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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1036, 1 June 1894, Page 6

A man was teaching a girl to roll her umbrella properly, which is something that few women can do, and this is what he said : { The right way to fold your umbrella is to take hold of the ends' of the ribs and the stick with the same hand and hold them tightly enough to prevent their being twisted while the covering is twirled around with the other hand; Then your umbrella will be as nicely closed as when you bought it, and the only wear and tear will be on the cloth. It is twisting the ribs out of shape around the stick and fastening them there that spoils most of the umbrellas that are brought to me to be fixed up. Never hold the umbrella by the handle alone when you roll it up, and you will find it last longer and cost less for 'repairs.' A. destructive flre occurred at Gisborne on Friday. The Bank of New Zsaland 1 was one o£ the premises destroyed. ' ■