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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2768, 1 May 1903, Page 4

BCBCNIO Plagoe—Five thousand burches of bananas by the Tyrian were ordered to be thrown overboard, owing to the discovery of plagued rats amongst the shipment.

Germany and Canada—Several Berlin newspapers declare that the German Federal Council haa decided to impoee a surtax upon the chief Canadian exports equivalent to that imposed by Canada against German goods, and hope by this means to deter other British colonies from following CanAda's example.

Memorial Ibices—lhe British Army Guild has abandored the propseed memorial soiaic«at Sf. Paul's Cathedral for soldiers who ft 11 in the war.

Bead It in His Newspaper — George ?cha\ib, a well known Geiman oitizen of New Lebanon, 0., U. S. A , ia a conetant reader of the Dayton Volktzaitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised Mirrpin for lame back, he did not hesitate :.• buying a bottle of it for his wife, who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pairs in her baok and oould get no re'iff. He says;—" After using the Pain B )m for a few days my wife said to m< , , ' I feel though born anew,' and before usinp the entire contents of the bottle the unbear alile pains hud futirely vanitbfd and ere oiild take up her household duties. Hβ is , very thankful and hepes that all suffering likewiFo will he»r of h< r wonr'erftl recovery The valuable liniment is for sale by J. 8 Dcpds, Chemist, Akahoa. .

Rain in Australia—Six ioches of rain f e'l at Gundapai, New South Wales, ir fiftef/i mirutes. Railway washaways oc cinrfd. Further copious rains have fallen ovfr a laree porlion cf the £tate. Victoria md South Australia report similarly.