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Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 July 1915, Page 3

The use of the Levin public baths has been offered by, the Mayor of Levin to the soldiers now quartered in tliis town. The offer has been accepted gracefully and the men are to take advantage thereof on Wednesday and ffrereaTter during tlieir stay here. The following recollection -of the late Mr i\ L. Harnett is written by Mr J. Piper:—"While in charge of the police station at Lower Hutt, the late jylr Harnett played an important part in what, ovor 25 years ago, was known in Christ-church as the "Mystery of the Severed Hand." At that time an em-, ployee of the Aldington Railway Works .went one day "to Sumner, and casually remarked that he was going for a swim, later his clothes, or similar 1 , were found at the eastern end of the beach, As nothing more was heard of him, a claim was made for a life insurance, but this .was hung up pending proof of death. Later, a man, wearing disguising goggles accosted a warder, of ,tho Sunnyside asylum and told mm that there were some human remains on the beach at Taylor's Mistake, a .bay to the east of Simmer. He described the locality and there was found a -man's hand severed at the .wrist, one of the fingers bearing a Heavy ring on the shield of which some initials were engraved. Tlie ring was identified as similar to tlie one ivorn by tne missing man, and, as the initials coincided, a further claim for the insurance was made. By this time suspicion was aroused, and the police made diHgeut search for the missing man, wflo was ultimately run clown and arrested by Constable Harnett at the Gear Co.'s Works in Petone. Tho constable took his man to Christchurch where lie -was charged with attempting to defraud the insurance company, and sentenced to a long term oi imprisonment. Who the original owner of the hand was lias never been discovered." —Petone Chronicle. Nature's sweet face is decked with jewels rare, She weaves glad garlands in her sunny hair. •She is a ladp, fair beyond compare, iJut a man is subject to ner darker . moods, 80 to the rescue comes the cure of"Woods," flie Peppermint Cure is really "just the goods." For Nasal Catarrh there's nothing i so effective as "Nazol"—that sterling specific which is praised by thousands Only Is 6d for 60 doses.—Advt. £ , J Don't trifle with a cold by drugging, the stomach. Let "Nazol"- afford yoiw relief. Penetrating anil for