A report has been received from the manager of the Mount Ms - water-race in reference to the question of providing nuts for the men employed in cleaning; out the water-races. Mr Murray states that no difficulty has been hitherto experienced, a<« the men employed provided their own tents. If huts were built, they would be left uninhabited when the cleaning out was finished until the following spring, and would most probably be destroyed One in the Wed"derburn Creek, built of sod walls, with iron roof and having bunks in it. was set on fire, the bunks being completely burnt, and the rafters three par:a through. Seven iron huts would be required, the estimated cost of which was £l5O, without flooring or bunks, and if these were put in they would for a certainty be burnt for firewood.—Mines Record. Whooping Cough.—My three children, suffering severely from whooping cough, have been entirley cured after using two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Johx' Graingeii, Grafton, N.S.W. There is no danger whatever from whooping~ cough when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by the use of this remedy. It ren'dors the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less revere. For sale by Jas. Brown, Naseby, and W. M'Connochie, St Bathans. Mr Herdman. on Saturday, presented to the Minister of Mines a petition from Mr Neil Kicolson and others asking that assistance be given to the miners of Central Otago for injuries which mining property sustained during the recent severe winter. The Minister promised .to get a report, npnn ,'hc position at once', and intimated to Mr Herdman that he would communicate again with him/after it had come to hand. For C/rildren's Backing Cougli at night take Woods Great l*eppermi»'t Cure ; \s 6<£ and 2s 6c/.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 35, Issue 9388, 9 October 1903, Page 1
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293Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 35, Issue 9388, 9 October 1903, Page 1
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