LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1418, 1 December 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man might have been seen i n Mauteiton on i-riday (says the 'Time. ) nd.ng a biry.le and carrying gcythe, another a damaged bicycle on his shoulders, and yet another had a live rooster under his arm, while two, iiding tandem fashion, were drugging a hand-cart laden with varioi/s painting appliances as fast as ' a lioise would trot. Juries sometimes return rerharkublu vesdicts, and'this one delivered by the foreman of a coroner's jury in (newlless to say) Ireland descKvos to be placed on record. It wan as mllows:—"Deceased died bv the visitation of God under suspicious circumstances." The New Zealand Express Co. Ltd. have been appointed forwarding agent* throughout New Zoaland for the Vcw Plymouth Carnival and Exhibition rho Exhibition opens at Christmas time, ami exhibits are accepted from practically all over the colony. Full particulars will be announced later Advt. Pugilistic encounters Were slightly in evidence at Taihape on Saturday \ i says the locul puperj. Two wildlooking individuals commenced a Fit/. s"iiui(.ns-Cor|*'t t display in front of u popular hostelry, when the eagle ••ye of the Prime Minister not j n . Forcing liis way through the crow!, lie laid a fatherly hand on each, and v (hem. An armistice muh | and th<» jn-acVMnakiT tnaivlml off amid elu'CiK. KINENT KKMEDY ON THE MAUKti? FOJ{ CtIASiIPAIiUX. Chamberlain's Momuch and Liver i'nlwe.s is a favorite remedy (or Constipation throughout the Lniled !>t,ttis. lJisulers who handle it recommend it highly to their customers. Mr C, C. iH.sworu, of ilaurid, Jon a, 1.J"., A., writes to the Dianuiucturer* of tins medicine u » follows,-—"To my notion il is the best thing you muke and the finest thing of the kind ou tin* market." I'or sale by G. K. Wliarto.il, chemist. Ihe (Hugo central railway to Ouiakau was opened on Tucsduy by the Premier and I>ir -Joseph U aid, there being some 30(>0 people present. After the ceremony had Ik'Ch completed the Premie, rode to Chut to Creek and presented a charter to a bt'anch of the l.iberul and Labor Federation 'ornied there. In thu course of an address Mr Scddon traced the rise of the Liberal party, pointing to the danger of large tiaets of country being in the hands of a few. In the North ' Island vast areas had been a<*tuired for a bottle of rum and blankets. In Hawkes Bay 2g (id an acre had been paid for land now worth £25 an acre. He lielicveti the time was not for distant when an Act- would bo passed making it illegal for holders of tracts of country to increase their holdings. lie believed it would be a cornvt and proper law to pass when there were people who held large tracts while, thousands were unable to get an acre.' He thought it time an Act of Parligment stop]>e<i the ajjgicgatio jof larg<e estates. The Prcmity spoke for an hour and a half, and concluded by presenting the charter. Children should not be allowed to go to school or church with *eough* or colds. Cure thcrti pleasantly and quickly with Uneeda Couch Syrup (Marshall's). Is fid «nd 2s 6d, at \ cliemists und stores.—Advt. l{ulher a cynical view of life is that represented by the beliavjor of tli.> Scottish police. It apiiears that a man at Edinburgh railway station was seen to be in an active stain of financial' lieiirvolenee. In |>oint cf " fi.ct, he was busily distributing £1 notes to a hilarious multitude. Ho was conveyed to the asylum. Vet this in die country in which Mr Carnegie is giving awav free libraries with impunitv ! SYKES' CUBA COUGH For Coughs, Colds, Asthma,- Bronchitis. Cures quickly. No watting. No delay. Price Is (id. Agents; Southland Farmers' Co-op. Store.