OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17120, 27 September 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Tho Board of Trade is considering the Auckland oonditions of the meat trade in. view or a probability of an early increase in tko rcl.a-il prices of moat. A good deal of mild sioknese, with a tendency to sore throat, is in evidence of late in tho Wyndham and Edendalo districts. moct ' n ff °f returned soldiers held at Wellington on Saturday (says tho Nov/ Zealand limes) decided to form a cricket club, in ere ivill bo a senior and- a junior team, which will .include several representatives of various districts. M'Gavin's " Huia" alo cannot be beaten f°-' Punty. brilliancy, lightness, and clearness. Suitable for family use. A superior and refreshing beverage. Stocked by all hotels.... Tho Christchuroh Press states that James Stafford, 70 years of age, employed by Mr T. Richards, fawner, Rakaia, while engaged unloading chaff on. his employer's farm on Monday, fell from the dray and broke his neck. A magisterial inquiry under the Shipping* and Seamen Act \vill bo held in liavelock shortly in connection with tho death by drowning of Andrew Hanson, nvho was alleged to have fallen off a launch at Kito Bay, Pelorus Sound, on August 7. The Wellington Military Service Medical Board, which is now conducting examinations in Napier, between September 13 and iSeptembor 21 examined 436 men, of whom 30,05 per cent, were passed for active ser- - vice. Heart troabl.es have been responsible for most of the rejections. Wafers' Pharmacy removed to larger premises, No. 14, next Herbert, Haynes.... An ingenious method of overcoming a difficulty was adopted: on the troop train from Auckland with the Thirty-fourth Reinforcements. Before leaving, the men were supplied with bags of pies, and when the time came to dispose of them they lit the gas in the carriages and put tho pies inside tho globes to warm them up. The Lady Islington Challenge Cup, 19161917, which is awarded to tho cadet company which, having 75 per cent, of its strength fully exercised, has made tho_ best company average throughout the. dominion,; has been awarded to No. 12 Company, Blenheim, with an average of 67.3. Tho firing was carried out —Nos. 1 to 6 (inclusive), with .22; Nos. 7 and 8, with .303. Strength of company, 50; fully exercised, 46. For Chronio Chest Complaints, Woods' Gfeat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 23 6d.... _ Tho dairying season ' has opened exceptionally well in the Rongotea. district so far as tho milk supply is concerned. The output at the factory for August was a record for the first month of the season, beating the previous record by over four tons of butter. Tho factory is paying Is 6d net to the suppliers for August butter-fat. A serioue accident occurred to Miss O. C. Chambers ,of Spievdon, on Saturday (says the Christchurch Press). Mies Chambers, who is 16 years of a,ge, was shooting sparrows with a.shotgun, and- accidentally discharged the weapon, the load penetrating her log, which was badly shattered. She was taken to the hospital, and it waa found necessary to amputate the limb. Bourbon Coffee 1 Tho quality of this favourite brand is still being kept up to the mark. Coffee lovers who do not use Bourbon are missing a treat... The congregation at St. Andrew's (Angli--1 'can) Church, Pukekohe, on Sunday, 16th 1 inst, had an unique experience (says the j Auckland Star). The service .was only , about halfway through when, owing to a , shortage of carbide, tho acetylene gas supply gave out, and the church was left , in darkness. Tho service was abandoned. Mr W. A. Veitcb, M.P. _ (says a Wa- ) nganui exchange), has been in communica- . lion with the Minister of Defence, en- ; deavouring to secure for Wanganui one ' > of the machine guns captured on the occasion of the award of tho Victoria Cross to ; Corporal Andrew ajid has received a reply 5 that a cable has been despatched to Head-. quarters, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, London, Inquiring whether the request can possibly be met. _ " t ' In ordering household supplies the question of quality can be safely left to the specialist—Wm. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.... Anxiety has been caused in some quarters, states a correspondent ("X. Y."), in the Evening Post:, owing to a report freely circulated that " several hundred, tons of soldiei-s' parcels are/ held up in Wellington, on account of tho shortage of shipping." The letter was referred to tho postal offit cials in Wellington, and their reply is to . the effect that at present the accumulation is not unusual, the quantity of am despatched parcels being about the same as at this time, last year. ' The residents of Rakaia 4.re beginning to 1 suffer the inconveniences arising out of tha ■ war in connection with their domestic sup- > plies. The hairdresser and tha photo--1 graphei - have gone to the war, the boot--1 maker is farming, one butehex is now a ' firewood merchant, and the other vendor of 1 beef closes his _ butchering business this " week. The position created will be a very ' awkward one for Rakaia householders, as i ; the only means of supply will 'be by rail J from some other township. Spring cleaners still have an opportunity ' of securing several lines at pre-war _ prices. ! Hearthrugs, curtains, and bed quilts are 1 always required for this important operation. Our assortment is good and value ; right. See them.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., , Moegiel.... ... , ' Information has been received (says the ' New Zealand Herald) of the drowning at ; eea, on August 23, of a member of a large steamer known in Auckland waters. The man —a scullion, —who was entered on the . ship's articles as John Flynn—though his j real name is said to be Smith—and whose , address was given as Shortland street, .. Auokland, by some means fell into tho water. On the alarm being l given by a 1 steward tho ship was stopped and a boat . lowered. The vicinity was searched for [ over half an hour, but no sign of the man could be seen. Waters' Cfiap Lotion is a guaranteed core . for rough hands; Is and Is 6d ... A somewhat -.unusual case was presented amongst the several probate matters sub- ' mitfced to Mr Justice Hosking at the recent local session of tho Supreme Court (states tho Poverty Bay Herald). A Gifiborne soi- • dier, who wae killed in action in France, i signed a will prior to his departure, leavrog a section of land to his sister. Amongst ; tlic belongings of tho deceased soldier that - were returned to Zealand was his soldier's book containing a ehorfc form of ' -prill which he filled up on the transport, bequeathing certain personal property to his i sister. His Honor .granted probate m respect of both documents, tho circumstances necessitating the latter will being 1 incorporated with the first. _ # Baby can't be happy if he's miserable— and if he's miserable and cross give him one Marshall's Teething Powder, and note the change! His sunny smiles will radiate thankfulness. Get a packet at Marshall's; Pharmacy, Princes street.... 1 Thoro ie a model little choir at Lyttelton Gaol, judging from remarks made by Mr 1 Robert Semple at a labour gathering in r tlio King's Theatre on Sunday. The choir ' is composed of a quartet of " choir boys," > whoso total sentences in gaol amount to j 75 years. To hear these little angels of harmony singing on the " Wc Will ' Cling to the Cross" or "When We Meet , on the Beautiful, Beautifut Jordan" wa» 1 something to remember, saijl Semple.