GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2273, 19 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

Liverpool (England) Docks extend along the margin of i lie .Mersey lor n distance of nearly (>■} .miles, and (sintain 23 miles of quay spare. There are nine miles of (play spare at Birkenhead. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED. Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to ho readv for such emergencies. A bottle of l)r. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sulferer. It takes the pain from every burn or bruise; will boat any and every sore ; destroys the poison from stings ol inserts; stops neuralgia and cures rheumatism. No familv can afford to be without _Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment. Keep a bottle on the shelf in plain sieht, that it may be (illicitly touiid when needed. Price Is Oil and Os. Obtainable at A. IV. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent.

Foremost among the minearls, etc., which Russians regard as the source of Siberia’s future wealth are gold, iron, cooking coal, manganese, copper, platinum, emeralds, topazes, asbestos, glauber’s salt, rock salt, and, in all probability, naphtha. There are in .Russia 500 monasteries and 332 convents, with 5455 monies, G 691 lav brothers, 10,9(53 nuns, and 32,029 lay sisters. _ The income of 107 monastries described as “poor ’ is olticiallv returned at over .ILuu.OOO a vear, while the rent revenue of one establishment reaches £50,000 a year. MOUNTAINS OF GOLD

According to old legends, exist in tho fabled land of El Dorado ; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for tho loss of health and life, so likely to happen as the result of ravages of that fatal diseaso called Consumption. Happily, this dreaded fatality can be prevented through tho use of Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. A positive, scientific, specific cure for these deadly germs diseases, which is better for the sick than all the gold in tho world. It is a remedy which actually destroys tho germs, vitalises tho tissues, and builds tho weakened system back to health. It is a rcliablo, safe, honest medicine, which never fails to do tho work it is intended for. A guarantee goes with every bottle. Try it. Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable at A.' IV. J. Mann’s, Chemist. Agent. Never seek for amusement, but lie always ready to lie amused, ’the least thing lias play in it. the slightest word wit when your hands are busy and your heart‘is free. But if you make, the aim of your life amusement, the day will come when all the agonies of a pantomime will not bring you an honest laugh. Air. James Andrews, retired bank manager, of .Beaminster, Dorset, claims to be tho oldest Freemason. Ho was initiated in 1844, and is now in his BSth year.

THE ONLY CURE. To cure a Cold When you have no cough; To cure a cough when you have To cure a Cough When you have no cold; To cure Yourself When you have both; Take Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery For Coughs, Colds, And Consumption. Take no substitute. Obtainable at A.IV.J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent.