OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17065, 25 July 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

• are now to be seen m the fields m dmerent parts of South Canterbury. A resolution in favour of the closing of hotel bars at 6 p. in. has been passed by a ■ u Alaster Grocers' Association. A welcome attempt to reduce the price of meat m Napier was to be made on Saturday (says the 6peoial correspondent of tho JJormnion), when a shop intended to sell lump and mutton released from the freeM? at freezing rates. Waters Chap Lotion is a guaranteed can a f°V£ h , hands : Is and Is 6d... At Featherston Camp : a private in F Company, 29th Reinforcements, found guilty by court-martial of " offering violence to his superior officer," has been sentenced to undergo 14 days' detention. Ladv Jellicoe, speaking at Southampton, said she believed there were quite eight towns _in England which claimed Shakesoeares birth, and quite eight places had written to ask her where her husband was born She had always given the answer that his mother informed her that it was at Southampton. Objections to boy officers over mature men were voiced at the Second Division Conference in Friday night. A motion uiat second Division soldiers should be in charge of officers of their own division or single men of not less than 30 years was relerred to the executive. The best investm«nt one can make at ™5 s dr apery. This especially refers Manchester and household linee, of which we hold exceptionally large stocks. Be run ln inl m A I r e, /-<l nd dOD t lct y ° Ur St ° ok run low.—A. 1. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel... A shaft from Saturdays Military Service Board sitting (states the Southland Times) s Counsel: How far apart are your farms?" 5 Thirty-eight miles." Counsel: a* r ?, ad l *» fu rther by rail? Appellant: "Yes."' The Chad/ man: But it will be quicker for you to travel by train is it wot?" Captain Bartett (resignedly): " Couldn't be quicker by train down hero, sir." ihe effect of the exceptionally mild season is particularly noticeable in the abundant supply of grass in the Ashburton disJE -ii a Tinwald resident states that the willows on his farm now coming into

, ' -Iwke s Bay Education Board has decided to institute Montcssori classes, the inspector has been instructed to recommend one or more teachers. The board aas aso agreed to the National Efficiency JtJoard s proposal to use schoolboy labour during the holidays, and will take steps to ascertain the number available. ••n e / ra 2 r , an t aroma and full rich body of Bourbon coffee easily prove that nothing cheap enters into that favourite brand, in &ib ana lib 'ins. Ail grocers.... A steamer that arrived in New Zealand recently had on board three pedigree Hereford buljs, consigned to different owners in the Wellington provincial district, „ including Mr Ernest Short. The prices paid knn the animals in England are said to be 000 guineas, 3GO guineas, and 260 guineas respectively. B i here has been a considerable reduction during the past few days in the number 01 cases of diphtheria in the Auckland city and suburbs (says the New Zealand Herald). J!ewer-cases oi the disease are occurring m country districts. Since the beginning of J iijy two deaths have taken place. According to the Press, ud to the p«v -"t vveil over a thousand men have been asked to produce their enrolment certificates by the Cnnstchurch polioe, but : so far not one man has been unearthed who had not duly fulfilled the regulations. ' Of course not every man accosted had his certificate in his pocket, but they were all forthcoming when tne police made turtner ■ investigations. In many cases the certificates had been left at home. Waters Pharmacy removed to larger prem, At S iu i nes t Herbert. Hnvni's. \ At the close of a lecture at Wellington on ljieatenaut-coioiiei Uumiuiiig told a few stories, one of which was particularly good. While on his way back to New Zealand he was at Washington, and while travelling in the train some Americans were talking about the war, and one of them said: "Say, 1 guess when the L nited gets into this war Hell will be quickly filled with Germans." ' ui - nc _ L, was given at a sitting of the u » a r ry A Pi >eal koard on Wednesday (states the W angauui Chronicle that a farm of 4000 acres tii the lurak:na Valley was carrying iO.OOO sheep and 500 cows. The Chairman iMr D. 'G. A. Cooper, S.M.) remarked that it must bf good country, and in reply apslants counsel, Mr J. M. Hussey, said it was regarded as the best sheep country in the dom:nion. A kit bag and towel were produced in the Uouac on ihuisday as the mute evidence of what Mr Wilford character.sed as "an absolutely contemptible, case." He quotedthe statement oi a private in the 23rd Kc-inforcements, discharged from' camp as unfit for service through slipping upon a bayonet and sustaining a serious wound. He was granted £1 a week pension,, but when ho came to draw £2 5s as pay diie to him, 6d was deducted for the Jot bag because liis name was pencilled on it, lod for the towel, and £1 for the only pair of boots he had in the world. The Minister m ueiaiCc promised to inake inquiries. To people m the country Odonuilgicon is a boon. It temporarily stops the teeth, covering exposed nervts, and immediately stops pain. Costs ls\at Marshall's Pharmacy, Pr.nces street, Dunedm... i J- lle i\ lzdrn of Hyderabad, who has given £100, COO lor the prosecution of the war on U-boats, is the premier ruling chief of b'ritish India and one ol the lirst halfdozen Mohammedan rulers in tne world, iiis rank indeed oomDares favourably . vyith : t of some of the Princedoms of Europe, and kings may envy him his income—computeu cu -iuuac live millions stitji'iing. Among the Nizam's treasures is the famous y Nizam" diamond, the most superb stone in Asia. Judging.by remarks made at the meeting of "the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday night (says the Press) i.>j»aiii<j oi ihe Curistciiurch Patriotio Apple Show and the National Apple Show, •n Uunedin, has greatly stimulated the consumption of f ruit in these two cities. Men in the business state that there is -a marked increase in the demand for fruit of all kinds, particularly appks. which is expected to get keener still as the public become aware 'i tiie benefit to be arrived from the consumption of good fruit. For Chron.c Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. 2s 6d.... A tragedy presenting some sad features has been reported to the police (states the Wellington Post). On Friday morning Ellen Whitcombe Burke, wife of Charles William Burke, left ner home in Newtown, and was not seen again alive. A search was made, and tho dead body of the woman was found washed up near Miramar whart * on Saturday The deceased had been suffering from insomnia, and came from tho \\ aii\irapa a short, time ago to obtain medical adv.ee. Kumara, famous in the golden days of the West Coast, and renowned as the political birthplace of the late Hon. R. J. Seddon, has evidently fallen on evil days. With the dccline of its gold-mining operations, and a dwindling population; one after another of its institutions have closed down. During the last few weeks its hospital has ten Closed, the post officc has ceased night deliveries of mail, its Mayor (Mr Murdoch) has left and taken up his residence in Hokitika, and two of its principal hotels have finally closed their doors. Whiskies of the best brands only should be drunk. It is thus you get value.—Wm. Crossaii, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham Restrictions on the export from Great Britain of rape and turnip seed have been nnposed_ by the Home Government, and tho position thus created in New Zealand has been considered by the Board of Agriculture. It was decided that, in order to obviate as far as possible any difficulty in procuring supplies for the dominion's requirements, representations be ' made to the Minister of Agriculture to communicate with the High Commissioner in London, requesting him to endeavour to obtain 'tho necessary exportation permits. Mr Maurice Rowntree, a member of the Society of Friends and lecturer at Swarthniore Settlement, Leeds, who was recentlyhanded over bj; the Scarborough Magistrates to the military as- an absentee, has been sentenced by court-martial at Ripon to two years' hard labour for refusing to obey military orders. Mr Rowntree, who is the only son_ of the late Mr Joshua Rowntree, an ex-Liberal M.P. for Scarborough, refused to take up other-work than that of lecturer at Settlement, Leeds. His objections are on conscientious grounds." When your throat is affected by damp weather, take NAZOL on sugar or through a Nazol Inhaler. That will remove htiskiness and prevent serious trouble. Sixty doses Is 6d. Bank notes cost a trifle less than a halfpenny apiece. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS will keep the system free from the causes of kidney