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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10513, 7 April 1927, Page 4

An Invercargill Press Association message reports the death of M r Cuthbert Cowan, aged 92 years, a member of Parliament during the Atkinson regime. The late Mr (Wan was one ol the founders of ilie Southland Frozen Meat Company, and wan for many years a member of the Land Board. He owned extensive pro. pertv at Kanana. and was a premia, cut breeder of Romney sheep. The hearing of six charges of attempting to obtain from David .lohn O’Carroll and Charles Laureno* Packman sums of money totalling £3 15s 9<l bv falsely representing he was a person capable of diagnosing and curing ailments and skilled in the treatment of diseases preferred against tlie Indian herb “Atah,’» Abraham Wally Mohamed Salaman. aged 40 (Mr Schramm), was continued in the Auckland Police Court. Tlfe evidence of alleged quackery was of an extraordinary nature. We regret, says the Examiner, to record the death of Mr Cecil James (Laddie) Goodwin, eldefet son of Mr J. P. and the late Mrs Goodwin, “Ardlui,” Woodville. which oteurred at the residence on Monday after an illness extending over nine months. The deceased ion traded a serious complaint and entered Pukeora sanatorium for treatment. All the care and attention he received proved of no avail and two months ago ho returned to Woodville in a sad way. He bore his long sufferings with remarkable fortitude and the end was a happy release. Reduced from a position of affluence as the leading jockey in the Dominion to a state of penury, Heotor Gray met his creditors in New Plymouth yesterday in bankruptcy. He attributed his failure to the sentence of life disqualification from tbe pursuit of his profession, and his creditors on the whole were sympathetic instructing tlie D.O.A. to facilitate his discharge providing an investigation of his estate proved satisfactory. Unsecured creditors totalled £939 and after the realisation ol assets bankrupt estimated his deficiency at £324. He disclosed he now had no interest in any racehorse* and said he had lost £15,000 on two farming ventures. The present Hudson io the finest Hudson ever built. This applies particularly to the Brougham, the aristocrat of the Hudson line. Dashing colours, smart lines and the latest vogue in upholstery, accentuate a smoothness of action which is a revelation to anyone who has not previously experienced Super-Six performance. It lia*> speed, power, economical operation and long car life. Jones and Co. are the agents. In the long winter evenings it is sometimes very difficult to know just wliat to do to keep the cjuldren indoors and interested in their homes, and it is worth while spending shillings and pounds if something can be found that will fill the bill and not cost too much. If you are interested in finding something that will give a great deal of pleSsure, help pass tho time and prove of interest to yourself and your children, just have a look at all tlie nice things in Mr Badger’s window.