OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2055, 13 July 1893, Page 17

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

NEWS, GOSSIP, AND ADS.

Mr Peter Dalrymple, a well-known Southland pioneer, celebrated his eightieth birthday on Monday. The Wellington Crown Prosecutor has decided not to proceed further against Good© and Crabtree. Mr William Bayley, of Dnnedin, has been appointed second master of the Woodville School. The quantity, of coal exported from Greymouth last week was 4407 tons, and from Westporb 5073 tons. * Captain Bsrnech, of the Penguin, has sufficiently recovered from his late illness to resume command of the vessgl.

An unfortunate yotmg man has been brought to Timaru from Pleasant Point suffering from a delusion that he is an M.H.R. A hard-working man, who has recently been on " the spree" at Invercargill, succeeded in « knocking flora" £90 in three weeks. The North Otvgo Times says that a paper devoted to ' the interests of shearers and labourers is to be established in Oamaru. Daring the past yew 479,063 passengers were carried on the Momington tram line and 50,883 on the extension line, or a total of 529,946. The Hon. G. M. Waterhouee, who has been resident in England for florae time, intends payiqg a brief visit to New Zealand about the end of the year. The Southland inspector declares that in many instances the children of members of school committees are the most irregular attenders at school. The Wairarapa, from Sydney, brought 61 Austrians, who proceeded direct to the northern gumfields, and 12 Chinamen en route for Wellington and Westport. Mr H. S. Smith, formerly of the New Zealand Postal department, and now 'resident in San Francisco, succeeds the late Mr R. J. Oreighton as New Zealand mail agent. The front windows in the shop of Mr Campbell, jeweller, at Wellington, were broken early on Tnesday— somewhere about 4.3o— and gold and silver watches abstracted. The loss is over £10. At a meeting of the promoters of the Canterbury Ostrich Farming Company it was decided to proceed with the formation of the company at once. Already 700 shares have been applied for. x v Jenkin Jenkins, for 28 years coxswain of the Mumbles lifeboat, England, ha 3 just died, aged 69. He had been instrumental in saving the lives of no fewer than 131 persons from shipwreck.

The Department of Agriculture* is seeking to make August 4 (Arbor Day) a colonial,function, and is issuing circulars inviting people all over the colony, and especially-local bodies^ to plant trees. " ' ' At the Tokomairiro Farmers' Club ploughing match Robert Robinson gained the'championship. M. Murray took first prize lor youths with the swing plough, and J. Martin was placed first in class C. '-, The hospital returns for the week are as follows :— -Pabienbs remaining from the previous week, 96 ; admitted during the week, 25 ; discharged, 23; total number of patients at present in the institution, 98. •v / . , A drunkard who was before .'.the - courb at Wellington on Monday begged the magistrate with tears in his eyes to issue a prohibition order against himself,* which Mr Martin, R.M., immediately did. ' ~ Determined opposition is being shown to the proposal to borrow £9000 to make a recreation ground in the Wellington Botanic- Gardens, and a committee haa been^organisedto prevent it being carried at the poll. i Farther cases of robbery from dwellings are reported at Auckland — this time in the suburbs. At Miss Buck's boarding-house, Qraffcon road, £20 and jewellery were stolen; and another robbery is reported from Remuera./.. . - A heavy thunderstorm passed over Auckland on Monday. -While standing Sunder . a verandah in Jervois road, Ponsonby,' Edward Egan, a City Council labourer, was 'knocked senseless by lightning which struck a post. He was unconscious for two hours. .- f : " The Coalpibheath mine has been abandoned for the time being. The men employed have drawn their tools, the water having forced them out. Over 100 men are idle/ as there is no room for them in the one working mine. ' The police ~at Napier last week brought charges of Sunday trading against two hotelkeepers, but in both' .cases the witnesses called for the prosecution were affected with loss of memory and could remember nothing, so the informations had to be dismissed. " , ' The cheese factory at Ormond (H. 8.) was burned to the ground on the »4h, nothing being saved. Insurances : -£350 in the South British, £200 in the North British, and £100 in the 'Norwich i Union offices. Cheese in the building f was covered by a policy of £200 in the National. The case against Good and Crabtree, of the alleged long firm, occupied the Supreme Court at Wellington on Friday. The jury, after beiDg .looked up for seven hours, were unable to agree, and this being the second trial in which the jurymen were unable to agree, his Honor discharged the jury and also the accused. We have just been shown a very comfortable - glove for the approaching season. This gloVe is made in two qualities from "strong dogskin, is prettily lined with striped fleecy wool, with a handsome beaver cuff. As the price of 3s lid and 4s lid per pair puts it within the reach of all, we should advise our readers to send at once for a pair to T. Ross, Glove Importer, 130 Princes street. • i- , .' The South Canterbury Poultry " Society opened their thirteenth annual show on Friday with a larger entry than ever before.- There, were over 350 birds in the poultry olasses but very few pigeons. There were '60- entries of songbirds. Christchurch, Ashburton, Oamaru, and Lawrence exhibitors are among'the prizetakers. The judges expressed general satisfaction with the classes all v round: Wet' weather interferes with the success of the'shbw. - - The Mauawatu Standard .recently qtioted a paragraph stating that Mr Jellicoewas About to pay a visit to the Home country. Mr Jellicoo has called on the proprietor to apologise to him for taking this unwarrantable liberty 'with his name and affairs, and in default of apology threatens an action for damages, as the statement is calculated to do him harm in his business. Heabsolutely contradicts the rumour. The Standard apologises, and at the sstpie time expresses its regret that the report is not true. At an ecclesiastic conference of .priests of the arch-diocese held in Wellington on the sth, Archbishop Redwood announced his intention of accepting a pressing invitation of Archbishop Ireland to attend a conference of bishops to be held in Chicago 'during the exhibition. The clergy present unanimously subscribed 100 guineas for presentation to his Grace. The Archbishop -leaves by'.,the next 'Frisco mail, and takes with him- the Very Rev. Father Mahoney, ' of Nelson', as/ private seoretary. ' " ' /■' l ' A great agitation is now goiog on at Greymonth to induce the Government ' to construct five miles of railway from Greymouth to Coal Creek coal 7 mine's. ; --vAMarge public meeting held atr ton Friday night ptS'ed a .resolution v Urging ■ the Government to immediately authorise the work. A meeting was held*' at Greymouth, on Monday night for the same'jrarpose. - Much alarm is felb at the present ' condition # the Brannerbon mines— a large" number of men being thrown out of employment. - ' '. There is some prospect of a number of Maoris from Waikato paying a visit to" America before lorg in order to be presentXft the^Gliicago Exhibition. Twenty - five ' Native!" , of the Ngatiahora tribe residing at •Whatawhata, on [ the Waipa river, are anxious Ijp -Visit Chicago, where they propose to give "an exhibition of their skill in the football of the-pakeha, and will give illustrations of Maori customs' and modes of life, haka dancing, jjfcc. The Natives who wish to go are mostly young^es* membsrs of a Maori football team.r s Their intention is to get to Chicago if possible,, and' then go to England to give an exhibition' at the Imperial Institute in London. * , ' An action brought by the Public -^Trustee against Mr H. J. Courtney and,Ww}fepamf Jon at • Aucklaid on Friday. The . Public Trustee, as administrator in the estate of Bmily Holmes (deceased), sought fcdrecovera quantity of jewellery from defendants, or £50,' its -value. After evidence Dr Giles said this was a charge of larceny or nothing, and there was nothing ' to support a charge of larceny andnp evidence to justify a verdict for plaintiff. *<Bo,th Mrand Mrs Courtney had courted the fullest inquiry, and there was not the slightest evidence of misappropriation. The solicitor forithe Public Trustee accepted a nonsuit, and-costs were given against him on the highest scale.""' • , • The direct veto meeting at Hokitika ended m a fizzle. Very few. attended. ' An "amendment was moved to the customary resolution by Mr Hudson, a publican, that the Government he asked to abolish licensing committees and revert to the old licensing benches: This was declared carried by 24 to 18, onty afew voting. Becoming the substantive motion,, it was .declared lost. The Rev. Mr Burrowes, mover of the original resolution, moved another—-?-' That this meeting approves of iheVbireot Veto Bill now before the Houte." This the mayor, who was chairman, declined to receive* as identical with one already lost by the -carrying of the amendment. The meeting then' broke up. No other medicine is so reliable as Aye^s Cherry Pectoral for the cure of coughs* colds," and all derangements of the respiratory organs. *\lt relieves the asthmatic and consumptive, even in advanced - stagea of disease. '

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