MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 37, Issue 9615, 20 December 1907, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

MbS, E. M'Carthy, S.M., is to be transferred from Invercargill to Napier to succeed Mr H. W. Brabant. He will be succeeded at Invercargill by Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M. Many parts of England have been Hooded by heavy rains, and much damage has been done. Biliousness is widely considered constitutional and it>,curabl<>, but that is a mistake. It arises from a sluggish liver, and by controlling your diet for a period—avoiding rich, fatty foods and taking a course oc Chamberlain's Tablets, it can be permanently cured. —For sale by J. Brown, Naseby, and W. Pyle, St. Bathans. Mr W, T. Stead, in the Review of Reviews, advocates the building of two British battleships to every German one, involving naval estimates of -10 millions sterling. The Spectator and other papers support Mr W. T. Stead'? proposal that England should lay down two ships to every one laid down by Germany. The New South Wales Government agent has completed an organisation in Scotland for a careful selection of domestic girls. He states that the Government's special agents in England and Scotland hav« Oeen inundated with applications from desirable young women wishing assisted passages early in 190S, Entertaining an En km v. Don't entertain a chronic running sore or wounds. Cure it with Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Price Is 6d and 3s.—Obtainable at W. Ginsbergs, Agent, NasebyA scarlatina serutn has been discovered by Professor Marppman, of Leipzig, which gives marvellous cures in nearly every case. We are pleased to see that evidences are accumulating of the Government's intention to make the irrigation of our dry lands a reality. At the Wardeu's Court, Livingstone, on Friday last, au application by His Majesty the King for a water-race of 15 heads out of the Otekaike River was granted by Warden Turton. The application set out that the race was partly constructed, and that its completion would yet take four months, at a cost of LIOOO. Mr J. R. Kirk, of Naseby, who appeared in support of the application, mentioned that the water was to be used for irrigation, domestic and general agricultural purposes on properties at the Otekaike Estate, recently acquired by the Crown from Messrs R. Campbell and Sons (Ltd), and shortly to be thrown open for selection. It will be well for our farmers to take care that the requirements of Maniototo are not forgotten. The days of disagreeable, harsh medicines are past, and Chamberlain's Tablets top the poll as the most pleasant to take, mildest and gentlest in effect, safest and surest in their result. Try them next time you need a purgative, and you. will be more than pleased. For sale by J. Brown, Naseby, and W. Pyle, St. Bathans. Phasks of-the Moon. Dkcembeb. New M00n... ... "5 9.0 p.m.. First Quarter ... 12 1.40 p.m. Pull Moou ... ... 20 5.25 a.m. Last quarter ... 28 11.45 a.m. Perigee ... ... 7 3.0 p.m. Apogee ... ... 23 9.0 am. There is exceptionally mild weather in North-west Canada, and many farmers have already finished ploughing. The Hawkes Bay has arrived at Sydney from New York. For three days the vessel threaded her way through a field of icebergs of great size. It is estimated that she passed between 400 and 500. The steamer was 500 miles south of her usual course