MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS EXCURSION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12734, 1 April 1909, Page 5

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS EXCURSION.

mm Four days' smooth water cruising, with plenty of fishing, and the enjoyment of brautiful scenery, to say nothing of complete freedom from .business worries, and the fag of ordinary, every-dav life, is the attraction held out by the Patea Shipping Company for Easter. The Arapawa is the boat selected for the trip, and as the list is, steadily filling — including a number from Patea and Hawera — no time should be lost in securing berths. Tbe steamer will leave Wanganui on Thursday .evening, Bth iust., returning before business hours on Tuesday, 13th. Pelorus a-nd Queen Charlotte Sounds will be visited, and also the French Pass, where a glimpse will probably be had of the famous fish. Pelorus Jack. This unrivalled cruising ground is so close 1 to Wanganui — the land overlooking it may, "indeed, be seen from here on a fine day — that it is a matter for surprise that so few Wanganui-ites visit it.stndtlie exctitaion referred to gives a welcome^ opportunity. Never mind the why or wherefore, You've a nasty cold, and, therefore, That it's time your health to care for You must surely recognise. Let not old-time drugs enslave yon, Or the pills that grandma gave you, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure will save you From a premature demise.

The Grand Prix and gold medal for quality In the whisky section of the Franco-British. Exhibition has been awarded to the "White Horse" whisky belonging 1 to Mackie and Co., distillers, Ltd., lalay and Glasgow. It was only last month this old-established firm were honoured with the appointment by Royal warrant to His Majesty the King.