Mr Gannaway, of the Telegraph Department, brings uncernoticetho arrival of a couple of undesirable emigrants, who however have come lo a preinaiure, though not deplored end. On opening up a bunch of bananas the other day Mr Gannaway noticed some reptile eggs. He cut the skin-like covering, and two peculiar objects like Jabberwocks were then seen to wriggle. Investigation proved them to be a speeit s of tropical lizard, and without further trial they were consigned to an early grave. In connection with lizards, it is worth noting that the New Zialand tantar i is becoming a domestic pet in many place b. One at the Invercargill Museum likes to be hugged by I ' the carttaker, and thcro ia an old bachelor tautara in the grounds of Gunnersbury House, Nelson, (Mr Trask's). Ho lives in a hole by day and comes out to feed by night; and though he is apt to startle strangeis who meet him unexpectedly in the dark, he is quite polite and warranted harmless. " I would rather trust that medicine than any doctor I know of," Says Mrs Hattio Mason of Chilton. Carter Co*, Mo., in speaking of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhea Remeny. For sale by J ames Boon,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 89, 16 April 1896, Page 3
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204Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 89, 16 April 1896, Page 3
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