The death took place in Sydney on April 4 of Mr. A. T. Brindley, Assistant Government Architect of New South Wales, at the age of CO years. The growing importance of Taihape as a railway centre is apparent in the fact that about 130 men are now employed in the locomotive, traffic, and maintenance branches. A farm labourer with a wife and six children stated in the Stratford Court that his wages were 31s per week, with hous rent free. Mr. Kenrick, S.M., commenting on the low wages, said that in the Hawera Court girl milkers stated that they were paid as much as 35s a week, and found. New Zealand patriotism, in the form of flags, has been subscribed for by the ladies of the Dominion to the battleship New Zealand. There are two of them—the Union Jack, some 15ft by 7ft in size, and the Royal Ensign, a huge affair. 24ft by l"i ft. Both have been worked in ribbed silk of the best quality, and should stand the breeze of many years. A territorial in uniform who is wearing a "hard-hitter" hat instead of his proper headgear, is about as imposing a spectacle as a scarecrow in a turnip field. There was a territoriaj in Eltham a night or two ago. clad in "the manner we _ have described. He should conic again, for his ridiculous appearance afforded a lot of amusement to onlookers, says the "Argus." A well-known farmer in the Otama district, near Gore, whose farm adjoins tiie Mataura River has, as a result of the recent flood, gathered 100 sacks of potatoes that had been washed out of the ground and piled up against the fence. Another farmer has gathered up SO sacks, and still another SO sacks The sandy, loamy soil of the Obi ma Flat could not resist the force of the water, NEURALGIA AND SHOOTING PAINS For seven years I have suffered with neuralgia and shooting pains in the head write. Mrs. M. A. Cradoek. John street, Salisoury, S.A. "I tried nianv things hut found nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm for giving immediate relief. My son had neuralgia \ery badly but found a few applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm completely him. —All chemists and stores. "Wamen as a rule are trie must con. sistent tea drinkers, and the multiplication of tea-rooma and tea kiosks throughout the Dominion affords striking evidence of the increasing popular ity of tea. The women of New Zealand may be classed as tea connoisseurs, as they show a decided preference for Crescent Tea, which ia rich and strong, and of delicious flavour. Sold by all grocers at 2s Is lfld nnd Is fid WHY GO HUNGRY? If your stomach is weak, and you are suffering from indigestion, don't sacrifice your health and comfort. Eat all the wholesome food you want. Then take one of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules after eacli meal. Thev digest your food, and thus nourish and build you up, while the stomach is recovering its natural tone. Is (id and 2s (id per tin. Obtainable everywhere. yOU can get it cheaper the Red Poat.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 278, 16 April 1913, Page 8
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