OMNIUM GATHERUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17341, 14 June 1918, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM

A good many farmers in the Waimaio district are crying out for rain. During May 121 cases of diphtheria, were reported m Auckland city, suburbs, and country districts. trophies of war h&vo reached Wellington, and those taken bv members of the 17th (Ruafcine) Regimoot 31 w taken to Masterton. Waters (Jimp Lotion, guaranteed to euro Rou £ h Hands.—Waters' Pharmacy According to tho Western Star, winter feed is still abundant, and many excellent turn p crops are to bo seon in various paiLj of the district. J lie Wairarapa Age states that owing to tho alleged "hoarding" of petrol supplies, a number of business men and small farmers in the Masterton district have been 6eriously inconvenienced of late. The Gore High School Board of Governors (says the Ensign) has not yet given up tho idea of a hostel for the school. At the last meeting tho board decided to ask the Minister of Education for a grant of £4000 towards the projcct. Marshall's I'ospherine, the great brain tonic, contains soluble phosphorus; just what tired nerves require. Best tonic known. Try it. 2s 6d.—Marshall's Pharmacy, Dun edin.... While on tho voyage from Wellington to Tarakohe tho steamer Kennedy developed boiler trouble. Sho was picked up in the bay on Saturday afternoon bv the Koi and towed co Port Nelson (i*ys tho Mail). Two men, John Parker and Alex. Norton, for whom a warrant had been issued for a week on a charge of breaking and entering at Clover Hill, on tho Horse Shoe Range, and stealing various articles were arrested bn Monday at Timaru. Lady Jellicoe gave birth to a son and heir at Hohvell House, Hatfield, on April 4. ■The family previously comprised four girls, tast born in 1913. It will be recalled at ' i?' 1 " o V , =' !l9 Haig's son was born on March 15, his family previously being two daughters. _J. Waters, chemist (next Herbert, liaynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowest nrioos Several dairy farmers in the Carterton district have installed water-power for working their milking plants, and it is understood that several other fanners who havo the necessary streams through their properties intend adopting a similar coarse for next season. Three women now sit in tho provincial Legislatures of Canada. Of these, two (Mrs M'Kinney and Miss M'Adams) hold seats in tho Legislature of Manitoba, while Mrs Ralph Smith has just been returned to the Legislature of British Columbia. Mr Hugh M'Kay, who was storeman at Kelso for many years, and now at Croydon, had his leg badly smashed recently, and is in Gore Hospital undergoing treatment. Ho was thrown from a cart, falling with such force that his right leg was broken in two places. .Before the snow falls grovide yourself with warm underclothing. Pure woollen garments nre still procurabla 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 Wnrphonso. "I think to-day the greatest pulpit is tho printed page," remarked the' Rev. A. T. Thompson at Monday's meeting of tho Christ-church Presbytery. Ho was referring to the sending of religious literature to people in the back-blocks, and expressed the opinion that this work had not been properly taken up in the past. Charles Hunter, auctioneer, of Cambridge, aged 58 years, was found dead on Sunday, hanging by the neck in his stable at the rear of his house. He is survived by a widow and two children. Deceased had some 12 months ago tho misfortune to lose his two sons, Wallace and Fred, at the front, both being killed in action. The thrashing mill returns indicate that the oats yield has not been so heavy as might have been expected (says the Wyndham Herald). Strong winds shook a lot of crop, thus making a considerable deduction. Tho later crops ripened somewhat quickly, ,and were not so well filled. In exceptional' cases there axe fine plump samples—really good; but the bulk of tho grain is light. All of it, however, is of excellent colour. Hot Coffee for Breakfast!— Coffee lovers insist on " Bourbon" coffee. If unobtainable from grocer, send to the proprietors, A Durie and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... Lieutenant. J. R. Byrne, in the course of a letter_ to his father at Manaia, says: — "Herewith some further war curios for the collection. Included, and most interesting of all, is a British 10s Treasury note, overprinted in Turkish for the use of our troops when they got to Constantinople. They were given to us on pay day before we sailed for the peninsula in April, 1915. Needless to say, we never had occasion to use tlietn. Man proposes, etc.—Manaia. Witness.

Dairy produce exports being now in their millions of pounds, and dairy factory property and dairy herds so valuable and extensive, it is to be proposed at tho Palmcrston North Conference: "That the time has arrived when a co-operative insurance company should be formed! for the purpose of , taking over all dairy companies' risks." Dairy produce business now handled by State and private offices has become a very biff thing, and some farmers fed that they should do tho business for their own profit. Sea currents were being discussed at the Supreme Court at Wanganui in a civil action last week, when th® Chief Justice referred to a little known fact (says tho Herald). His Honor said a warm current from the Queensland ooost washed the coast of Stewart Island and up the wxst coast of the South Island. It was for this reason that tho water at Westport was from 10 to 15 deg warmer than at Lyttelton, also it was the reason -why there was not so much frost at Westport as at that point on the east coast. Tho Waihi swamp, near Paenga, is to bo thrown open for settlement as soon as the drainage work is completed and the roads formed. Tho Hon. D. H. Guthrie in- , formed a deputation that those portions of the swamp now ready for settlement should be thrown open to returned soldiers. Another deputation from Manawahi district askod for closer settlement of blocks of land. It was suggested that the sections granted should not exceed 2000 acres. Mr Guthrie said one block was now being subdivided, and another would be cut up shortly. What was apparently an attempt to burn down the courthouse at Bulls was discovered bv a passer-by on Saturday night (says tho correspondent of the Dominion). Constable Wilson, who lives in tho vicinity, was called at once, and about a dozen bnck r ts of water quelled the outbreak. Investigation showed that a deliberate attempt had been mad? to set fire to the building means of a light placed between the rear wn'l nnd th" t-Tik otand. There is little doubt that but for the prompt act-on taken the building and contents, including the court records, would have been destroyed. Thero is no cine to the perpetrators of the deed. The cars are most convenient, too— They fto-> close by the Waterloo. The comforts of a home you'll find, So keep the " Waterloo" in mind. (Last verse to-morrow.)...