CLI'K.OE THE IRON BAR. A neat piece of detective work was described in a London (‘omT. Recently a young woman was cycling along (lie Bath Road, near Hounslow, when a motor car dashed into her, and killed her. She was carried along for some distance by the bonnet of the car, and thrown into the roadway. The callous driver went off without stopping. Beneath the girl’s bicycle the police found an oil receptacle for a motor lamp and a piece of iron rod. With these slender clues the police tracked down a Hounslow man named Brewer. He denied that he had been in an accident, but an examination of his car showed that a piece of iron bar similar’ to the one found was missing. At the Old Bailey, Brewer was sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour for manslaughter.
FAR REACHING. Try to realise the danger of allowing your bowels to become clogged. Nature has provided that all poisonous matter shall be expelled from the body, but when you arc constipated these poisons arc absorbed into the blood. The results range from headache to serious organic diseases. Chamberlain’s Tablets are the safest ,and best medicine for constipation. They effect permanent relief while violent purgatives only aggravate the trouble. A course of Chamberlain’s Tablets will strengthen your bowels and gently stimulate them to perform their functions voluntarily. For sale everywhere.—Advt.
-when the hoys come Rome” The Y.M.C.A. will continue to work for each with the fullest strength of Its organisation, as it has done in the Camps, at the Base Depots and in the Trenches. . Free Membership t for Twelve Months Will be given to all returned Soldiers. If you have served with the N,Z, Forces, it is only necessary to apply to the Secretary of the nearest Y.M.C.A., when a freemembership card will be issued entitling you to all the privileges of the institution. Let us still keep together in New Zealand under the sign of the »“Red Triangle,” ' Further information from National Secret tarv, Y.M.C.A. Head? quarters. Baker’s Bldgs., Wellington.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1951, 13 March 1919, Page 1
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341Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1951, 13 March 1919, Page 1
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