A SAD TRAGDY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 18

A SAD TRAGDY.

INVERCARGILL, April 3

A shocking tiagfdy occurred at V\ ootllaiids last 'n.pht. when Mary Shireffs, aged 1&, was shot dead by her brother John, aged 19. Both parent* are dead, and the children work on a farm. John had been presented with a breech.-loading gan. which he was oiling preparatory to using. His sister playfully chaffed him on not being able to shoot, and after he had put two cartridges in the gun he made a jesting reply and pointed the weapon at her. In some way the charge went off, and struck the girl full in the fpee, death being instantaneous.

In connection with the pitiable fatality at Woodlands on Tuesday night it now appears Lamont did not point the gun at his sister in play. He had put a cartridge in the breech, and said he was going out to have a shot at the ducks. Carrying the gun at a safe angle, ho stooped to pick up his hat from a seat. This brought the muzzle down, and at that moment the charge wr-at off. The girl, who was some six feet away, washing up after tea, was killed instantaneously.

The Free Press, Balclutha. states that Captain Pennycook, of the Ciutha Mounted Rifles, has recommended Corporal R Aypon, Kaihiku, as a member of the Federal contingent. "P* cannot sufficiently express my thankfulness to you for having invented TusstCURA ; it is worth its weight in gold !'* These words are taken from one of the in-" numerable testimonials that have been received in regard to this mixture, and this opinion is universal among those who ha^e tried it. The preparation has had to overcome many prejudices, and the success it has attained is therefore all the more gratifying. No better proof of its genuineness could be given than the fact that, in spita of the number of cough cures in the market, Tttssicttra has forced its way to the front, and 110 more popular remedy for throat and lung complaints exists at the j)re-« cent time. This popularity is undoubtedly due to its own intrinsic merits, for no amount of "puffing" will induce the public to purchase an article, unless experience has proved it to be good. For bronchitis, pleurisy, and all pulmonary complaints, it cannot be surpassed, while it has been invariably effectual in cases of influenza. Witli such a record in its favour, there is no reason to be surprised that Tussicubv has proved so successful, and wherever it has found its way into a household it has been, recognised as a sovereign remedy. The preparation has withstood the test of tune and experience, and its merits only requne to become more widely known to ensuie a more extended s^heie of usefulness in the futm'^