Captain Gordon Mac Diarmid was proceeded against at the Htvwera Magistrate’s Court on Friday for a. breach of the railway regulations by having on 'January 5 attempted to, cross the South Hoad railway line in front of an approaching train. Counsel (Mr. F. C. Spratt) said the defendant, who was in the Feathcrston Camp, was unable to appear. Captain Mac Diarmid had instructed counsel to enter a plea of guilty . The prosecution arose out of the recent accident at the crossing, and Senior-Ser-geant Till explained the circumstances. Counsel, In extenuation, said that the defendant was a stranger to the district, and did not know this dangerous crossing. Defendant absolved the driver of the railway train from any blame in the matter. A fine of 40s, with costs 7s, was imposed.
“An Old Believer in Baxter’s.”— That is how a sawmill hand concludes his letter to Mr. Baxter about a further supply of Lung Preserver. “With 10s worth of this sterling remedy,” he says, “I reckon I can cure all tho colds in Horopito, the wettest place in the Dominion.” This man’s faith in Baxter’s Lung Preserver as a euro for coughs and colds is typical of thousands of others who have received welcome and permanent relief from colds and 'bronchial troubles. Get a big Is 10d bottle to-day.
Films and Plates developed promptly at the Davies Pharmacy.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16035, 21 January 1918, Page 7
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227Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16035, 21 January 1918, Page 7
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