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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1902, Page 4

Pain Balm heals bruises, burns and scalds in less time than any other treatment. It is “antiseptic, ’ that is, it prevents putrefaction, and by so doing generally prevents an unsightly scar remaining after the injury is healed. For lame back, lumbago and neuralgia, Pain Balm has no equal. Jt has the quality of “getting to the right spots. No sufferer from these distressing affections should defer a trial of this remedy. One application gives relief. Try it. A. Manoy sells it.

An old sea captain, under the impression that he was saying a good thing, asked a lady passenger why men never kiss one another, while ladies waste a world of kisses on feminine faces. “Because,” the lady replied, “the men have something better to kiss, and the women haven’t.” Hti saw the point. A painful accident occurred at K.aimata last week, week Mr William Col- i lingwood had his hand caught in the feeder of a chaff-cutter and cut off, < piece by piece, as far as the palm. ] Mr Collingwood was feeding the cut- < ter, and in passing a scraper to a boy i to scrape away the chaff, the roller 1 caught his hand. He was brought in : to the Palmerston Hospital, and lus < hand was amputated at the wrist. : A unique discovery is reported from < the Narrabri district (says the Pas- 1 toralists’ Review). A settler had a number of fairly strong wethers which were dying in some unaccountable 1 way. A post-mortem revealed the remarkable cause of death, which was duo to the luxuriant growth of trefoil in the animal’s stomach, the roots 1 of which had penetrated every crevice of the stomach. This is, as far as we know, a hitherto unheard of • experience. The men who leave their usual haunts suddenly, should not get photographed in football groups. One foolish mail in Christchurch has just received a bill of very ancient date from a Wellington tradesman he had probably long since forgotten. In the event of the Hon. W. C. Walker being selected as the next Speaker of the Legislative Council, the quidnuncs say that Colonel Pitt will be appointed Attorney General and Leader of the Legislative Council. A remarkable meeting of ladies well advanced in years took place last week at Blenheim, in celebration of the 86th birthday of Mrs Yarrall. The ages of four of her friends ,vho were present on the occasion were respectively 83, 77, 75, and 71 years. The total age of the five ladies was 392 yea rs. The Carnegie Steel Trust has sent one of its engineers out to New Zealand to open up business relations. He is at present in Cambridge in connection with the the erection of a steel high-level bridge over the Waikato River. WADE'S WORM FlGS—the Wonderful Worm Worriers—are a safe and sure remedy , in is boxes ; sold everywhere. WHOOPING COUGH if neglected leads to more serious diseases. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will keep the cough loose, allay the irritation and counteract any tendency toward pneumonia. It always cures and cures quickly. A. Manoy sells it.