Catarrh of the Stomach CURED. 10 YEARS INTENSE SUFFERING. Call and See Mrs. Cummings.

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Catarrh of the Stomach CURED. 10 YEARS INTENSE SUFFERING. Call and See Mrs. Cummings.

302, Oxford-street, Woollahra. April 27, 1900. To Mr. S. A. PALMER— 184, Pitt-street, Sydney. Dear Sir, — For ten (10) years, I have suffered horn Catarrh of the Stomach, suffering intense pain during the whole time. Several times my life was despaired of, and at last the doctor said he could do no more for me At tins time I read your advertisement and deteimined to 'give VITADATIO a trial. The result ha? exceeded mv GREATEST anticipations. lam now FULLY RECOVERED, and am m better health til an I have been for the past twelve veais I earnestly recommend the medicine to similar sufferers. You are at liberty to make what use you like of this and I shall feel a pleasure m answenng any questions re my complaint. Yours truly, (Signed) ISABELLA CUMMINS

For further paiticulais, S A PALMEE, WAREHOUSE, WATERLOO QUAY, WELLINGTON. Conespondence Invited Wnte foi Testimonials.

Wallace King ib convalescent, and just now is warbling tor feicv Dix up m Auckland .I*. swcotlv as c\oi Wilson Bairett, aftei a lughly-succesfr-ful soason in C'hris.tchureli, opened at Auckland on Wednesday last Wellington is to follow * * * "Quahty Street," Mr. J. M Barries latest comedy, is said by the ciitios to be the ' richest ore in the 'Little Minister' vein he has vet struck." * * * Charles Laun, the famous animal ipi personator, is due in Australia next Christmas, and will appear as the cat m the pantomime of "Dick Whittington." Seven thieaties open in Svdncv — e\oi\ one gn mg at least seven shows per week, se\ eral eight and one twelve — and money turned away at almost e\ erv performance Suiely, the Austialian record One of the Chinese piocessions in Musgrove's Melbourne panto, is composed of real Chows from "Lilly Blurke-stleet," with the banners and scaly, many-col-oured fantods the Celestials use in thenstreet shows. » * * Miss Maud Failing and Mr. Arthur Elliott (wife and husband) are said to have accepted a long engagement from Messrs. Jones and Lawrence, proprietors of the Cremorne Gardens, Perth, Western Australia * # * ' The Message from Mare" has caught the popular fancy up North all right The "Observer"' man says that, in spite of its romantic love-story and humoious by-play. there is moie point in it than in half-a-dozen sermons. * * * Solos by Madame De Vere Sapio at Sydney "St. Patrick's," were responsible for the statement of an English visitor "that Australians w ere the most religious people in the world." He did not attend w hen Madame did not sing. * * * Mr. J. W. Cragg, one of the Marvellous Craggs, who are performing at Dixs Gaiety in Dunedin, aheady trains his youngest child of twelve months to be an acrobatic performer The yearling looks forward to the Risley act cvorv morning. it * * Miss May Beattv, in the first flight of Tom Pollard's artists, has been engaged bv J C Williamson to appear in 'The Runaway Gill" in Melbourne When May first took to the stage, she was so small an artiste that she was in the ABC of the Pollard school * » * Frank Thornton sails fiom England about the end of Febiuary, for a prolonged Australian and New Zealand tour Among othei plays he will bring along Facing the Music" and ' A Little Ray of Sunshine," and he will also revive "Charley's Aunt" and "The Private Secretary." The Greenwood Family, who belong to New- Zealand, and who started then.stage career in this oolonv, have been doing fairly good business m Austiaha of late, and are now working their wav over to Tasmania, where they expect to visit the small as well as the laige towns throughout the State. * -* -<■ Mr. Dix has arranged for Dcrenda and Breeii the champion ]uggler&, to appear in New Zealand after they have finished with Harry Riekard.s. They are styled the Comic Club Juggling Kings, and ha\e performed m all the pimcipal theatres in the world Their clubswingins proved to be simply a lev elation in Australia The fust pioduction of Ben Hur," at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, has been fixed for to-night (February 7th ) Mr Williamsons artists, specially engaged for this production, have arrived in Australia. The stage of the theatre lias had to be relaid to permit of the rcpiesentation of a chariot race between two teams of four horses each, this being one of the realistic scenes of the piece. A white camel is now being diligently searched foi by Mr Williamsons agents The Christchuich Theatie Ro\ al wa< vainly offered for sale by auction the other day, at a reserve of £13.">0 It has had mx inteiestmg history — this old play-house. It began life as a musichall and, in 18(>3, evoked into a theatio under the name of the Princess, and wiHi "Johnny" Ha,! I (J L Hall) as licensee. In Mai eh, 1871, Mi\ Win Hoskms -dear old ' Billy" Hoskms — made his debut there along with Miss Florence Colulle and from 1873 till 187(> he held the theatre on lea<=e. In November, 187() he opened the new Theatre Royal with r The School foi Scandal," and kept it eoing till 1880 Since then, almost every public entertimer of colonial note has trod the boards of the Theatre Royal

Thus the ''Arrow," in answer to a corlespondent —"Possibly by the time the fifth test match is decided, what is considered by the public to be Australia's best possible eleven will be in the field." There are a lot of rumours about the Australian eleven for England, but so far nothing has been done It will probably be found that theie will not be more than two new men in the team — "Shortshp." "Woomera" tells the following story in the "Australasian" — In the pavilion of the M.C.C. giound dunne the second test match, an elderh gentleman grew so excited and restless that he drew upon himself the attention ot another eager greybeard sitting near. You appear to be very much interested m this match 9 'Well, I have a right to he That's mv boy there Armstrong, keeping up his end so well.' 'Oh indeed. Well that's my boy Duff at the other end, who's iust going to make his hundied ' Then they shook hands the two proudest men in Australia " * * * THE RLLING PASbION. Bring us no tidings from the front, No news of Botha or De Wet, Boom not the horesome burgher-hunt Begun years since, unended yet No stricken field our interest claims — Bother the Empire — give us games ' What though a tone of jealous hate The Continent press pervades. And Gaul and Teuton circulate The libels of the lying Leyds? Who cares, so long as some one s bails Have been knocked off in New South Wales • —"Outlook "