The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1909.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10240, 1 September 1909, Page 3

The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1909.

The total rainfall at Oamaru for the month of August, as recorded by Mr J. Patterson, was 2.04 inches. The maximum fall was 0.60 in on the 29th. Rain fell on eight days.

A Press Association message states that the Wellington Hospital authori-' ties deny the statement made in the GisTjorne Court by Elsie Lindergreen, who alleged she was the victim of a mock marriage, that she was at one time engaged as nurse in the Wellington Hospital. The San Francisqo mail per Tymeric arrived at Auckland yesterday morning. The Oamaru portion (if the mail should therefore arrive per first express on Thursday. At the Melbourne Show yesterday Messrs Mitchell and O'Brien's thoroughbred stallion Applegarth, by Treadmill —Goldleaf, secured first and champion. On the voyage across Applegarth was somewhat knocked about, and it was deemed advisable not to submit him to the hammer. It is now quite probable that his owners will bring him back to New Zealand, in which case he will most likely be placed at the disposal of breeders 'in this district.

The following teams have been picked to take part in the second series of teams competitions held in connection with the Hill Gymnasium Club: —G. Grenfell's team: Moss, Perry, Rosie, and Wills; J. Ireland's team: Drennan. Evans, Smith, and Stewart; A. Glass' team: "Wilson, Ross, M'Combie, and Jones; J. Birss' team: M'Douall, Bryan, Brown, and Blvtlie. During this competition the junior handicap will be decided. Members are reminded that all entries for the horizontal bar competition close on Friday, 3rd September, when Mr R. K. Ireland's trophy will he contested fori Oar Waimate correspondent writes: — At the Magistrate's Court, before Mr Hutchison, S.M., judgment by default was given in W. Cameron v. B. Foley, claim £1 6s Id (costs 9s); H. H. Twemlow v. D. Pearson, claim £1 (costs ss). In a judgment summons Lundon and Son v. F. Joyce, claim £9 3s 4d, an adjournment of one month was granted, on the application of the defendant. Mr Middleton appeared for plaintiffs in each case. A by-law case was taken, in which J. W. Freeman was charged with plying for hire with an unlicensed vehicle. Defendant pleaded guilty, and the case was dismissed with a caution. While the. China trader Eastern was berthed at Geelong recently, a Customs officer, who was watching the vessel for opium traffic, viewed with suspicion the movements of a female visitor from Melbourne (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). As she left tho pier she was questioned as to whether she had ■ any opium in her possession, and replied in the negative. Slio accompanied the. officers to the Customshouse, where the services of female searchers were obtained. No trace, of the prohibited drug was found, but in one of her stockings were concealed no less than 200 sovereigns. "The labor is cheap there, I suppose," said a Dominion reporter to Mr O. G. Adams, mining engineer, recently from Colombia, in South, America. "Yes—cheap enough," said Mr Adams, "but long ago I came to the conclusion that cheap labor is very expensive. I will explain what ,1 mean. In mining, if you employ three natives to one white man, your three men occupy three times the space of one man, which means three times the amount of development, and development costs money. Then you have to provide three times as many tools, three times as much food, and a lot more gear. Then you can never get the native to hustle on a particular bit of work when wanted. Give me 10s a day white labor against all the cheap colored sorts." If that long, exhausting illness has left you in a very weak condition, let Stearns' Wine or Cod Liver Extract give you back your strength by building up your tissues. It makes and vitality. 10

Much damage is often unconsciously ( done to the hair by frequent washing with strong soaps, soda, ammonia, borax, etc. j This is especially the ca.se with children's ( hair, which needs very careful treatment, particularly young girls. For a perfect shampoo everyone should use Hendy's celebrated Juleptia, which leaves the hair beautifully soft and glossy, and promotes luxurious growth on young and old.; — Large bottles Is, from A. Barsdell, hairdresser, Oama.ru. j For Chronic Chest Complaints, "Wood's Great Peppermint Cure —Is 6d and 2s 6d.