GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 240, 16 February 1911, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

SLACKNESS IN COAL TRADE. • By Telegraph.—Press Association. Westport, Last Night. Owing to slackness of orders, the Westport Coal Company's Granity mine was idle to-day, and the Denniston mine is also to close down to-morrow. FEILDING RAM FAIR. Feilding, Last Night. At the Feilding ram fair to-day there was brisk demand for Romneys and Southdowns, but other breeds were not much sought after. The highest price obtained was 27 gns for a stud Romney offered on behalf of W. E. Baker. Romney flock rams brought from 3 gns to' 11% gns. Lincolns brought up to sy, gns, and Southdowns up to 7% gns. Southdown stud rams brought 5 gns.

There have been three cases of lysol poisoning in Auckland within the last week.. According to an Auckland medical man the person who takes lysol as a means of suicide is beyond all shadow of doubt ignorant of its effects. Lysol is a comparatively new prepartion in the market, and until recently was never known to be used as a means of taking life. It is a creolin derivative, arid is I numbered amongst the corosive poisons. I A large quantity mast be taken to produce fatal results. About a fortnight ago a woman accidentally swallowed a teaspoonful in mistake for a medicine. She was terribly burned and has since been in the Auckland Hospital, but as the result of receiving immediate attention her life has been saved. "Lysol is a valuable disinfectant," added the medical man, "and as it can be bought at less than sixpence per bottle it i 3 found in nearly every household, but those unfortunates who legard it as an agency for taking life would surely hesitate if they knew of the torture which must follow." NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. There is no doubt about the curative properties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which is the best, safest, and most reliable cough medicine you can take. For harsh, hard, chronic coughs it is a splendid cure. Easily taken, and it quickly relieves and cures the most ob stinate cases.