THE GAOL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1248, 30 October 1875, Page 7

THE GAOL.

The following was the state of H.M.'a Gaol, Dunedin, for the week ending 23rd October, 1875 :_

The Hong Kong Daily Press hears that two well-known members of the British Par« liameDt, Ijoth belonging 1 o the Radical party, and both great travellers, appointed to mccc afc Yokohama, in Japan, ou Saturday, 25th September, at 2 o'clock in the afteraoou. One mumber was to travel by way of the United States and San Francisco, and the other by the Suez and Indian route. Madras has beaten Wheatstone's duplex telegraphy. Winter the telegraph engineer has duplicated the duplex system, and introduced a quadrnplex mode by which four messages can be sent at once. The plan has been tried on 80 miles of the Madras line " with triumphant success."

Valuable Discovery fob the Hair. —if your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use "The Mexican Hair Ptenewer," for it will positively restore in every case Grey or White hair to its original colour, without leav ing the disagreeable smell of most "Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald bpots, Adhere the glands are not decayed. Cer« tificate from Dr Versmaun on every bottle, with f ull particulars. Ask your nearest Chemist for Ihe Mexican Haik Ecnewer," prepared by Homy C. Gallup, 493 Oxford Street, Lon. don, and sold everywhere at 3s 6d per bottle. 17ap

Historical \~nde "Jurors' Eeporta and Awards, New Zealand Exhibition. " Jurors: J. A. Ewen, J. Butterworfch, T. 0. Skinner. •So far as the Colony is concerned, the dyeing of materials is almost entireh confined to the re-dyeing of Articles of Dress and Upholstery, a most useful art, for thera are many kinds of material that lose their colour before the texture is half Morn. G. Hiksch, of Dunedin (DxraEmir Dye Works' George street, opposite Royal George Hotel)! exhibits a case of specimens of dyed Wools Silks, and Feathers, and dyed Sheepskins! The colours on the whole are very fair, and reflect considerable credit on the Exhibitor, to whom the Jurors recomisended an Honorary Certificate should be awarded." Honorary Certificate, 639: Gustav Hirsch, Dunedin, fur Specimen of Dyeing in Silk leathers, &v '

Advice to Mothers !— Are you broken in ypur resfc by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and fet a bottle of Mas Wikslow's Soothing ybup. Ifc ■vvill relieve the poor sufferer 'minediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces' natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cnerub awakes "as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relievos wind, regulates the bowels, and w the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea, whether .ariaing from teething or other cauw. tfold everywhere at Is 1M r>er bottle. .Manufactory 493 Oxford Street, Lono?^ i 17ap Floeillvr !— Fon the Teeth and Breath, —A faw drops of tho liquid " Florilijie sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produce a plea* sant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stopa decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness, and & delightful fragr&nco to tb<* breath. It removes .all unpleasant odour arising from decayed toeth or tobaooo srouke. '• The JbVagrunt tfJoriline," being comwwed in part oi honey and sweefc herbs, is delicious t.<, the taste, and the greatest ? o $ 80over y "f tks Rare. Sold everywhere at 2s Gd. Prepared by llenvy C. GalfoivlKl Oxford Street.. London. 1?^

STRANuiSiw paying a viniio Duoedm are otten at a loss w Urj..<.v which ia the best es« tabliohment to visit fur ihu purchase of drapery and clothing. Herbert, Ilayues, and bo. offer special advantages to the publio fch«? can be met with no.wtare else in the city They keep at *ii times the largest and Ws& assorted stock of evory class of gonds, imported otreot from the leading manufaotuMifi aud warehousemen at home, which, b«iiu, bought entirely upon cash fcerras, they are enabled to offer goods of Mich sterling valua +v! oann ? t be oquall«d by auy other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marksd at a faxed price for ready money, from which no abatement is ever mafic, so that the moat inexperienced buy their gp'xls at the Bame price as the beat judges, f hUr turius are n,efc cash, without discount or reduction of any kind; A fuller descr j pfcion of their stock will be found, in an ftdvertjsomeat in the firjSago efthispape*,«~[A»¥'A]

J Awaiting trial Penal servitude Hard labour Default of bail Debtors Males. J 0 38 90 1 2 JTemal 1 3 2? 0 0 les, Total 131 31 deceived during the week discharged do 12 17 8 3