OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17090, 23 August 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

A Winton hotelkeeper was fined £15 'or a breach of the anti-shouting regulations on Monday. At the Patriotic Shop in Masterton on Saturday a sum of about £500 was obtained in aid of the Aotea Home. One cake alone realised £253 at auction. Since March no fewer than 1000 casks of locally-distilled tar have been sent from Gisborne for street purposes at Hawera.' British whiskies and Allies' wines fot British people. Finest assortments at Wm. Crossan's Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.... A poll of the ratepayers of the borough of Balelutlia will be taken to determine whether a fire board shall be established at Balclutha. The hospital at Kumara will in future be used exclusively as an Old Peopled Home. The patients are being removed to other institutions. A bullet was successfully extracted from the heart of a Russian officer. The surgeon who performed the delicate operation was Professor Gaudier, chief surgeon of the Nice centre. The fragrant aroma and frill rich body of "Bourbon" coffee easily prove that nothing cheap enters into that favourite brand. In Jib ana lib : ins All srrooers.... Mrs Arthur Habard had her right foot amputated on Saturday night at Hastings as the result of being knocked down by a motor cyclist. In three weeks over £60 was received by the_ secretary of the Nelson Education Board in penny subscriptions from children in the schools towards the relief of children who suffered in recent air raids in .London. At a special general meeting of members of the Egmont A. and P. Association it was decided to rescind the resolution passed at the annual meeting discontinuing the show during the war. For Ohronic Chest Complaints, Woods' .Groat Peppermint Cure. Is 6H 2s 6d. The Banks Peninsula dairy factories are now_ holding their annual meetings, and judging by their reports and balance sheets have had a record season, the payments .for butter-fat ranging from Is 7d to Is lOd per lb (states the Lyttelton Times). The additional manufacture of whey butter by some of the factories has considerably helped these good returns, to the suppliers. During last week a name of a female did not appear on the charge sheet of the Wellington Magistrate's Court. The incident is worthy of note, as for the past 16 years a week has not gone by without a female being before the "court for some offence. M'Gavin's J * Huia" ale cannot be beaten for purity, brilliancy lightness, and clear ness. Suitable for family use. A superior and refreshing beverage". Stocked by all hotels.. Speaking at Wanganui on Friday, Mr T. B. Slipper said that it had been stated that there were 15,000 "dodgers" in the First Division. He said that he had been told by a person in- authority whose name he could not divulge that the actual number was 17,000. A "bottle drive," organised by the head master of the Takapuna schools, resulted in over 5000 bottles being colimted in one day. At the present prices, those represent over £18, which will go towards the Trench Comfort Fund. The North Canterbury Sheep Farmers' Co-operative Freezing, Export, and Agency Company has let a contract for the erection of additional cold storage accommodation for 100,000 carcases at Kaiapoi works. The contract is to bo completed by Christmas.

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. Be warned in time, and don't let your stools (' , Cheyn . e a , nd , Co- Mosgipl The butter fat received dunng the past f e . ar ., Masterton Dairy Company • ' loift' r?£ compared with iflitH m 1916. Th® butter made in ' 233 3Sqih Wa %K '? 711 V' a f d in 1915-16 «m3,3591b. The local sales in 1915-16 L26°5401bf t0 96>2101b ' aDd last yoart ° ew Zealand Herald says that the -manufacture of agricultural lime from sea fc ls - ha ® been started by Messrs Arthur Th if n i'. their seed farm, Karaka. TTie shells, which are collected after spring free from E^<C put through a disintegrator, which red"OGS th , em to powder at the rate of eight tons a day. The resulting product is said to be a high grade lime! Waters' Pharmacy removed to lareer Dre"tu' next TJr,rhp *- P rt .° n .v Gounty , Council ' s ''nspeo tor states that the number of motorists who through. Ashburton last week mv a a i tf pi, ® Grand National racing carmval at Christchurch easily constituted a record. Many of the cars "camo from InGrcargill. Proceedings will be taken iff a i° St li % ?"mber of motorists, who, iL l r , - ged ' f ? iled to observe the speed regulations on the Ashburton traffic bridge Evidence of the recent earthquake which d.dl so much damage in the Masterton disDominfon) P u corres P OD dcnt of the t? be seen at Patea Heads. pvlwi- IIS a v rge fissure in the ktoW extending from tho edge of the cliff near the river mouth to the- dip in the rbrf ' Mfted iortvf The ' earthquake c v i le new concrete wall, and water was found to be issuing throu-h the fissure At present the cliff Lit now existe constitutes a grave source of danger x ' to the pubbc using the beach., S I s Pjobably no trouble more distresssuffer 4mn aJ,nfir p " es - To those who suffer. American Pile Cure (sold at ss) b , r "?,? s Permanent relief. Agents- mS shall s Pharmacy, Princes street. Dunedin.... me months ago the Napier public wore very surprised to learn that " damp » entering the Napier Municipal Theatre.'The chief overseer reported that parts of the well under the stage were almost c'ontinuundcr r atcr '- and rott'ng the building Hnt T5 ° suttlng5 uttlng m ventilators and put- ? damp-proof screen is now well in hand. The lower portion of the wooden nl w? u su PV? rt l n Z the stage is to be replaced by a block of concrete, after which W»f° P ® r>u r will be remedied. Waters ChaD Lotion is a sruaranteed euro The Military Service Board tho opinion (savs the Nelson Mail) servisfcs of the First Division on whom were a number of dependents should not be called up before members' of th' e Second Division who had no familv A " before the board where a yonn-r msm°did most of the work on his father's nT *i " hus supported a number of relativ™.' and the apneal was adipurned to he reviewed when the Second Division was called up.