OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17322, 23 May 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

A Tramway Appeal Board is about to bo constituted at Uisbomc. A situation of £6 a week was refused by an alien boot repairer on the ground that tue money was not sufficient, said a witness at tlio '1 names Police Court. It is proposed to erect a convalescent ward for .joiaiers as an annexe to the Masterton Hospital. Tho Mayor CMr Coradine) has given notice to move that £5000 be votea by tho Patriotic Association towards the ward '' liuia" non-deposit Ale (M'Gavin's) will suit your taste and your- eye. Just the drink for tainly i_«o. Light, bright, clear, >pure. Stocked at all hotels.... Seemingly tho eight-hour idea is not rigidly aaliered to in Wellington. A milk vendor told tho Military Service Board on Saturday tnat his dajly hours of continuous duty were from 3 a-rn. to 9 p.m.—la hours. Christopher Martis, a negro, was found guilty at the Supremo Court at Palmerston North oil a charge of theft from the person, and was sentenced to two and a-hali years' reformative treatment. A Westerfield larmer says that tho rabbitpoisoning campaign in that- district has been a wonderful suoccss, rabbits lying about the fields in hundreds. One person in quest of skins picked up 300 dead rabbits in one plantation. There were also a good number taken from tho river-bed. Assorted oases of the needful in wholesome drinks supplied to legal order, town and country.—Crosean, " Waterloo," Caversham The Featherslon correspondent of lho Wairarapa Daily News says: " Considerable comment is being made on the number of alien subjects who are at present in tho town. Most of these men are of military age." Tho taking of evidence by the Defence Expenditure Commission has teen practically completed. Mr Charles lihodes, u member of the commission, who is now in Auokland. states that the preparation of tho report probably will occupy two or threo weeks. A motion requesting banks in the city to arrango that during Christmas, New Year, ana Easter holidays they be oponed for a brief period to reoeivo deposits only is to be moved by Mr 11. 11. Miller at tho next meeting of tho council of tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce. In tho fall of tho j-ear children often rea tonic. Give them Dr Duroy'sNcrva —a: great remedy. Posted, 3s 6d.—Marlisall's Pharmacy, Dunedin.... A sub-committeo appointed by the Christjhurch City Council to look into the question of the establishment of a superannuation fund for tho council's employees, subflitted a roport to.tho Council on Monday light, when it was decided that a schemo so established, based on a maximum pennon of 30s per week, or £78 per annum.

J. Waters,. chemist (next Herbert Haynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at t lowest prices.. t With tho ever-increasing price of ealvjuiisecl iron the cost of tanks is steadily 1 mounting up, and, according to a member of tho Waug-anui Education Board, will soon bo prohibitive. With a view to obtaining a substitute, experiments are to be made on - the board's behalf with concrete tanks. Roports from reliable sources go to show . that tho area sown in autumn wheat, in the Ashburton County this year is far short j of last season's acreage. One farmer states that spring-sown wheat is not nearly so good as that sown in the autumn, and such being the case, he did not think the area , sown throughout the county then would be 2 very large. Have you bought your winter overcoat ' or warm underclothing f If not, see our f values before doing so. Special value in warm garments for boys, youths, or men. ' I, you can't call, write A. F. Cbeyne and Co.. Moseiel.... i The past season, though it has been ap- , parently so favourable, has not been good ) the fat lamb industry (reports the YVyndham Herald). Grass grew -too rank - ai »d sour. An instance is given of what is 3 quite a common experience. From 500 » lambs on rape and turnips for six weeks ' only 50 were selected by a buyer. The > slow progress made towards the fat stage hashad an effect on the frozen meat works . On Saturday evening a rather daring burglary took place when tho cellar of Messrs Briscoe and Co., at the corner of Manchester and Worcester streets, was broken open, and seven tins of petrol stolen (according to the Christchurch Press). An entrance was also effected into the firm s warehouse, petrol evidently being the object also, for none being there nothing else was disturbed. Waters' Chap guaranteed to cure onh* g Hands.— Waters' Pharmacy , Post says that several speakers at the meeting of the Wellington Returned soldiers Association complained that returned men had been hurried into the Porirua Mental Hospital without adequate exanimation. It was contended that if a mall s mind was not really deranged when he was thrust into such a place it Would be soon upset in such an environment. One speaker said that he had names which he could submit to the president of the association. For chronic _ chest complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. 2s 6d. A young man named Edward B. Bertram A TaS i , c , = et ? at Magistrate's Court, Auckland, being an idle and disorderly person, and with wearing the uniform of a lance-corporal without permission (states the Herald). He pleaded guilty. Chief Detoctivo M'Mahon said accused met a respectable girl in the suburbs and obtained a rln £T and bracelet from her and pawned them. Ho also extracted practically the whole of tho girl's wages and used the money. _ Accused was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour. \lhe note of quality in u Bourbon" is acclajmed by all lovers of good coffee. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon.... At 3 o'clock on Monday morning, at tho Enfield bridge, Mr P. Kane was driving home when his horso took fright and backed over the bank into tho Waiareka. Mr Kane was one and a-half hours in tho water before being rescued and taken into Enfield, where he received attention (states the North Otago Times). Tho horse waa drowned.