LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1412, 17 November 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some weeks ago attention was drawn to the discovery in London of gold-plated teeth in sheep's heads, which had been imported from abroad At first (says the Tost') it was believed that the sheep's heads in which the gold was discovered came from Australia, but it was subsequently proved that they had been exported from Siberia. Mr VI. J. Anderso'n, of Trcntham (Vic), ihowever, claims that some of the sheep in Victoria are gol-den-toothed. He recently purchased some siheep from a local firm of stock and station agents, to whom he lias as follows :—"Dear Sirs,— Some time back you may have read a report in the Press from a correspondent in London, stating that some' of the sheep imported into England from Australia had gold-plated teeth. When 1 read it I laughed at the idea. I enclose you a tooth taken out of the head of one of the last lot of ewes ; you sent to me, .which is gold-plated, j All the teeth in this ewe's head arc like this one, only' some have more on them than others. I thought that you, like myself, may never have seen one like this, so have sent you one as a curiosity." Although experts to whom the teeth have been submitted express the opinion that the suljstancc j on the teeth is similar to golh, they are doubtful whether it is the real ' metal, and, in order to remove I all doubt, the tooth is to be subjected to ' an analytical test at the School of Mines, I

Messrs S. Brown, of Wellington, and R. Slater, of Dunedin, have been reelected as representatives of the employers and employees respectively on the Arbitration Board. Messrs Gar. row (of Dunedin) and J. A. Scott (of Dimedin) are the respective, emergency members.

The amount collected in New Zealand this year by the Salvation Armv during 'self-denial week is £82(57, an increase of £IOO7 on last year. Wellington contributed £2551, Dunedin £2l2], Clu'istchurck £IS-15, and Auckland £1742.

Whilst Mr Balneaves, native interpreter at Gisborne, was absent in Dunedin his residence was broken into and property worth £.'500 stolen, including a valuable collection of Maori curios, a violin over one hundred years old, and £SO in cash. Two attempts had been made to fire the dwelling. Mr Balneaves received an anonymous letter slating that the perpetrator was on' his way to America with the stolen articles. On Tuesday night Detective Nixon arrested a young native, Tutu Huiu, at the residence of Tula Nihoniho, a local chief. Tho young man violently resisted, and in a furious melee which took place the prisoner escaped, the defective. being single-handed. Tho police arc now searching for him.

Vomen in the house say he took loison with him.

Sherlock Holmes (says the ' St. James's Budget') has found a rival in Detective Broadbent, of Huddersfield. A burglary was committed and ,17 stolen. The only clue were two waistcoat buttons found near a gate which had been climbed to get to the premises. The ollicer followed up this clue, and as a result a man named Ward was arrested. Two buttons on his waistcoat were missing, corresponding' with those found. Another circumstance was that before the robbery Ward was short of mo'ney, but afterwards he was "flush," and changed silver into gold nearly corresponding in amount to £5 worth of silver stolen. Although the charge was denied, Ward was committed for trial. As the time for obtaining sacks for the coming grain season lias arrived, attention may be directed to the regulation (published in the 'N.Z. Gazette' on October :2:2nd, J!)IM) by the Railway Department on the subject of the size- of sacks. It provides that on and after February Ist,; l'JOu, the maximum weight of any sack containing wheal,'barley, or oats, to be carried by the railway, shall be :2001b. and any sack containing a greater weight shall be charged four times the ordinary rate of freight. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the mother's favorite. It is pleasant and safe for children to take and always cures. It is intended especially for coughs, •colds, croop, and whooping cough, and _is the best medicine made for these diseases. There is not the least danger in giving it to children, for it contains no opium or other injurious drug, and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by G. E. Wharton, chemist.—Adv-t. Arrangements have been made by Mr A. I). Dobson, Christchurch, city surveyor, for an exhaustive test of the disinleetaut dust-layer, "Wcsti'iimite." as soon as the roads are dry enough for the purpose. This substance (according to the 'Lyttelton Times') is now largely used in cities in other countries. _ It is claimed that the "Westrumitc" process is hygienic as well as economic, as it will disinfect the streets as well as rendering them free from dust. It is mixed with cold water and forms a complete solution, which percolates through and into the smallest dust particles, and by its oily substance it binds the stones and dust together. Rain is taken up by the existing solution, and it binds any newly-created dust afresh, so that on roads treated by it there "is no dust in dry weather aud no mud in wet weather, and no ice in winter." The tests in Christchurch will extend over a period of about six months, so that there) may be no doubt as to the qualities of the process. _lf you have a liver and know it, if you are a sufferer from constipation, if yon have indigestion, von should certainly try the effects of one bottle of Dr Crossland's Noxol. It's a wonderful medicine. 2s, at chemists and stores.—Advt.

What is this great remedy that everyone is talking about? Whv, Dr Crosslands Noxol, of course, the best remedy yon can get for indigestion and constipation. Rnpidlv euraUve in the worst eases. 2s, at chemists and stores.—Advt. Coughing yet? Isn't it time you got a bottle of Unccda Cough Syrup (Marshall's)? R s powcr \ 0 coughs is simply marvellous. Very palatable; splendid for children. Is 6d and 2i 6d, at chemists and stmvs — Advt.

The celebrated black horse of General Boulanger has just died bet.veon the shafts of a humble market cart. A nobler fato has been reserved for the horse that served for a model for Rosa Bonheur. It has left the Honorable retirement in which it has been since the death of the artist to pose for the equestrian statue command d by the Shah of Persia, of tho wellvnown Persian sculptor, M. Alfred Boucher. The horse, which already figures in the Luxembourg, and in various galleries in tho provinces, is destined to bear in effigy tho "king of kings" in the great Hall of Honor of the Palace of Teheran. INGO NERVE KIL4ER, Thousands of sufferers from that most painful malady, raging toothache, have not only been relieved but permanently oured by using INGO, the latest scientific remedy for toothache. INGO arrests decay, forms a stopping, and saves extraction. Price Is 6d. Agents : Southland Farmers' Co-op. Store. It Works Like Magic—The reliel obtained from GhaiMbeilain's Pain Balm when applied to a barn or scald is so nearly instantaneous that it seems almost magical in its effect. An injury of this kind heals without maturaturation when this remedy is applied, and unless the wound is very severe, does not leave a scar. For sale by G. E. Wharton, chemist.— Advt.

How to secure a "white Australia" is pointed out by a British naval officer whose letter is printed in the 'M.L.A. Chronicle' for November, just issued. He writes':—"You are right in supposing that lam interested in Australia. I have a sentimental fondness for the country, but I have not any great belief in its future as an Anglo-Saxon land. It will bo Japanese about the time we are looking forward to, and though that people is enlightened and progressive, how can we be reasonably sure that there will be anything left of financial institutions after the swirling struggle to maintain the barriers which will be swept aside by the yellow tide. Australia has no population; not only is tho birth rate insignificant, but with fatuous short sight immigration is hampered and discouraged. How dif. ferently the United States acted a hundred years ago ! . . . Look at Canada, inviting immigrants now as fast as she can, and, in consequence, filling up and going ahead by leaps and bounds. Let Australia follow suit : it is her only hope of remaining white ; an empty Australia stands open to the yellow flood."