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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 66, 21 March 1901, Page 4

As postage stamps were not introduced till 1841, four years after Queen Victoria’s accession, Edward VII. is the first English King whose head will be printed on a postage stamp. New stamps, as well as new coins, will now have to be uttered throughout the British Empire. Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne are quite prepared to hear Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, satirically belittle the effect of Emperor William’s visit,-but in Downing street this will be taken as meant purely for home consumption.

Anyone giving a little thought to the economical position and our limited markets becoming more and more restricted still, partly in consequence of our inability to face competition, must recognise that the condition to which we are tending is one of stagnation ; a happy little island, where each lives on the other, and the man on the land is bottom dog.—Hawera Star. The London Times, in a recent article, points out the advances made in the science of submarine navigation. ' France has taken the lead in strengthening her navy with a number of boats which ply under water, and launch their deadly missiles unseen. The United States is following fast on the same lines. But Great Britain, with the largest navy in the world, and dependent on that navy fer her national existence, does not appear to have one of these vast engines of war. At Wellington there is considerable discussion at present over a hawker, who insists ,oh selling his wares in Newtown Park to the members of the 7th Contingent. He supplied the sixth Contingent with nicknacks, and the vendors found they were not all they imagined when they, came to use them. Consequently, it was decided by the 7th Contingent that the haw'ker should be forbidden to fs;ade in the Park. But the man has taken legal advice and has stuck to his guns, declaring that, as Newtown Park is a public -place, he is free to come and go as he' chooses.. A policeman, who was consulted by the camp officer, let the hawker off: with a caution, and said he would con sider the matter. In the meantime, the hawker is master of the position,