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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2586, 21 August 1909, Page 6

Speaking to a Lj'ttelton “Times” reporter, Mr T. Buxton, M.P., for Geraldine, &aid that he did not think that there were many grounds for the contention that the railway rates had the effect of forcing the mid-Canterbury trade towards Timaru instead of Lyttelton. There -^ aiS really nothing to induce Ashburton people to ship by Timaru in preference to Lyttelton, as far as charges, were concerned, as the harbor charges at Timaru were much higher 'than at Lyttelton. If he was shipping any goods from »ten miles south of Ashburton he might send them to Timaru, but tho better facilities and the more frequent connection with Auckland, and Sydney would certainly lead him to give the preference to Lyttelton if the goods went from Ashburton. — ■ For Children's Hacking Cough at night, 'Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is ,6d and 2s‘6d. 1 i Mr Yung Liang Hwang, Consul for China in New Zealand, has received advice from the president of his alma mater, Baker University, Kansas, that the honorary degree of Master .of Aids' has been conferred upon him in recognition of his being “a man of high attainments, of broad human sympathies/ proud of liis race, devoted to forces of culture and Christianity at work among, his people.” Mr Hwang was educated first at the Nanking University, and finally at Columbia. University, New York.

Another step in the progress of Akaroa was taken one night last week when the main wharf was lighted along its entire-length by electricity, the'power being obtained from a two-inch pipe from the water-mains. STOPS THE PAIN INSTANTLY. The pain caused by a burn or scald will be instantly relieved if' Dxe Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment is applied. A most useful housebod remedy to always have on hand. Price, Is 6d and Bs. Obtainabb everywhere.

For Influenza take Wood's Peppermint Cure. Never fails, and 2s 6d. Great -Is 6d

Aik your grocer for it and don’t be put off with any other brand. Sold at 1/8, 1/iO and 2/- per lb.