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Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1927, Page 1

RISKED HIS LIFE. It is astonishing the. number of thoughtless people there are. A man rushed across the street, just missing a motor coining one way fo dash in front of another coming the other way. He reached the other side in safety and all hut knocked two pedestrians over as he hastened into a tobacconist's, on the point of closing. He was just in time to get a supply of Bears’ Smoking Tobacco, his favourite smoke. He know that it is really first-class Virginia Tobacco, and doesn't burn the tongue. Sold everywhere Bd. per ounce foose. Also in handy packets. 1 . od., *2oz. Is (id.—Advt.

INDIA FLOOD HAVOC. BOMBAY, Aug. 2. Measures are being organised here for the relief of the victims of the flood in Kathiawar and North Gujarat. Official reports from Gujarat indicate that 5,000 houses were destroyed at Ahmedabad (280 miles north of Bombay). where the damage is estimated at £153,000. Tlie municipality is arranging to- raise a loan of £75.000 for rebuilding houses and a relief fund of £22.500." - In the Pan eh Mahals district (east of Ahmedabad) much damage has been done to property, and the cotton crops have been seriously affected. Floods are now reported from the Province of Sind (Presidency of Bombay).