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Mr. W. McCarthy, of Napier, ie staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. H. W. Berry, of Christchurch, is ; staying at the Star Hotel. i Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hodge, of Wellington, are at the Star Hotel. Mr. John Murdoch McLean has been ' appointed censor of telegraph messages at Wellington. Major G. B. Banks, of Wellington, is at the Boyal Hotel. Captain J. Thompson, M.A., has been appointed lecturer in French at Victoria University College (war Appointment). Dr. and Mrs. Faber Fookes, of New Plymouth, are staying at the Central ; Hotel. Miss Lyra Veronica Esmeralda Taylor has ibeen admitted a barrister and soliciter of the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout. Mr. A. Hickling and Mr. W. Cooper, both of Hastings, are staying at the Grand Hotel. Major P. H. Buck (Te Rangihiroa), D.5.0., has now been transferred from the Pioneer Battalion at the front to the N.Z. Medical Corps. He will still remain in the field. Mr. G. A. Strack, MA, late of Wellington, has been appointed to a position on the staff of the Palmerston North High School. Mr. Strack. who is a son of Mr. Strack, rector of the Hawera High School, recently returned from the front, where he saw considerable service. Peter Dawson's Whisky, Speight's Ale and Stout. All hotels. Sole agents.—G. McMillan and Company, Customs Stre/it (Ad.) Wonderful is the demand for "Thinker" and "Golden Rule" Writing Tablets—a grand tribute surely to the lofty aspirations of New Zealand people.—Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd.— (Ad.) Ladies 1 This Is of interest to you Include Duryea Mi'izena Cornflour in your next order. The cornflour of quality.—(Ad.) A man writes from Western Australia: ' "Enclosed find £1. Please send Baxter's Lung Preserver, as I have a bad cou _i." Big bottle 2/. Chemists and stores.—Ad. The public are the best judges. We are quite satisfied to abide by the decision of the user* of Durye'a Maizena Cornflour. Have you tried it?—(Ad.) The highest possible point of purity in alcoholic beverages—Wolfe's Schnapps —