Evening Post. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895 MICHAEL DAVITT.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 125, 23 November 1895, Page 2

Evening Post. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895 MICHAEL DAVITT.

Michael Davitt, who arrived in Wellington to-day, is one of the most remarkable fignros in tho public lifo of tho Empire. His motives havo been misunderstood, and bis nima distrusted, to such an extent at hcfalU fow men, and as -would havo crushed lonir tiinco a character of loss strength. But through good and ill repute he has romained steadfast to his ideals, uncompromisingly truthful, unswerving in his devotion to what he regarded as tho best interests of hid •country, and incorruptible in tho purity of his patriotism. And ho has had alwayß the love and regard of his countrymen. No •character has depth which has not .-sounded tho depths of Borrow, and Mr. Davitt has had a large sbaro. But ho has oomo through the crucible strengthened in his resolve, unshaken in bin devotion, -unhesitating in continuance in that oourso wherein ho saw his duty lie. At a time •when thoro is danger of equivocation boing 'rpgardod as tho normal weapon of a politician, and when wo havo publio men lrom *horn everything can_ bo heard but tho unadulterated truth, it ia refreshing to oome ivoross a man who has boon uncompromising in his devotion to tho trnth that was in him, •who ' has soornod to lie or to equivo-

cate. at whatever paorifice, nnd win Iws ou all ccaasiona fearlessly ar.okan his mind, whether by that course he estranged friencU | or enraged i'oea. With him truth waa " nakod and unashamed," and his career hna been an exemplification of tho axiom which at present sometimea seems in dauger of being relegated to the region of obsolete and forgotten things, that " the truth ia misrhty and muat prevail." For MiCHAEr, Davitt, tho son of an ovieted Mayo peasant, who saw hia father's roof-tree torn down before his eyes, and in after years brooded over the wrongs of hia peasant kin till the memory of them burned itaslf into tho child brain, h^a graduated through the convict coll to tho Senate chamber, the most trusted champion of the oppressed of his nation, and the most deservedly loved of the i<3ola of tho masses. To-day ho has earned the respeot of all olaaaft3 throughout the Engliah-speaking world, even ot those against whom his life has been one long struggle. It haa beeu a life of atorm and of travail, but the bitteroat enemy of the onoo-deapißed Irish "agitator" cannot aocuse him of self-seeking or of selfishness. A simple, straightforward, honest, truthful, manly man, he has fairly won the regard and the esteem of all who have watched hia career ; and the enthua'a3m with which ho is received overywhere in America, and tho acclaim which has greeted him throughout Australasia on hia present tour— the spontaneous warmth of the great gatherings that have welcomed him in every Australasian town— muat havo been to him gratifying evidences of how such qualities aro appreciated. From tho day when tho young JJavitt saw light in a Mayo peaaanfc oabin, his existence haa been one long brave fight against all but overwhelming odds, both in publio and private lifo. Tho eviction of hia parents from their holding, and the memoriea of it, influenced hia whole after-life, and gave it ita bent for agrarian reform, just aa the loas of his right arm as a Lancashire cotton factory boy of 11 gave him tho bent which made him so earnest an advocate for better faotory laws. After a few years at a Wesleyan sohool, Davitt at 15 years entered a Drinting office, and, like many another man who has fillod a prominent niche in the world, he made the oaso hia school desk and the composing-room his University. Seven years ho stayed in thia offico, pondering over the wrongs of his native country. Ho was at an impressionable age, and thesa were impressive times, and it ia not surprising that tho yonng printer waa drawn into the vortex of the Fenian movement. That way prison lay, and in 1870 came a sen tenon of 15 years' penal servitude for "treason felony." After half of thia had been served, Davitt, a prematurely aged man, was released on tioket-of-leave. Of the horrors of those years on tha bleak moors of the Dart, and in the cell of the Dartmoor priaon, that delightful, if gruesomoly engrossing book, "Loaves from a Priaon Diary," tella with simple eloquence. Iv after years the evidence tho ex-convict was able to give tho Prisons Commissioners mitigated many of the barbarities he himself had had to suffer. A publio reception was tendered the amnestied prisoners by the capital of their native country on their release, and very Boon we find Michael Davitt giving practical effoct to the thoughts he had brooded over in tho stormswept moors and whilo picking oakum in his call, by starting the Irish Land agitation aud the Land I.oagne. It was not long before a "seditious" epoech landed the agitator once more in priaon, but aftor a week's confinement the trial proved abortive. Tho famine of 1879-80 saw him administering the great sums of the Land League relief fnnds, and when the Ezeontive of the League underwent proseoution, hia original " ticket-of-leave " was revoked, and for 15 months ho was an inmate of the Portland prison. There was much rnjoioing over hia discharge, but it waa dashed to the ground by the oruel blow struck the National movement by the Phoenix Park murders on the very day npon whioh he once more saw liberty, and when his conntry appeared to havereaohed the dawn ol a new era of peace. Tho first aot of the released man waa to issno, with Messrs. Parnell and Dillon, the famous manifesto denouncing the crime. It was while in Poriland iv 1882 that our visitor waa firat eleoted to the House of Commons, but was declared incapable of sitting. In 1883 ho waa again imprisoned for four months, and in 1885, when hia ticket-of-leave had expired and ho was therefore eligible, ho declined to enter Parliament. But in 1692 he waa elected for North Meath, and then was unseated for what waa technically described aa " clerical intimidation." He went in again immediately, but was declared a bankrupt owing to hia refusal to pay the ooats of tho elcotion petition which had unaeatod him, and so had to retire once more. At the last general election he was again returned. Mr. Davitt has had immenae sums pass through his handa iv the direotion of the Land League and its successor, the National Leagne, and he has boon offered aud urged to accept large national testimonials. He ha 3 refused to do so, and is to-day, as ho has always been, a poor man, relying for income on his now large journalistic connections. When, in 1887, he waa married, ho accepted tbo gift of a small cottage at Ballybrack, overlooking Dublin Bay, as a national wedding preaent. Ihero he lives, and there ho left his wife and his litllo daughter when he came ont to Australia on a lecturing tour which waa to bring grist to the mill of tho little household. The firat news he received after his voyage was of tho death of hia obild, but he went on, and then, when the news of tho dissolution of Parliament was flashed over the wires, and tho urgent ueod of funds to fight the oleotious in Ireland beoame apparent, it is characteristic of the man that ho changed the whole pnrpose of hia tour, and devoted the large funds resulting from it to the election fund of tho Irish Patty. It is snch acts as this whioh hive endeared him to hia countrymen throughout the world. And it ia hia warm sympathy with the oppressed of all nations, and his desire to elevate the masses from which be has himself sprung, that has gained him the confidence and the respect of workers everywhere and of thoae who are merely students or spectators of the events and struggles in whioh ho has lived, and thia, too, in spite of their decided disagreement in hia agreement with the Laid Nationalistic views of Henri Guokge. On the fourth page wo pnbliah partioulars of yesterday's races at tho Hutt, letters to tho Editor, and other matter. About 10 o'olook thia morning a lad omployod by Measr3. Wilkini & field trod on a match in tho firm'a back preniis6a~ln Manners-street, with tin result that some scrim was set ablazo . An alarm was given , but before the Brigade could reach tho building the fire waa supproesed. Tho damage only amounts to a few shillings. [ The following motion is to be brought forward by_ Councillor (i. W. Brown at the next ordinary meeting of tho Hutt County Council :— " That that portion of the road noir Belmont, as_ originally anrveyed. oommenoing at ita junction with the Upper Belmont-road, and terminating about tour chains (more or lesa) above tho Beltnont township, be closed when the now road aa surveyed by Mr. A. P. Mason i 3 available for traffio, and that tho other portion of the said road, together with about 12 ohains of tbe branch road running in a north-easterly direction, be not olosed, but kopt as a reserve." Captain John Paton, who died a few day 3 ago at Newcastle, New South Wales, waa tho well-known shipmaster of the name who uaed frequently to visit Wellington. At one timo he had command of the ship Wellington, owned by Book and Tonks, and later on waa in the late Captain W. R. Williams' employ. In that service he had charge of tho brig Eobin Hood and the barquo Sophia li. Luhra. He rosigned command of the Sophia in 1883 to accept an appointment undor the Government ot New South Wales as berthing master at the port of Nowoastle, with three assistants under him. This situation ho retained up to the t'lce of hia death. Tho dcocasod was highly esteemed by those connected with the shipping of Newcastle. At the olobo of his first 12 months' tontire of oflioo, over 50 gentlemen, representing the ohiof commercial and shipping interests of the port, signed a round-robin, oaoh covering his name with a guinea, and presented it to Captain Paton in recognition of hia good qualities. At a mooting of the committee of tho Ballasce Memorial Fund, Mr. J. ODea in the chair, it was decided to mako a progress payrnont to the contractor, Mr. Hi-ijer . The modol has beou approved, and will bo cent to Italy at onco. Tha caso in which Charles J. Johnson, builder, nued William Dawn, puintcr, for > 8s sd, balance of account in connection with a building contract, was concluded iv lite Magietrate'a Court yoaterday. Plaintiff waa nonauitod, with coats (X'(J 13s), on the ground that a sub-oontractor had I ailed to carry out a portion of the work according to specification. Mr. Richmond waa for plaintiff and Mr. Jellicoe for dofondant. Tho tondor of Mr. Robert Spnrway, bnildor, has been accepted by Mr. J. ODea, architect, for the erection of a now hotel at the corner of Biddiford and Donald M'Lean htreets. We understand tho prico ia belweon .CI2OO and JBI3OU. A proposal haa been mado that this season's iuter-eiub matches botweun the bowling olubs of tho oity shall bo played for a eilk pennant, in which tho oolours of Iho clubs will bo arranged in thn o.derof their formation, viz , Sultan, blue, and black, tho whip-end to bo white, as this colonr ia uaed by all the clubs. Tho proposal waß considered at a meeting of tho match committees of tho bowling c üba yesterday, and it was resolved that it should bo submitted to a ballot of tho mombora of ouch club. If tba result is favonmblo tho matchoa will be played four rinks a-aide, tho roßiilta to bo decided aa tho club wins, all matches to be 21 heada eaoh, and only No. 3 bowls to bo usod. 'Iho winning club is to )7y tho pennant until the rcsnlt of the next season's competition is madn known, and tho jear of win will bo worked on tho club's colour riinina<chos are to tako place fortnightly. Ballot i>tpora will be se^nt to the members of Piush club aa soon as possible At tho Magistrato'a Court t!iU niovninp, ono first-offending drunkard was convicted ami discharged, and nnothcr waa linod Thomas Hill plonded Guilty to having stolon some smithy tooln of tho vnluo of Ha Cd fiom John Elvines, blnokgmitb, of Pctono, at whoso smithy ho wrs employed. Dofondant ooulJ ijivu no reason for tho theft, and was remanded till Motiday, in order to allow enquiries to bo instituted as to hii character. Bail was allowed in om Burety for JBIO. Charlo? Chinnory aud Harry Winton wore charged with having stolon two bags of sugar, vnlnoil at IGi, from Q. H. Thornton, Manner* atreot, nnd were remanded till Monday alao, on bail. Mr. Jelliooo appeared on bohalf of Winton. At Mount Cook, Xl r.x Blaino was finod Ida for dnnkonneaa, and ono firat offondor was dealt with. Tho Citizens' Institute will hold its final meeting for the proaont soaaion at tho Kxohange Buildings on Monday evening, whon .Mr. B. Stockor will read a paper, entitlod "A suggestion towards the amelioration of some of the conditions of colonial lifo."

Tho telegraphic choss match between Auckland an J Wellington will bo resumed at 7 o'clock pliaip to-night, tho local men playin? at their club's room, Kxchange liuildings Tho gnmes have now reached a very interesting stage. Sir Robert Stout h oxpeoted back from tho Sonth to-morrow. At a special meeting of ths Shipmasters' Association, hold to-day, the Committee of Management voted Captain Sargoant and Mr. Woods (the chief officer), of the ship Pleione, the mm of -620, which they are entitled to under tho Association's rules, towards making good the loss they sustained through the bad weather ouconntered on the voyage from England. Tho property sale held yesterday afternoon by Messrs. Sidey and Co was very satisfactory, every lot offered finding a bidder. The sales were as follows : — Sections 451 and 466, Island Bay, each a quartor-acro, sold at £110 for the two sections ; cottase in RoxburghBtreet, 42ft frontage by 66ft deep, Bold for 4J305 ; quarter-acre section at Levin, sold for £22; and quarter-aore section, No. 71, Kilbirnie, sold for .£l5O. Throe Chinamen, named Lung Kan, Ynng Wab, and Wing Kee, appeared before Mr. Martin, S.M., this morning, charged with having failed to plose tbeir chops on Wednesday aftornoon, 13th November. James Shanaghan, Inspector under the Shops and Shop Assistants Act, stated thit the Bhopa were kept open on the 11th (Princo of Wales' Birthday holiday), and also on the Wednesday following. Lung Kan and Wing I Kco wero each fined 40a, with costs 33a, while Ynng Wah, who had been fined once before for a like offence, was ordered to pay 60s, and costs 33a. Dr. Findlay prosecuted on behalf of the Labour Department. Tho hoavy rain which drenched most racegoers did not damp the ardonr of the audience at the Opora Ilonse last evening, for it was moat enthuuiastio, calling and recalling the performers time and again. To-night will be the laat opportunity of seeing one of the best melodramas Bland Holt has produced within the last few years, aa " Tho Prodigal Daughter" is to give way on Monday to another Drury Lano success, the military spectacular drama, " A Life of Pleasure." Thia deals largely with the Burmese War, and in Eome of the scenes there will bo over 100 performers and supers engaged, inoluding members of the City Rifles. Charloa Tucker wa3 charged yesterday before Mr. Martin, S.M., with adulterating cream of tartar, and the case was adjourned for a week It bad already been sent to Dunedin, where the goods were supplied, and remanded back. Jeremiah Timothy was sent to prison for six months for having failed to comply with an order of the Court for tho support of hia wife. The patients of Mount View Asylum entertained a number of guests at a concert in that institution on Thursday evening. The first part of the programme took the form of a minstrel performance, all the parts being fillod by patients. Some of the itoms wero oven composed by patients. The second part opened with a well-played piano and violin duet by Mr. and Master Cimino. Other items were songs by Miss B. Tatton (a visitor), Nurses Tatton and Topp, and saveral others. The patienta desire to thank those who assisted, and especially Mr. Cimino, who played the aocompaniments. An enjoyable concert was given at Kilbirnie Hall last evening, in aid of the local ohurch funds. Owing to the weather the audience wa3 small, but it was moat enthusiastic. Tho programme conßistod of part-songs by Mieses Parsons and Messrs. Beauchamp-Platts and Conny; songs by Miss Parsons, Misa A. K. Parsons, Misa Newton, and Messrs. Coney, BeauchampPlatts, J. Baillie, and Watson; a cornet solo by Mr. Oakea. and a recitation by Mr. Simra. Miss Newton sang Kjernlf's " Last Night" with great exp-ession. " The Holy City," whioh was sung by Miss Parsons, was admirably suited to her contralto voice. Mr. Coney played Kowalski's "Marohe Hongroiae " most brilliantly, and responded to an imperative encore with a bright little gavotte of hia own. Ho was also successful in singing Hill's "My Paireßt Child." An excellent rendering of Feeca's " Wanderer " was given by Mr Beauchamp-Platts. Mr. J. Baillie's singing of "O, Promise Mo" was much appreciated. Mr. Oakes played a cornet solo, and Mr. Sitnms gave a recitation. On the motion of the Rev. O. FitzGerald, a vote of thanks was given to tho performers. St. John's Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held its anniversary "social" last ovoning, Roy. W. Shirer in tho chair. Mr. Light and family contributed instrumental selections, and Mesdames Moore, Bell, and Spiers, Mr. Folkman, and Master Gray Bang songs. Messrs. Hall and Ooßtello gave recitations, and Mrs. Moore and Mr. Folkman and Messrs. Hall and Lightfoot vocal duels. Master Light and Miss Biggs, played the accompaniments. Miss Marion Watt's second annual concert, hold last night in Thomas' Hall, was well attended. The programme consisted mainly of pianoforte selections by Misa Watt's pupils, in which they acquitted themselves satisfactorily, though in some oases of too tender an age to appear on tho concert platform at all. During an interval Mr. F. A. Vanghan presented Miss Watt's prizes to her two most proficient pnpils — Daisy Williams taking the first prize and Maile Doughty the second. Songs were contributed by Mis 3 Watt, Mesdames F. Perrin and Woodmaas, and Messrs. Greenwood and W. Light. An orchestra played ttvo selections. Mr. Axel Newton performed a pianoforte solo, " P^re Valae," very cleverly, and Herr Christian Overbyo, besides contributing several violin obbligatoa, played two delioaiu morceanx, " Chant Arabo*' and "Spanish Dance," whioh secured him an emphatic recall. Mrs. Mason was aooompanist. The following is tho programme to be played by the St. Patrick's College Band in the College grounds to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clook : — March, "Waltham" (Allan); overture "Tn the Twilight" (J. Ord Hume); waltz, "Morning Breezes" (Allan); fantasia, "Idalia" (J. Ord Hume); schottiaohe, "Belgrade" (Robinson) ; fantasia, " Echoes of the Night" (Riviere); march, " The Crashor" (Ronad); fautnsia, " Welcome Day of Rest" (Watson) ; waitz, " Butteroupa an 1 Daisies" ( .'ound) ; finale, "St. Patrick's Day;" " uod Save tho Queen." Following up tho practice which he began last year, Mr. A. S. Patoison inteuds to give a dramatic recital at Thomas' Hill on tho 4'.h December, in aid of the funds of the Socioty for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ou thia occasion the eloment of variety will be provided by asaUt.wce from Misses Hall. J. Holmes, and Watson (2), and Messrs. W. X Fuller and Forrest. The programma ia to be of a high-olaas and eduoational character, and the namea of the performers should ensure a bnmper audience, apart from the deserts of the cause. An address on " Sentiment in Sooialism " will bo given by Dr. Findlay at next Thursday's meeting of the Southern Cross Society. A concert i 3 to be held in St. Mark's Schoolroom on Thursday next in aid of the organ fund. It will conoludo with' a dramatic sketch, to bo performed by Mra. Cirter, Miss Pilcher, and Mr. Spio9r. Mr. Maughan Barnett'a Masioil Society will givo its Boaond concert for the soason 1895-96 on Monday, 16th December, when "Tho Messiah" will be performed in the Opera House. A full reheirail for ohoru3 and orohoatra is to be hold on Thuraday next in St. John's Schoolroom. The Victoria Rebekah Degree Lodge, 1.0.0. F. (womon's branch) advertises a picnio at Day's Bay on Wednesday next, a apooial steamer bavin? boon chartered for tho purpose. As tho bay offers spscial attractions, this should prove a good outing, and it is hoped the lodge will get a large measure of support. A meeting of the New Zealand Workers' Union is to bo held on Monday eveniujr, in the Foresters' Hall, Tory-street. Ou Monday, at 1.30 p.m., Harcourt A Co. will sell by auction tit Mrs. Silk's residence, Boulcottstreet, a quantity of household furniture and effects, includiug splendid full trichord piauo (nearly new), Brussels carpets, pier glass, booltense, cheffouier, dining and occasional tables, umbrella stand, dininifroom aud bedroom furuitnro, kitchen utensils, crocltorywnro, garden tools, books, dos and kennel, niuo fowls, &c, &c. About W valuable oil paiutinas by the late Mr.' TUos. Silk, many of which havo obtained honours at various Australasian exhibitions, will be offered also. The No. 1 Co-operative Building Society of Wellington advertises its ninth loan appropriation. Some observations ou "A Fresh Hall Mark" will bo found iv our advertising columns. W. Littlojohu & Son direct special attention to their couML'umeut of luuuUomo presentation marble and cavnaso clocks, just received ex s.s. lonic ; also, sold nud silver English lever watches, with extra heavy cases, and a choice parcel of jewellery. Wmtou & BPLuichian ndvertisc new wares for tho Christina's trade, ex lonic and I'nkeha. Tho order of services at St. P«tor's Church for to-morrow is advertised. Tho Uuv. T. G. Creo, M.A., lato rector of C'oshestou, Kugland, will preach iv tho evening-. Tho annual floral services in connection with St. D.ivid's Presbyterian Cuurch, Potone, will be conducted to-moi-row. At tho Wesloyan Churches to-morrow, services will bo conducted as follow : — Wosley Church, Taranaki-strcet, 11, Mr. It. S. Gray; 6.30, Hey. J. Ward. Molesworth-streot, 11, Key. J. T. Nott ; 0.30, Mr. Aldersloy. Trinity Church, Nowtowu, 11, Hey. J. Ward ; 6.30, Kov. J. T. Nott. At tho Terrace Congregational Church, tomorrow, tho scrvicos will bo conducted by the Key. J. Heed Glasson, Tho services iv tho Primitive Methodist Church, Webb -street, to-morrow, will bo conducted by Mr. R. Ayrcs and Kov. E. Drake. Tho preachers for the other Primitive Methodist churches are ndvortieod. The auuivevaary sermons of the Sydney-street Primitive Methodist Church, will be preached tomorrow by Kovs. E. Dralco and J. Guy. Special selections of mu^ic will be rendered by tho choir under Mr. Dickbon. A special feature of the services will bo a solo by Misi Neilsou, with harp accompaniment. Tho Courteuay - place Coiurrpgationnl Sunday School will hold anniversary services to-morrow, conducted by Kov. E. C. Isaac, of Nelson. A bpecial service for youujj people will behcM m tbo aheruoon. Special hymns will bo provided for the eouurugatioii, and snug by the bcliolar.s aud choir, assisted by au orchestra. Tlio Forward Movement Borvieos for to morrow nre advertised. Iv tho Vornurd Movement H'lll, at 0.:!0 p.m., Mr. W. A. Evaus, who has l>e>eu on sick lenvo for gomo lime, will oo'ulucr (lia service. Subject — "Tho Sooiul Ideal, tlio Uuity of the Div mo and liuinau." Tho scrvicoa in connection with tho Baptist Church, Vivian - stroet, to-morrow, will bo conducted by tlio Key. C. Dallut>tou. At the Church of Clirist, Diiou-strcot, tomorrow evening, Mr. Rnshbrook will preach. A sorvico will bo hold in the Gospel Hall, lierbfirt street, to-morrow evening at 7. In (ho Criterion Theatro, Manners-street, tomorrow, Mr. Gordon Forloug will address various classes at;! p.m. and 7 p.m. A meeting of tho Wclliutftou Ethical Sooioty will be held at the Kcchabite Hall, Mauucrs-slrcct, tomorrow evening. " A dauned NnisANCfß " would be a very natural exclamation in tho mouth of tho tired housowifo who surveys tho pilo of stockings with gaping holoa in tho toes and heels, necessitating much weary work with neodle and worsted. To thoae harassed toilers a atooking that would never wear out would indeed be a blossing, and it will bo joyful news to them to know that something

vory nearly of that nature ia to bo found at the Wholesale Family Drapeiy Warehouse, Te Aro House. The stocking particularly referred to ia known as the " Dreadjiought." It is mauufaotured aoecially for boya' wear of heavy black worsted, the leg 3 being 4-fold throughout, and tho beela and feet 6-fo!d. These hose have earned a wonderful reputation for durability, and our experience toachea ua that it is well deserved. The price 3 range from la lOd per pair, and they aro to be obtainod in all sizes at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. The stock of girls' and ladies' hosiery ia also most complete. It comprisea all tho latest novelties in fancy ribs and lace fronts, both in tan and black, in cashmere, cotton, Lislo thread, and silk. In addition to being thoroughly well assorted, the prices are such that undoubtedly the oheapest place in the city to obtain hosiery of all kinds is the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Houae.— Advt. Ladies, we wish to call your special attention to our large and varied assortment of perambulators and go-carts. Being manufactured on the promises, we oan guarantee the material and workmanship in every oaso. We have a vory nice, light, attong, and easy running pram, wicker body, reversiblo hood, donble-seated, brass joints, beat rubber tyrod wheels, upholstered in American cloth, which we are soiling for 37s (id, exceptional value. Prama repaired, re-upholstered, and repainted. Fittinga of all kinds in stock Another special line which wo are selling very freely just now, is a child's cot, black and gold, with mattress complete, for 17a Gd. Wilkins and Field, Manners-street.— Advt. AnbntthbEclifbb. — Looal Industries. — The great revival of intorest in this important question marks a now era in the City of Wellington, and Messrs. Luke & Co. (Limited) are taking tho tido at the flood, having greatly reduced their prices for their Ranges. They have also greatly inoreaaed and improved their plant for finishing their goods, and challenge oompetition. Inspection invited. Show-rooms, Manners-street, Wellington. — Advt. Help your children to grow strong and robust by counteracting anything that causes ill-health. One great cause of disease in children is worms. Remove them with Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. It never fails. — Advt. » Pork sausages, 6d per lb, made from grain-fed pork ; order early. Wardell Broß. and Co., 51 Willia-atreet.— Advt. Doctor your seedy and stained garments or hats with M'Kenzie's Safe Cloth Cleaner. Few drops only in boiling water— a dose. Sold everywhere. — Advt.