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Colonist, Volume XXIV, Issue 7110, 7 September 1891, Page 4

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The ' Bangitikei Advocate ' states that owing to the unparalleled scarcity of cattle on the coast a gentleman residing in the district) lately made an effort to obtain a shipment from Nelson. He was unsuccessful, however. The Molyneaux River has kept down during the past week, and John Chinaman has been doing well. The ' Ororn- [ well Argus ' hears of a party of two men who made £100 in two days ; another party of two got £160 between i them J|for their season's work ; an 3 many others down from fairJy large sums to good wages. I GOOD MORNING j Have you used PEABS 1 SOAP } Whilst splitting a log a few weeks | ago Mr W. Keid found inside the heart I of the timber a small reptile known as '■ the wood lizard. How it managed to get there seems a mystery, as the log was pefectly sound all through, and not a single hole was discovered in any part of the wood. The finder placed the lizard in a bottle, and after keeping it confined for five weeks during which time it had nothing to live upon, it gave birth to a young one. — 'Marlborough Express. The • Auckland Herald ' says of the late Eev. Alexander Beid:— " The last I injunction of the deceased to those to whom he gave his parting counsel was, ' Live your religion,' and those who stood around his open grave in Waikomiti knew tbat Alexander Eeid had lived what he had taught and and preached*" The funeral was very largely attended. GADBUEY'S DOCOA. "A perfect Food. '— Health-