THE PELORUS GUARDIAN. AND MINERS’ ADVOCATE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1895.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 6, Issue 65, 16 August 1895, Page 2

THE PELORUS GUARDIAN. AND MINERS’ ADVOCATE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1895.

Tailoring. —Mr M'Kinley (representing W, Curtis, tailor, Blenheim) is at present on a visit to this district with a full range of patterns, which he will be pleased to show to anyone calling on him at Mr G. Pope's, He intends remaining for two or three days. Church Services. —The Rev. E. Ensor will (d.v.) conduct Divine Service on Sunday next at Cullensville, 3 p.m. ; St. Peter’s, Havelock, 7 p.m. —The Rev. C. A. Foston will conduct Services at Oaamilutu, 11 a.tn.; Havelock Suburban, 330 p.m.; and Town Hall, Havelock, 7 p.m.

S.M. Court. —The monthly sitting of this Court takes place at Cullensville on Tuesday next, and at Havelock the following day Football —A match is to be played in Blenheim to morrow between the Wairau and Havelock Clubs. The following players will represent Havelock : —Messrs Carter, Elliott, Pike, Seymour, Moore, Thompson, B. Passau, Stratford, Pickering, M'Gregor, Stevenson, Coleman, Wilson and Law. Scarcity of Water.— The long spell of dry weather experienced here lately has caused a large number of wells to become dry. Unless rain falls shortly we are afraid the matter will prove a very serious one. School Committee. The ordinary monthly meeting of this Committee will be held on Wednesday evening next. Land for Natives.— The Minister for Lands has informed the Member for this district that the Commission—the SurveyorGeneral, Mr Alex. Mackay, and Mr T. Parata, MHR- —appointed to award land to the landless Natives in Marlborough have not had time to apportion all of it, but intend to complete their labours as soon as possible. Dentistry. —Messrs E. Powell and Son, dentists, request us to notify that they will visit Havelock every first Tuesday and Wednesday in each month. The next visit will be from 10-30 a.m. on Tuesday. Sept. 3rd, till 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4th. As the firm intend paying regular visits henceforward, we hope intending patients will note the dates, and thus avoid disappointment. Duty on Fruit. Messrs Irvine and Stephenson, who have large fruit-preserving works in Dunedin, are petitioning the House not to place any import duty on raspberries, as, they point out, there is so little of this iruit grown in the Colony that they cannot obtain a sufficient quantity to make up assorted jams unless they use the imported fruit.

A Des Moines woman who has been troubled with frequent colds, concluded to try an old remedy in a new way, and accordingly took a tablespoonful (four times the usual dose) of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy just before going to bed. The next morning she found that her cold had almost entirely disappeared. During the day she took a few doses of '.he remedy (one teaspoonful at a time) and at night again took a tablespoonful before going tq bed, and on the following morning awoke free of all symptoms of the cold. Since then she has, on several occasions, used this remedy in like manner, with the same good results, and is much elated over the discovery of so quick a way of curin? a cold. For sale by W. Price. Over 100,000 bales of New Zealand wool were in the recent English wool sales.

At Olrig. in the Hawes’s Bay district, 30 acres of swede turnips have fed 3.509 hoggets for one month, and it is estimated that the same ground will keep 1,500 ewes for a further three weeks. Te Auo Ho j*)3 has long held the premier position a* .he leading ** Family Drapery Warehouse " in the cuy, and farther developments are now taking place to inaugurate the New Year, 1803. Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the London Paying for Te Aro House Those who never read the advertisements in their newspapers miss more than they presume. Jonathan Kenison, of Bolan, Worth Co., lowa, who had been troubled with rheumatism in his back, arms and shoulders, read an item in his paper about how a prominent German citizen of Ft. Madison had been cured He procured the same medicine, and to use his own words: — “It cured m 3 right up.” He also says a neighbour and his wife were both sick in bed with rheumatism. Their boy was over to my house and said they were so bad that he had to do the cooking. I told him of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and how it had cured them up in a week, For sale by W. Price.

Heads of families, storekeepers settlers careful house-wives (young and old), rich and poor alike, will save heaps of money by reserving their purchases for the “ Great Partnership Sale," which is now on at Te Aro House, Wellington, Mr A. R. Guinness is mentioned as a likely candidate for the vacant seat on the judical bench.

It was stated at the meeting of the Wellington Laud Board last week that there was a probability of the establishment of Government sawmills in the Wellington district. Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides at Toledo, Washington, says she has never been able to procure any medicine for rheumatism that relieves tfis pain so quickly and effectually'’ as Ghatpbarlain’s Pain Balm, and that she has also used it for lama back ynitb great success. For sale by W. price-

Messrs Fitzgerald Bros., the well known circus proprietors, who left New Zealand some months ago for the purpose of picking up novelties in America and England, expect to return to the Colony via Australia before the end of the year.

As a consequence of the heavy snowfalls lately, together with the hard frost, the mortality amongst sheep is something terrible. We, Lake County Press, have been informed that on the No'rveu Hill last week 15,000 dead sheep were skinned, and there is another 30,000 (that is known of) waiting to be skinned. I he management consider they will lose fully two-thirds of their flock. We have oeen further informed that this is the most disastrous winter on sheep for over 30 years.

The announcement made in another part of this issue, that a sale of greater magnitude than ever attempted by Te Aro House is now being held should arrest the attention of everyone in this part of the Colony. 0. W. 0. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co., W" Va., appreciates a good thing and does not hesitate to say so. He was almost prostrated with a cold when he procured a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. He says:—" It gave me prompt relief. I find it to be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.” For sale by W. Price.