Mail Notice.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3874, 16 May 1906, Page 3

Mail Notice.

Specially addressed correspondence for Eastern United States and Eastern Canada, by Suez mail, leaving Wellington, I9th May, will close at this office at 1.45 p.m. on Friday, 18th May.

J. Owens, Postmaster.

Lugard, High Commissioner for Northern Nigeria, reports that the Emir Hadiega was killed in the recent fighting and that the British ins'ailed Obiroma as Emir on probation, in accordance with the wish of the inhabitants.

A Guernsey cow has given the following record for a year, in her sixteenth year:—Milkß,22s,solbs, average percentage of butter-fat 5.39, fat 455.471 b?, commercial butter 5081bs. These tests were made under the supervision of a Government experimental station. A correspondent writes to the Times : Mrs Besant,' the leading Theosophist, claims to now hold conversations with the dead.- Up to this date the nearest approach that one could make was to have a chat with a Blenheim man.

For Children’s Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Is Gd and 2s Gd per bottle, A Mother’s Recommendation. Mrs Mary Gray, Wagonga (N.S.W.), writes:—•“Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has a splendid reputation in this district, and I know of many cases where acute Croup and Bronchitis have been cured. I had been a sufferer from Bronchial Asthma for many years, and never found any treatment that would relieve me until I commenced taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and that completely cured me. It has never failed to cure ooughs or chest complaints among the members of my family, I always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in. the house, and would advico all mothers to do likewise.” For sale by Watson & Co., Woodville,

According to a cable message from Sydney a blind lawyer has translated the whole of Justinion’s Institute of Roman Law into Braille writing. The hope is expressed that Mr McWilliams’s achievement will inspire some of our jurists to translate mo;le>n law into plain English. A deputation representing ten tnousand artisans protested to Earl Belbourne, High Commissioner, at the repatriation facilities allowed the Chinese which were likely to throw idle sjven thousand whites. They claimed that similar facilities should be (xtended to the unemployed whites. Earl Selbourne said the Government did not wish to dislocate the industry, but discontented coolies must be repatriated.

i Unless there are ladies among tho guests, the wife and daughters of the host do not appear at dinner in Jopan. Before the meal begins it is customary for them to bring in small cups of tea and dainty confectionery, when they take their survey of the party. If gentlemen only are present, the Japanese hostess disappears after the greeting is over, and does not return until the guests are i eking their departure. At a signal from the host barefooted waiting-maids, dressed in graceful and prettily tinted kimonos, biing in lacquer trays bearing tiny covered bowls. Before settling the trays on the tables, the maids sink gracefully to their. knees, and b-nd forward till their foreheads touch the floor. Then they serve dinner which is of several courses. LiitE drops of Peppermint Made by Mr Wood, Don’t they do a body Such a world of good. Little drops of Peppermint Cure Make you well again, Drive away that hacking cough, And every ache and pain, 7 Mother Nature, M.D. When suffering from a cough or cold you want to take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It acts on Noture’s plan by loosening the cold, relieving the lungs, and making expectoration easy. Pleasto make, safe, and always cures. For sale by Watson & Co., Woodville. RHEUMO GIVES IMMEDIATE RELIEF. One of Bheumo's mo*t enthusiastic advocates is Mr F. D. Felling, proprietor of the Temperance Hotel at Ekelahuna. Mr Felling bus proved that Riieumo cares gout and Rheumatism quickly and effectually. He writes : —“ Kindly send me another bottle of your Rheumo mixture, as I have bad no trouble with gout since I kept it in the house. It gives immediate relief by taking one dose. I can with confidence recommend Rheumo for either gout or rheumatics.” Give Rheumo a fair trial, and it will cure you just as it cured Mr Felling. All chemists and stores sell it at 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle.