OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17239, 15 February 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Tho price of bread in Mastcrton will be inereiiseo 1 next week. Thirteen aa'es of tii.vnip.s nuar tho Wailacetovvn saleyards wore sold for £7 lOs per Tnero aro now 35,000 cases of elifcse iu store at Biuii', and the stoics \riii vejry shortly be fuli up. " Nyal'a J>oath to Flies" quickly clears that pest; ud.—Bole iigunt, VVaturs , Pharmacy.... So far £3454- has been donated towards the cost of the erection of _ soldiers' ward at the Napier Hospital. It is desirod to raise £4400. One of tho cffVcU of the war was to tx» noted in the l'ctosie boroufjn engineer's roport by the fact uiat uo uuiiding permits liad been issued during the inonlii. .Six o clock clooiny and a reduction in til , .; drinking of spirituous liquors do not appp.ar to be eyoonymous, as trio Kar&inu's cargo, lauded on Friday, consisted mainly of whisky and confectionery (says the Westport .News). I'iiki.iUM district wounded soldiers are given a cheque for £10 by tho Patriotic boeiety upon their return and also assisted on tho land or in J&ach soldier who returns to Hed-don Bush (Southland) receives £10 from the residents. Marshall's Extrati oi Eucalyptus, strongest and best on tho market. Splendid remedy for colds and rhoumutiatn, internal and external; Is bottles, Marshall's Pharmacy, Dunodin.... A wedding took place at Waverley last week in wiiich considerable interest was taken, when a widow with a. family of eight children was married to a returned soldier. " Wo expect to harvest ourselves more than sufficient to supply the needs of Australasia," is the repiy to a cablegram made by the Australian iialt Company to Mr S. Turner, Wellington, inquiring as to tho prospects of Australia meeting tho salt scarcity in Now Zealand. Tho Coaklale Ooal Company has .been floated with a capital of £15,000 tsays the Western Star). It has acquired mineral rights OYcr portion of Mr James Ritchie's property at Nightcaps, and has already commenced operations. Tho company has an aasurod market in Canterbury for 60,000 tons of coal per annum. Aahbujton fanners stato that the dry weather is causing the rape crops to wither off, and it lias been found necessary in many instances to turn tho sheep on these Golds in order to utiliso the feed available.

<Jonno.s.:euns know mat " Bourbon" Coffee is the best on tiio New Zealand market. It is produced by specialists in coffee.—A. Dnrio and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin....

The Mastcrton A. Vnd P. Association has appointed two delegates to attend a conference at Wellington on .February 27 to discuss the incidence of the amusement tax. The association has decided not to pass the tax on to the public at the coining show.

Throughout the New Zealand Division in France a movement has been started called the "Brotherhood of Men of Goodwill" (says the Sydney Sun). Its chief ftotk is to keep the minds of the men occupied in social, religious, and other subjects. Should any members of tho brotherhood be sent to hospital thero is a visiting delegate to see them and cheer them up. At a meeting of tho Cawthron Institute Trustees notice was given of a motion tor tho appointment of two bacteriologists in tho meantime, before a director is appointed. The ealary suggested in tho motion ia £500 a year and travelling expenses each, tho engagement to be for e> term of two years. Waterloo Botal every time! Proprietor is Wm. Crossan. He ie widely and well known as tho leading man in his line.... Along tho Manawatu line the country shows arnnle evidence of the present spell of dry weather (says the Standard). Pastures "which were a fresh green colour a while ago have now turned brown, and present a stale appearance. Farmers anticr pate a dry autumn. A meeting was held at Taupp recently to consider a proposition to establish a soldiers' hospital there. Communications on the subject were received from the Hon. G. W. Russell and Surgeon-general Hendcrsqn, and a committeo was appointed to do everything possible to further the pro]°The lonely life in a lighthouse is one which anpeals to few men. An official of tho Marine Department told the Military Service Board on Tuesday (states the Wellington Post) that tho most strenuous efforts to get men over the military age to attend to the lights had proved unavail ing; they would not leave homo. In one instance k returned soldier was appointed te a position, but after eight weeks had sent in his resignation. . . Nyal's Face Cream, the great skin tome. Sole agent, J. Waters, chemist.... _ Tho Oamaru Auctioneers' Association, m an endeavour to assist tho funds of tho Red Cross Society, is making arrangement;: for a sheep drivo throughout Waitaki County (states the North Otago Times). A Urewara Native woman, on visiting tea rooms for refreshments the other day, noticed her imago in a full-sized mirror, and straightway went up to shake hands and rub noses "(snys the- Gisbornc Herald). Her face came into contact wi*h the glass,.and she.proceeded up the stairway in disgust, remarking in her native tongue of the marvellous works of the pakeha. The incident caused some amusement hi the establish-

merit. Writing from London to a fnend at Gore, an cx-Ncw Zealander who -takes a prominent part in war work states: ' The Generosity of the dominion for all purposes has become aLmost a byword. She contributed about 12s 6d in every pound for the relief of Belgians in Belgium Of the £122.000 contributed for the relief of the dependents of thoes who lost their Ipcs in the Jutland battlo New Zealand seat £100.000." , , . XI Tuieri residents, anti thoso m Mostriel in particular, will be pleased to know that Messrs A. F. Cheyne and Co are holding their gunnner sale. In spite of advancing markets, they maintain they have many lines at pre-war prices that are well worth securin?.... ~.,,., . l> deary, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, while on a tour in the North Auckland district. encountered bad weather about one mile- to the south of Hukerenui. His car ran into flood water. and becamo hopelessly bogged, and thoro was nothing _ for it but abandonment there. The Bishop mid Father Kreijnborg, who accompanied him, walked back to the township. Hero they wcto compelled to remain two n-ghts. The car was roamed and taken to Wh.-.nga-rei for overhaul. Robert Toild. an old and well-known resident of the Mount Sorners district, aged 67 years, met with a fatal accident cither on Friday or Saturday (reports tho Christchurch Press). He was workin? for Mr Kintv at Alford Forest, and on Friday ho was" sent out with a horse and dray to bring in a load of wood As he did not return, a. search was made, and on Saturday afternoon he was found dead underneath the overturned dray. At the inquest a verdict, of accidental death was relumed. A youth. Green, resident in One Tree 'Hill, was 'admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from shattered hrnids, the result of an explosion of chemicals. Green, who - is a wireless student. 19 yeare of age, was carrying out an electrical experiment in his homo, when n spark ignited some crsa Two finrrers and the tip of the thumb woro blown" off the left hand, but hope is entertained regarding th« snvinp: of the nght hand, which was bndly injured.