NEWS AND NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1915, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

For the financial year ended March 31 last the number of mortgages registered in New Zealand was 20,559, representing a total of £19,289,261. Mr. Walter Dinnie, formerly New Zealand Commissioner of Police, and later President of the Tokerua Maori Land Board, has commenced an action against the Grown for wrongful dismissal, and for depriving him of his proper retiring allowance. GOOD FOR ALL. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is good for any member of the family. It cures coughs of all kinds. It is composed of things which soothe and heal without harming the most delicate tissues of the throat. It acts as easily and safely on the young as on the eld. Mothers need not hesitate to give it to even the youngest child, for it is perfectly safe. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an ideal remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and bronchitis. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. When General lan Hamilton was taken Prisoner by the Boers at Majuba, his flight build and delicate appearance, rendered ghastly by his wounds, made them decide he was a worthless prize, and he was left behind to die. The importunities of his favorite dog induced his comrades to search for him, and the "missing" officer was found.

In connection with the appeals from soldiers in Eugypt to parents in New Zealand for sums of money, which are believed in many cases to" be bogus, a Palmerston lady received a similar cablegram the other day, hut took the precaution to forward tho amount requested through the Defence Department. The military authorities state that rrauas having occurred, the proper course to take is to make remittances through safe channels. DO YOU ENoOY WHAT YOU EAT? If you don't, your food does not do you much good. There is no way to maintain the health and strength of mind and body except nourishment. There is no way to nourish the body except through the stomach. The stomach must be kept healthy, pure, and nvett, or the strength will go down, and disease will result. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are the remedy that everyone should take when there is anything wrong with the stomach. Poor appetite, loss of strength, nervousness, headache, bad breath, heartburn, indigestion, and dyspepia are quickly relieved by the use of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tubules. These Tabules represent the natural juices of digestion, combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. They simply do the work of the stomach, relieving that weakened organ, and permitting it to rest and recuperate. When you take Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, everything you eat tastes good, and every bit of the nutriment that the food contains is assimilated and appropriated by the blood and tissues, These Tabules are sold at 1/0 and 2/0 per tin. Obtainable everywhere.

A sidelight on the officer question is given by a New Zcalander who is serving with the Australians at the from. Writing from the hospital at Alexandria to relations, lie says: ''One tiling at the front wo are frightfully short of is officers, and here in Alexandria, when one gees out for a walk, you see lieutenants by the dozen out driving and knocking about the flash hotels. This is very noticeable in Cairo, and it is said that if it were not for the officers the attendance would be very small at the week-end races. It would surprise you to see the number that are 'squibbing' at going to. the front here, niuj f can nssurp you it hurts, They h&vo all the ailments in the world when they go before a doctor, :ind 't is these hounds that stop a fellow that h,",rf returned from the front siek or wounded from getting his back pay when they rejoin in the concentration camp to $o back to their unit. If needs one strong party at the head of affairs to put a stop to all the malingering that Is going on-in Egypt, but I don't suppose anything will be done. Ido wish now, after all I have seen, that I had enlisted with the New Zealandcrs, for they are better organised, better o"cored and hetter (poked, after, Every, thing with the New Eealanders is done on a business system, but with the Australians it is every njan for himself." I eanna' leave the auld folks now-, I'd better 'bide a wee, Dad's got a cold and Mum's not well, 4!!f| pines the. ither °% '" \ I'll gang dooii to the, cornet store For Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Ami, Mum And Dad Will "greet" no more. Aye—tjiey'll be rielit for sure, 1

Mr. John Wren, the Australian sportsman, who has enlisted for active service, is stated to be one of the richest men in. Australia, for, besides controlling (,hre« racecourses in Melbourne.. h,c. ha< others in ijnesindanri. umi ji L , recwinly acquired the Dally Mail newspaper in Brisbane. He also emir, U hexing stadiums in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. He liad to report fw duty on September 1. Mr. Wren is a married man and fte father "f six PlllWrFIl:

RHOUU) NOT RUN ITS COURSE. Never permit a cold to run its course, for more fatalities have their origin in, or result from, a cold than any°otl.» cause. Chamberlain's Couch, Ruinedy is tho nsost prompt and effective medicine for coughs and colds. It loosens the cough, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and airjs Nature to. restore the system to n healthy condition. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Half-caste Chinese bom in New Zealand arc taking their part in the war. There are some twenty of thoi> young men serving at ihe front and \;\ induing? 'Plus family pf SUing, belonging lu Auckland, is represented by three lads, two of whom have, been \v«ini.|i\l j-(, the? Dardanelles, and one Inc. i ii! ; -tei| and is waiting to he called i:p. Ti:r> half-caste Chinese membeis of l' ; « Ww Zealand Expedilumarv )■"• re, juive been eon--1 v:l»,j' ■! be A !.■;.!...;!_ Dmieilin and (lis- •■■'- "■■'»■' -'■■'»■ , I'i.'.R uF NASTY MEDICINE. The fear of having to take a nastj medicine causes many a phild |« hjijo irregularity of iho howala. Chamber lain's Tablets are so pleasant and easy to take and so free from harsh effect that they can be given with safety to children. Every mother should keep Chamberlain's Tablets in her medicine chest. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Commander Evans, who is in charge of a flotilla of destroyers, and who, it will be remembered, was second in command to Captain Scott on the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, has just completed a novel of 60,000 words. It appears that during the first months of the war a lot of his rest and recreation time was spent in reading. He exhausted war books and histories pf Genqaqy; he tired of novels, and there were still many odd hours to fill up. So four months ago he decided to write a novel, and that novel is boun<J to be interest ing. *