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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 983, 1 September 1903, Page 4

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At the cattle sales in connection with the Brisbane Exhibition, one bullock realised 1187 10s, whilo others were sold at £l7 5s each. A railway guard named Thomas Holland was run over and killed by a train at Bockdale, New South Wales, the body being terribly mutilated. A trucker named James Green was killed at the Star of Peace mine, Ringarooma, Tasmania, by a rush of stone through a chute under which he had his head. Prominent teetotallers aro complaining (says the Free Lance) that many clergy men arc worrying the prohibitionist ' theme to detraction, and are . neg'lccting their churches in consequence The Wellington Official Assignee has had only four eases of bankruptcy since the beginning of the year. „ The wheat cargo of the barque Hinemoa had no demand in Sydney, and has been sold to a Melbourne firm. The Melbourne Collector of Customs has received 114 14s with an intimation that it was “ conscience money.” Several of the Wellington carrying companies have decided to import traction engines for business purposes. At the Invercargill S.M. Court a boy between 16 and 17 years of age was fined 203 for beipg drunk in a railway carriage. The Feilding Jockey Club havo decided to increase the stakes by 1)520, making a total of 111970 to bo paid in stakes at the spring meeting. A Japanese author is said to have completed a work of fiction that runs to 90 volumes. In the United States first-class advertisement writers can command salaries of about 112000 a year. Two native princes from the Dutch Indies have arrived at Amsterdam to complete their education. It is stated that a man who let chairs in the church of Santa Brigida, Naples, has died leaving D 7600. ‘A “Ship on fire 1 ' is a fearful thing, All helpless on the deep, No vessel near her help to bring, Wliilse flames about her leap ; A cough or cold is bad enough, Though wc can help procure, Ai d never fail to drive them oil With— WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE.