SUSPICIOUS FIRES. FFILDING, January 24. A number of suspicious outbreaks of fire liave occurred recently, causing concern amongst, business men. Last week an attempt was made to set fire to business premises occupied by a Chinese fruiterer, l'iie police investigation rest) lied in the arrest of a 17-vear-old youth employed as a messenger in the Feilduig Fire Brigade, llw 'defendant was before the court this morning and remanded till next Thursday. His father applied for hail, and said dial the lad had made an admission to (he police. Bail was opposed by the police, partly on the ground that the youth had threatened to commit suicide. Bail was refused.
The Beautiful Girl HAS AH UNDOUBTED ADVANTACE. A girl’s fortune is very often her face, and a sweet expression is marred by a bad skin. In this age. when a girl’s future depends upon how she settles herself in marriage, the healthy maiden with the fresh fare and the bright eves lias a long advantage of her sickly .sister. 'lho.se damsels who are unfortunate enough to have a pimply faro have the whole expression of the features spoiled, and no matter how comely they may really he. they are invariably passed over for girls with good complexions. It is therefore a matter which should be dealt with, and those who suffer in, this manner should at once try a course, of Dr Morse s Indian Root I’ilis, which act directly upon the blood and soon dear the skin of all blemishes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3594, 30 January 1923, Page 57
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