! There is on view at Mr P. M. Pratt's warehouse a beautiful carved imirror, the work of Mrs EL Higgs._lt forms part of an art union in connection with the Catholic bazaar. , A system has .been utilised on Mount Egmont by which all the caretakers of; j .the north'and south houses are kept in; touch with the movements of parties . travelling between the two resorts'. It : is the duty of the cxistodian at one house to immediately notify the other, by means of the telephone, when a party has left his house for the other, or arrived from the other side. By this means the safe arrival of every party Is asstired, and incase of anyone being overdue search parties can at once he instituted. Cumbers will welcome this innovation as reducing to a minimum the risks of being forced to spend a, night" on the mountain, through losing their way or accident. Messrs D. Cuddie (Dairy Commissioner), ,C J. Beakes (Director of the fitock Division of the Department of Agriculture) and R. Lambie (Pihama), liave suggested the following conditions for the Stratford A. and P." Association's dairy farm com petition—-Provis-ion of winter food, 20 points; milking *hed, 20 points; best laid down paddocks, 15 points; best style of pigstyes, 10 points; best hay stack, 5 ■Doints; best fencing. 5 points: best "herd dairy cows in milk, to be judged T>y aopearance, owner to have the right -to throw put JO per cent., 25 Points. The first prize is valued at £12 12s, second, £4 4s; third, £2 2s; fourth, P\ 1 ■*. Competition, is confined to farms -*>f 50 acres or over, ,in the "Moa Road T>o fir a district. Stratford, Eltham, and Whancamo'no'ia Counties, and for rieml->evß of tb» Stratford A. and P. Association. Thp recommendations jave been ann/oved by the society (says -rli- Pf.ra+ford Post). It is advertised tb^t the Catholic bayiar X* b^ld- in Hawera from JanuJi<*x 31 to February 7. A feature will >o t^e tue-of-war contests, for which a rnmbpr of tef"is have signified their intention of taking part. AN ARMY OF DOCTORS. . An immerso army of doctors is engs«£ftd in having, wrecks of humanity " T .| lfl h^o run upon the rocks of ruined health in broad daylight, though vant of care. Indigestion is in:- illness of tbe age—everybody suffers from it vi come form or other—do you ? Then » short treatment with Baxter's Pills —Compound of Quinine—will restore ■your lost energy, make your skin clear, jtnd nut light in your eyes. Is 6d a box of Pilver-coa+ed Pills at stores and -^eniists. —Advt. A CHRISTCHFRCH NURSE CURED OF KIDNEY COMPLAINT BY DR. SHELDOON'S GIN PILLS. ■'While following my avocation as a nurse for a long time I have been suffering with Kidney Complaint in its worst form, with afl its usual painful symptoms," writes Mrs E. Evans, 88 T)urham street, Sydenham, Christchurch, N.Z. "You jnay imagine my while having to do nurse's cities to her patients. I had no freedom from pain, night and day, and had very little sleep. I tripd everything advertised; but they weie of no use. T*y accident I noticed an advertisement on a slip of paper about Dr. Sheldon's {"Jin Pills, and half-heartedly I started to give them a trial. My avocation ac Norse getting me so much professional fldvire gratis I -naturally thought it xrouid turn out like most advertised cures. In *> very short time I was eurvrised at tho good work tbey were doing and am now cured and in better 1 and strength than ever I was vid I shall make my business to impress upon pll o-'^^ars. tiie value of T).-. Shpldo-n's r^ 1>:1H." . t»". Sheldon's <"*•'••» Pills are sold ar Is Pd and 2r fid. Obtainable at W. K. t Wallace's.—Advt. »
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1914, Page 8
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625Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1914, Page 8
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