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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 190, 31 December 1912, Page 4

The Timaru Harbor Board has set aside £SOO as the nucleus of an employees' insurance fund. The lighthouse to he erected at Karori Rock, at the approach to Wellingto* Harbor, will make the fortieth lightchouse around the New Zealand coast. The outlook for a good crop of honey in the Wairarapa this season is not very bright (says the Age). The continuous boisterous weather has prevented any secretion of nectar in the flowers, thus forcing beekeepers to feed their bees on sugar syrup until the main (low.

An enormous eagle has lately been terrifying the people at Dalquisc Rocks, in Perthshire. Many of'tlie crofters there have been keeping their younger children indoors, fearing that they might be carried away by the aerial monster, and they arc keeping a close watch on theiri flocks also. The venture in obtaining an extra supply of Island fruit for the Christina* trade proved rather disastrous to Dunedin brokers. An exceptionally large consignment of bananas arrived on Monday, but instead of bringing 14s to 15s a case, they only realised half that amount. The estimated loss to the brokers is about £6OO. TERRIBLE 15till.\ T ON PALM OF HAND "One night I struck a match, and tha whole box went off in my band, burning me across the nalrn," says Mr. J. R. Worslcy, Margate, Taa. " The pain waa awful. I went to the store and looked round for something to relieve me. I saw Chamberlain's l'ain Palm, and noticed the word "burns" o'; the label. I rubbed it on my hand, with the result that the pain quickly disappeared and I was able to go to sleep. In the morning I found the skin whole, and the burn quickly healed, without even leaving a sea f,"—Sold by all Chemists and Store* keepers.