PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 287, 3 December 1912, Page 8

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.

A oliestnut maro is for sale. Girl is wanted for housework. " Plain cook seeks hotel -position. Strong lad wanted for flournr.ll. , " Waggon, team, and harness for sale. • • Cook-general wanted for country faotel- > , , , iV There will be a reheaj'sal oi tne junior orcho-stra to-night. McLauclilan and Co.'s advice: "Write your friends and advise them to come to Marlborough to invest their capital." The D.1.C., Ltd., Wellington, advertise a selection of materials from which ladies may choose their summer dresses.- , W. J. Martin, jeweller, Market Square, advertises details of \ -^he great Christmas display now being made. ;

Attention is.directed to the furniture sale to be held at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow at tli© residence of Mr E. J. •Burke (next to Mr A. , McCallum'&), St. Andrew's Street. A special. Christmas -announcement is made by W. B. Girling and Co., Ltd,, in this issue. This firm is. giving cash coupons valued at 2s. in,. the £ with every purchase daring December. "I

A Wellington young lady the other day "rang up" the Rev. Mr Bates, Government Meteorologist, to ask him if it would be safe to buy a new dress for summer wear. His reply was short and to the point—"Never mind the dress; buy a, new macintosh!'*

: j,r^a:«v^rfel^^d/f;BM^6«fHl:: 'tii^oi&fr "*y? i^^aSpdt^^cvaia^e^-' : foriried .; .Jjy;; ;.pap;|aHi A y;S ::> W,» • with^the"; assisia*c(j 'tff Mri'Higgs y '^h'« ciaefcyipjßScor, of i;he Tyser steamer Niwaru, wJiile on the passage from Liyesrpool to ATiekland. In a heavy ffale on November 7, the. second steward, John Richmond, had -• his fight hand jammed in a door, with tha result that the hones of the fingers and hands were crushed, and broken, and the flesh badly lacerated. The unforunate man's hand was at once cleansed and bandaged, but on November 16 mortification set in, &siA in order to save The man's life, Captain Hayter decided to attempt to amputate the third and fourth fingers and a part of the hand. No anaesthetic was at hand, but the flesh of the hand was so badly decayed that the patient felt practically no pain. The operation was a great sucoess. The success of the operation is all the more credita.ble when it is taken into account that Captain Hayter had no previous surgical experience, and also that the ouly instruments at his dis- • posal were those contained in the ship's medical chest.

Tan boots are easily dirtied, but this can be quickly got over if you use "TAN-OL." It cleans, polishes, and. preserves. In tins, liquid Is, paste ■Bd.—Advt. ■ - •