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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 169, 2 November 1880, Page 4

The Bank of England has adopted the use of a new cheque which, although perhaps not absolutely safe from forgery, greatly incicases the difficulty of forgers. It is a white paper, stated to be chemically prepared, anil the engine-turned ornamental groundwork is also printed with a chemical ink. By this means acids cannot safely be employed to remove or alter the writing without discoloring the surrounding parts of tlie paper, and the color cannot easily be restored.

A Skinful. —llangiora can boast one “ good drinking mini ”at all events. The Standard tells of a fellow who was arrested a few days for larceny, and says he had broken open a ease of porter which was placed on the verandah in front of Mr Sansom’s shop and. also a case of vinegar, but the latter article being too sour for his palate, lie made free use of tlie former liquor by stowing away eight bottles under his skin, and planting a few more in a hedge in the locality. The drink had made him uglier than c\er, and the ollioor had a dirty job to get him along, but was ably assisted by an auxiliary force, in the shape of Mr John Sausoin, who brought up the rtar with a kit filled with empty bottles.

A correspondent of the Lyttelton Time* makes the following very sensible suggestion “It is well known and admitted that sermons are tiresome things to listen to, and in general, are not listened to. Now 1 maintain this is no reflection on tlie ability of tlie preacher. How is it possible for the cleverest mau to give bis congregation something fresh and interesting every Sunday, when he is tied down to the worn out beaten path of centuries ? More than one minister has confided to me the labor and anxiety they have in overcoming this diilieulty Weil, here is a chance of breaking the monotony of a minister’s life, Let them, by their preaching, counteract the effect of literature of a sceptical tendency. And how can they better do this than by reading it? Let them know what their congregations arc reading and thinking about,"then they will know their difficulties and ho better able to help them out of them. Ami if a minister tries sincerely to do this, I feel sure he will have a large increase of attentive listeners.”

/[nUuira/i* Pills are admirably adapted for the cure of diseases incidental to female-. At dilleraut periods of life women are subject to complaints which require a poculsar medicine, and it is now an indisputable fact that there is none so suitable for such complaints as Holloway’s Pills. They are iuvaluuablo to females of all ages, young or old married or single. They purify the blood, regulate the secretions, correct all al! suspended fmicuons, give tone to tlie stomach, and clear the complexion. Tiie first approach of disordered action should bp met with appropriate doses of these Fills; whilst taking them no restriction need be placed over the patient. They contain nothing which can possibly proveinjmious to the system. They act by pur. ifyingtho blood and regulating every organ