The Hawera County penalty of ten per cent, over rates wilL accrue after hr id ay, February 3. Rates are coming in well, and all those who have not yet paid are reminded that only one week is left in which to- pay and save the I penalty. All details are complete for the united Druid’s picnic to Moturoa beach ‘(New Plymouth), to morrow. It will be ' the biggest Druids event yet held in Taranaki. The special train will leave Hawera at 8.30 a.m., sharp, stopping at E'ltliam only. All Druids and friends are cordially invited. The tale of the wonderful productivity of a sqw which, with her progeny was exhibited some yeans ago at the Christchurch Show, as told at a meeting of the North Canterbury Farmers’ Union, created much laughter (says an exchange). The narrator said that at the show he had seen three of the particular sow’s litters sold, the day finishing with the sow m possession of the litter with which- the day started. He explained that the process was to get young pigs uniform in quality with those of the .sow on exhibition and to sell them as her progeny. CHAMPION SWIMMER OF N.S.W. Ernest Henry, son of Dr Henry, late surgeon of R.M.S. Tahiti, holds the championships for sprints as well as for surf swimming. He is a great advocate of Q-tol as a perfect protection from sunburn and salt rash. It was while at the Paris Olympian Games that Henry ’.earned of Q-tol from Charlie Purdy. TOOTH TORTURE. An old Chinese torture was to drive wedges between a victim’s teeth. Toothache can cause as exquisite an agony. A sufferer’s choice is threefold—to suffer, to have the tooth extracted, to to use Barraclough’s Magic Nervine The latter quickly kills the nerve that causes the ache. That’s all—but it means blessed freedom from pain. A handy 1/6 bottle of Barraclough’s Magic Nervine may save you many a wretched night. 328 In bulk or bottle, SHARLAND ’S TABLE VINEGAR leads for strength, purity and flavour. Specify * ‘ Sharland’s” to your grocer. —2
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 28 January 1928, Page 4
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