GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1916, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

A party of motorists in a large car, the property of Mr. dolm Hall, of Christchurch, on Sunday journeyed to the month of the Waimakariri, via the North Brighton beach. - Nearing the river the party got into difficulties, tlip car settling in the qnickstands, where it now remains, with the sea washing over it. All efforts have so far failed to move the car, which is a valuable one, worth approximately £OOO. Always drink that superb tea—"Desert Gold"—and save the "Camels" off the packets. Competition closes July 30. 3 A half-dozen New York bankers had met in a private office to discuss important financial matters. Before beginning business one of them complained that his kidneys were hurting him. Another said his liver was out of order. A third said the bad weather had knocked his lungs all out. A fourth said his heart wasn't acting quite right. A fifth began to state l ( is' case, when the sixth man stopped him. "Here, gentlemen," he said, "I thought this was to be a meeting to discuss financial questions, but it sounds to me more like an organ recital." SELDOM TROUBLED. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is not only a certain cure for croup but will prevent the attack if given as soon as the croupy cough appears. In thousands of homes it is on hand for instant use when the croupy cough appears. These homes are seldom troubled with croup for the attack is warded off by the prompt use of this remedy. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can be given to the youngest child as it contains no narcotics. Sold everywhere. The Chinese are a physically strong and enduring, patient, and supremely intellectual race, said Mr. W. R. Malcolm, of the Chinese Islands Mission, now onf a visit to New Zealand. He has been able to discover little among modern inventions that has not some rough and ready counterpart in China, used to-day as it was thousands of years ago. As an instance he mentioned a seed drill with a wooden seed-box and three b'amboo feed-coulters that for centuries has' been drawn by man, donkey, or ox in China. GREAT BOOT VALUES AT THE MELBOURNE, LTD. The Melbourne, Ltd., notify the arrival of fresh shipments of their famous men's welted boots, now 21s per pair. These boots are fully up to their usual high standard, and at the price of one guinea compare favorably with boots sold elsewhere up to 355. Materials used are finest box calf, willow call and glace kid, and the boots are warranted all leather throughout. Special displays of these famous guinea boots are now being made at the firm's New Plymouth, Inglewood and Stratford branches. Orders taken at other branches. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.