GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1916, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

*» A mutual insurance scheme is contemplated by the Wellington Automobile Club. A sub-committee has recommended that a company be formed, in which club members will be enabled to insure their c ars against loss by fire anywhere within the Dominion at a rate" very considerably less than obtainable from fire ofiices. "Tho camp js the moat orderly town in New Zealand," stated Captain Scott, Presbyterian chaplain at Trentham, when speaking before the Presbyterian Genral Assembly. "You never sec anybody doing lamp post duty there. The) are taught to move smartly, and they do move smartly." - A PERFECT LIVER REGULATOR. Let your liver become disordered and your bead will ache, your tongue become coated, your stomach upset and your bowels constipated. All this misery can be avoided by an occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are a perfect regulator for the liver, stomach and bowels. They sharpen the appetite and strengthen the bowels to act regularly without assistance. Sold everywhere. A Grcymouth business man has received a letter from Sydney, whMi states that the Conscription Referendum fight was a bitter one. It adds: And with this awful coal strike and tliv upset in both the Fereral and State Parliaments, we don't know where it is all going to end. It is extraordinary how business keeps up to normal. The Dominion of Now Zealand has often been held up to us here as an example, and one can only express admiration for the sound national policy of your Government during the war, which we should have had here from the time the wai started. UNEQUALLED. Be as careful as you may you will occasionally take cold and when you do, should get rid of it as quickly as possible For this you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy unequalled. The longer a cold hangs'on tb"? greater the danger, so get a bottle '/if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to-day and treat your cold when it first makes its appearance. You will be more than pleased with the result. Sold everywhere. "The past has been a very dull year, building work, affecting urchitectiir.il practice, being almost at a standstill," states the annual report of the Southland branch of the Institute of Archi tects. "So pronounced has this been that several Invercargill master builders, being practically starved out, have taken to farming and other pursuits Almost every eligible man in the building trades has already gone to the front. But for this there would "have been serious distress through unemployment. The Dominion as a whole, and this district in particular, are sound and prosperous notwithstanding, and with the advent of more settled times we can assuredly look for corresponding prosperity in things architectural." BOILS AND CARBUNCLES. Boils begin as little pimples. If Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment is well rubbed in at this time, they will disappear, and give you no further trouble. If a boil is developed, bloodjand matter must be squeezed out, and the wound dressed with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Persons suffering. from boils should rub the parts affected thoroughly twice a day with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment This will prevent the growth of a whole crop of boils. Price 1/6 and 3/-. Obtainable everywhere. At a Maori shearing shod where the workers hid o'ocidod to lake tickets and then changed their minds a meeting was held by the Hawke-s Uay shearers, to express the aims and objects of unionism, says the Maorilanrt Worker. At the close of his remarks, which dwelt upon the benefits conferred upon the workers by union action, a venerable old native ganger or boss rose, and after clearing his throat, expicssed himself in this way: "Well, I know my shearer he get 2.1 bob a hundred, I know my wahine and my rouseabout get 12s (id a day. I satisfy lftt so much the big heart as the push by the union. Well, kapai the union. Help the Maori. Yes Mr. Leah, ail my people take the ticket of the union. God save the King." SAFE, SIMPLE. SILENT! OVERLAND MODEL 838. A beautiful 5-passengcr ear embodying every improvement that makes for rate, simple, silent travelling! Demountable rims make tyre troubles no trouble; headlight dimmers, eliminate dangerous road glares; underslung rear springs, ensure smooth running; electric starter, cuts out all effort; electric lighting, saves you from getting out to light the lamps, quick-acting one-man top and storm curtains, ensure comfort in wet weather. Other equipment includes magnetic speedometer, electric horn, rug rail, extra demountable rim, foot vests, tools, tyre repair kit, jack and pump. The five-bearing crankshaft is a special feature. The price complete is only £350 at main ports. For free catalogue and further particulars apply:—B. Byrn, agent, New Plymouth; j. Donald, agent, Stratford; Hurrell Bros., agents, Ilawera; A Hatrick and Co., Ltd., Wa- : nganui, distributors for North Island. 15