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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 902, 23 August 1910, Page 5

An unreserved clearing salo' of dairy stock will be held at the farm of Mr. A. V. Winge, Manakau, by Messrs. Abraham and'Williams,.Ltd., on Monday, August 29. MOUNTAIN KING ASTHMA POW--DER affords immediate and refreshing relief.—Advt. The extraordinary' escape of a tightrope walker called "The Great Houdin," who sought to cross the gorge beneath Niagara Falls on a wire, is related in the "Toronto Globe." The' wire was slung at a steep- angle, and sagged in the middle beneath the performer's weight, thus leaving him helpless above the middle of the gorge. He clung to tho cable for half an hour, at tho end of which time a rope was cast to him, down which he slid to the little steamer Maid of the Mist below him. He was compelled to drop the last twenty feet to the steamer's deck, which, however, he reached uninjured. Let J. J.. Curtis and Co., Shipping, Forwarding, and Customhouso Agents, Customhouse Quay, move your furniture. They've had years of experience in this kind of work_, and will do it to vour satisfaction. No careless packing or rough handling. . Moderate charges.— ■fcdvt.