LATE SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11864, 31 May 1909, Page 6

LATE SPORTING.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph — Copyright)' (Received May 31, 8.50 a.rb.) ADELAIDE, May 31. '■ True Scot won the Pauksicle stakes, beating Waipuna* by two lengths.

Many, persons find themselves affected with n persistent coucfh after an attack of influenzal As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it 'should not be allowdd. to run ou until it bi-xtoniHS trouhlpftome. Por sale .by E. Df Smith, chemist.

Mr J. W. Ru.-rsell, a well-know _ Auckland identity,* died on Sunday. He was born, states the Star, at Epsom m 1855, and had been out of Auckland mt onto iv his life — on the occasion hat he gave evidence m Wellington jeforo the Licensing Commissioners. M_r tvs-ell was ono of the founders of the j -iieklund Tattersall's Club, and had -wiied several wcllrknown racehorses at /uriou_ times. Medioal Syndicate, specify, among all -ucaiyptus product-, - SANDER and IONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, aa the me exclusively lit for internal applica- | ion. Royal patronage and universal ise honor this original preparation, its terling and unprecedented qualities comnand the distinction. Beware of _übsti 'iUtee.* Speaking at the dinner tendered to Mr Donne at Wellington, Sir Joseph Ward sjiid very few ijeople could realise what Mr Donne had accomplished m promoting immigration, tlie tourist traffic, and land settlement. When it was mentioned that the Tourist Department frequently l ceived as many as a thdu-.. «md letters at a single mail from people m all parts of the globe making inquiries ibout New Zealand.; and when it was realised tliat the traffic from over-seas resulted m a gain to New Zealand of between £3C0,000 and £400,000 a year, it would be admitted t licit the inatitutnon of the Department presided over by Mr Donne had been a great benefit to the Dominion.' Kissing — teasiug — , Lovers twain. -V Coughing— sneezing — Cold again ! Lovers quarrel, All too sure. What's the moral ? * Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. News has been received *m Masterton that Mr George Beetham met with of serious accident m England a few week_ ,ago. ' He was, m company with Mr« J Beetham, touring m a motor car m South England, and hud , visited Mrs Water house 'at Torquay. . Mr Beetham (.lighted from the car to find a picnic •pot m one of the narrow Devonshire lames, with precipitous banks-- on each nde. The chauffeur followed him, back- 1 ing the car down the lane. Apparently 00 much speed was on, for the car mocked Sir Beetham -.down, aiid one j wheel passed over his hips. When extricated, Mr Beetham was taken to the Sxeter Hospital, and as suitable accomnodation was not available there, he >ras placed' m a private nursing home. \n X-ray examination indicated that hero were no broken bones, and it is expected that in* 'three weeks' time he would bo able to return to his London home, A recent cable message reoeiv:*d by his relatives m Masterton state_ that his condition still causes anxiety. 1 certain young 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 PlLL3#.o*d and ls 6d. Nearly two and a half years ago the big steamship Netherton, while loading i\> ful] cargo of kerosene at Sumatra for .'Sydney, Wiis the scene of a tremendous explosion and ji terrific fire, which so lamaged her that she wis reported as a total loss. The explosion occurred m the No. 2 hold, and the flames extended with such rapidity and fierceness that the Netherton was burnt out from the engine-room forward, and the sides of the vessel collapsed. Advices havo now been received m Sydney that the Netherton has been salved. With her misshapen fore part, and without a foremast, the Netherton present* a grotesque appearance, but , she has been fully strengthened, and! is quite expected to reach,' England without mishap. It is .stilted' that tho vessel will undergo farther repairs on arrival at West Hartle--1 pool. j OBTAIN A PATENT. Now ideas, or improventfcnts on existing arrangements, should be patented — provisionally, at any rato. Fullest detailfl, m "Advice to Inventors," 'which will be posted free on application to HENRY HUGHES, Patent Agent, Queen's Chambers, Wellington. Wellington is now obtaining cheaper meat. Owing to increased competition prices have fallen Id per lb. "This is the position," explained one'of the city"_ landing master butchers. "During tlie past six or eight months some shops have been started m Wellington, and they have been selling, for cash only — no book debts, no delivery. The people pay across the block, and carry away their pa reels, t Thus they can undersell, by I'd per lb the butcher_who has to give delivery, keep books, and take the risk of bad debts. This cash business has gradually became more extensive m Welj iington/and consequently tho 'other butj ; hem have decided to bring their prices I ori\ to a par with the rival quotations. m the same terms— :iio booking and no delivery. Those who do not care to pay cash and carry their own parcels must pay the old rates."

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