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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13691, 6 March 1908, Page 8

A discovery of considerable interest, both scientifically ami commercially, has been made on a farm at C'bttlia, (he property of Mr. F. Quaif<\ of llalswcll. A seam of fossil resin It, 1 -" en discovered, with brown coal ami i-layt? usually associated with brown coal. the resin is of the kind of which small quantities are found in most coals, both in New Zealand and elsewhere. and which is known as amberite. Submit ted to the market experts in Auckland, it, was accepted as kauri gum. and valued at. £30 a ton. Mr. S. ' Page, of Canterbury College, to whom specimens of the amberite have been submitted, thinks the evidence points to the resin having first existed in a considerable seam of coal, and that the coal lias been gradually disintegrated. and perhaps washed a way, leaving the resin in situ.

Painless Corn Cure: This preparation completely cures the most painful corns, hard or soft. A few applications only required to deaden fho pain. It is also most useful in removing any thickening of the epidermis, or horny portion of the skin. Full directions attached to each bottle. Price !«,— Edfon, chemist, Auckland.