MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2651, 30 October 1906, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club in favour of the amalgamation of all sport 3 clubs in one big body, Mr Jus. Doyle said :—"Our you!!!; men should be encouraged to go in for running, jumping, Rugby footb.il! and fighting. I've got i.o time for ping-pong or tennis! If the white race is to beat the yellow they will have to go in mote for robust sports aud build up a strong, virile people. The young men of to-day are the citizens of to-morrow, and they will have to look out for themselves." Sheldon Drug Coy. 15 O'Connell street. Sydney, N.S. W.

Dear Sirs,—While rehearsing on the stnge recently I contracted a very serere col 1, which quite incapacitated me from work, After using a small bottle of Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, a"d Consumption, I was entirely cured. I voluntarily give my testimonial to the great eflicieucy of this remedy. Yours faithfully,

MARIE D' ALTON, Williamson's Dramatic Company. Sydney, March 21st, 1904. For sals by L. Hotop, chemist. A man wearing a captain's uniform, and bearing a forged military order, met a corporal and eleven guardsmen who were marching to Berliu with some documents. He induced them to follow him to the Town Hall at Kopenick, eight miles away, where he arrested the mayor. The mayor took 4,000 marks (about £200) from a safe, and handed it to the pseudo-captain, who then ordered portion of the guardsmen to escort the mayor to Berlin to prison. The rest remained on guard at the Tovn Hall, the togue disappearing. Bad.! Bad! ! Lad !! ! Bad blood comes from -had digestion—bad stomach, bad liver—attended with bad foul breath, coated tongue, bad taste, bad headache, bad appetite'aail kindred symptom?. Bad as all these are and serious an are the diseases to which they lead, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets come to the relief and sure .of all these by regulating and invigorating Stomach, Liver and Bowels, and putting all these organs in good order. Ft r sale by L. Hotop, chemist. Drunkenness among women has so increased in Liverpool that out of 7,000 charges for drunkenness, 3,000 were preferred against women. An effort is being made there by the licensing bench to prevent woman being served with intoxicatingdrinks before eleven o'clock in the morning. The Liverpool City Council ha 3 authorised its medical officer to placard the city with posters describing the mental, moral, and physical injuries brought about by the use of alcohol. The posters will draw particular attention to the high rate of mortality among children of drunken mothers. A Modern Remedy. Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption gets to the root of the troubie and effects a permanent cur-. For sale by L. Hotop. chemist. That dreadful word " consumption " nerd never he feared if Dr Sheldon's New D:s covery is taken in time, rhousaids speak of it in the highest praise. For sale by L. Hotop, chemist

State Fire Department escaped loss in the Wellington conflagration.

Penny postage from New Zealand to the United Statos will be established from Nov. 1.

The typewriting championship of America has been won by a young man who typed 4,627 words in 30 minutes- an average of 154 words a minute.