OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17190, 18 December 1917, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

The Auckland Commercial Travellers' Association has set -out to raise £10,000 by a surprise packet day for the Red Cross funds. • , North Canterbury millers have received advico that a shipment of two thousand tons of wheat will arrive in Lyttelton soon (say 3 tho Lyttelton Times). If you wish 10 purchase a headstone, Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite Firs: Church) oave the best selection, and pr'nps to suit all.. The Mayoress of Picton (Mrs Dawkins) has been presented with a silver csadle, to mark the birth of a son dur.ng her husband's term of office as Mayor.

The hay crop this year in the Wairarapa is reported to be the heaviest foi years. The Masterton Patriotic Shop during the past sis months has raised £6829 for patriotic purposes. The total expenditure in connection with the shop was £54. MGavm's "Hum" aie cannot be beaten fo. - purity brilliancy, lightness, and clearness. Suitable for family use. A superior and refreshing beverage. Stocked by all hotels.... i The Central Committee of tho Wairarapa Hospital and Char table Aid Boara recently passed for payment, an account for £397 7s 4d, for the maintenance of infantile paralysis cases in the Wellington Hospita 1 - < No cases of infantile paralyse notified to the health authorities in the Ilawke's Bay district since November 7, so ; that, it would appear that the case men- ■ tioned was merely an isolated one An Orkney Island paper contains an advertisement call ng the quarterly "sitting" of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the County of Orkney, and concludes with tho announcement, " National egg colleotion for the wounded." Marshall's Extract ot Euoalyptas, .strongest and best on the market. Splendid, remedy for colds and rheumatism, internal and external; Is bottles, Marshall's Pharmacy, Dunedin....

Speaking at a meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of' Commerce, Mr J. A., Young, M.P. referred to the Arapuni scheme for the developing of hydro-electric power, and said he had seen the Minister of Public Works, who had assured him that Auckland and Wellington would receive first consideration in' connection with power development. Before tho Second Wellington Military Service Board at Napier,, tho Hon. G. 'W. Russell appealed on behalf of his son, Allan Warren Russell, farmer, Runanga Falls. Appellant said he had three sons in France, and was appealing for the remaining one, who was managing the farm, a position which he had now held for' four years. The appeal was adjourned sine die. \

Thomas's Annual boot boom now on at 2 George street (ocrner Octagon) ajid at South Dunodin 'Nnff spd.... ■, A Leamington contractor, named "William Hogan, had an exciting adventure With a bull at Cambridge recently. He had ridden put to drive 6ome cattle from one paddock to another, and had just opened the gate when the bulL charged the rider* The,,animal gored the horse in the chest, and it fell dead. Mr Hogan sva.' able/to Spring from thp stricken horse and .make good his escapr before the bull could continue hostilities. Mr Hogan's only injury was a bruised leg. .. *w. Little girls always look' smart in white embroidered dresses. _ "We have a full range at these moderate prices:—21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35 inches— 6s 6d, £>3 lid, 7s 6d. 8s 6'd, 9s 6d, 10s 6d; 7s 6d, 8s 6d, 8s 6d, 9s 6d, 10s 6d, 12s 6d; postage 3d extra.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel.... * An interesting case tinder the Licensing Act was heard in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton last week, when » Wellington firm was convicted and r ordered.; to pay costs on a charge of having sold a certain mixture containing 30 per cent, of proof spirit. The traveller for the firm was also convicted, and ordered -to-pay costs on>a charge of having received orders for, the mixture in a no-liceitse district. .The effect of the case is that the mixture cannot now be procured excepting on a medical certificate.

At the end of the year an old-established Christchurch business,, that was probably the best known in the city before the advent' of the automobile, will be closet! down for good. " The Rink Stables," which is' the business referred to, ' flourished for over 40 years,'and rjiany a smart turn-out has stepped out of its doors. The motor has now, apparently definitely discredited the horse, and as J-{r Hayward remarked to 'a Press representative, "The motor ambulancae and the motor-hearses have put th.o finishing touch .on it I" „' ■ ! ' Help the-doctor-by taking prescriptions to J. Waters, chemist (next Herbert, 'Havnes)...

The growth of the dairying industry in the Eiffelton district is becoming more marked each year—not only in the number of suppliers, to the Black Bridge cheese factory and the Ashburton dairy factory, but in the high quality of most - of. the herds (says the Ashburton Guardian). One of the. finest Holstein herds in the county is to bo found in that locality. The value of hieh-arrade cows is strikingly demon-' \ strated by the fact that though are only 15 suppliers to the Black Bridge cheese factory, the daily output is 12'801bcheeses. The season's make is expected to exceed 100-tons. Dry I Christmas and New Year should not be dry. Avoid this calamity.—Wm. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.... \ A narrow escape from drowning occurred ■■ at TuVtapere recently (says the Southland News). "Some of the school children were . playing' by the side of the Waiau .River,; when a boy named Albert Watson, age@ six years, who was reaching for a bunch of flax, fell in'.' He was rescued by a lad named Joe Gorton, who at the risk.'jof hia own life got him cut. Some of the'ohildren, especially Harrys Howarth, withgreat presence of mind and not a little, skill, rendered first aid, pending the arrival of. Sister M'Laren (district nurse), who worked for some hours, as the boy "was in a,verge critical condition.

Everybody enjoys good coffet, and'once its taste is acquired it holds the consumer. The' wise housewife should therefore' orderBourbon," the coffee of. consistently high quality.... A rather serious accident is reported as, having occurred a few days ago (says the Wairarapa Age)- Five soldiers were returning to camp per motor car, and, being late, offered tho, driver an extra half-crown to reach camp in time. Speed was put on, but the steering gear went wrong, and the car dashed irjto a telegraph pole, throwing one of the occupants. The driver was seriously hurt,, one soldier had a leg and arm broken, another two fingers broken;and was badly cut about," two others were much bruised, and the fifth was the only oneto reach camp, and he, too, was hurt.

Help the doctor by taking prescriptions to • J. Waters chemist Inext HerWt.-Havnes). . In Poverty Bay (says the Gisborne Times) , girls acting as drovers, women driving taxis, ooaches,' and wool wagons, and little lassies as telegraph messengers have already been noticed, and the latest usurper of a man a job is a female wool-classer. The lady in question, who is the wife of a local farmer, took lessons in wool classing some time ago, and now. a* her husband-.was unable to procure the services of has gone into the wool-shed to sort the , fleeces. By all accounts she is doing tho ; work well. During the last two or three dry seasons it was impossible for farmers in the-Ash-bnrton County to save hay in payable quantities owing to the stunted growth of grass. . This season there has been an abundance " of feed, and several farmers' eot aside paddocks of grass to be converted .into nay, . _ while others elected to savo the grass-seed for thrashing or stripping. *