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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4592, 22 June 1917, Page 3

"ITS FI S 3 S I it WINTER SALE “The SALE of the SEASON” Now Proceeding 20 Pag:© SALE Catalogue on Application

“TAKE WAIRONGA WITH IT.” Men who know always say that when ordering their favorite whisky. Wai-Rongoa Natural Mineral water improves a drink immensely. Charged with its own natural gas, it gives life and energy to wines, spirits, milk. Splendid for the stomach, liver, and kidneys. Stores, hotels, clubs, chemists.* Since the outbreak of the war it is most extraordinary what absurd rumours get afloat. Stories seem to he concocted without the slightest foundation and are freely circulated to disturb the equanimity of naturally trusting persons (says. the New Zealand Times). A tale went round the town yeterday that a woman .residing in Tasman street had met with dire tribulation. It was to the effect that .as she went to her door to receive news of the death of her husband; at the front, one of her children fell downstairs and broke its neck, while another left in a bath got drowned. On the matter being brought under the notice of the police inquiries wore made, but no clue could .he discovered to give any justification for the ten'ible tale of woe. WIDELY USED. , Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is one of the most widely used medicines in the mai’ket. It is popular in all parts of the civilised world. This is because it “makes good.” You can always depend upon it when you have a cough or cold.—Sold by E. D. Smith, Chemist, Gisborne.* Tales of strange meetings of old comrades are always being told, and the latest comes from Flanders. On the eve of an attack at the Somme five men were detailed from various regiments to a certain post, and when tl;e quintet foregathered at the unpointed place, they proved to be old friends, as the whole five had been members of the same company in one of the later South; African contingents. Needless to say, the reunion was a joyous due. The writer would like to finish the story by saying that they all got through the big engagement unscathed, but unfortunately that was not sc, as oil© was killed, ■ another was gassed, while 'a third had' a thigh badly shattered by shrapnel, and one was reported missing. Only one returned safely. It is estimated that a million acres, of oatis will be sown in Ireland this year, says Lord Mayo , POSTAL OFFICIALS AND BANKS. Mail Koora sorters run considerable risk from disease bacilli. Many of them, also many Bank tellers, gargle and sniff up Fluenzol as a safeguard*' ' , At the time of the Norman Conquest' the whole population in England was only about 2,000,000, . . Best plantation rubber, combined with best British brains,-go to make the North British Company's Hot Water Bottle the best for long service—but look for the. patent “Unique” stopper. Ik spells satisfaction.*