GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2209, 5 June 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

TUo indignant Inglewood residents; did the I'nmo Alims tor an injustice when they charged him with passing the towns'll .p ou AVeduesday, hnet witli ignoring a request to receive a deputation which hiul assembled at the railway station to meet- linn. It seems that Sir Joseph Ward never received any intimation of an invitation to visit Inglewood, nor an intimation that any deputation desired to see him. The mayor of the borough disclaims responsibility for tlio statement in tlio Press, and expresses regret for its publication. Business men find JSymol© Tro'keys a great convenienco. A box is easily carried and there’s nothing go good for hoarseness and coughs. Deer, wild pigs, and wild cattlo a hound in the Sound National Park, says tlio •‘ Western Star.” The doer seem to like their habitat-, and arc frequently to be seen on the open land skirling To Waewao Bay. in a few years they should be exceedingly numerous and afford capital sport to lovers of deer-stalking. The llesti 01 tlio pigs is reported to bo very lean, fern root being their staple article of diet. With suoh a wide range of country the cattle are in very "uod condition, but of inferior quality. After a long, exhausting illness, when health is slow about returning, Stearns’ Wine is always found of great value. By gently stimulating tlio appetite it aids nutrition and restores strength. The Lisbon correspondent of the ‘Standard’ tells the fallowing in connection with Senhora Julia Santos, a young woman who, at the risk of her own life, saved several persons from a fire. She was in straitened financial circumstances, and Queen Amelie, oil the fact being brought to her notice, directed that she bo brought to the Palace. Tlio Queen, after affectionately kissing the young heroine, promised she would secure her an appointment as -a teacher in an elementary school. iSenboru .Santos expressed her thanks, and then timidly, gave utterance to her desire to see King Manuel. The Queen acceded to the request, and 1-lie King, on being informed, went to the Queen’s salon, where he heartily shook hands with Senhora Santos, and congratulated her on having secured such a ‘rood protestor as his mother, whom His Majesty then affectionately embraced. American husbands are no longer responsible for the debts their wives incur in gratifying a passion for extravagant- hats, writes the “Mail's” New York correspondent. A jury composed of nine married men and throe bachelors have dismissed a suit brought in Chicago against Mr L. W. Ferguson, who described himself as one among thousands of young husbands who are victimised by their wives’ desire for the attractive things they eec in shop windows. The jury decided that- ten-guinea hats cannot be considered part of “tlio necessary household expenses” in Illinois, and that the debt must be recovered from the wife. A little man stopped in the shop, And said: “Now. you bo sure To give -mo what I ask for pop, That’s. Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. It’s no use to try and force ■ On me some other class, For though I am a- little hoarse I’m not a little ass.”