OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17067, 27 July 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

There has boen a substantial decrease la tho number of diahtheria cast* during the past week notified to the district liealth ollico (says the Christohureh Press). i-tio New Zealand Tjtfies says that a carter named Alfred Bradley was lined £5 and 9?st s , or a month's imprisonment, at the Magistrate s Court on Monday on a charge Ti rUel u y '""treating a horse. K« *h *°£ y u f a man was iwmd <» *•» vl onoh , un S a Heads. It is bought to be that of the fisherman E. Wison, believed to have been drowned by tho capsizm S of a launch on June 9 Ihe recognised lirm tor first-class monumental work is Frapwell and Holgato, Princes street. Dunedift. Inspection invited..! We understand (says tho Dunstan Times) that residents of Omakau and Ophir are agitating for the establishment of a telephone exchange at the latter place, and that about a dozen subscribers are promised Owing tea serious shortage of carbide, tho authorities at Havelock, Marlborougk, havo cut off the supply of gas to householders, and greatly restricted street lightmg. M. Fo r r r- the duration of the war, his Majesty too King has commanded that at sll State ceremonials Vioe-regal households shall wear leveo dress, and officers of tho army field servico. dress. Marshall's Teething Powders are safe powders. They are free from opium, mercury, or any other poisonous matter; Is packets, at all grocers and Marshall's Pharmacy, 86 Princes street.... "I am_ satisfied that tho farmer in the future will havo to know a great deal more about the science of agriculture than he has known in tho past. , '—Sir Jamea Wilson at the Farmers' Union Conference en Wednesday. According to the last census figures (1916), the population of the Masterton electoral district was 12,373, against 12,904 in 1911. J/ho population of the Wairarapa electoral district was 13,942, compared with 11,563 in XaXl. - For months past more wet weather has been experienced in tho Auckland district than during any corresponding period within tho memory of the oldest resident Sincethe beginning of the month 7in of rain has fallen. Waters' Chao Lotion is a guaranteed cure tor rough hands; Is and Is 6d. The Fourth Canterbury Medical Board held a sitting at Rangiora on Monday. About 50 men were examined, of whom a fair percentage were passed as fit. A novel way of collecting books, mag*, zines, and papers is in -yogue in. Gisborna Large boxes are placed at various places about town with slots large enough to taJra a magazine or .paper. The boxes bear the I inscription that the papers, eta, are to be sent to the army and navy. Dealing with New Zealand UKfastrics that had been established since the war commenced, Mr S. J. Harbutt stated in Oamaru on Monday that last year a gelatine works I m the south had produced over £50.000 worth of high-class goods. Prior to the war tho gelatine manufacturing trade was practically in the hands of Germany. The best investment one can make at present is in drapery. This especially refers to Manchester and household lines, of which we hold exceptionally large stocks. Bβ warned in time, and don't let your stook I run low.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0.," Mosgiel... I Mr C H. Ensor, Whiterock, Canterbury, has/ arranged to make a valuable shipment of Corriedale sheep to America. It will consist of fivo rams and 10 ewes at prices from 15gs to 50gs. The sheep have been I purchased by a breeder in America, and will j be used principally for show purposes. ! 'Wellington is probably the healthiest oity in the world, yet the death-rate of nine per thousand per year is higher than that of some English cities in which, with a less favourable climate, the rate has been reduced to six per -thousand by improved • drainage and sanitation and obtaining all I the sunlight possible."—Sir Robert Stout, Bpeaking at Brooklyn on Sunday. A crop of Jersey Queen mangolds grown on Mr D. Blackstock's farm on ..the Bobson road, averaged 75 tons to the acre, I which is stated to be a record for the disI trict (says the Stratford Post). The average crop is about 40 tons to the .acre. The fragrant aroma and full rich body of '" Bourbon" coffee easily ; prove that no~ j thing cheap enters into that favourite brand, in jtb and lib iins. all grocers.... Messrs Cardale and Scott, the New Zealand agents for the American Trading Company, have received advices that,lowing to the reports appearing recently in the Sydney press that freights from New York had advanced to 60 dollars, and in some cases 75 dollars per ton, a cablegram was 6ent through inquiring whether this report was correct. Theii New York office has replied that for the steamers now loading the rate is 50 dollars per ton, and that no immediate advance is expected. As a result of the recent visit to Wellington of the Mayor of Thames, Mr H. Lowe, and Mr W. H. Lucas, councillor, who were deputed to interview Ministers with regard to the flood damage, the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald promised A Royal Commission is to be set up to go into the whole matter of flood damage, leakage , from mines, and other matters, with the view of apportioning the responsibility. The Minister (reports the Thames Star) also promised another. £2CO towards the cost ofestablishing" pumps and ejector to- deal with, the mine leakage. ' ; • Waters' Pharmacy removed to larger pre- ' miscs, No 14. next Herbert. Haynes.... An Auckland resident, who has been south on a short holiday, informed a reporter that a sensation- was created at Eltham on Sunday week, as the result of the demolition of the German church by fire. The Auckland citizen was amongst a crowd of followers of Luther, who, standing watching the smouldering' embers, were apparently very grieved at their loss. _ A Barrytown lad (H. J. Langridge), who rides 18 _ miles every Thursday night to attend his drills as a cadet at Runanga, staying at tho latter place over night, rides back to Barrytown on the following morning in time to attend school. He is a member of a well-known patriotic family, three of whom have been called upon to make the supreme sacrifice in this war, and one with the Main Body' has risen to the rank of lieutenant. The lad above referred to is not quite 15. State name, address, occupation, and remit when ordering supplies.—Wm, Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Oaversham.... Following , upon tho recommendation of Mr L. F._ Ayson, the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, it is anticipated that as a result of the hatching operations now being conducted at Simm's Creek, on the northern side of the Wairau, quinnat salmon will soon be seen in the Mo.rlborough Sounds and also- the Pelorus River. The first waters to be stocked with the fish will be the -Wnirau River'

A few days ago a lad of about 14 years climbed into a standing motor oar outside Mr Newton King's Stratford garage (says the Stratford Post). After he had experimented with the levers, the car suddenly leaped forward, and, turning, dashed across the pavement into the garage door, which it shattered. The boy gazed distractedly for a moment at the soene, then mounted a bicycle and rode hurriedly away. The damago to the car, which is owned by the firm, comprises a broken headlight, e%htiy-beat axle, and twisted muda^iard It is stated by the ChristeJiorch Star that the Marine Department's policy of stocking . New Zealand, rivets with qainnat salmon 6oon will be further advanced. Mr L. F. Ayson (Chief Inspector of Fisheries) is in Christchurch, arranging for half a million ova from the State hatchery at Hakataramea, near Oamaru, to bo liberated in tie Hokitika River, in the Kokotaiii, and the Styx, two of its tributaries, and in Lake Kanieri, a fetr miles from Hokitika town. This montii 1,500.000 ova were collected at Hakataramea. Of these, half a million each will be liberated in the Hokitika and ita tributaries, the Wiirau, Marfbcetxagi, and the Molyneux (Otago).