The United States battleship Nebraska has almost missed being christened, having started dowri^the ways at her launching eleven v minutes too soon. Fortunately 'thj> daughter of tho Governor of Nebraska had tlto time and the presence of mind to, Hash forward and smash a" bottle of wi\ie on the receding- ship. The ineidelft recalls the fact fhat'our own battleship Albion was never christened. In her pse, the cause was the ineffective slinging 1 , of, the bottlo of rosewatcr, .vn'-^n was substituted for' wine at Blackwall in | deference 't'dlthe teetotalism of Mr. Hills, i of , the, Thames The Princess of 'Wales, -then Duchess of York, aimed the bottle three times, but it only glided along the side of the Albion's bows, and never broke. For Bronchial Cough, take Woods' threat Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d, ivery where.— Advt. For Influenza and Cold in the Head take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la 6d aad 2a 6d.— Advt. For children's hacking cough at night take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is hn and 2s 6d — Advt. A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE of the j , Is represented on il © f>t\ »_» 15 | & CO. a I I New Famil3>- Tins of ]| I Specially Selected | I Biscuits I I TINS CONTAIN: n Iced Wafers, §fj W Cafe Noir, | H _ Kiel Fingers, j | 1 Fairy Cakes. j 3 a Leaf Cracknels, j I I Cocoanuts, || I Cream Sandwich, m | Reka and Queen Drops. Hi I ORDER A TIN TO-DAY! 1 (^) THE ?ill tf M PEaiQlT^jj F© R a ll l i ver disorder*, sick headache, bdiousttessjaunduc indtssstionffalultncc dizziness fulness after eattng, distress of stomacfi, lorptdlivtr* consifauian &COIV l/fr UAC IKj too TVui&C Cot' moww jjeaM cuff, ovc*, QjuujjfcuujLcL cmLuwy&uxLa/nA \rj// $^jfafoctfgaMu&\x-, I \-ff /rt> Jti>tw& jwwrw ds^' JJONNINCTON, LJB| CHHISTCHUKCH SCjoS
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 134, 3 December 1904, Page 2
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