OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17325, 27 May 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

John Tanner was awarded £100 damages <it Palmerstoii North for tho wrongful seizure of racehorscs. A boy named Coppin, about 13 years of m-iding on tho. Plains. had the misfortune to fall, a ti-trci; stick penetrating one of hts eyes (says the Thames Star). , Muniment is being made upon the fact that while married men arc being sent into camp, there are still a considerable number of able-bodied First Divisionists in tiiu AYairarapa. Waters Cnap Lotion, guaranteed to euro those Rough Hands.-Waters' Pharmacy only.. It is proposed shortly to hold a series ?i7 .^] ocut:lon an «J musical competitions in c »'j n ßt o ni and with that object in view an Elocution and Musical Society has been formed. The Christchurch Press, states that a man named James Dci. v ney was arrested by the police on r ' hursday, and handed over to the military authorities. , ls h° is a military reservist, and had been evading service since, last .November. Apparently there is at present no shortage of labour with regard to clerical positions. It was stated on Tuesday (according to the New Zealand Herald) that for one position as tally clerk, for which a returned soldier recently applied, there were no fewer than 50 applicants. Ihe note of quality in liourbon " is accla med by all lovers of good coffee. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon.... A woman with children is tho biggest national asset we can have, and we must back her up whenever we are seeking political aid," said Mr Townsend IV» anganui) at the Second Division League's Oontorenco in Wellington. As showing the act.vity of the building trade in Wanganui (says the Chronicle), it might be mentioned that during the past month 16 building permits were issued by r ~ . bororigh engineer, the value of tho buildings being set down at £12,043. ~addition to £5000 for the purchase of the l'oxton wharf from the Railway Department, the ratepayers in the Foxton Harbour District have authorised the borrowing of £11,000 for the purchase of a dredge and the erection of wharf buildjngs. Before the snow falls provicje yourself with warm underclothing. Pure woollen garments are still procurable at A. F. Cheyne and Co.'s;, but order early. Many lines are very scarce. Full ranges for men, women, boys, and girls.—Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse.... A dog that is used to round up horses in a four-acre paddock cannot be classified or registered as a cattle dog, according to Mr E. D. Mosley. S.M. (says the Te Aroha News). Mr P- Langworthy, of the Hutt, died on Wednesday morning at Hastings, as jesu't of injuries sustained in the collision of a motor cycle and side-car W) th a trap at Fernhill on Monday night. _ No fewer than 5229 pianos were imported into Australia between November and April. Of these 807 came from the United Kingdom, 83 from Canada, 223 from Hongkong, 16 from New Zealand, 179 from Japan, and 3921 from the United States. After discussing in committee the resignation of Mr 11. W. Mayo, who was convicted of making a disloyal statement, the Auckland Board of Education confirmed a resolution accepting Mayo's resignation. J. Waters. chemist (next Herbert, iiaynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowpst prices . Four American soldiers who went to sleep while on duty were tried by courtmartial, and were sentenced by the court (says a cable message to the Australian papers). An appeal on tho soldiers' behalf was made to Mr Wilson, who, after consideration of the facts of their case, pardoned the men. While riding a motor cycle on Thursday, Mr W. Samuels collided with a window at Messrs Booth and Macdonald's premises (reports the Ashburton Guardian). Mr (Samuel's arm was thrust through tho window by the impact, and an artery was severed. Do not suffer pain from toothache; get Odontalgicoi (Marshall's), the best pain reliever known. Is bottles Marshall's Pharmacy. Dunedin.... " Thousands of men have been sent Home, and havie been sent back again to New Zealand without ever seeing the front. They were simply 6ent to delay the sending of the married men. That was the reason they were sent, and it is a very wrong reason. A physically fit married man is far better to send than these men," Mr Clark (Rahota) at the Second Division League Oonierence. Several Second Division ballotees have been applying to the Military Service Boards of late for an extension of time upon the ground that they are expecting additions to their families shortly after the date they are due in camp (states the Christchurch Press). The Second Canterbury Military Servicc Board, however, decided that such men must go into camp on the due date, and they could apply for leave from camp at the time the new arrival was expected. Tastes differ, and so does quality. Never offer your friends anything but the best.— Wm. Crossan, " Waterloo," Caversham.... One of the world's greatest advertisers, Mi' James Munyon, has died in America, the land where advertising was brought to a fine art. Mr Munyon 6pent about £500,000 annually in advertising his patent medicines, and he found that the sales matchcd the advertisements in a regular proportion. On Saturday week at the corner of the Bird and Mountain roads a collision occurred between a motor cyclist named Lance Autridge and a motor car (reports the Stratford Post. It is stated that the driver ot tho car, believing Autndge to be dead, drove off to obtain assistance, but that in the meantime another car happened along and the driver, seeing the unconscious man on the roadside, took him to the Stratford hospital, where it was ascertained that ho had sustained a fractured skull. For cnronic chest complaints, '7oods' Great Peppermint Cure Is fid 2s 6d A lady, writing from Guildford (Surrey, England), to a relative, in the Manawatu district, saysGuildford had an aeroplane week, and was asked to raise enough money to buy 25 aeroplanes, value £2500 each. We collected £276,700, and bought 50 aeroplanes at £2500 each, and 27 tanks— I think £5000 or £10, COO each—and an aircraft gun, value £625, from funds collected by the boys' school." The copulation of Guildford is 23,800.