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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 116, 20 February 1895, Page 4

The North Otago Times of the lsl February says;—'-The gale of yesterday was probably the severest that has visited Oamaru for the past score of years. The wind often blow with hurricane force, stripping the branches off trees, overturn • ins lences, blowing down chimneys, and blowing in windows, besides doing other damage It may be said that what promised to be a capital large fruit year has been entirely spoilt by the fury of the wind." Mr Purser, of Blenheim, had a satisfactory smelting of Taranaki iron hand on Friday last, under his patent process of separating titanium and other impurities, afterwards making it into briquettes suitable for smelting. Tho product is a nicelooking metnl, much resembling mild steel and is so malleable that when cold it can be flattened out with a hammer. Local experts pronounce it of superior qualify, and the cost of production is estimated at much below the cost of landing ordinarypi" iron in New Zealand. The Customs returns prove beyond contradiction that Nel«m, Moate and Co's fine tea are being appreciated by the majority, for in spite of the numerous firms in every pait in the Colonies that are copying them, the turnover is us larco as ever, and the demand so great that tboy sell more Indian, Ccyon *«d blended teas than the whole of 'the imports and dealers put together in last quarter of the Colony,