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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1300, 1 December 1911, Page 9

The Kin" has given his consent to tho publication in-book form of the many interesting speeches he has delivered and the messages ho has sent to the public while Prince of AVales and as King. Ihe volume, which will bo published by Messrs. Williams and Norgate wi I .be issued next month under the title, the Kin* to his People (being the Speeches and Messages of his Majesty George V as Prince and Sovereign)." Iho publication of this book will be ot the greatest Imperial interest. Some of his Majesty's utterances have had a very striking'effect on public opinion. His Wake up. England!" speech, made nearly a decade ago, on his return from the iamous crui.se in the Ophir to Australia, is one of the most notable. "Tho Latest Facts about Mastcrton" will be the subject of addresses by Rev. A T Thompson and Mr. J. MacGregor, of M'asterton, at the No-License meeting in the Concert Chamber ot the Town Hall, this evening. To-day at their rooms, Lambton Quay. Messrs. Brand and Johnston will hold a <=ale of .£2OOO worth of jowellery and E.P. ware, etc. Further particulars concerning tho sale will be found on Page 2 of this issue. In another part of this issue will be found a column advertisement of land» for sale, inserted by Mr. F. P. Corkill, land agent, New Plymouth. Those in search of properties of any description would do well in communicating Io Mr. Corkill, who states that he is m touch with buyers all over the Dominion. Though living with a small shopkeeper and nractising the,economies of a labourer, Mr. Isaac'Gilimm, late of 80 Winnick Street, Warrington. England, lett ,I'liOCO in specific bequests to local hospitals, and tho residuo of his estate, subject to the lifo interest of a relative, to a Manchester institution. Mj. Grlman spent lill.lo money on clothing, and bis solo recreation was a. weekly visit to a picture pala.ee, a ticket for "admission to which lie obtained free from his landlady, who exhibited advertisements of the cntcrbinmont in her shop window. Grain, animals, ornaments, slaves iron, and copper have been used as money by many nations; tho use of cattle as currency lias been extremely common.