OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17323, 24 May 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

Ripe strawberries are being gathered in a Mustcrton garden. Jhe Canterbury Land Board still has several estates under offer lor use as soldiers settlements, but no recent purchases luivn lx>en decided upon. George Smith, who was run over by a cart at Gordon on May 10, died in the \\ ajkato Hospital on Slaturday from internal injuries. lhe note of quality in " Bourbon" is acclaimed by all lovers of good coffee. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to A. Durie and Co.. 32 Octagon.... A pod to raise £500 to enable the Foxton Harbour -hoard to take over the wharf from the Railway Ocjiurtmcut was carried bv 1364 to 24. It may not 1,0 generally known that photographs are on the list of articles tho importation of which into tho United Kingdom is prohibited. Official advice has been received from tho Imperial Government that married men up to Glass B of tile Second Division may bo acceptcd for training as.-military candidates in the Aviation schools in New Zealand. Waters Chap Lotion, guaranteed to euro thceo Rough Hands.—Waters' Pharmacy 0n1v... The Opunake railway does not stand much clianco of boinsr completed until after the war, for according to a Government return recently published, there were only two men working on it—ono artisan and on© labourer. A man named Samuel Marks was charged before Mr Cruickshank, SLM., at Invercargill, on Tuesday' with forging a cheque for £10 10s, and uttering it at Riverton on March 15. The accused was remanded until May 25, bail, which was not forthcoming, being fixed in one surety of £100, and self £100. An Ashburton resident received a cable on Monday from England purported to bo signed by his eon, containing the following words:—"Well. Cable six pounds." The sum wilt not be cabled, as the local resident's son was invalided home six months ago. Have you bought your winter overcoat or warm underclothing? If not, see our values before doing so. Special value in warm garments for boys, youths, or men. If you can't call, write A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosffiel.... According to the Westport Times, there is some trouble brewing. The colliers in tho district are crying aloud bitterly at the increased cost of living, and at the non-interference by the Government at tho ever-increasing prices. A six-year-old boy, Alban Sayer, son ot Mr T. Sayer, of Morningside, was severely scalded on Saturday morning (says tho New Zealand Herald). He was sitting on a copper, stirring some clothes his mother was washing, wiien ho fell into the hot water. To date 408 soldiers have returned to tho Wairarapa. This number includes only those men who hav© given their addresses as the Wairarapa when interviewed by a representative of the department on their return to the dominion. J. Waters. chemist (next Herbert, Haynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowest prices.. A treo, supposed to be 10C years old, althougu uiuiv no ouo at prcstnt in Upper Tutaeniii who can vouch }or the trutti of tho statement, was cut down on Mr N. Smalls iarm at Upper 'ititaenui recently. The tree measured 41ft 6in in circumference, and its biggest measure in diameter wud 14ft 6in. The petrol shortage is becoming acute at Kangiora, the garage proprietors' stocks being very low (reports the Lytteltou limes. Only regular customers are served, uiiu uie <iit> limited to quantities ot uoin a pint for motor-cycles and two to ioua-galloiis tor motor cars, tlie latter quantity be.ng an cspecial favour lhe ex-iSe\v Zealandor Konaid Cameron, who nail ms leg broxen at tne reoent Albury meeting, had the injured memoer put unaer tne A.-iays, when it was discovered ttiat a small bone was overlapping. lhe leg had to bo again broken and reset, and Cameron is now making excellent progress j towards recovery. , Marshall's Teething Powders promptly allay irritation and cure all teething aliments. Sate tor youngest inlant. Is. — Marshall's Pliarmacy, lJunedin lno £>isteis oi iNoue Uaine ues Missions, m Christctiurch, will on Saturday and Sunday celebrate the golden jubilee oi their coil vent. The first convent in Christcliurcu was commenced in 1868 by tour pioneer Sisters, who came from the mother House of their Order in Lyons. They opened the iirst Catholic Girls' School with ' ail attendance of 60 pupils, in a wooden building near the site ot the present con- ■ - vent. , At a recent Sunday evening patriotic oon- > ccrt iu Wanganui the services of Miss Ada ' Keeve and Mr Talleur Andrews were se- ' cured, and tho result was an overflowing - audience. As is usually th© way when the i, admission is by silver coin, tho result in cash was very disappointing. On hearing of the poor amount received, Miss Reeve '"took tne 6tage," and with one of her I bright speeches made such a deep impress sion that the sum of £200 was subscribed i- in the hall. y Telephones are getting scaroe. There are [• moro aspiring subscribers to the servioe than ' machines to bo supplied (remarks the New Zealand Times). An old subscriber found _ this out recently when ho went on a holiday i. for a day or two. His half-yearly account ■- had not been promptly paid, and when he : returned from his holiday ho found that his '• telephone had keen removed without any • reference to himself as to whether it was further required. It was evidently badly ' wanted by someone else. And he is left s) lamenting. i You never know! Maybe a sudden call i. to-morrow! Havo you a supply?—Wm. '• Crossan, " Waterloo," Caversham.... '» The statement was made bv Mr W. G. K. Kenriok, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court, . Napier, last week, that at present there ? were five magistrates on leave for various reasons, and consequently the remaining n magistrates were overworked. Ho himself ■> had come to Napier at a few hours' notice. '■ Ho considered that in those times of trouble peoplo should try to settle their differences j out of court. He was sure that if some peoplo could see what was at present going n on at the front they would think less of their own petty troubles. An aged Maori woman from Akaroa died recently at Puao. She had been visiting her daughter in tho Waitotara district, and : made up her mind to return home, but on reaching the Waitotara railway station do- " cided she would not leave her daughter, and returned to Puao, whero sho was taken ill 1, and died. Her son, who lives at Akaroa, i- was wired to, and at once started for Waitotara, going to Christchurch, 68 miles, '• thence to Lvttelton, and by the ferry a steamer to Wellington, then by boat to New Plymouth, and by mail train to Waitotara, arriving there just 27 hours from the time : lie left homo. Tho body of his mother ia i, - - to be taken back to Akaroa.