OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 30

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The expoit of coal from We&tport last week was 7512 tons, the Weslport Cjsu Company contributing 6869 tons and the Cardiff Company * 64-3 tons. The Western Star has it, on what seems to be J?O0d authority, tbat a ecrnpaay has been floated in London, with a oipßal of £32,000, to work the Orepuki shale deposits. Arrhur Islip, licensee of the Peefr'es Hotel, ' ■was fined £3 and had his license endorsed at j Oamaru on the 22nd ult. for allowing " Yankee ( grab " to be played on his premises. ! News from Taupo states that the volcanG Ng«.uruhce has been very active for several dayK, seeding up vast columns to a' height of 2000 ft; other vant? are only quietly steaming. | Mr J. L. Day, chief clerk aft Bluff railway j station, who i& exchanging positions v»ith Mr j Kennedy, from Wanganui, was suet by a i number of ioeai residents last Friday evening > and presented with a haad&ome traveling 1 hag aud guld pendant. j Colonel Hump amplified his assertion at the j Police Commission last Wednesday that a miatske had been made in granting the- frfcucbiße to the police by adding: "I would go even further than that and prevent every person in the Government service from havii.g a. vote." Chailss James Russell, nn unregistered fid.D , was charged et Christchurch on the 19th Ttifch performing as illegal operation. The Inspector of Police said that the woman was in a dangerous condition. The accused was | remanded till February 26, bat fcLe magistrate refused to grsnt bail in any amount. The New Zeil&nd Times, referring to the death of Mrs Macarfchur, wife of Mr James A | Maearthur, chief clerk in the Public Works de- \ partment, at Wellington, says that; Sir Mac- j arthur, who has himself been iv ill-health, j obtained leave of absence recently, aud was a passenger by the Hinemoa on hex trip to the Kermadecs, accompanied by his wise, and it WBS after landing at. Russell, on the return of j the steamer from the islands, that the latter j died. Much sympathy is felt for her husband j in his sad bereavement;