Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5474, 18 February 1910, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The weathar report to day is : Light and variable winds-!, but westerh moderate prevailing; expect shower) and changeable weather at times ; glass little movement ; tides and sea moderate. We remind sportsmen that acceptances for the Bay of Plenty Jockey Club races close to-morrow evening, when the entries for the Maunganui Trial Plate and Wairoa Hack Handicap must be made. In preparation for the Fire Brigade Competitions, to be held at Te Aroha next month, the local Brigade held v practice on Wednesday evening, when there was a good attendance of members. Another practice will be held next Wednesday night. Durinjgj the voyage of the Hotwegian "barepie Cutnbusdoon, which arrived at Adelaide froni L^vea-p-00l on FejbTUary 4, t!he secemd oilicer, Hans IA-- Treseness, wa& drowned. Tiw vessel 1 at ihetuno was running at the rate of about 12 knots. Tressntss 1 -went aloft to make the mainsail fast. He losH h l s hold and fell 'backwtards |nt o the sea. The coroner stated that at an intq^iest in Hacklnet' on a girl who foil in front of afire jngfine and was billed, I'hat, though, fire engines wprc of necessity driven fast, he had in fifteen years lanown of only two such, fatalities. A juror .rmnarketl that it showed what a fine set of drivers the London County Council had. In the present case tho firemen-, alter hastily attepdiiifi; jto The K<rl, arrive** et tlie fire just in time to rescue fror« an upper window a woman who was surrounded by llames, and was in imminent danger of losing her life. We have been told by a man who lost three children by dysentery during the epidemic last year that h saved his fourth child by giving it Chamberlain's Colic. Choice and I'iwrrhoea Remedy, -and sa.\s that he is convinced thnt ha<l he given" "the othe three this medicine they would have been saved. Although ha had the -best medical advice he lost his three children. Chambertfltin's CoJic, Civoter and Diarrhoea Remedy is the most successful remedy in use for bowel complaints in children. It should be kept in every home to be uped in case of emergency. For sale by all dealers,.