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Evening Star, Issue 4260, 21 October 1876, Page 4

A lady named Grooby, for oyer thirty years a resident at Nelson, died there a few clays ago, and at her funeral the blood relatives formed no inconsiderable portion of the cortege. The 'Mail' says : Of lineal descendants of the deceased there are at present living ten children, sixty-four grandchildren, seventy-four great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren, without mentioning relations by marriage. Of this immense family, the eldest member is a daughter seventy-'..wo years of age, who was present at the funeral.

Fnblic Notices. . THE GOVEERNMEN'T DISINFECTANTS. Are the best and cheapest; f ,-e« from poison, agreeable in smell. 'SED by the War Department of Her J "..; Majesty's Gfoveinm-nt. A PINK CARBOLIC POWDER, Packed inl and 2 cwt. iron-bound casks; also in Ilb packets and in i ,»l, and 2lb perforated boxes; also Fluid in £, \, pint, and quart bottles. THE GOVERNMENT CARBOLICVaND . . TAR SOAPS. .The Government Sanitary Company. P. HAYMAX & CO.. Dnnedin, Sole >gents for New Zealand.and Australian Colonies. . GIIATfiFCL. COMFORTING. : >i P P 8 ' S COCO A. £j ■ •. BREAKFAST. .."■By a tho'fougb knowledge of tho nr.iural law's which govern the opcratfiihs.ofdivestiou tnd nutrition, arid by a care'ful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Sir Epps has provided our breakfast tables 'With a - delicately-flavored beiyerage which may save ua many he;wy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious uf.o of such articles of diet, that a constitution may be gradually Snilt up until strong enough to resist every iendency to" disease. Hundreds of subtle naladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We > may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified by pure blood and a properly nourished frame."—See article in the 'Civil Service Gazette.' Made simply with boilinc; water or milk. Sold in £lb and lib packets and tins (not damageable in tins), labelled thus : JAm: e s ep ps & -CD., Homeopathic. Chkmists, 48, Threadneedle street, and 170, Picadilly .Works. Ruston'Road, and. Camden Tewn, London.

H O C K I N* S Improved Patent SEIDEI TZ POWP EE, For immediately producing Seidlitz "Vvater without ',".-, the slightest trouble, IT differs frdm the Seidlitz Powders usually sold hi having all the ingredients in one bottle, is quite taatelesa, and may be taken by persons of all ages as a cooling beverage, mild aperient, or br : sk purgative, according to dose. Its intensive use during nearly half a century proves its superiority over all other pnrgatve salines, and the fact that the powder retains its properties for any number of years if the bottle ia ker>t corked, renders it an indispensable necessity to every family, traveller, or emigrant. - Manufactured by HOCKIN,. WILSON, k CO., 88, Duke street, Manchester Square London. J" Agents for Duneuin: ■ Hlvaaw* Ktswptwornw. P.v/>ftn«ici * Co

BOEWICK'S BAKING POWDEE Is used by thousands of Families, for raising Bread, with half the trouble and in a quarter the tune required with Yeast. BOEWICK'S BAKING POWDEE , Makes delicious hot digestive tea cakes m a few minutes, and Norfolk dumplings better than yeast, BOBWICK'S BAKING POWDEE. With this Article small loaves of Bread can bemad in a few minutes, if placed in a quick oven BORWICK'S BAKING POWDEE , i Invaluable at the Diggings, and in the Bush", where I Yeast is not-to beeot. BOEWICK'S BAKING POWDEE Saves eggs and' butter in making puddiHfcß..and ,:,.. pastry and prevents indigestion. BOEWICK'S BAKING POWDEE As rised ,in the Arctic Expeditions, and by" the Armies in" the. Crimea and China, wOl keep to* years in a dry place. Awarded two Gold Medals' for excellence) of quality. -• i. : . BOEWICK'S BAKING POWDEE .*. •. Will secure the following important results:—Breiu will be made' cheaper, more digestive,, and in onefourth the time 5 Puddings and Pastry wifi be- made light, wholesome, and delicious, with half tHevsual •juantity of eggs and butter; and Flour .wiU be iconnetted into Tea Cakes,. Bugs, Sally Latins, Norfolk &c., in a few mmutes at a, trifling cost. ISold by Storekeopera in ]•! and 2d picket?, and M and Is patent bosep. ' H.u' ;. Wholesale of G. Berwick and Sons, Übiewell treei, louden.