Many years ago (says our Wellington correspondent) the Maoris were in the liabit of wearing bone haircombs. A chief’s comb,-,.worn in a top-knot of the hair when dressed, ha 6 been added to the Colonial Museum. Usually there yas a liolp in the comb by which the feathers were attachod. The Icomh ip question came from the ltotorun. district. These combs are now extremely rare, but, according to old pictures and engravings, they were at one time common. The hone used was usually talwn from the lower jaw of one of the smaller whales. For Bronchial Coughs take "Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d.
BAG BLU READY FOR USE. PENNY BAGS.—As a guarantee of quality the name “RECfoITT’S ” is on each bag, see
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19080807.2.4.4
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2263, 7 August 1908, Page 1
Word Count
126Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2263, 7 August 1908, Page 1
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in