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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14517, 7 May 1913, Page 5

For 1 Chroma Chest Complainfe, "WWdV Greaib Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6dL—Advt. Before retiring,, takle a 'cup'of ■"Camp". 'Coffee. So refreshing, so comforting;. A spoonful of "Camp," boiling water, sugar and milk', and a cup of rich, fragrant, golden brown 'coffee is ready at once.—Advt).

If certain negotiations now in progress are successfully concluded, as they probably will .'foe, the Wanganui Museum will shortly .ibe in possession of a unique relic of an old New Zealand war canoe, said to be the 'best model of such a craft existing in the Dominion. According to tradition this canoe was engaged in the big battle off Kapiti in ls2o, when the combined tribes tried to

capture Te K&uparaha, the famous fighting) chief, who carried fire and massacre through" the central portions of Kew Zealand. Then it went back to the Wanganui river, and figured in many forays and fights on that historic stream, including) the battle of Mbutoa. In the later yearß it was put to the pi'osaic, but more useful purpose of a trading 1 canoe. For the last two years it lias beqn laid up, its last owner refusing offers from museums elsewhere.

Messrs Bialdwin and Ray ward, 30' HHs Majesty's Arcade, Auckland, report that the following 1 applications for letters patent of Tsew Zealand have been filed recently: P. Swanson and F. Hollo way, InVercargill, lock nut; A. Grumwald, Koputaroa, bee hive; G. EL Humphries, Wellington, sash cord grip; El. A. Aik!en, WaVerley, milk releasing apparatus; J. Oobb, Ellerslie, rat killing I.—■ Ad*t.