GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2270, 15 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

A case which should act, ns a tlclcrreiit. to volunteers who l'eluso to take volunteering seriously was heard before Mr. AV. 11. Bishop, S.M., at vho Christchurch Maoistrate's ( 011 member of the Christ’s College limes was guo<l lor capitation and intvidoutal locs ior which mombors oi volunteor corps are liable under the Act, the amount altogether being x’l ImsOa The oUlcer comnniiuling the eorp.s stated that the volunteer referred to had tailed to attend the specified number of parades, and had iu other ways displayed a lamentable lack of interest in the company to which ho belonged lie was ordered bv the Magistrate to pay the amount of the claim with costs. first aid to the injured. Accidents are common to every household, ami it is necessary to bo ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon’s -Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sufferer. It takes the pain from every burn or bruise; will heal any and every sore ; destroys the poison from stings of insects; stops neuralgia and cures rheumatism. No family can afford to be without _Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment. Keep a bottle on the shelf in plain sight, that it may bo quickly lomul when needed, l’rico Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable at A. AV. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent. Thu present lambing season is expected to he an exceptionally good one (telegraphs the Masterton correspondent of the "Xew Zealand Herald”). “.Ewes are in good condition," remarked a Masterton farmer, “and if the weather is favorable wo shall have one of tho best lambing seasons yet recorded iu ilie Wairarapa. Sheep Values will not rule very high in the district this summer, and buyers will be more cautious than they were last year. I know of 011 instance where a 'farmer bought sheep last spring at 18s, and sold them after the drought in the summer for Is 6d per head. In another case a farmer bought in tiie spring a largo mob of sheep at 2os per head, considering that 110 was getting them cheap; but after tlio drought and hush fires he was glad to dispose of them for os 9d each.

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Some very remarkable tests have been applied to some of the public telephone call-boxes, to ascertain whether tuberculosis germs exist in tho mouth-pieces of the telephones (says tho London correspondent of tho “Argus”). The result is disturbing. Air Allan, tho medical officer for Westminster, attended one of the public telephone offices and wiped a mouthpiece with a “swab.” Tho contents of the “swab” were then, used to inoculate two guinea pigs. In twenty days both these animals had pronounced signs of tuberculosis. For some time past tire officers of the London Stock Exchange have been in tho habit of spraying, daily, their fifty or sixty telephones with disinfectants. The “Lancet” points out that the call-boxes are very suitable places for spreading diphtheria, influenza, and consumption. THE ONLY CURE. To cure a Cold When you have no cough; To cure a cough when you have To cure a Cough AVhen you have no cold ; To cure Yourself AVhen yon have both; Take Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery For Coughs, Colds, And Consumption. Take, no substitute. Obtainable at A.AALJ. Mann’s Chemist, Agent.