GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2258, 1 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

Australia's largest cattle herd is that at Victoria ißivor Station. 320 miles south of Port Darwin, which numbers 00,000 head (says the “British Australasian”). The owner, dir. Sidney Kidman, controls more than 200,000 head of cattle and 25,000,000 acres of land. A man who has for the lust few days 'been working on the riverbanks in Christchurch, called on tho city surveyor on Monday and informed him tliat he had relinquished the pick and shovel, as he ‘had just received nows 'from Englund that a legacy of £'2ooo had been left to him. He thanked the Con,noil for finding him work, and then drifted out into the street again to gaze on “the trivial round, the common task” from tho point of view of a “bloated capitalist.” THE ONLY CURE. To euro a Cold When you have no cough: To cure a cough when you liavo To euro a Cough When you have no cold; To cure Yourself When you have both; Take Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discovery For Coughs, Colds, And Consumption. Take no substitute. Obtainable at A.W.J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED. Accidents arc common to every household, and it is necessary to ho ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many n sufferer. It takes tho pain from every burn or bruise; will heal any and every sore ; destroys tho poison from stings of insects; stops neuralgia and cures rheumatism. No family can afford to bo without Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic. Liniment. Keep a bottle on the shelf in plain sight, that it may be quickly found when needed. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Maim’s, Chemist, Agent.

Bermondsey enjoys the distinction of possessing tho last one-horsed trameir in London. It is a curiosity which should attract the “rubberneck” sight-seers. From Old Kent Roud to St. James’s Church, Bermondsey, this, the only car on tho route, runs slowly backwards and Forwards all day long, and the faro is only a half-penny. It is a pantomim-ic-looking vehicle, low down on the ground, "and minus 'top-scats.

By an 'advertisement in this 'morning’s paper, Mr. R. Robertson, clothier and mercer, “on I he c-evner,” notifies that as stock-taking draws near it 'becomes imperative n.t this time of the year to clear out the winter goods in order to commence stocktaking. It is recognised rtlia-t the quickest possible way to effect this desired clearance is tu reduce tho prices to a point that makes the goods irresistible. That’s what -lie has done. The prices are lower than they were by a long shot) hence tins is u bargain time, a time to save money. Reductions start to-day, and continue for twenty-one days. Anyone requiring reliable g< mis at low prices would do well to pay him a visit and participate in the 'Low prices.

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Tea is being strongly 'recommended by the German military authorities as a beverage for troops on long marches in 'place of the coffee which bias hitherto been the sole refreshment supplied. Special tea-making machines are being constructed, says the “Matin,” for the troops. IT DAZZLES THE WORLD. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of tho interest that has been caused by Dr, Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It has brought relief in the most helpless cases, when all else has failed. Obtainable at A. AV. J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent. Some measurements regarding tho height of Vesuvius have just been carried out by the Italian Geographical Institute of 'Florence, for it was feared that the volcano had lost considerably in height as the result of the last eruption. It has been -found that the height of Vesuvius at 'present is 4077 ft, as compared with its former height of 4452 ft, or a loss.of 0/0 ft. AYoods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Cough and -Colds never fails. Is Gd and 2s 6d.