LOCAL AND GENERAL—Con.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2772, 15 May 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL—Con.

Tns SPABriATa—The Hong Kong correspondent "of the "Times," announcing the Spartiata's arrival t lere from Portsnout-h, ftasfs that if she bee n.93 the Au>iral:a_ flaj- p ihe oolonies will secure the most economi 1 and best steaming crnisai in tin Navy. St. I mholomew's—Ai unknown donoi haa gu-r_nteed £303,0C0 £ t the modernha ton and rebuilding of S\ Bartholomew's Hospital in London. ''kacheiVs ver? eld ftiend of tho residents of the Peninsula is short. pnyirg a visit with a view of giving the j a p o a treat by inducing some o : the hotel ke-i ers to purchase and vend some of the celfb-ated Teacher's Whitkey It ia Eaid that fr mellowness purity of flavour, and life gving properties, this well known old spirit has e:tablished an unequalled retut. £]* oo in the Home markets. Children Like to Take—The ficeal quality of granulated loaf sugar is used in the mauu'acture of Chamberlains Cough R.mcdy, and the roots used in its preparation give it a flavour similar to maple syrup, making it quite pleasant to take. Children like to take it and it has no injurious after effect. It always cures. For sale by J. 8. Dodos, Chemist, Akaroa. FihE at Cttawa.—A fire at Ottawa destroyed 300 houses, and 1,000 persons have been rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at 1,500,000 dollars. An incendiary ha; been arrested for filing a lumber yard" wlitre the conflagration started. Cocksfoot and Wool. —The Agent Genet al re port 8 :—Cocksfoot seed—The market ie qui-1 The average price for bright clean Niw Zeannd cocksfoot feed weighing 171b per bu.i.cl on tho spot is 50a por cwt. Wool •wThe market is active and advancing.

Tbe Missing Mvn—The statement tba' Mr Isaac Harry Bachelor, of Little Rivet, who disappeared some days aro, had be.i, f< und at Lyttelton, is incorrect Mr B»ch. lor It ft Little River en 'ihursday merning wil hoi fc t-t"i gwl ere he -was going. He was seen in Ljtrel'on, but no further trace of him was discovered. He ia a man tix yone years of age. 6f. 6in in heigh f , wiih sandy leard, and is blind in the 1< f: eye. Wi en he left Little River he was wearing grey irou frs, a check waistcoat, cardigan j'eket, and n op with ear fl-ps.

For Children's Hacking Cough at right tale Woods' Great Peppetmint Cuio, la 6d and 2s 6d.