OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

it — it - 1° view of a f-hortage of matches one d Pfi'son purchased £3 worth from a Thames giocL'r last weelc. .Mrs Brooke, manager of the Industrial - bcliool. Mount Albert, has been aps- Pointed probationer ' for juveniles in the n Auckland district. y° u wish to purchase a headstone, v A) 1 °! Tlb / ?" a "d Co., Moray place (opposite j t'fst Church), have the best selection, and d prices to suit a 11.... r * Up to the present the Wellington re- _ serves have been run by various heads. tj Last wock the City Council decided to ape point a general chief of reserves (to bo called director of parks and reserves). - ltargo shipments of whtie pine are being y consigned to southern ports from the Dar- > gavillo sawmill, and many extra hands have g boon engaged in expediting loading opera- - Iluia" non-deposit Ale (M'Gavin'e) will suit your taste and your eye. Just tho drink for fanrly use.' Light, bright, clear, 0 pure. Stockcd at all hotels.... - Proclamations gazetted declare 1576 and is 1048 acres respectively of national endow's J llol3 ' lands in the Taranaki district open >0 for selecton by discharged soldiers on renewable lease. . The ® r L 03 °f the season was made T by tho To Awaite whalers on Wednesj day, two humpbacks being secured a A piece of ambergris, weighing lilb, e was picked up by Mr Arkle, on the West • Coast, near Waiuku, on Sunday week. • bay ".when," and say "where," and give y name and occupation, with remittance for liquors.—Wm. Crossan, "Waterloo," Caversham,... >. . F l r .P destroyed a chaffeutter belonging e i°„ Mr S - Trusler, of Waipahi, and also r vS'ii- 3, stao sheaves belonging to Mr e William Johnston, for whom the chaffa cutter .was working (writes the Waipahi ,t corespondent of the Mataura Ensign). The f outbreak occurred about 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Tho m ild weather is being taken full advantage of by farmers in the Ashburton bounty to_ push on with agricultural operae tions. It is stated (says the Guardian) that d m some localities the ground is very hard 0 to plough owing to the absence of rain. a xverve strain from war worries, nerve ex--8 Jiaustion from over-study, starved nerves, all i- d , er J7, o benefit from course of M&r----1 Fosphennei 2s 6d size equals 4 Is bottles Get it to-day from Marshall's Pharmacy, Dunedin.... The Secretary to the Treasury acknowledges in the Gazette the receipt of the sum of £4 forwarded to the Railway Dee partment by a person unknown, as conscience money to the New Zealand Government. Several well-known Jugo Slav drainage - contractors in Te Aroha, district have reJ c ® lv ?d instructions to present themselves at the Government drainage engineer's headquarters, Hauraki Plains, at tie termination of their present contracts. tt Waters, chemist (next Herbert, Haynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowest prices.. ft, " Some of the worst- land in Hawke's Bay was the remark of a returned soldier o iJr m , eet ' n S the Wellington Returned >- fcoldiers Association, referring to an estate °n which discharged soldiers had been e settled. S The United Federation of Labour, in re- .. sponse to the request of 50 Auckland "nione, is convening an open conference eot unions to discuss the national service s proposals contained in the Finance Act. The 5° 6renCe W °P en Wellington on July a Have you bought your winter overcoat or warm underclothing? If not, see our . values before doing so. Special value in r warm garments for boys, youths, or men. s If you can t call, write A. F. Cheyno and s Co.. Mosenel.... ■' The Thames Star says that it is not 2 generally known bananas will grow to anv . size in the district. Mr W. M'Cullough 1 nas obtained from his property at Parawai . a cluster of good-sized bananas, the flavour , f r uit 1S CqUal to t!lat of 1110 Island r The shearing in Marlborough has now 2 finished and turns out to be a record clip, both in quantity and in quality. The _ pastorahsts should be very well satisfied witii tho, result of the season. The shearj ing went right through without any fric--3 tlon between masters and men, which was 3 viT some tbing of a record. fc ~ Chap Lotion, guaranteed to cure t those Rough Hands.—Waters' Pharmacy , Representations were made conceininir . scientific instruction for farmers and the establishment of experimental plots during the visit of the Minister of Lands to- : Maungaturoto last wet. Mr Guthrie expressed his sympathy with the project, I and promised to assist it, but he thought nothing could be done while the war was h on. ' . raids were made on all hotels ' ln the -Featherston district, and, as a result, procscdmgs will be taken agaipst several • ot the proprietors on charges under j the War Regulations of supplyS* liquor to soldiers for consumption off prei m) JS s Permitting shouting. : V 1? n . ote ot quality in " Bourbon" is ■ acclaimed by all lovers of good coffee. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct r tO „ A - Dur,e an d Co., 32 Orrtaeon.... Ncr l?- 0 P res ®noe of a hair " clipper" in VVellington is known to at least one unfor- ■ tunate young lady, who was recently the unconscious victim of this despicable kind of thief. llie young lady in question, the > possessor of a fin© head of liair Kyi 1 several inches snipped off her long' plait • while mingling with the crowd in the street A peculiar position taken up by the Education Department was related bv the ' sectary { t he Hawke's Bay Education . Board last Friday. He eta ted that the t settlors at Waikohu had built a school and v given it to the board. When that body • assed the department to furnish it, a reply was received that as the Government had built it they would not furnish it. For cnronic chest compiaiuis, /'oods' ; Great Peppermint Cure. Is fid 2s 6d. A consignment- of very high-class cattle has been shipped by Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. to Australia (says the Dominion). It comprised 14 stud Hereford bulls from tho studs of Mr 0 A J , Levett, of Feilding; Mr Bernard Chambers! of Hastings; Mr H. M. Campbell, of Hastings; and Mr Mackenzie, of' Masterton. Tho bulls were selected by Mr John Moir, of Messrs Moreheads (Ltd.), of Brisbane, and are considered by many of the breeders here to bo the finest lot of HerefoTds that have left New Zealand for a considerable time.