GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1916, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

f Arrivals in New Jioahind from oversua during July totalled. 1452, and departures 158!!. In July, 1!)15, the corresponding figures were 172S and 211!). These figure-; do not include members of expeditionary forces. To commemorate the second anniversary of the declaration of war, the Arawa Maoris Irave decided to set apart 250 acres of tribal lands to be sold partly for the benefit of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association and partly for the Eotorua Maori PatrioticAssociation. HACKS THE NERVES. Continual coughing inflames the throat, wears out the patient and racks bis nerves. A remedy that will relieve a cough promptly is most desirable in the treatment of throat and lung troubles, but it must be absolutely free from opium or other narcotics, which deaden the cough without removing the cause. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an ideal '•emedv for the treatment of coughs of any description. It .is absolutely free from narcotics and will not injure the most delicate person. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy loosens and relieves the cnugh, and helps throw off the cause. Sold everywhere. As showing the strenuous work which engineers have to undertake at times, the manager of a large engineering firm, in giving evidence in the Arbitration Court at Auckland last week, gave the following amounts as having been earned bv some of his employees in a fortnight: £l7, £ll, £ls, £!) l'Os, £ll, £22, £ll, £l2, £ll, £l7, £l7, £l4, and £IG. His Honor: "They must have worked a lot of overtime to earn that money." Witness: ''Yes," His Honor: "A few fortnights like that would kill a man." The witness admitted that it was an exceptional period, but stated that lie had had to work just as hard years ago, and did not receive anything like that remuneration. lIER FIRST PIE. " They liad 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 the peace of one happy home remained unbroken. Pie has no terror when Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are at hand. Price, Is Gd and 2s 6d per tin. Obtainable everywhere. Speaking on a patriotic motion at the Liberal Conference at Sydney recently, Sir Joseph Carruthers said that there ■ had been more strikes in New South Wales during the war than at any pre- ■ viaus time in her history, and in any country of the world in any period of modern history. There must be a failure on the part of the workers to appreciate the solemnity of the present situation. Would to Cod that the spirit of Georges Carpentier could be imbued into every man and woman in New South Wales! Carpentier. when offered £4OOO , to fight in America, declined with the magnificent words: "1 am not fighting for money. lam fighting for France." CHILDREN WILL TAKE COLD. Children are always taking cold but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cures them. It is in eases of croup and hooping cougli that this remedy is most valued. Mothers of croupy children know it can be relied upon for quick rel:cf. It liquifies the tougll mucus of whooping cough, making it easier to expectorate and renders the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and severe. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for the youngest and most delicate child. Sold everywhere. A remarkable accident occurred in ' Dennis Street, Waverlcy, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon last, as a result of which Joyce Aiason, a six-month-old infant, was killed. Mrs. Mason was walking along Dennis Street with the child in her arms, and was opposite a blacksmith's shop when a pair of pincers shot over the fence and struck the baby oil the head A man had thrown the pincers in the direction of a horse in the smithy. They hit the horse, but re- . bounded and flew over the fence to the footpath, striking the child. Dr. Hipslc'.v, 1 who was passing in a motor car, hurried : the child first to the Children's Hospital in Valentine Street, and later to the 1 Royal Hospital for Children, at Camper- ' flown. The little one died there the same 1 night. ! ITS UNIFORM SUCCESS, i The fact that Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy is the proper medicine for cliil- - | dren has been demonstrated by its uni- , form success in cases of coughs, colds and I croup. The fact that it contains no nar- , cotics and is pleasant to take makes it . especially suitable for children. Adults will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy equally valuable for themselves and will be pleased with the prompt relief it affords. Sold everywhere. - The approach of the date when the Prime Minister and the Minister for Finance will leave for London is reviving interest in the question of the appointment of an acting-Prime Minister. The senior Minister remaining n New Zealand will be the Hon. J. Allen, Minister for Defence, but it is not certain that he will become the acting head of the Cabinet. The appointment will be of con- ' siderable importance, since the aeting- ' Prime Minister may be required to handle 1 some difficult questions in connection with the operation of the Military Ser- ' vice Act, which will require a lot of in- " terpretaton by regulation.—Own Corres- : pomlent. ' - ; Were I so tall to reach the sky, 5 Or take the ocean in my span, 5 What use is length, 'unless there's > strength? Now tell me if you can. : Suppose I'm ill with rasping cough Or tickling throat—well, to be sure, : I don't talk length, I gather strength ' With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. ; Arrangements are being made for the lfith Reinforcements to visit Christ* church and Dunedin next week. They ' will leave Wellington in two detachments, on Tuesday and Wednesday, marching through Christchurch on the following days. They will march through Dunedin on Friday. Mr "DICE" STEWART is now in South Africa as manager for J. C. Williamson, Ltd. Writing froui Johannesburg recently he- says that during the 1 trip from Australia he again proved ' the value of Fluenzol (Is Gd and 2s 6d) i as a means of curing an attack of bron- < chitis. His fellow passengers were as- ! tonished at tlie rapidity of his recovery sfter he had gargled Flv.enzol,* ' 1 DESERT GOLD TEA COMPETITION. 1 The Competition has been enormously c successful. Bundles of coupons are ni'"' f being counted, and prize-winners will be 1 announced as early as nossiblft ' ]