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ADVERTISERS ADVERTISERS are requested to have **• . their Advertisements .in. the, Office not later than 10.30 a.m. each day. If received after that time insertion cannot be guaranteed for that day's issue. Do not. send original references with applications for positions. Copies only. Nom-de-plume addresses care of General Post Office cannot be accepted. . . The Proprietors of the "Evening Post do not hold themselves responsible . tor non-insertion of any advertisement through accident or from other causes or for errors in the publication of an advertisement. STOP PRESF r DISQUIETING DOCUMENTS. Brussels. — A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed _ a report that the occupants of a German plane which made a forced landing in Belgium on January 14 had "important and- disquieting documents" in then- possession," and refused to reveal ■ the contents. Police arrested a pro-Nazi Belgian who was inspecting the: spot where the plane landed.—U.P. A. v .. '} CANADIAN WAR LOANS* , r Ottawa.--The Canadian war loan was oversubscribed by 25 per cent. It is .likely that the final1 allotment will place' 50 per cent, with the subscribers in amounts of , under 500p dollars.—U.P.A. j STRICKEN TURKEY. Ankara.—An earthquake in South Anatolia added thousands to the number of people who are homeless in Turkey. Further rumblings in North Anatolia caused panic among the nerve- ' racked victims of 'previous earthquakes. Rivers in West Turkey, which were already swollen by snow, flooded fifteen more villages and caused a • landslide which demolished two bridges.— P.A. Cable. * ,* EUROPE'S BITTER WINTER. London.—Europe's bitter winter continues. Soldiers on the Western Front and Parisians shivered in the coldest weather since the outbreak of the war* Ninety degrees of frost in. south Finland again paralysed.the major actions. Fierce winds are sweep-'' ing Italy.' Snow covers Rome' and Mt. Vesuvius,- and a 48-hour snowstorm isolated the village of Torrebruna, in the Abruzzi hills, burying it 30 feet deep, cutting off the lighting and causing the roofs of many homes to collapse. —P.A. Cable. ■■.■.■ *» i'r. ■" ■ . / • ■•' SUMMER BLOOMS ♦ -■ KARORI FLOWER SHOW i — . i There was an excellent display of blooms at the Karori Horticultural Society's midsummer show on Wednesday, including a brilliant display of gladioli. - The president (Mr. R. R. Martin) said that the show was well up to standard, especially in the cut flower, and decorative classes. Mr. B. G. H. Burn, the society's patron, officially opened the show. The Foden and Thompson Challenge trophy for hydrangeas was won by Mr. F. K. London, and the H. A. McLeod Cup for most points in the carnation classes was won by Mr. E. W. Purdie. - The prize winners were as follows:— Hydrangeas.—Mrs. R. R. Martin, 4 firsts, 2 seconds; G. London, Mrs. B. H. Sutton, P. K. London, Mrs. Urquhart, and Mrs. C. - Wahren, | 1 first each; M. R. Wright, E. H. Sutton, and R. Wilson, 1 second each. Sweet Peas.—D. S. Packwood, 2 firsts, 3 seconds ; Mrs. G. Janisch and M. R. Wright, 1 first each; J. M. Kennedy, 1 second. Cut Flowers.—M. K. ;Wright, 1 first, 4 seconds; Mrs. Wahren, 2 firsts, 2 seconds; Mrs. G. Janisch, 2 firsts, 1' second, 1 third; J. J. Whitehead, 2 firsts; G. Janisch,. 1, 2, and S; Mrs. Whittington and F. K. London, I'-. first and 1 second each; Mrs. R. H. Johnston, G. S. Nicoll, Mrs. G. S. Nicoll, Mrs. R. R. Martin, Mrs. J. Wilson, Mrs. D. L. Dinnie, and J. Shotter, 1 first each; Mrs. Jordan, A. Manton, J. M. Kennedy, and Mrs. Stevens, 1 second each; Mrs. Waddell, 1 third. Gladioli.—D S. Packwood, 5 firsts, 3 seconds, and 2 thirds; A. Manton, 5 firsts, 2 seconds, and 1 third; W. J. Crocker, 3 firsts and 1 second; A. Jackson, 3 firsts, 1 second, 1 third; Miss A. Packwood, 4 firsts, 1 second, 1 third: G. Packwood, 2 firsts. 2 seconds; G. Janisch, 1 second. , - Carnations.— E. \V. Purdie, 6 firsts, 4 seconds; Mrs. J. Wilson, 1 first, 5 seconds, s 1 third; Mrs. VV. G. Rodger, 3 firsts, 1 second; VV. H. Scammell, 1 first, 2 thirds; G. Janisch and Mrs. J. Smith, 1 third each. Decorations.—Miss J. Purdie, 4 firsts, 3 seconds ; Miss V. Martin, 4 firsts,, 3 seconds, 1 third; Mrs. G. S. Nicoll, 3 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 third; Mrs. R. R. Martin, 3 firsts, 1 sepond, 1 third; Miss N. Hare, 1 first, 2 thirds; Mrs. H. J. White, 1 first, 1 second; Mrs. Whittington, R. J. Fell and Mrs. D. L. Dinnie, 1 first, 1 third each; Mrs. Marklew, 1 first; Mrs. Newson, Mrs. E. C. Wlren, Mrs. N. Bruce, M. R. Wright, Mrs. Davidson, 1 second each. Vegetables.—W. F. Newcombe, 6 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third; J. J. Whitehead, 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds; Mrs. Whittington. 3 firsts, 2 seconds; Mrs. P. C. Jordan, 2 firsts, 1 second, 4 thirds; E. H. Sutton, 2 firsts, 1 second; C. McKavanagh, 1 first, 1 second, 2 thirds; H. Urquhart, 1 first, 2 seconds; H. W. Lattey, G. Janisch, 1* first, 1 second: Mrs. Ncwson and Mrs. D. L. Dinnie. 1 first and 1 third; A. Manton, 1 second, 1 third: \V. H. Scammell. J. Smith, Mrs. Caldwell. and J. B. Jordan, 1 second each. Children's Section.—M. Stevens, 3 firsts; J. Rnnaldson, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third; B. Shore, 2 firsts, 1 second; K. Sutton, 2 firsts; D. Shore, 2 firsts, 1 second; P. Pritchard, 1 first, 4 seconds; B. Slmmonds, 1 first; V. Dinnie/ 1 second; M. Janisch, 2 thirds; H. Wilton, 2 seconds; B. Purdie, P. Lang, B. Holmes, P. Killiclc* A. a'Court, I, third each* i

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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 12

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Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 12

Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 12

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