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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9120, 13 April 1908, Page 4

On page 2 will be found market reports and Farmers’ Union. On pages 6 and 7 Butter Workers’ award and report of Apiti Horticultural Show. A fire broke out in the Rangitikei Olub Stables, “Feilding, yesterday afternoon. The fire brigade, was promptly on the scene and extinguished it before much damage had been done. If you are troubled with Dyspepsia, which gives its victims no rest day and night, and causes pains in the storaaeh and bowels, headaches, dizziness, loss of appetite, constipation, etc., take a course of Chamberlain’s Tablets, they will stimulate the liver and bowels to perform their work naturally and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs. For sale by T. H! Bredin, Co-op. Stores, Marfcou, and D. Wilson, Ronogtea.

|lt has been decided to form a Labour Bureau branch for the Hawke’s Bay Employers’ Association. The membership roll of the Association is now'l27. The Governor laid the foundation stone'of the Petone Technical School on Saturday. Lord Plunket spoke briefly of the importance of technical education in view of the struggle going on in older countries to obtain commercial and industrial supremacy.

Horowhenua County Council on Saturday resolved on the motion of Ors. Richmond and Freeman to purchase a Straker motor waggon. The Chairman and Engineer, with the assistance of a mechanical engineer, are to inspect a waggon offered by the Oroua Carriyng Company, and should that not be satisfactory, they are to buy a 1908 model from Norman Heath & Co. (with drum attached) costing £BSO.

ill in l —«n— Rua, the Maori prophet, with a following of Ureweras and others, is going to Wairoa this week. A large crowd from Hawke’s Bay is also expected. The award of the Arbitration Court in the Drivers’ dispute has been filed Jat Wellington to-day. Terras had been agreed upon except those relating to wages which have been fixed by the Court. The wages of both classes of drivers are increased by 2s per week. This decision was that of Judge Sim alone, as Mr Pryor, the employers’ representative, thought there should be no increase, while Mr McCullough thought it should be more.

In the Arbitration Court award on the Wellington Gas Workers’ dispute the following clause appears :—’The Union shall do all in its power to prevent any strike by any of the workers affected by the award, and if any strike shall occur in which any members of the Union shlal take part, such strike shall be prima facie evidence that the Union had committed a breach of its duty. The Court reserves to itself full powQr, in the event of any such strike as last mentioned occurring, to suspend, on the application of "the employer, the operation of all or any of the provisions of the award, for such period as the Court may think proper. ' The care with which the Customs authorities examine articles was illustrated at Auckland Habour Board’s meeting ou Saturday, when the fact was mentioned that, owing to there being matches too many in some boxes, 100 cases of matches had been detained in the wharf sheds. The Customs ;w r ante,d increased duty, and delay arose while the matter was under {Ministerial consideration, and the result was a charge for 28 days’ storage fees. The committee decided to recommend the Board to remit half the storage [charges under the circumstances.

Striking comparisons between the relative mortality of war and“of consumption were drawn by Dr. Lawson, the medical superintendent at Banchory Sanatorium, in Glasgow, recently. In the great wars of the eighteenth century 14,000,000 lives were lost; in the same period the “white death” slew 30,000,000. Annually, at present 5,000,000 throughout the world—l,ooo,ooo in Europe alone—die of pulmonary disease. It is, however, gratifying to know that during the last ten years a marked fall in the mortality has been manifested.

A fearful tragedy recently occurred at Leira, Portugal, a cathedral city noted for its surrounding pine forests. An old man named Marques aged seventy-six, belonging to a much-respected family, had a dispute with his son. Both lost their tempers, and matters went to such a pitch that at last the son seized his old father by the throat and bore him to the ground. The aged wife of Marqes, entering the room at the moment, and fearing for her husband’s life, seized a chopper with both her hands and brained her son. On finding that her husband was dead, the old woman lost her reason.—Central News.

A story of a medical man who drank millions of typhoid bacilli by mistake was told "in an English Court recently. Dr. Thresh, an authority on typhoid, said the typhoid bacillus was so minute that the numer of bacilli in a drop of water might equal the whole population of the world. “I have swallowed millions of them, ” he declared cheerfully. “How . did you like them?” inquired the judge with evident curiosity. “Well,” the doctor replied, “for three weeks I enjoyed the pleasure of imagination, and when those three weeks had passed and nothing happened I felt happy. The thing occurred accidentally. ' I was testing water which was said to contain typhoid bacilli. The weather was very hot, and one day I swallowed a glass of water. Then I discovered I had drunk the water in which I had put the typhoid germs, ” THE “L.K.G.” IN AMERICA.

Because it is the best Milking Machine in the world, the “L.K.G.” Milking Machine is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. Mr E. H. Dollar, Heuinlton, New York, one of the most prominent breeders of Holstein’s Freisian cattle, uses the “L.K.G.” and writes: —“It is now nearly eight months since we began using the “Lawrenoe-Kennedy” Milking Machines and we have found them fully as reliable and satisfactory as hand milking. We fully believe it is just as easy to bring cows to large production and keep them there while using the milking machine as with the best hand milking. For further “L.K.G.” particulars write J. B, Mac Ewan & Co., Ltd., sole agents* U.S.S. Co. *s Buildings. Wellington. Thomas Pauling writes: “My hair fell out for two years. I then used two bottles of Capilla which com pletely stopped the trouble. ”