GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2259, 3 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

For ©very 10,000 inhabitants Lon(.lon Ins twenty-seven cabs and five 'buses. Paris, on the other hand, has fonty-oight cabs for the same number <>f people, but only two ’'buses, Naples has fifty-five cabs per 10,000. Genoa holds The record tor buses. It has ton for every 10,000. A Hand correspondent writes to the “Natal 'Mercury” : —The return to Johannesburg of j.i well-known Australian, who shook Hand dust from his foot a twelve-month ago, vowing the placo should know neither him nor liis capital until u promise of .hotter things avis assured, has restored eontidenco to a section of the community especially as some 50 otlnp - Australians have followed has example. THE ONLY CUKE. To cure a Cold When von have no cough; To cure a cough when you liavo To euro a Cough When you liavo no cold; To cure Yourself When you have both; Take Dr. Sholdon’s New Discovery For Coughs, Colds, And Consumption. Take no substitute. Obtainable at A.W.J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent. Mark Twain relates 'in the “Chioigo Daily Nows” that once, when lecturing, ho landed at an Australian port. “There was no iporter in sight t 0 carry tnv luggage. Seeing a roughlooking old follow bulling against a post with his hands in his pockets, I beckoned to hint, and said: ‘See here, if you'll carry these bags up to the hotel I’ll give you half a crown.’ The man scowled at me. Ho took three or four gold sovereigns from his pocket, threw" them into tho sc'i, scowled at mo again, and walked away without a word." FIRST AID TO THE INJURED. Accidents arc common to every household, and it is necessary to lie readv for such emergencies. A bottle of I)r. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sufferer. It t ikes the 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 be without _Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment. Ke. p a bottle on tho shelf in plain sight, that it may be quickly found when needed. Price Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent. This year it is cslimvted that Detroit manufacturers will make threequarters of tho world’s supply of pills, or over six billion pellets of all sizes, shapes, and colors, and intended for almost every 'ailment of human kind. In Hie oity are niade over 2000 different varieties of pills. America is the greatest pill-consuming nation on earth, for, while Detroit pills find their way to every conceivable corner of the globe, not more than one-third of the .total product leaves that country, the average consumption being something like GO pills per capita per day. MOUNTAINS OF GOLD According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in tliis marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and life, so likely to happen as tho result of ravages of that fatal disease called Consumption. Happily, this dreaded fatality can be prevented through the use of Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. A positive, scientific, specific cure for these deadly germs diseases, which is better for the sick than all the gold in tho world. It is a remedy which actually destroys the germs, vitalises the tissues, and builds tho weakened system back to health. It is a reliable, safe, honest medicine, which never fails to do tho work it is intended for. A guarantee goes with every bottle. Try it. Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable at A. IV. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent.

_A discussion took pi ice on an application to flio South Canterbury Education 'Board .for a lliot-water service for the teacher's house ,especially on the probable consequence of grunting this request that other committees would apply for the .game convenience. One member pointed out that it could only'lie supplied where there was a high pressure supply, >and there were only half-a-dozen school residences whe r o tbit existed. The others would ask for windmill - and raised tank besides, said another. The board resolved to grant Inlf the cost up to half of £2O (says the “Timaru Herald’’), and this was to he token as the establishment of a rule to be app’ied to future requests of the kind. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. Is Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery the well-known • remedy for all Chest and Lung Troubles; Is 6d and 3s per bottle. Obtainable at A. IV. J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent. . A new system of automatic signalling, worked entirely by electricity, is being installed on tlie London metropolitan railway between Aid-gate and Praed Street. The system is said to be loss cumbersome than the electropneumatic system in use on the ‘‘Tubes.” If a driver should pass a signal .sot at danger, the brakes of the train would be automatically applied. J 1 Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure for Cough and Colds never fails. Is 6d and 2s Gd.