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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 98, 10 April 1912, Page 6

The first meeting this season of 'he Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club was held at Otane. The weather was delightful and there was a large mus’er of hunters, including many Ladies. Atter the hunt afternoon tea. provided by Mr and Mrs Tod, was greatly appreciated. “Would you be surprised if I suggested that you were too drums know what took n’ace ?” asked counsel in a court case at Feilding on Thursday. Witness promptly »e--icrted: "Many a man has had his •vc in a sling for suggesting less than that.” Counsel sat down, j According to returns published in the Gazette, Canterbury and Otago ire the only districts in the Dominion in which there are more spinsters han bachelors, the numbers being 1299 and 2765 respectively, which if •qual to an excess of over 11 per •ent in Canterbury and over 1G per ■ent in Otago. In the Auckland district there if an opposite state of affairs. there being 7263 more bachelors than spinsters, which means the excess is equal to 25 per r ut. Bachelors are defined as those 2t» of age and upwards, and spinsters those of 15 years and upwards. A Warner’s Rust-proof Corset will lo more for a woman’s figure than any I other corset made. Every pair guaran- * taed bv Inca! drapers.* | Local woolgrowers are very pleased i to know that so much of their finest ! wool finds its way into the popular j Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills (largest in Australasia), as they know from practical experience something of ; the comfort and lasting wear of Roslyn I blankets, rugs, tweeds, worsteds, socks, j jerseys, flannels, paidings, “ Delta ” i underwear, etc.*