OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1959, 10 September 1891, Page 31

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS GOSSIP, AND ADS. There are TI.OOO British troops in India. Last week 6301 tons coal were exported from Westporfc. The s.s. Rotokino takes 161 horses for India from Lyttelton. From Greymouth last week the amount of coal exported amounted to 1701 tons. Several men left by the Invercargill yesterday to try their luck at Coal Island diggings Mary Hambling, aged 77 years, died suddenly at Waiuku, Auckland, in consequence of breaking a bloodvessel. News has been received of the death jn, Sydney

of Mr John Soanlan, who carried on a business in Dunedin for many years. Mr C. Maboney, of the Tokomairiro High School, has been appointed bead master oi the State school at Green Island.

It is understood that Mrs Reasler has withdrawn from her threatened lawsuit against the executive of the Kakanui relief fund.

During the last two years £14,000 ha 3 been spent by the Government of New South Waled in aiding art through the National Gallery and Art Society. Prior to leaving Kaitangata Mr Owens, who has been postmaster there for the past 15 years* was presented with a purse of 35sovs and an illuminated address on the eve of his departure to Riverton.

The Bruce Herald says that though employment is said to be Bcarce Mr E. M'Gill during the last day or two wanted a dozen or so of hands for working the threshing mill, but was unable to get them.

An Auckland jury found that William M'Donald, charged with setting fite to a dwelling house, was a lunatic at the time. The man was ordered into custody, pending the pleasure of the Colonial Secretary. Bernstone, the Paris tailor, has the grandest show of stock in Dunedin, at 45 George street, and also in Christchurch (High street). He charges very moderate. Suits at £3 3i ; trousers, 16s 6d. Fife guaranteed or money returned. • The hospital returns for the past week are :— Remaining from previous week, 85; admitted during the week, 17; discharged, 16; deaths (Alexander Beaton, William Harris, James A. Weir, Stephen Warren), 4;— total4 ;— total remaining, 62. Mr B. W. Humphreys, ex-M.H.R., who is about to visit the Home country, was, with Mra Humphreys, entertained at a social by the members of the Christchurob Cambrian Society. A gold ring, made from gold Irom Wales, was presented to Mrs Humphreys. It is interesting to notice that for each of the three representative football teams playing against Otago this year there has been chosen one player who last year played for the first fifteen of the Union Football Club— namely: Forsyth in the Wellington, Thomas in the Southland, and Gordon in the Canterbury. A strange phenomena is reported from Milton, An old coalpit ab Lovell's Flat, which is full of water, has overflowed and formed a lagoon. No stream enters it, and it has no connection with any running water. Yefc ifc swarms with oookabulli (native trout) and the fresh water crayfish. These fish have made a sudden appearance, and people ace carious to know whence they came.

At a recent meeting of the Eaitangata Mutual Improvement Society an interesting paper wan read by Mr W. H. Mackenzie on the progress made by the township and its future prospects. He saggested the raising of a guarantee fund of £1000, to be spent in boring operations in search of bituminous coal. As a cencre of manufacturing industries, he thinks there is a bright future for Eaitangata. Mrs Warne, a Bendigo resident, where eha was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was killed by being run over by a St. Kilda train while she was visiting Melbourne to attend the Victorian Alliance Convention. The body was nearly cub in two. The deceased, who owned a milliner's shop at Bendigo, was a widow, and leaves two grown-up daughters and one son.

When so much that is to the disadvantage of the "Picturesque Atlas" agents is finding ite way into print it is only fair that a generous action should be made public. A summons for the recovery of the price of the " Atlas " against the late Me A. G&Uow»y was adjourned at the last sitting of the court, at Biverton. Oa hearing of Mr Galloway's death Messrs Bowermanat onco wrote to his widow, expressing their sympathy, withdrawing the summons, and requesting her to return the 22 parts of the " Atlas" not paid for when she would be released from all further liability. Madame: Oh, John! Why did you resign when you knew I wanted you to buy out of your next honorarium a new high arm noiseless Wertheim sewing machine, which sews frau laoe to leather without alteration of tensiou?— Meisseur John : Be content, my dear ; you know I bought you a combined washer and mangel, which washes a pair of blankets in three minutes ; and now Lena wants one of his 45s peramulators with bicycle wheels, with rubber tyres, aad reversible hpod.— Madame : Mark my words, John, as soon as we get the franchise I shall go to Parliament myself, and be independent of you and your honorarium, and in the meantime will get them on time paymentss at the Universal Supply and Wertheim Depot. Princes Btreefc. •