OMNIUM GAHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 11

OMNIUM GAHERUM.

The settlement of the claims prising out of the ifcakaia railway accident has cost the colony £37,000. Mr F. Wayne has been elected to represent St. John's Church, Milton, at the Diocesan Synod meeting to be held hi-Uuneclin shortly. The Star says that there is a little girl in Feilding seven years of age who milks two cows every day, morning and evening, and does the work thprcraghly well. Mr Williamson announces, that arrangements are now almost completed for Mr 3 Brown-Potter's return visit to Australia early next year under his management. ■ ' The annual report oLthe Victorian Railway Commissioner, as tabled in tile Assembly, 1 shows a net loss for. tlig year, taking interest charges into account, of £192,,587. ' The Greymouth Star 'Understands that Captain Falconer and the Torpedo Corps are to be sent to Okarito at the end of the month to blow up the wreck of the Waipara. The Taieri Advocate state? that Mr A. O. BlundeH, who has been in Mosgiel for ' the past few weeks, will proceed to Dimback this week as a home missionary of the Presbyterian Church. The first philatelic exhibition ever held in Sydney was opened on September 13. It is promoted by the Sydney Philatelic Club. ; The exhibits are valued at £15,000, the- General Post Office Ijeing a large exhibitor.' , ,?, Robbery with violence is" increasing' rapidly" in Melb.o«me. Cases arc reported daily, and one Saturday morning in broad daylight a market gardener was bailed up by three men and robbed of a fairly large 'sum o^mongy. 'fho removal of the double rate, on"t3io Wsirarapa line at the end of the financial yeai' will (■savd tlio correspondent of the ,Wai?arapa jDaily .Times) mean a" ! trottces^on J ot;aboufc.£6oQQ. "on the Welling ton-Wairarapa railway charges. The "Wyndham Farmer hears on gcod authority that Mr David Dickie, manager of the Aparima, Dairy Factory, has accepted an appointment as a grader for thjo.* Government. I-Jp will probably bo stationed' at_ 'New Plymouth. - - ■ ■ - The secretary of the 'Milton Brass Band Contest Committee informs the Bruce Herald that he hos received upwards of 30 entries for the solo competitions. This is believed to constitute a record for the country bandY annual contents. A lad, aged 16, of Vectis> East, near Horsham (Vie), while in a fit fell backwards into a iire. In doing so he clutched at a fountain ox boiling water, which fell on him. When rescued he was found to be severely burned and scalded. • v At "the' Thames f ,Police -Court las>t_ week Patrick Donnelly wds. sentenced to 24- hours' imprisonment on a charge of having made a false" statement with regard to his accumulalated property in connection' with an old-age pension claim. .The Waipawa correspondent of th§ Hawke's Bay -Herald learns that the Government will purchase the Melbourne estate, and also that the Land Purchase department has made an offer for the Forest Gate property, containing 8000 acres. - • - At a representative meeting 'at Sydn&y&ecently it was decided that steps be taken, publicly to recognise the services of ex-Premier Reid to the Federal cause. A committee has been appointed to consider what form the presentation should take. Mrs William Brown, Waitepeka, received word on .Saturday (says tKe Clutha Free Press) that -her second son, John Robertson Brown, a sergeant in the New South Wales Bushmen, was wounded during an engagement at Ottoshoflt) on August 6. • The Victoriair Defence department has ordered two million rounds of Martini-Henry rifle ammunition from England. The Minister of Defence is making inquiries as to whether rifles could be made at Newport Railway workshops should occasion demand it. The Victorian Premier states that the Government has not lost sight of the idea of a national memorial in Victoria to the soldiers who have fallen in South Afripa. It has been decided, however,' to wait till peace is proclaimed, and then to take the project in hand vigorously. — When confirmation of Miss Searelle's murder in China reached her brother he applied to the War Office to be placed on active seiyice'fsays the Adelaide Advertiser). Mr Searelle is not exactly of fighting age, but he may be relied on to do his best to make things as warm as he can for the Boxers. The Tapanui congregation has decided (says the Outlook) to introduce the individual communion cups. , Two of the members approached the session in the matter,' r offering to bear the cost of the new cups. Jt was. agreed to take a vote of the members, on^the proposal, find only foiu- voted against it. Signor D. Palumbo, who has officiated as Italian Consul ia various parts of the world, but who is now , travelling with a view to enlarging his knowledge of things in general, -recently arrived at Adelaide. "He intends visiting the Australian" capitals, and afterwards paying a visit lo Now Zealand, and probably to Samoa and other islands. Tlie Mataura Ensign says that a Chinaman named Tim How, who plied the calling of a vegetable vendor for a number of years at Gore, subsequently returning to China, has fallen a victim to the outrageous Boxers. Tim having been a resident of New Zealand and. acquired a certain Occidental polish, was regarded by his compatriots as a foreigner, and was decapitated by them.

A yovng- man named "William Dompsey was drowned in the Brisbane River a few days ago. A girl named King, who was bathing, called out for- help, and Dempsey jumped in. to assist her/ -" He reached the girl, and both sank. The girl rose to the surface, and swam ashore, but Dempsey was not seen again.

A young lady met with an accident last Friday (says the Wanganui Herald) coming from Raelihi to Pipiriki, by her horse fallingover a cliff 100 ft. The horse went another 20ft and, strange to state, the young lady only received a slight bruise on the face, and the horse was not much hurt. The accident was 1 caused through the road being impassable in the centre.

The- members, of - the Star Cricket Club, Invercargill, met on Tuesday night (say? the Southland Times)r'to bid farewell to Air W.Harvey, who has been connected with the club for several seasons, prior to his clepar-/ ture for Dunedin. Mr A. P. Hawke (president), on belialf 01 the club, presented /Mr Harvey with a silver-mounted walking stick puH ably y.igravccl . Last week's Gazette contsins a noiifi-ation

to the effecWKat section 21, block VII;' 6 ylaU^ burn .survey district, has" been permanently "* reserved from sale for the purpqse^.of being used "as a public cemetery. Seotion VIII, Mid-Wakatipu survey district, and section 72, block 3LX, Shotover survey district^ have been -reserved for a water reserve for tha Borough of Queenstown.

In the course of a letter to his brotherMr F. A. Miller, of Lawrence, Mr H. W. Miller, of Rimington's Guides, states that li 6 will take up a position in the post office at a salary of £13 per month for a start. All the men in his company who wished Government billets were asked to give in their names and siate whether they would prefer police, railway, or postal departments.

A gentleman who has been lately in the Kawhia district informs a Waikato paper that an important proposal is to be submitted to the Government to connect Awakino and Kawhia by road. The cost is estimated at £40,000, but such a road would establish good communication between Auckland and Taranaki, and would Ferve these districts until the railway line could be completed.

I A daring attempt at burglary was made at an early hour one morning recently at the Post Uffice Hotel, on Fern Tree Gully road, 17 miles from Melbourne. The proprietor, Fred. Gessner, was ordered by three "men to bail up, but he refused, and there was a brisk' interchange of shots, without anyone beinghit. _ When the burglars made '-off Gessner went in pursuit, but failed to stop them. The sixth anniversary of the election of Mahuta as, Maori King was celebrated on the | 14-th^ inst. at Maketu and Kawhia Harbour by a large Maori gathering and feast. A meeting of the chief men was held, and, amongst other matters spoken of, was the compulsory tiking by the , Government of Maika, a locality onj the harbour, for a township site. was read -from Wellington stating ['that the survey had been suspended. • I A curious accident, attended with a fatal termination, happened at Scott's Creek' (Victoria) recently to a man named Ryan. Whilo he uas assisting to lift a cow up that had fallen he received a severe blow on the^ side of the 'head 'from her horns. / He ."attended to his work, had his dinner,^and^-after wards chopped some- wood, "xhen he, felt ill, afid ]ay, don n, and became, delirious. A doctor "tvaS son*- forj could do no good, death taking place next morning. ' While driving a prize boar to a shdw in Victoiia an -old, man was atttacked by tho animal, which ripped open-one of his legs. Another man went to render assistance,"but the infuriated animal turned upon him and chased him 200 yards before he escaped by clambering into a cart. The boa» then made back to where the old man had beej lying, but fortunately he had meanwliile been removed to a place of safety. ' The pig was shot immediately afterwards.

The fact that the- Manchester Wholesale Co-operaiive Society i's prepared to take an unlimited supply 'of tobacco leaf from Victoria at profitable rates is putting a newlife into the industry there. The general agent for Victoria suggests that future shipments" should .consist of the stripped leaf to avoid the payment of duty on the' unnecesspVy stalk,' and the Government are* having, a, large store fitted up at Wangaratta with steam 'appliances for stripping purposes., ' The' G'evman warship Moevve 1 returned to Sydney oil September 13 from a long cruise, in the Islands, during which' the Admiralty group was visited for the purpose -of punishing a tribe the members of which have- been guilty of a good deal^ of bloodshed 1 and cannibalistic practices. ''The expedition failed so far as securing the members of the tribe for punishment was concerned, owing to< the .treachery of. a guide. The Moewe's party landed, and destroyed several villages. Trooper M. Crean, writing from Bulawoyc, under date July 22, to a friend in New Plymouth, states that at Gwelo as much as 1 35s per day was offered for miners, but the men. were unobtainable. "Living," adds the writer, " is pretty dear here, dinner at a hotel costing 6s. .... I was in an auction room at Bulawayo. where they were selling Kruger coins and Mafeking besiegeel stamps. A full set of stamps fetched 355, and the Queen's chocolate box was sold for 405." In the Supreme Court at Shepparton on September 12^ a man named Cross was sentenced to two years'- hard labour, with periods of solitary confinement, on a charge of bigamy. The indictment showed that in 1887 prisoner married Marcella Kellaher, in Sydney, and they had a family of two children. Two years later he marripd Agnes Murray, in Benalla, and the latter had four children. His Honor said that there war- not the slightest excuse for the conduct of prisoner, which was heartless and cruel. At the age of 98 years a woman of Waterloo, N.Y,, has just , taken upon herself the vows of matrimony, and is proud of I lie fact that she is probably the oldest bride .in the world. In 1832 she was first* married v to Thomas Preston with whom she lived happily for many yean, and ab the age of 68, became a, widow. In 1873 she was wooed and won by .Albert Brainerd, who died;- about a year ago. -Then Samuel Decker sppeared-upon the scenp and immediately fell in* love, with the pay and festive widow, and a few weeks ago she was once again a bride. , '

It i:, somewhat striking to note (s;ays tiio Wyndham Farmer) how many ex-Soiithlar.d clergymen of the Presbyterian denomination arc now located on the line of route between Masterton and Napier. Masterton contains Rev. Robert Wood, formerly of Wyndham : Rev. James M'Caw, formerly missionary at Oteramika, is at Pahiatua ; at Woodville is located Rev. H. J. Lewis, a former Congrescational pastoi at Gore; Napiei claims the Rev. J. A. Ashei, also from Gore. The Rev. •■John Hobbs (Anglican) j who formerly had charge of Gore-Wvndham parish, is the vicar of Hastings?, near Napier.

"A peculiar incident is worth recording," says " Old Boy " in the Argus, "in describing a Melbourne-Essendon football match. " Jusfc after the start, Anderson, Essendon's halfback, received a knock or> the head, and, though he played on, when he came back to the dressing rpom at half-time his mind was a blank, and it was only when Mr Hughes, M.R.C.S., had attended 'to him that he regained his memory. I can recall only one other instance — viz., when Julien, playing for Essendon some years ago, received a knock, and subsequently played a slashing wit 1 out any knowledge of what was going on."

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