The entire cost of maintenance of an inmate at the Ohiro Home is 7s B}d per week. There are times when one should speak gently, but as a rule it is necessary to use a megaphone if you want the world to hear you. A serviceable little steam launch has, says the West Coast Times, been placed on the Hokitika river by Mr G. Woods, which should prove a welcome addition to our self-propelling miniature fleet of pleasure craft. Mr Woods thinks of placing the launch on Lake Karueri in the near future.
Apropos of all thegnxiety there is about the Duke’s visit, thprfollowing airy item from an Australian paper is of interest; — The Commonwealths Arch, erected in Sydnoy at a cost of "*I2OO, was sold the other day by auction 1 for £2B! That’s the way with gaudy shows, Plaster, lath, and easel; That's the way the money goes, Pop goes, the weasel 1
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 81, 13 April 1901, Page 1
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