GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2216, 13 June 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

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CHEAT OAKS FKOM LITTLE

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That dread disease, Consumption, lias its eoium; lu'cmonb in a cold on the chest. Don’t leavo it. until it is too late. Yen can promptly euro vour cold with Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discovery. Obtainable at A. .J. Mann’s, 'e'-'“nst, agont. The other d ir Andrew Melnerney, f inner, J Clnltern (Vic.), was killed while vainlin t eittle. Ho collided tv.ith a'call', and was thrown from Ins harse. He ju: tained a fractured skull. The sending of a message and reply between Manchester and Victoria, British Columbia, recently occupied only DO seconds. The total distanco hv .wire, out and return, is 18,000 miles.

CAN’T SHAKE IT OFF. . How often wo hear persons with colds make tho nbovo remark; but Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discovery shakes thorn oil promptly and elfectively m a few ‘•oses. (Jbtainablo at A. W. J M ~ agent. A recent. Shipment of apples made by Hastings (Vie.) orchordists direct to Hamburg, resulted in a heavy loss. Some of the fruit sold at 3s a case, whereas on tho date of shipment it was worth more than double that in Melbourne. A case of beautiful humming birds has been, received by Air A. Hamilton, curator of tho Dominion Museum, Wellington, from America. There are about 30 specimens, and their plumage is exceedingly beautiful. Most of the birds havo oomo from Contrail America. THE LATEST AND THE BEST Remedy for Chest Complaints is Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It euros when all else fails. Prices. Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, chemist, agent.

A curious fish specimen was hooked tho other day by Mr. H. Butterfield, boatswain oh tho Bluff Harbor Board launch. 'lt baffled it'ho ingenuity of the best authority in tho place, and was Kent on for classification by the curator of the Museum, Dunedin. The reply mado is that it is a rather fine specimen of the butterfly fish, and that, although not unknown in New Zealand waters, it is sufficiently raro to make it a welcome addition to tho exhibits.