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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 80, 13 July 1910, Page 2

The Hon. E. MeNab has devoted many j years to research work, and long, studi- | ous visits have been made to the museums and libraries in New Zealand, Svdney, Hobart, San Francisco, Boston, , New York, London, Paris and even in j Madrid. Moreover, he has visited nearly every important historic spot in the Dominion—from Bluff to Picton, from Kapiti to Waitanga, and even Betty Guard Island was visited last year. In I his researches Mr. McNab found that j Alexander 1., then Czar of Russia, had j in 1820 despatched a scientific expedij tion to New Zealand, under Captain Bellinghausen, in the corvette Wostok. No English translation had been made of the report of this important visit. n.:id I Mr. Mc.Nab at groat expense had a transI lation rendered from the Russian copy. 1 It appears there had been much dispute ! over the altitude of Taranaki's lonely sentinel.'Mount Egmont. Captain Cook, ; com paring Egmont with Teneriffe, reek- ' oncd it over 12,000 ft. Mr. Forster, Cook's companion, comparing the snowI line with that in France, gave the height as 14.700 ft; but Bellingjuuisen and Savadovskv bv astronomical observations fixed it "at S23oft, and this is correct. DO NOT BE BEHIND THE TIMES, but move \vith them. Salts, castor oil and harsh purgatives are out of date, and have been the cause of man}' a case of constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets are the medicine that you want to take. They cure constipation, indigestion,. biliousness, and cure them permanently. Remember the name Chamberlain's Tabids—and be sure you get them, for | there is nothing "just as good." Sold j by ail ohemists and storekeepers. The Pill in the bottle of Wood, (Laxo-Tonic, of course, understood), The Pill for the nation, The Pill for creation, The Pill that does everyone good. LAXO-TOXIC PILLS, 10V,d and Is Gd. Obtainable at Bullock and Johnston's.