OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 3338, 6 March 1918, Page 37

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

A pig named Tirpitz, which was on ft Gorman warship and rescued from the eea after the Falkland naval battle, was •old by auction at Chester on behalf of theRed Cross Society for 400 guineas. Some farmers are pessimists on the outlook for weeds in Southland (remarks the Otautau Standard). One man predicts that. in 50 years.' time Canadian thistles will have complete possession of Southland. The Chanoellor of the Exchequer late in December received from a lady, who wi-'shed to be known as "A.J.H.," a gift of £12,000, representing her holding of £11,300 5 pet cent, wax loan, together with £7OO, being interest accrued to date. _ A rather startling notice of motion was. given by the Mayor at the Gisborneorough Council meeting. It was —" That). the present 681 b tram rails be sold 46 as, to enable the council to po in for an oTerhead system of tramways." The sale of 1800 tone of'evaporated ap». pies at 7d a lb, to the Imperial Government was announced lasi month by theCommonwealth Prime Minister. They will be despatched at the rate of 300 tonß a. month from March to August. Brian Derry .and Leicester Henderson, who figured on the last ballot list as students of tKe Waitaki High School, left that institution three years ago. The formes? has been for some considerable time a*Perth (West Australia), and the laiter has entered the flying school at Sookburn. M R. Fletcher, aged 60, a resident of" St. Albans, who was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital on the 12th inst. sufferingfrom severe injuries to his head, caused by a collision with a cyclist, died on ths lOth Inst. A young man, who admitted, he lost his head, collided with Fletcher.,

In tho cyclone that recently Mackay, Queensland, the Holy Trinity Church, which was built in 1879, through exertions of Albert Maclaren, the founNr of tho Now Guinea Mission, was com-

pletely destroyed. The Bishop of North Queensland is issuing an appeal to Anglicans throughout Australia and New Zealand for aid in raising tho £SOOO required for tho rebuilding of the church.