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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 223, 4 September 1875, Page 2

Holloway's Ointment and Pills —More precious than Gold. — Diarrhoea dysentery, and cholera, are, through the summer's heat, carrying off the young ns the winter's cold destroyed the aged. In the most acute csses, where internal medicines cannot be retained, the greatest relief will immediately result from rubbing Holloway's soothing Ointment over the abdomen. The friction s>.oiill be frequent aud brisk, t) insure ths iree penetration of theUneuent. This will ciim the excited peristaltic action, and soothe the pain. Both vomiting and griping yield to it; when fruits or vegetibles have originated the malady, it is proper to cleanse the bowels by a moderate dose of Holloway's Pills before using the Ointment. 23 6

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Dwellers on the outskirts of Greymouth are annoyed by the depredations of some very petty thief or thieves. The Star says the articles stolen comprise wood (preferred in nice handy lengths), coal, doormats, axes, brooms, and articles of a similar description. The Maryborough Advertiser says : —Mr Hoskins, at the Police Court yesterday, was very valiant on behalf of the. Chinese, and very indignant with those who traduced their general reputation. He said it was true they smoked opium and did some puddling in their own quiet way, but they never plundered banks as Europeans did; never robbed the Treasury of thousands' of pounds as Victorian civil servants did; never were seen loafing about publichouse bars like Europeans; never got drunk like — — . Mr Hoskins was done then, and sat down. " Augur " writes in the Australasian :— Lurline goes to meet the cracks in the Metropolitan and the weight for age races on the third and fourth days, and, all going well, I expect to see her win, for I've never seen her in such form. Yet she belongs to a fickle sex, and at the very last moment may go amiss. Her most dangerous opponents are Kingsborough, Reprieve, Goldsborough, Eros, and Llama ; and I fancy that we shall see the great New Zealand mare and the mighty Kingsborough fighting it out at the finish. A number of persona were in the American House Billiard Saloon recently, when a man came with a cnt in his arms. A momentary wonder was expressed as to what the companionship meant, as men are not in the habit of going about with cats in their arms. The abservers had not long to wait a. the cat-carrier exclaimed, " Bet anybody thia oat will oarry a bottle

{of ale ten 1 feet 1" Somebody, either j doubting pussy would perform the feat or willing to see it done, took up the bet. Two chalk-lines were made on the floor, tbe bottle was produced,, and. the performance began. The bottle was placed on * the one mark, and the cat was to oarry it to the other. Seising the animal by the tail, the man hung her head down over the bottle. Obeying a known impulse, the cat grabbed fhe bottle tightly with her forefeet. The man then ftalked over the chalk-mark, and the cat, clinging desperately to the bottlo, carried it alotrig the floor to the specified distance. The wager was won, — Saturday Advertiser.