TASMANIA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1895, 17 July 1888, Page 3

TASMANIA.

Hobabt, Ju'y 16 In the Assembly an attempt was made to tax money belonging to Tas rnanians, but deposited outside the colony. The remaining proposals of the Government were agreed to. It is proposed to levy a half-penny m the pound on land owned by absentees.

Kmatino'b Couoh Loxsmoes cures Coughs, Asthma, nnd Bronchitis. Medical testimony states that no other medioine is so effectual inthe oure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bedtime eneuresrrest. For relieving diffioalty of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium or any violent drug. Sold by all chemists, m tins Is ld£, nd 2a 9d each. The " Hobart Mercury "had the following apropos of the decision not to admit the Press to the Chinese Conference :— For a ' oandid avowal "of the wdrthlessnesH o{ tallf, the 'gushings ftnd the sputterings o{ plugleaa word spqutg, who know not when to. cease, the first resolution adopted by the Intercolonial Chinese Conference, whioh commenced its deliberations m Sydney reoently, commends itself to all sorts and conditions of orators. Our cable meseage says a pro* posal favouring the admission of the Press to the proceedings of the Conference was withdrawn, as it waß pointed out " that the presence of reporters would possibly oocasion the delivery of lengthy Bet speeches, and cause such an infinite waste of time that the Victorian, Queensland, and Tasmani^n delegataa Might ha^e to retu.ro before any 1 , thing difinita was arrived at." What a simple and yet effeotive system of closure, although involving the admission, from some who ought best to, know, that the oratory so often inflicted upon a long-sqffering public, ia but vanity and vexation even, to th,o,se \vh,o speal^. To the Deaf.— A. Iperson who wag cure of deafness and noises ia the head of twentythree years' standing by a simple remedy will send a description of it free to any person who applies to Nicholson Linooln Inn Chambers, William street, Melbourne. The •« Post " says : —The lata Renata Kawepo, whose will ia now being disputed m the Supreme Court at Wellington, held for many years a strong objection to plaoing his money m any of the banks, and the whole of his oash was Always kept m a strong room, builf m hie residence at Qmahu, Hawke's Bay. For dome years £10,000 m notes was locked up m the safe, and precautions were taken to prevent a. robbery. It is related of the old chief, who, by-the-bye, was a man of sterling worth, thatjafter he had. been persuaded to place, his money iq one of the Napier b»Hka, he never failed, whenever ho went to town, to call at the institution and ask' to see his oagb. The tray on whioh the gold was kepV at the teller's Bide w.as always produbed on these oooasions, and Renata was informed that the money was his. One day a oheqoe was presented at tb,e counter and was paid out of the heap of sovereigns. The old man who happened to be present, was very much cod* cerned at this, exclaiming that the teller waa giving away his (Renata's) money, and it waa tome time before he could be induoed, to believe that the bank had plenty more, gold, IQd. WOOld Wik,e up the, deflgfoooy.