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Otago Witness, Issue 2004, 21 July 1892, Page 10

KNITTING WOOLS AND ART NEEDLEWORK. BEST QUALITY REAL SCOTCH FINGERING, In 2, 3, 4, and 5-ply (New Shade and Heather Mixtures). NOVELTIES IN KNITTING WOOLS : Victoria, Ostrich, Macrame, Berlin, Shetland, Andalusian, Fleecy, and Merino Wools. Special Line EMBROIDERED TEA CLOTH NIGHT DRESSES and B.C. BAGS, Suitable for Presents. Knitting Silk, Embroidering, and Crewel Silk. Macrame, Crochet, and Embroidering Cottons, in New Shades. BRIGGS' TRANSFER PATTERNS. Single and Double Tracing Wheels. Linen Braids and Reels for Lacework. The Largest and Best Assorted Stock of Needlework in Dunedin Orders with Postal Notes receive prompt attention. MISS CLOUGH, <W GEORGE STREET. Agent for Madame Weigel's Paper Cut Patterns, 1842-1892 (January 1.) "TJADGER'S STATUTES" And the WHOLE LAW OF NEW ZEALAND, PUBLIC AND GENERAL . 69 YEARS' STATUTES FOR FIFTY SHILLINGS. FOUR VOLUMES, Each Fully Indexed and Side Noted. VOL. I.— For Magistrate!, Justices, Barriitera, Solicitors, Bankers, Merchants, Auctioneers, Printers, Shippers. Price 16s. VOL. ll.— For Sheep Farmers, Runholders, Stock Owners, Local Bodies, Property Owners, Licensed Victuallers. Price 15s. VOLS. 11l and IV contain all the General Law of New Zealand not contained in Vols. I and 11. Price 16s each. The Government have granted Frea Postage throughout New Zealand for this work. The General Index alone will be worth tho tioney paid for the whole of the four volumes. Circular posted free to any addreaa, and all ther information supplied by WILFRED BADGER, J4d Solicitor, Christchurch. OMNIUM GATHERUM. NEWS, GOSSIP, AND ADS. The members of the Canterbury Education Board consider that if candidates at election times are to be allowed to use pnblic schoolrooms they ought to pay the cost of cleaning and lighting, or the Government should make an equivalent allowance, so that the cost should not fall on the board. The wife of a Nelson Congregationalisfc preacher — Mrs Evans, M.A. — takes her husband's place in the pulpit when he is engaged in other parts of the circuit. She preaches a good sermon. ! The Kumara Times reports a terrific thunderstorm at Kumara recently. A huge ball of fire descended in Main street with a fearful shrieking sound. Direotly it struck the earth the ball seemed to scatter, and liquid streaks of what appears to be molten metal shot through the air. No serious damage was done. More than 20,000 persons visited Shakespeare's birthplace last year, and of these threefourths inscribed their names in the visitors' book. Of this number, Australia contributed! 174 persons, while New Zealand summed up a totaljof 34 only. The Mataura Ensign now denies the truth of its own statement that the Ofcakarama run had been purchased by Mr J. M'Lean. The Dunmow flitch of bacon was awarded on June 7 to a couple who were prepared to kneel on sharp stones and swear that for a year and a day they had not quarrelled nor repented of their marriage. Mr R. Laidlaw has given up the Timaru Woollen Mills, which he had leased to make yarns for his Dunedin business, as he finds it does not pay to run spinning machinery only. As there is a prospect of the mill being dismanUed, he suggests the formation of a company to work it. Subscriptions are being raised in England to erect and maintain an Albert Edward Sailors' Rest. LIO,OOO is asked for, and the colonies are asked to contribute. A few interesting additions have been made to the Dunedin Art Gallery duringjthe past week. Two of the pictures are lent by the Hon. Mr» George M'Lean, and both are very good examples of the modern British school. One, "A Hop Garden in Kent," by Norman Garstin, is a bright, realistic bit of outdoor work of great power; the other, "An English Meadow," by Bromley, is painted with great skill. A small, well-executed study of a boy's head, by A. Colquhoun, a member of the Victorian Artists' Association, and presented by Dr Colquhoun, of this city, will also be found on the walls. Two pictures illustrative of the military hißtory of -Great Britain are hung for the present in the library, pending other arrangements. One of these represents the Great Duke and his generals assembled in the United Service Club ; the other shows the Queen receiving the wounded Guards after their return from the Crimea. We are glad to note these additions, and will be pleased to chronicle other gifts and loans tor this interesting gallery.