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Mr A. 0. Muir lias completed the survey of Hipango Park, 0f.,30 acres, presented to ■ Wanganui by Mr Walter Williams, and four or live borough workmen are now engaged clearing the grounds and forming paths for the convenience of picnickers. Mr Samuel Turner,. E. 8.6.5., who is interested in the dairy produce export business, arrived at Wellington to-day from London by the Arawa. He will settle in Xew Zealand, and will possibly do Alpining in the South Island similar to that he has <t nc in the Andes and Siberia. He claims to have made a world’s skipping record on the voyage of 10,300 skips in Ihr 4^min. Sergeant Bourke and-Constables Wilson •ird Connor gave evidence in the Supreme Court this morning as to having practised with the confiscated table and rings of John Hayes, whose appeal against Mr IV. Kerr's decision that the game of throwing bone rings on to a marked tabic is one ,of chance was heard before Mr Justice Edwards to-day. Tlie sergeant would appear to bs the champion of the local force at the game, as he estimated that 3 per cent, of his shots were successful. He modestly attributed even this small measure of success to luck. Constable Wilson denied counsel’s suggestion that he was “a bit of a sport.” and said that he had only once achieved what he set out to do with the rings, while Constable Connor could claim no greater distinction. Ho had only one “hit” to his credit. He had practised often, as many as 20 times, perhaps, and could not do any better at the end than when he started. He decried the suggestion "of counsel that the game had been a god-send to the police, and had served to amuse them mightily. The three gentlemen in blue were quite certain that they had done their best'to succeed at the' game, and could not have played better if they had been paying Is for every eight rings. THcy confessed to varying 'degrees of knowledge of billiards, quoits, and so on, but the present game was luck, all luck.

.HEADACHES

Like many other human ailments, have been wrongly diagnosed and altogether misunderstood. The headache itself is not the thing to treat, for the reason that it is simply a symptom and is wholly dependent on the action of other organs. Not infrequently the direct cause of headache is an inactive liver. If you are troubled much with headaches, then try Chamberlain’s Tablets, the reliable, tried and true liver medicine that sets that organ right. One box is medicine for the whole family and costs but Is. 6d. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers;

Any Prescription from Any Doctor Dispensed at Davies' Pharmacy.

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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13331, 21 March 1911, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13331, 21 March 1911, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13331, 21 March 1911, Page 7