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Opunake Times, Volume XXII, Issue 769, 1 September 1905, Page 3

An impounding notice is inserted. A Liverpool gentleman spends some hundreds of pounds every year in having Scrip. tnral texts printed on business envelopes. The number who stayed at tbe Mountain House there laßt season was 2400, or double the number of the previous year. It is expected that before very long the track from the Falls to Stratford will be so far improved tbat a buggy may be driven along it. The Liquor Bill introduced in the Assembly at Sydney on Tuesday night prevents the opening of further hotels, The number now in the State is to be tbe maximum. A local option vote is to be taken every general election. The questions to be answered will be : Continuation of existing licenses, reduction, and no-license. A bare majority will secure continuation or reduction, but a two-thirds majority is required for no-licen3e. Half the electors mast vote to make the poll effective. No money compensation is a'lowed, but a time notice is to be given ranging from six months to two years. The Bill provides for the registration of clubs, and prohibits barmaids under the age of 21 years. Tbe land question is one io which the Premier is in a minority, both in the House and in the country. If the land question comes up the Premier goes down —ergo, the land question must not come up. Last session it was kept down by referring it to a Boyal Commission. This session it is kept down by a series of iuterrogatories to the House. Members are a sort of catechism class and the Premier is the catechist. The end of the session will come before the catechist is through with his work—and the land question will then rest till next session 1 The cleverness of the Premier is once more demonstrated and the class will be contend, Al] it has to do is to open its mouth and shut its eyes—and take its chance with the catechist.—Masterton Times. Ever? Bottle Guaranteed. This is done with Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy, and if you are not satisfied after using two-thirds of the bottle according to directions, return what is left and your money will be refunded, For sale by Harwood and Treeby, The Old Testament says all it has to say with 5642 different words. "He was that drunk he mistook a lamp post for the member of his district," said a policeman when giving evidence last week in the Wellington Police Court. "H'm." said the magistrate, " I suppose there was no light in the top of it." Best Coran Medicine for Children, The fault of giving children medioine containing injurious substances, is sometimes more harmful than the disease from which they may be suffering. Every mother Bhould know that Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy is perfectly safe. It contains no opium or other narcotic, is pleasant to take and for coughs, colds and croup, it is unsurpassed. For sale by Harwood and Treeby. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Care. Is 6d