LOCAL AND GENERAL—Cont.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2774, 22 May 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL—Cont.

The Balkans,—Fixty Macedonian insurgent' thi-bw brmbu amongst two thousand )■ at Koundino, killing % hnn* ded ( _.* d fifty, and wounding many. Tbey ftfta w -,*u e-cup.-d to the" forest. Om' bu -dred and seventy Bulgarians, at Sladerop, pear lUonastir, awaited a large Turkish toro?. i'hpy exploded dynamite mines, ki-li--g "' 'V, and M _ retreated to Brnd "Whare a desperate fight took place. They thei withdrew to the mountains, Eieht> Idb were killed. The Emperor Francis Joseph declined to receive Prince Fei * dinand when ho was paaairg through Vieuuß. "~on9 thousand .pounds of dynamite h*v. been unearthed at Salonika, The polic have d soovered th.it ths Frecch and Rub■•an ■TVnsulat'-'s have been undermined — Hhe A banians at Ipf k threaten to kill the Cni tian judges or lendarmss if there are any af pointed in the district.—A politica criHi's has arisen in Bu'garia. The Danefl Cabinet baa resigned ( ving to an incident between Frin *c Ferdinand and the Ministers and Instructor, Prince Ferdinand h*f sammoned M. Petkoff, leader of the Stam* buloff Party, to form a Cabinet. Teacher's Whisky.—A very old friend of the residents of the Peninsula is shortly paying a visit with a view of giving the people a treat by inducing some of the hotel Keepers to purchase and vend aome of the celebrated Teachet'a Whiskey It is said that for mellowness purity of flavour, and life giving properties, this well known old ■pirit h;is established an unequalled reputa tion ir; he Home markets, Children Like to Take—The finest quality of granulated loaf sugar is used in the manufacture of Chamberlains Cough R.medy, and the roots used in its prepara* tion give it a flavour similar to maple syrup, making it quite pleasant to take. Children li! c to tike it and it has no injurious after effect. It always oureß. For sale by J. S. Dodds, Chemist, Akaroa. Purchase ot a Steamer.—The U.S.B. Co.'a steamer Ovalau has been purchased by Messrs Burns, Philp and Co., of Sydney, for the itkud trade. —_—-——■***_—_,■____■_ i