday was Ohaplain-cantaiu Dore, who was seriously wounded while on active service on Gallipoli. He was eo severely injured about the spine that he is scarcely able to get about w.th the aid of two sticks (states the New Zealand Times). leeth;ng tinit. is generally a time when baby js crass and sleepless. Use Marshall's Teething Powders—they give natural rest and sleep. Iβ packets, all grocers and at -Marshall's Pharmacy.... The estate of James J. Hill (the "railroad king") was valued at 51,179,889.58d01, according to appraiser's' estimate filed at St Paul, Minnesota, in the Probate Court on April 25. It will be subject to an inheritance tax of 1,489,370d01. A returned Native soldier named Joe Governor met with a painful accident at Te Ore Ore, Mastertpn, on Tuesday. Hβ went out with the object of shooting rabbits, when be slipped and fell. The' gun discharged, "and the contents shattered hia arm. He was admitted to the hospital. " It is quite wrong to make a boy who is left-handed write right-handed, as there is a danger of the practice making him a stammerer. Statistics could be produced to prove this statement," said Mr C. T. Aschman? head master of the Normal School, on Thursday evening (says the Lyttelton Times), when speaking on education reform. Waters' l J hartnaey removed to larger premises, Nu. 14, next Herbert. Haynea... Rabbit poisoning is now being carried out extensively all over the Ashburton County, and is being attended with satisfactory results. A Valetta farmer states that- the rabbits have taken, the poison well, and he is of the. opinion that there are now fewer rabbits in the district than there were 15 years ago.

" You take it from me that numbers count in a deputation to Parliament." said Mr .P. Nathan at the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association at Paimerston North'."" " You send five or six in a deputation, and they give you an evasive answer. Send a few hundred, and you will find the reply very different." A serious accident befell a well-known resident of Matangi (Mr'G. Glen) recently. He was assisting in the Road Board pit, Hocke road, when, without warning, the face came down, almost burying the unfortunate man. When he was dug out it was found that his- hip was dislocated and one leg broken, , ' It keeps the cold out, but legal order imperative. Best house for suppues.—Wm, Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caver sham.... An Auckland man received an innocentlooking letter the other day, and on opening it he found six snowy-white feathers reposing inside. It is •a ' pity (says the Auckland Star) that the " white feather fraternity" do not look before they leap, as the man in question recently lost two brothers at the front, and he himself is a member of the Second Division, being a married man with one child.

With regard to the existing scale of maintenance allowances for wives and children, a speaker at Thursday njght's meeting of the Second Division League somewhat sarcastically remarked (says the Southland Times) that, after the wife had paid her rent, firing, lighting, food, clothing, and other small accounts out of her weekly 38s 6d the Government should invite her to dow, with the balance, an institution for embroidering monograms on the , handkerchiefs of Kaffir boys. The stimulating and aromatic properties in coffee are only brought out by an expert._ The grind—fine, but not lioury—ia also important. These points are typified in .• •" Bouroon Coffee."... i Forty-five- temporary hands have been taken on by the Live Stock Division since the beginning of the war, in connection with the meat works inspection, according- ' to a statement made by Mr F. S. Pope before the Military Service Board at Wellington on Wednesday. Mr Pope added that ■ the training o{ the men took some time. Seven had left—all of them returned soldiers. Six had gone on the land, and the seventh had re-enlisted.

Tho South Canterknity Chamber of Commerce has decided to' ask the Minister of Defence tor a definite statement as to when the first section of the Second Division is likely to be called up; also, that Second Division men shall be medically examined as soon as possible, and thus enable employees and employers to know just how they' stand. One hundred and hity ladies' warm coats, bought special discount of 33 1-3 per cent. Mewest goods, latest styles. If you can't call, write—39s 6d, 49s 6d, 59s 6d. Worth, onetnird more.—A. i\ Cheyne and C 0.... The following significant paragraph from an English newspaper just to hand should bo ot interest, as showing preparations being ' by. the Imperial Government for the future:—"The chairman of the West Riding Agricultural Committee, reporting on the deputation to the Premier, said that Mr Lloyd George was emphatic- that in tho harvest of 1918-19 every effort must be mode to grow sufficient corn in tho country to remove entirely the fear of starvation."

The brayless mulo is one of the soientino developments of the wax. Large numbers of muies have been imported from America for use at tho front, but their habit of braying at inconvenient moments had to bo remedied before they could be used to the best advantage. ihe veterinary experts (says an American exchange) werW called in, and after a little experiment- they discovered that a slight operation on the nostril had the 'desired effect,, and all the mules sent to the front are now made mute ■by this process, * ' i< or Curohio Chest Compamts, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.. 2s bd.... The Tapanui branch train service has been very unsatisfactory for. some time, and the engine used is unfit for the task (states tho 'lapanui Courier). One day the train left Waipahi 20 minutes lato, with tho magistrate and lawyers aboard for the local court. An hour late was the record ato Tapanui, and with buyerr for Heriot sale tho train pulled in 70 minutes behind time— just as the last pen of stock was being sold. The train, not unduly loaded, had to stop threo times to get mp steam on the 20-mile run. • .

A story of a most despicable theft cornea

from Spreydon, a subunb of Ohristchurch. An old lady, who has threo sons at the front (one a prisoner of war in Germany), had, out of file allowances loft by her eons, saved up a sum of £39, which she kept in a box in her -room, having an oldfashioned prejudice against .ranks and safe deposits. On May 18 this money was stolen. By Juno 18 she managed to save another £13, and, failing to benefit by experience, kept the money in the house, and the mean thief, evidently aware of the date on which sho drew the money, again purloined -the lot. The matter has been placed in. &e hands of, the police. '