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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 22 August 1901, Page 3

An old man named Cornell, who was crippled; with rheumatism, committed suicide at Hartley Vale (New South Wales) by jumping .into a river with half a hun-dred-weight of stones tied to' his neck. He left-'.a letter addressed to the coroner;' staling, that as he was crippled and past work, and old, he was', going to* leave this old planet by the easiest way he knew of. Mr T.< F. M?Donogh, a member of the Burke and•. Wills exploring . expedition, which left, Melbourne in 1860 to explore the unknown interior of the continent to' the Gulfj of Carpentaria, has petitioned the Victorian Legislature for assistance, being in indigent circumstances. He states that he accompanied the expedition to Cooper's Creek, a point in the then unknown country, and went halfway across the Sandy Desert with Wills, returning; to Victoria with the remnant of the expedition, being one of the four survivors of the original members. He subsequently went to the New Zealand goldfields. He is now the sole survivor of the party. »

It's football that works up, the muscle, And; gives a man. plenty of dash, It's kick, it's sci/urn, and it ? s bustle, And a general looking for lash. In the goodjTild hunt for the leather, If a; cold you should have to endure, You will soon pull yourself altogether With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. :.■:-■ (Advt.)

ATICTIONEERt. Guinness and LeCren--O I N T S A L E, MONDAY, 26th AUGUST* 1901. 100 Fat 4-tooth £-bred WETHERS 170 |-bred HOGGETS (very, forward) 40 i-bred EWES in lamb 250 i-bred HOGKETS (very, forward) GUINNESS and LeCREN. ' PRELIMINARY NOTICE.. VALUABLE HOTEL PROPERTY at Fairlie for Sale. ■'.'•■ , GUINNESS and LeCREN. STUDHOLME JUNCTION SALE. FRIDAY NEXT. )RESENT ENTRIES COMpRISE^- ' 400 Fat r and; Forward; WETHERS : 200 'Good |-bred HOGGETS 50 :Extra good"'l-bfe'd" ""Ewe-HOG-GETS ' 120 3-bred EWES in lamb ■_B Head Dairy and Store, CATTLE Additional entries now being received. : GUINNESS and LeCREN,; ' ■ • '•■ - ' : '^Auctioneers. IT.ZL. and M.A-Cqmoanv-STUDHOLME JUNCTION SALEYARDS. TO-MORROW .{FRIDAY). PRESENT ENTRIES COMPRISE—--650 i and |-bred EWES in lamb 500 EWES in'lamb 380 2, 4 and 6-tooth.EWES in lanib 250 Forward |-bred HOGGETS . 140* and f-bred HOGGETS ~. '- ft.! 40 i : bred HOGGETS "' , ;i ..N.Z.L.. COY., LD. ' •W. "LAtVSON. Auctioneer.-'v W. J. DAILEY, Agent, Waimate. GRAIN SEASUJS. 1901. HE NEW ZEALAND. LOAN AND MERCANTILE nti., LD., are prepared to make\LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Grain placed in their Stores for Sale, Storage or Shipment. CORNSACKS,* full size, of best quality, ' and 5-ply SEAMING TWINE supplied at lowest rates. ON SALE—WOOLPACKS. FENCING WIRE, OTLS, Etc MACHINERY of all descriptions, in. eluding the celebrated I | FARMERS' FAVOURITE DRILL, (Fitted with Periston's patent Turnip and Rape Feed). The best DRILL in the market. F. LeCREN, Manager.