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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11857, 22 May 1909, Page 6

WHEN! THE RAIN COMES DOWN. IRRIGATING your feet anel making you k-el uncomfortable, you'll wish sy}fc~x l <Jl ' a* pair of these Watertight Boots. |||p'.yffij a particle of water can penetrate jKacsvW them, and m the heaviest shower your r\\ WT^ eet w '^ warm and dry. (SjA^xV These Watertight^ will wear a long /|fVir^\ time, and are well worth the price we ib/1* T*\ \nK a6^ them. Qtf \« *v&£4h9 I have some fine specimens of Women's v\*«K^^ v-x Boots for the Dairy— they've not too j\ heavy, just the right weight, size, and ..u»"S',. " A * RY ADAIR HERE ! THE PHIT-EESIE SHOE STORE ■ . . GISBORNE. . .

Major J.-, Gethin Hughes, D.5.0.. one of the staff officers of the Defence Force., and superintending officer of* Defence Rifle Clubs, has been promoted to the position of assistant to Major Joyce.officer commanding the Nelson district. Mhjor Hnghps. was married recently to Miss Marion de Vere O'Connor, daugh ter of Mr R. O'Connor, of .Wellington. An astronomer great, he was sitting out late, With lus telescope turned to the stars. When, to his surprise, there flashed. down from, the skies A most palpnble message from Mars. He did not understand, but a code boo". at hand, Which he hastened at onoe to procure Made the message quite plain — "Influenza again, s [ Can von send us Woods' Peppermint' Cure?" \ Solicitor-General/ Dr F. ,Fitchett, sneaking at a complimentary banquet at Kaikoura (reports the Sun}, said 1 that he had been nearly killed^ with tho hospitality bestowed upon him. He . had had 17 meals and a tremendous lot of information. The latter got rather "mixed." He was not «hre how many bushels of sheep went to the acre m Kaikoiira. It had been suggested by a resident that with fast «teanier« Kaikoura, would ( become a suburb of Wfcll'neton. That resident was tbo modest. Wellington would become 'a suburb of Kaikoura. . \ Miss A. Rata, The Lake, via Charleville, Q.. writes: "I do not know what we people who live inythe< bush would do without \ Chamberlain's RemediesMany of us live miles from a doctor, and the- time that would be lost m sending for' one in ' a case ni Croup would, m mo.st cases, prove fatal, to say nothing of the expense. Tn our family we take the precaution of keeping Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand— we always hnveia few bottles m the bouse— 'and we call it our doctor. As a matter of fact, one and all of Chamberlain's Remedies have a place m our medicine chest, ancl I could -not tell you the number of timer they have saved us serious trouble.For sale by E. D. Smith, chemist. •' After about a year's collecting, the fund which is being raised thrpughout the Dominion to do honor to the memory of Sir James Hector, a scientist, of real eminence, who performed unselfish services for this country, still stands at less than £300. A certain yonn<r fellow of Ryde Determined that he'd suicide, But the_ pill Laxo-Tonic Made living harmonic. Now — he couldn't be sick if he tried. LAXO-TONIC . PILLS .10* d and Is 6d. It is reported 'that the task of repairing the high pressure turbine Maheno will be a lengthy and costly one, and it is possible that the vessel will be laid up at Port Chalmers for some weeks. RELIEF FROM* THE START. WHAT RHEUMO WILL DO. It is a great Jthing to know of a medicine that, will give relief with the very first dose. 'that is exactly how RHEUMO works. It is a positive antidote for uric acid poisoning. If you suffer from Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatiua, Lumbago, or any other disease due to excess uric acid m the blood, RHEUMO — which has cured so many others — will cure you. RHEUMO is a liquid to bo taken m prescribed doses, and will give relief with the first dose. . RHEUMO | expels the uric acid poison, cures the pain, and removes the spelling. Those wlio liave tried it praise it most. RHEUMO cures Rheumatism. Sold byall chemist^ and storekeepers at 2s 6d and 4s 6d per bottled I At the Picton Road Roard meeting, the secretary asked whether churchgoers on Sundays should not be allowed puntage free over the Wairau. Some people, he said, stopped away from, church because they had to pay to cross the ferry, and some who paid tlieir puntage. evidently thought the ferry fee enough to pay, and so allowed the offertory to suffer. The Board did not take kindly to the idea. Mr .Law remarked that if these people allowed the ferry fee to deter them from crossing to church, they did not think much of their church.

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