OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17092, 25 August 1917, Page 14

OMNIUM GATHERUM

A peculiar case is reported in Masterton, in which a. man has suddenly gone blind. "Itl has been estimated that 550,000 people j go to picture shows every week," said Mr | J. A. Young, in the House of Representatives. , A_ lady of 71 acts as barber to British soldiers in a certain village in Northern France. She is assisted by her daughter and granddaughter. Chick season is here again. Consumers of Otago Egg Circle oggs get no chicks with this brand, except by arrangement.... With the exception of a town in Western Australia, Napier has the narrowest gauge tram-lines in Australasia. A portion of the dead body of an infant was found floating among the rocks near j the mouth of the city outfall sewer at the I 1 -Id pilot station on Wednesday morning, by a woman who lives in the locality (states th'o Wellington Post). Tho Wanganui Chronicle says that pieces of tho recently wrecked lighter .Dorset are r.ow coming Nasjioro on the beach between Castlecliff and Kai Iwi, also many of the quarters of beef with which she was loaded when she foundered. M'Gavin's "'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... It is rumoured (says the Alexandra Herald) that tho Otago Central Foundry, Alexandra, an old engineering and iron foundry company, which has been in existence for many years, will relinquish business at an early date. The wounded soldiers receiving treatment at the Napier Hospital (says the Hawke's Bay Tribune) are rapidly becoming convalescent, and only one of the patients in Ward No. I is now confined to his bed all day. Some remarkable cures have been effected. Say "when?" or you needn't. Simply order. Despatch will be prompt.—Wm Crossan, " Waterloo," Caversham.... Visitors ■ to Wellington complain bitterly of tbo taxi-cab fares in that city. A Christchurch man who wais in Wellington for the week-end says that he was charged 4s 6d on each of two occasions, for the conveyance of himself and two relatives for a distance of barely a quarter of a mfle. A trial smelting of iron sand took place on Friday week at the New Zealand Iron Ore Smelting Company's works at Moturoa in tho presence of the local directors. Tho success hoped for was not attained, but the Taranaki Herald explains, on the authority of Mr Heskefct, that this was due to a mechanical error which can be easily rectified. The best investment one can make at present is in drapery. This especiallv refers to Manchester and household line 6. of which wo hold exceptionally large stocks. Be warned in time, and don't let your Ptook run low.—A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel...

a&£,°? i ar e ikta to te gift b Messrs MNGegor ■ and *?"* at Lichlfld! ana said that the Salvation Armv hoDed soon to have the land in full WOr W At a *° ma * **»'»'<* S.™? lh° position in Christchurch with regard to the price of tea is still °f e naturaUy anxious that the ques- * he ,™P3Bition of the duty of 3d I L S^° uld , ** settled m as possible {states the Press). Some retailers it is understood, have not increased the price by adding the duty, although they have tad fork's. 2a. t tf , S — According to tho annual report of the / Pmorn Department, the value of the prison labour on public work 3 as estimated bv the * nd P"son labour employed on other works and industries, for which To daftZ not obt f ned > was £24,678. ao aate 16,106 acres of trees have hp«r> , tho number of w Kabbiters are still making /rood ciespite the mild winter (obselvli toe Ataf. tTolviT,? 6 Trap P in 8' ceased during fnL. 5 ™ onths . on account of the hard rosts, and since then poison has been laid o? or f eVe T ll3 good results. Good cheques are being made, one . gang of men ( being credited with earning £100 per [ for seven weeks' work. P ' , If you Wish to purchase a headstone ■ theT"&* a at a meeting of tue CJ is borne Sheeplarmers' Frozen ! ?TeT;,n/ le ? W ? an u ° f a , .4- de Lantour) sa ,d the estimated cost of j PL° PoSed mea ' i store was about £lfi 000 : SISVM "» «K 6 2 • ssaisJSiWrarSrar - = .Sift pteiftsstis I"'™°* ® ilron;o Chest Complaints, Woods' , l*reat Peppermint Cure. l s 6d 2s Mr James Hodge, stock iron*' n •" with a painful accident ™ 6 ' mot (states the Mataura Ensign}. Mr r bad completed cleaning the firm's mnhnroar and in order to oil from his hands, washed them in petrol Alter roughly drying his hands, he S a match. Immediately hia han<L W-o ablaze, and by some means his celluloid collar aso caught fire. Severe burns about The New Zealand Times states thai, 1 when a defendant in the Magistrate's ' . was told that the case agaS wS • missed, be was absolutely dumbfounded After turning round onoo or twice he s stepped out of the dock, and, evidently 1 t opinion that he had been bsZ tenced to a term of imprisonment, made direction of the police cells. An instance of red-tapeism has come to oiur knowledge (says tho Oamaru Mail) A candidate who had to go to Dunedin from lapui to bo medically examined cycled into Oamaru on Wednesday evening, so that he would be able to leave for Dunedin by the 7.40 a.m. train. His application for a railway pass waa drawn up as from Windsor, but, notwithstanding that Windsor is only a nag station, and that the pass would, alter all, havo to be issued from Oamaru station, ho had to remain in town all day and apply to tho Defence Office for a nass from Oamaru. * Study jour children's teeth—teach them to use Thymosa Tooth Paste daily. It's the habit that will richly reward you and them in after days Sold in ls tubes at Marshall's Pharmacy, 86 Princes street. Dunedin While returning from Inveroargill to Winton on Monday evening a motoring party T , a nast y accident while rounding s comer, LochieL A mob of cattle waa straying 011 tho road, and before tho driver of tho car oould pull up the motor struck one beast, with the result that tho car was oompletely overturned pinning three of the occupants underneath' Luckily, one of the passengers was thrown clear and uninjured, and he was able to lift the car so as to release the unfortunate victims. One man was severely shaken, and was taken to the doctor on arrival at Winton while another had his face bruised and back iPjurecL . The fragrant aroma and full rich bodv of •Bourbon coffee easily prove that nothing cheap entere into that favourite brand. In Jib and lib 'ins. All grocers....