Th 3 annual report read at the 38 annual session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars in London on April Ist, declared, with regard to the promised' Licensing Bill, that the minimum demand' of Good Templars was that facilities should be given for the inhabitants to give a direct answer, "Yes" or "No" to the simple question, " Do you or do you not wish to forbid the sale of intoxicating liquors in your immediate locality " There was little need for them to agitate on the multitudinous minor reforms. All their energies needed to be concentrated, upon the one demand for the Direct Local Veto. .The text of the new contract between the l Postmaster-General and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for the conveyance of mails between Liverpool and Hong Kong was published on March 14th. It pr'ovides for the completion of the journey from port to port during the summer months within 708 hours. The contract arranges, with certain, modifications, for an extension of two years from April 7, 1906, of the contract of October .12, 1901, in which the Post Office, the! Admiralty, and the Canadian Pacific Company were interested, which had already been extended to allow time for a further acceleration. This has now been accomplished by the Company, who commenced' to ran a* fast Transatlantic service last July. The advantages offered are shown in the fol lowing table of maximum periods! oi transit, under the new contract: —Liverpool to and from Hong Kong, via Quebec or Rimouski, 708 hours; via Halifax or St. John, 732 hours. It is estimated that the reduction in period of transit between 'the two ports will be about ten days. It is also provided that the master and officers ' and, except in the vessels plying between Vancouver, and Hong Kong, at least three-fourths of the crew of every mail ship shall be British subjects. The Admiralty are no longer a party to the bargain, "but the subsidy of £60,000 per annum remains unaltered, towards which the Canadian Government will contribute £15.€00.
The agonising pain, stiffness, and soreness of the joints and felt by sufferers from rheumatism is quickly removed by RHEUMO. AH chemists and stores, 2s 6d and 4s 6d per bottle.
■ piIWIIIMIj || ANTISEPTIC, SOOTHING, COOLING, HEALING. Ba'oy's Best Dusting Powder. Baby needs a dusting powder from the day be is born. His skin must be kept free from all soreness, redness, roughness, chafing, and smarting. Hean's Talsic Toilet Powder is composed of sanitary, antiseptic, skinhealing virtues, and fills every requirement of a perfect dusting powder. It is purity itself, and does not contain anything that could injure the delicate skin of the most delicate infant. The regular use of Hean's Talsic Toilet Powder keeps baby's tender skin sweet and clean, and always in the most healthful condition. Delicate]} 7 perfumed, it leaves a delightful aroma wherever used. At chemists & stores. I/- per packet. Be sure it's Hean's Talsic." "HEAN'S BA3IGOF," the wonderful Baby Cough Syrup. Specially prepared for the coughs and colds of babies and little children. Look for the registered word "Babicof," 1/6 per bottle, at chemists and stores, or post free from G. W. Hean, Chemist, 147, Colombo Street, Christchurch. Be sure it's HEAD'S. 4 WANTED KNOWN—That Property Owners can get their Stoves and Ronges reset, Coppers and Chimneys built, Drains laid, also repairs; to Brick, Plaster, and Drainage Work, any kind of old Brick Work cleaned flown niu] repointed by thorough practical Man. New Work at Moderate Charges. Estimates free. Post Card will receive prompt attention. H. Pring, Avenue Ro&d, Timaru.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13293, 23 May 1907, Page 6
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