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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5474, 12 October 1878, Page 3

The total number of passengers conveyed on the Middle Island railways during the year (says a Northern paper)' was 1,169,147, of whom 4208 took out season tickets ; 5044 horses, 2445 head of cattle, 05,282 -sheep, 13,071 pigs, 137,888 tons of coal, 75,382 tons of other minerals, (52,102,000 ft. timber, 167,083 tons of grain, 26,550 tons of wool, and 211,378 tons of general merchandise were also trana* 1 ported by rail. The total number of miles travelled by trains was 1,421,767, whilst no fewer than 457,077 miles were covered in 1 shunting trains and by ballast trains. An exchange says;—As proof of tho rapid strides mad© in tho literary world by the colonics, it is worthy of note that there are published in Victoria 151 journals; in New South Wales, 118 ; South Australia, 39 ; Tasmania, 13 ; Western Australia, 3 ; Queens* land, 48 ; New Zealand, 06 ; Polynesia, 6 ; and New Caledonia, 3 ; making a total of 476. In Melbourne alone there are 06. , Anvicn to Womens!—Aro you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Miw, Winslow’s Soothing Sviiur. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. • It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving tho child from pain, and tho little cherub awakes “as bright as a button."• '•■lt soothes tho child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relievos wind, regulates tho bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by medicine dealers everywhere at Is. lid. per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Osfordstreefc, London.—Advt,