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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 149, 23 January 1903, Page 5

Christmas Novelties ! NOW OPENING the above, which comprise the LATEST NOVELTIES, SUITABLE FOR GIFTS DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON. *** INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. A. MANOY, HIGH STREET, MOTUEKA.

Some unpleasant revelations have heen made by an inspector of the Melbourne Board of Health who recently made a tour round the cigar factories in that city. In a report submitted to the Board the inspector stated that in six of the factories some of the operatives, after fixing the mouthpiece end of a cigar with gum, then finished it by twisting the same end between their lips, or by moistening the forefingei with saliva and then twirling the same end between the thumb and the forefinger, In two other establishments the operatives used their teeth to break off the end before fixing the outside leaf. The mouth end was fixed in eight factories with gum alone, without recourse to the mouth. Dr Giesswell said it would be difficult to deal with the matter, and no method uggestmg itself, further consideration of the subject was postponed. The Tourist Department recently had sent out through the agent for the colony a new stock of ice-axes, sleeping bags, snow-glasses, putties, gloves etc.,, which have been forwarded on to IMount Cook for the use of tourists, who wish to do some xllpine climbing! The material is of the best, similar to that used in Switzerland and elsewhere. Struggling for breath, and armed with two heavy bags, John Mullin and Helen Lupoint entered an express train at Detroit, U.S.A. They had eloped, and finding a clergyman in the carriage he married them. At Petoskev they emerged from the train Mr and Mrs Mullin. A-few days ago a number of people witnessed an exhibition of a new lifesaving vest, invented by a Swede named Petersen, in Timaru harbour. A person wearing the vest floats high out of the water, and the wearer of one ought to be quite at home in a heavy sea , in fact, to anyone who is endangered by water it ought to be indispensable. Mr Petersen, of Timaru. a brother of the inventor, afte~ swimming and floating about for son- e time, allowed Mr C. N. Macintosh to don his clothes and apparatus, and the latter, with a sailor off" the ship Oamaru, afforded some amusement to those present by their antics in the water, the vest easily holding up the two men. Last week a fine trout, turning the sc lies at over 161 b, was on exhibition at the Crown Hotel, Temuka. The fish was caught by Mr Crossan [an English visitor at present staying in the district) in the Rangitata.

A conference of deaf and dumb people took place at Chartres on tne 25th November. About fiftv delegates from deaf and dumb societies took part in the proceedings, and an animated discussion in deaf and dumb show ensued. At one time, according to the Paris correspondent of a London paper, the chairman called the meeting to order by pretending to ring a bell. After the conference a banquet was held, and speeches in the deaf and dumb alphabet were made by two compositors, who were much applauded Afterwards, several clever deaf and dumb folks mimicked monologues and songs. The newspapers of Paris are devoting much space to a discussion of the contemplated reform of the French divorce laws. It consists of three distinct propositions—first, that incompatibility of temperament be recognised as ground for divorce; 2nd, that mutual consent be deemed sufficient; and, third, that under certain conditions the formal and repeated demands of one of tne parcies be valid cause for dissolution of the marriage contract. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test it seminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza—the relief is instantaneous in serious cases and accidents, be they wounds, burns', scalds, bruises, sprains, is l the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammhation. Like surprising effects produced ■ in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys, and urinray organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patron- - ised by his Majesty the King of Italy, and crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibitions. Insist on getting Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oils. Winter comes with chilly drape, coughs and colds we can’t escape ; We’re bound to face it every year, However much the damp we tear. . We long to see Old Sol’s bright rays Through those wet and gloomy days, Wnile our health we do assure With some WO OHS GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE.