NEWS AND NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1915, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

'A 1 wonderfully fluo record lias just been put up (by a cow in tho Mauawatu district. The animal is a pedigree oue, named Manor Beetes 2i«l, daughter of Ajshlynu, belonging to Mr. C. A. Hoppink, of Hongotea, and her record for tlio year, under Government semi-official test, is as follows: —Milk, 18,733.911*5, Ibutter-fat 863.5111)3. Slie finished upon July 14, and in tHie two 'weeks gave 211,bs fat, being I'/slbs per day foT that period, her test being ti.fi. This U a magnificent performance and will take a lot of beating. ■ Criminologists would find some food for reflection in a case brought before the 'Wellington .Magistrate's Court. Inspector Hendry, who has always a soft word for the man in trouble for the first time, informed the Bench that the accused had, as a youth, been found guilty of theft, and committed to an industrial school, but during the past twelve years lie ihad lived a disreputable life. When taken into custody a bank note with a credit balance of £'2o was found in his possession, yet he had stolen a bioy.-le lamp and sold it to a second-hand deale: for 3s (id. Mr. D. A. Cooper, S.M. dealt leniently with the accused, and iin ed him £l, and ordered that lie shouk pay 3s Gd to the seeoud-liand dealer. IF THEY HAVE THE SNUFFLES.

If your children have the snuffles, sore throat or watery eyes, do not hesitate to give them a dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy heads the list as the most effective treatment for coughs, colds croup whooping cough, and is the one remedy that can always the depended upon to give spet 'y relief. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers. . .

iA new tablet exchange device has been successfully tried at Ohau station, under the direction of 'Mr, Wynne, Chief signal and electrical engineer of the Government Railways (reports the New Zealand Railway Review). The new machine does not swing round rapidly (ui the ordinary tablet exchange does, with consequent risk to bystanders, but the 'bar which holds the tablet sinks slowly on its removal, while the other ann points straight upward. The inventor of this simple and effective machine is Mr. Frank Wallis, manager of the Department's construction works in Wellington. It is one of the several inventions which this gentleman has contributed to the service of the New Zealand Railways. Mr. Wallis is a native |of Wellington, having served his apprenticeship to engineering in a city ! foundry, and subsequently entered the railway workshops at Petone shortly be. fore the introduction of the interlocking and loek-and-bloek system into our railway's. STTFF KECK, Stiff neck is caused by rhc-umatism in the muscles of the neck. While most painful, quick relief may be had by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The best result is obtained by first bathing the aft' cted part in water as hot as can be borne and then rubbing in the Balm freely. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers, Poverty and privation are bv no means uncommon in New Zealand, and quite a number of instances have from tinfc to time ecme under the notice of the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board from the King Country. Reporting on one case into which he had made investigations, M'r. J. Boddie (Te Ivuitl), at a recent meeting of the Board, sfiid he found the family in question in a deplorable state of poverty. The hitsbund was out of work, there was no food in the house, and the five children, whose ages ranged from seven years downwards, were almost naked. There was absolutely no furniture in the house, which contained not a single blanket and no toed linen whatever. The wife- would shortly be confined, and with Hie winter still unfinished the prospects of the family were anything but bright. On hw own initiative he (Mr. BodiiTe) had purchased what he considered absolutely necessary to enable the wife to get over her trouble in comparative comfort. .Ho had also collected a quantity of clothing for the children. Mr. Boildie's action was approved, and he will bo refundc] the outlay.

HER FIRST PIE. They had not been married long, and it was her first pie. He helped himself to a second piece, and smiled sweetly into her anxious face. His health was precious to her, but such heroism stirred her very soul. All doubts of his love vanished for ever. She did not know that deep in his pocket nestled a little tin of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, which digest what you eat, and so tie peace of one happy home remained unbroken. Pie lias no terror when Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are at hand. Price Is Gd and 2s Gd per tin. Obtainable everywhere. An anti-German union has been formed in London, with the object of fostering national ideas, to keep alive the patriotic spirit of the people ; to defend British freedom, rights, and priviliges from German invasion; to defend British ir.dustry and British labour against German competition; to fight against German influences in the social, financial, industrial, am! political life of the British people. In a statement regarding its proposed methods, the union advocates that Germans and their property throughout the Empire shall be seized a id held as security for the humane and reasonable treatment of British prisoners in Germany, the permanent strengthening of existing laws for the registration of aliens, and the reformation of the naturalisation laws, in order to prevent naturalised Germans from being members of the Privy Council, or either Poufcc of Parliament. The. union encourages the sale of goods made hy HritWi kibour. and advocates /Iteration In Companies' Acts, so as to prevent a controlling interest, in any British company being jield by Germans. The lion, secretary o? the iwioif i> fjir George Makgill.

RHfStMIO CL'li ICS fiIIEOMATISM! "Uric acid poisoning" is another term for Clout, Lumbago, Sciatica and HheuHMtMlil, Therefore, Hie unly way to cil'ect a permanent cure ia to take uu internal remedy which will eliminate- the excess 'poisulioiu acid and will do it quickly. Kxtermil treatment cannot ilu this, and It in not necessary to resort to salts with foreign name:<, KllliU.MO has cured thousands ut' yotir fellow eoiottryjhoit of the tortures of Rheumatism. Mrs. E. Mowat, of Gore, writes:—"Havinf! sull'ered /op over twenty years with Rheumatism and Sciatica, 1 tried many cures but (lid not derii'K much benol'it from them, I was ndvlnud to Iry RIIKUMO. and can recommend it to anyone, an it is the only thing thai has -.'one mc good. A single dose will give relief." HHBU'MO eradicate# tin? excess ui'ie acid., and hence it cure*, because i< removes the cause of the disease. It readies the innermost recssees of tlie Bwollen muscles and joints, reduces the pain and inflammation and tbus effeets a jur®, 2e 3d and 4» M at iiOTfy •