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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2763, 18 April 1900, Page 3

Dr Drew resumes practice on Friday. There was a considerable fall of snow on the Two Thumb range yesterday, whilst it was raining down here. A visitor to those localities informs us that rabbits are very numerous about Goal Creek and the Tengawai valleys. The rain storm of yesterday cleared off before morning, and a pleasant day has been experienced—the pleasanter because of the rain, which has been much needed. The Timaru High School resumed work to-day. The Timaru primary schools resume to-morrow. A meeting will be conducted in the Wesleyan Church, this evening, at 7.30 by the Revs., C. E. Williams and Josefa Yusina, in aid of foreign missions. Messrs Wilson Bros., have commenced business as house decorators, glaziers, sign-writers, etc., in those large and centrally situated premises at the corner of Stafford and Woollcombe Street. They will keep full stocks of all requisites in their business. Interior decoration is a speciality with the firm, and they have a first-class sign-writer in their employ. The breaking down of the clay bank at the north side of the railway station is a tedious and hard-graft process of undermining with the pick.- We have heard it suggested that it would be easier to “saw” the clay down, as stone is sawn, with a twisted square wire, or a wire clothes-line, two or three men pulling alternately. If this proved a rapid means of bringing down the bank, it would not cost much to cut down the clay between the railway and Caroline bay. It could be slid down on to the sand and a grassed flat made there, very little protection being required now. The a s. Rotokino, berthed at the main wharf this afternoon, having recently been in Sydney, some precautions have to be taken to night to prevent the possibility of rats getting ashore from the vessel. The Rotokino has “ done ” her quarantine at Port Chalmers, but thffl precautions are nevertheless to be taken. There Is a difference between Timaru and Sydney which la worth mentioning. In Sydney the wharves gave forth smells attractive to rats on the vessels; in Timaru tire wharf offers no such attraction.

Mr George Brown, who trade a trip to the Old Country sometime ago, after spending many years in Timaru, in business as a tailor, returned yesterday.

We learn that the Premier was advised by Lieutenant Colonel Hommervllle from Albany on the 16th inst. that the Gymerfc left on Sunday evening at 5,p.m, for South Africa. The members of the B. Battery marched into town from the camp at mid-day, and heard the pleasant order '• Right about turn, march into the dining room,” at the Empire Hotel. Wade’s Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never fall for adults or child) e". Price Is. (Advt.) When the merchants of JLondon realised that an all round Increase of taxation was to be proposed to provide funds for the war, they rushed the Custom House to clear dutiable goods out of bond before the tax should be levied. In two days no less than £2,225,000 was paid in Customs duties, whereas under ordinary conditions the payments would have been only about £160,000. Herr Andree went in his balloon To try and find the pole, He must have perished all to soon Before he reached his goal. If he had only known the way Cold regions to endure, He might have been alive to-day, On Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, KAdvt.)

Some remarkable snapshots of the war are being made in Paris. The French photographers have collected some old horses and guns with some supers from one of the Paris theatres, who are made up as Boers or Englishmen as occasion demands, the Boers being distinguished by their long whiskers and the Englishmen by their uniforms, Imitation breastworks have even been built near Paris, and these are stormed by the supers, while the photographer takes his pictures. One single bit of truth is the picture ot a ford. It shows a big tree at the left in the foreground, with a shallow river behind, and a few cows and sheep wading to the further shore. "Whenever our forces have crossed a river anywhere, this picture has been used to illustrate the exact place of crossing. All these counterfeit pictures are much more dramatic than the real ones, which find a far less ready sale. Symptoms. When you feel run down, the bowels irregular, specks before the eyes, nervous and irritable, the appetite not too good, an uncomfortable and blown-out feeling after meals—you are bilious and livery. Loasby’s Wahoo soon alters all this. It stimulates the whole system, makes every organ act in unison and perform its natural functions with ease. Remember you don’t have to take a dozen bottles. A single dose usually relieves and one bottle generally cures. It is worth trying. It can he obtained anywhere. Ask for Loasby’s Wahoo.

The physicians in one of the chief hospitals in Philadelphia are about to attempt a unique operation in removing the tattoo marks from a sailor who was recently landed,there by the British ship Centurion. He is the most tattoed man in the world, the whole of his body, including his face, being covered with curious devices. He shipped on the British steamer Kurdistan, going to the West Coast of South America, and while going through the Straits of Magellan the captain anchored,and the men went on shore. The sailor, parted from his companions, was captured by Patagonians, who, instead of killing their captive, tattooed him with all sorts of designs. One of the figures on his breast closely resembles the signs of the zodiac, while on his back is a winged lion, almost identical with that of Assyrian sculpture. How the natives conceived a creature which was supposed to belong only to ancient Babylon and Nineveh is an interesting problem. Why experiment on yourself—with remedies of doubtful utility when you can get Chamberlain’s Oongh Remedy, which has stood the test of time ? Twenty-five years’ sale and use have proven that remedy to be a prompt and certain cure for colds. It will cure a cold in a day if taken as soon as the cold has been contracted and before it has settled in the system. Sold by Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association. Ld,).