THE COMMONWEALTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 4 February 1904, Page 3

THE COMMONWEALTH.

BANK OP VICTORIA. MELBOURNE. Feb. 3. At the annual' meeting of the Bank of Victoria, the report showed a profit of £72,000. A dividend 'of -tlvxs per cent, oil preferential shares ißitd on orUmary mis declared, 5.10,000 added to reserve, aiwl £lO- - carried forwuixi. COTTON IN QUEEN SLAND. BRISBANE, Feb. 3. A representative of the British Cotton Growers' Association has arrived, and has submitted proposals to the Premier and Minister for Agriculture for the cultivation of cotton in Queensland. He explained that Manchester cotton manufacturers found t/hemselxies faced by a critical jiosition, in a diminishing supply of cotton year by year. New areas of cultivation were absolutely necessary, so that the cotton trade of the world may now no longer be dependent on the American crop, which was being more and more absorbed by American manufacturers.

An exceptionally high title at Venice early in December cauwd many amusing incidents. Numbers of persons were carried through the flonded streets by porters. Don Carlos anid his wife made a trip through St. Mark's Square in their steam launch, while gondolas ami boats of the Nautical Club, rowed by stout youths, were also seen there. TROUBLED WITH SCIATICA. Jjet jiheurao cure you ! It has cured otJiers. The positive assurance of James A. Capper, Lyell Bay, should convince you. Mr Capper, writing on Feb. 1, says : —" I was much troubled with sciatica pains, and at times I could get no sleep. Following the advice of a friend I tried a bottle of Ilheumo, and that ibottle drove away the sciatica pains. ■That has been three months ago and jthey have not returned since. If they do, lUieumo is the medicine I ■shall go for." Mr Capper's contt■dence conies from experience. Sold ■by chemists and stores at 2s 6d and 4a fid per bottle. Wholesale »gents, Jf.Z. ©rug Co,* ..

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