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Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 8

The Fitzmaurice Gill Company, appear at Balclutha and Lawrence, where, by arrangement with Mr J. C. Williamson, 'The Sign of the Cross' will be staged. The Town Hall will be .closed on Empire. Day (Monday). " The police seem to manage to get hold of all the deaf people, all the people ovr age, and all the exempted people, though it has certainly not been so bad lately " remarked Mr Justice Edwards in the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Tuesday morning, after several jurors had asked tobe excused on various grounds 1. i B ?, d Jud-e.-Parmer's Wife (at the market) :• What ire yea givin' fur good butlher the day? Oi have three miskins here fur sale." Buyer: " Och, jist accordin' to quality, mem, some more and some less. Yours wul bring thirteen pence." Farmer's Wife: " What! shure that's threpence below the top of the market." Buyer: "Oi know that, but thin luk at the hands it's made with." Farmer's Wife (walking away): "Yer a bhoy to be buyin' butther. Do yez nawt know it's made from crame? Man, yez shud go and hurd till yez larn somethin'." The best tea on market is Wardell's Matchless, at 2s per lb. You may pay more money, but cannot get bettor tea.— "«*-* i