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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9302, 19 March 1907, Page 5

Pihama Athletic Club have decided to hold their postponed &ports on Tuesday, 26th inst., not on Friday as at first arranged Te Kiri sports programme has been amended. The nominations are to be made on 23rd March, and the events have been thrown open irrespective of boundaries. A danoe wil be held in the evening. A doncert is being given to-night in Wesley Hall A good programme' has been arranged. At the ctose the produce given to the Methodist harvest thanksgiving services will he sold by public auction. At the Supreme Court, New I 'ly mouth, on Monday, an extraordinary case was heard in which a man named Henry Walters wa? charged with indecency. It appeared that he had contracted the habit of standing at the back door of his- house in the afternoons in a state of nudity, to the annjoyance and scandal of his neighbors. At first a plea of not guilty was entered, but after the evidence of two witnesses had been taken this was withdrawn on the advice of counsel, who asked for probation. Mr Justice Coloper thought it was necessary that the man should be medically pxamined as to his mental condition. FAther he was of so low a moral character that the Probation Act did not apply or there was somethKng wrong with his mental condition. Prisoner was re manded until Wednesday. In th& eradication of the Cailifornian thistle Mr Keys, of Tonxo, has been singularly successful, and by a process within reach of any settler. A 30-aore paddkxx was badly infested, and ht> decided to sea what could be done with it. Last season he ploughed, grubby and thoroughly worked the Hand and sowed dun oats. As a result he proudly points to a cheque of f 40G (which he got from 80 tons and eight bags of chaff at £5 a ton), and the thistles almost eradicated. "There is hardly one now," he says, "where before 10,000 grew "— Exchange. Mrs Maybrick has appeared on a public platform in New York as an advocate of prison ' reform. She was soberly dressed in dove grey, and her countenance was marked with lines due to long suppression of individuality. Her address, quiet and clear in delivery, was characterised by cleverness of description and happy phraseology, not wanting in epigiram. When she was released she expected, she said, to find friends to welcome her, but they were all dead, and she, penniless, with an invalid mothler to support, had to face an unsympathetic world. Railway arrangements in connection with the Besses o' th' Barn racecourse performance are advertised. The secretary of the Patea Racing Club cafls for tenders for various privileges. Mr D. L. A. Astbury notifies that he will be a candidate fbr Ejpnont seat. J While objecting to the Land Bill in certain i respects he will stand as a general supporter of the present Government. When you feel the fiTst twings of rheumatism, gout, scaatiea, or lumbago, send for a bottle of Rheumo. It will quickly cure you. All stores and chemiste sell it at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. A positive and lasting cure.

Writing to a correspondent, the secretary to the Postmaster-General says:— v "l am directed to say that the gift of a Christmas box to a postman does not come within the scope of the Prevention of Corruption Act.' r ; SIMPLE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. The following simple cure for rheumai fcism has been forwarded to us by a Wai- ! rarapa resident who was incapacitated for years before trying this remedy : — "Drink, first thing in the morning and the last at night before retiring, a cup of very warm water. Next bathe the affected parts with a hot solution of sulphur and water (teaspoonful to about a quart of water), and while the limb is still steaming, wrap it in lint or thick white rag, thickly spread with Bee Ointment. Cover the whole with absorbent wool and bandage firmly. On no account must there be any rubbing, but the treatment must be repeated thrice daily until the pains have enirely dis appeared." Bee Oinment Contains medicinal qualities similar to these at the Rotorua springs, and that is why it has been found to be such an efficacious remedy for rheumatism and similar ailments.. Sold everywhere. 1/6. — Advt.