New Zealand is proving a goldmine this year for Australian musicians (says the Sydney Morning Beralcl). In connection with the Christchurch Exhibition, several imporcant engagements have been made. Miss Thacseray has been appointed for seven months as solo violinist and to play in the orchestra. A young contralto and other singers ar« iikely to have engagements of a month or more. Ten guinehs a week will be paid in some cases. Tha Commissioners mentioned to one girl musician that f ehe chose to settle afterwards in New Zealand she could probably earn £SOO a year. in bis statement for the past year, the Minister of Mines expresses tde opinion that the day of the one-man prospector, however useful he may haveprovei under earlier conditions, must be reoognised as past, and to this end the regulations for prospeotinfe subsidies would be amended. In the best interests of the mining industry and tho State, prospecting needed to be on more systematic lines. The success attending the labours of the Upper Blackwater Miuers' Association, which recently made what appeared to be a valuable discovery about twenty miles from Reefton, showed what may be accomplished in this direction. While tho Government would be ready to assist in work of this character, it was time to cry a halt in the distribution of subsidies to one or two men. What was needed in these times was larger parties, more capital, and the oc operation of the geologist and mineralogist with the practical miner. JAB OF CONSTANT COUGHING. Hammer blows, steadily applied, break the hardest rock. Coughing day after day jars and tears the throat and lungs until healthy tissues give way. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stops the coughing ana assists Nature to repair the damage. For sale by T. GK Mason, Masterton. ACHES AND PAINS. When you have an ache or pain, it is a sign that the nerves in that part of your body need attention. By applying Chamber lain's Pain Ealm you soothe the stimulate the healthy nerve activity, and reduce the inflairm ttory poison that is causing the nerve to ache. For all pain, Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a perlect cure* For sale by T. G. Mason, Mastsrton.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8234, 11 September 1906, Page 5
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