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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2625, 6 October 1909, Page 5

Recently tlio Chinese Consul has been, in communication with the Customs authorities with a view to ascertaining if the lot of the Chinese sailor could, not be made a little easier in New Zealand. At present Chinese employed on board vessels trading to and from New Zealand are not allowed to land lest tliev should desert and evade the polltax'. Whether the authorities will make any change in this connection remains to be seen At present they are taking action in the case of a Chinese sailor who came ashore from a vessel in pert without permission. That child is too thin! Is her school work too hard? No, she needs new vitality. Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Extract gives children a healthy appetite and builds up their bodies. All the walking grog-sliop, private hotels and other liquor dispensaries which are alleged to flourish on the railway route between Stratford and the railhead went on holiday or closed down business last week (says the “Stratford Post”).The party of travellers who went east with the Hon. K. M‘Kenzie hardly saw a spent bottle. MOUNTAIN KING ASTHMA POWDER affords immediate and refreshing relief. A shoal of herrings is sometimes five or six miles long and two or three miles broad. There is a pint of alcohol in every 20 pints of cider.