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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2337, 27 January 1893, Page 4

k :': ' **/A 5r > iTr-Ti4 AJ. >T/ 8* J OPINIONS! Qil^f HE BfeESS. .. In the HAWKBi^^PAR^LMAisrAC we have one of the neatest and fullest jjompijations .which everybody looks for of tfa£ year. It has nearly doublet!' its^ size since its first ! issue, aalj nW consists of 420 pages'. It contains an excellent directory, taking in , everyji.town.on the West Ooast.Jbetween Ne^w' Plymouth and Palmers ton North, fcesides^ajarge amount of useful information regarding the district. It is well printed I ,* and is a credit to its 'compiler and publisher.'— Taranaki Herald. We have to^, acknowledge receipt of the Stab Almanac and West Coast DIBKCT.OR-SS published by Messrs Innes and Co.,^o£ Hawera. The book is a comprehensive compilation, of information relating to the thriving districts between .^aneanui and New Plymouth. It is well collated, and exhibits' an amount of eriterprilp 1 altogether surprising, when we remember tnat the work has been printed in & town' containing only 1,284 inhabitants. <: This work affords an -excellent exaifmple of the spirit which has forced the West Ooaat Districts of the North Island ahead at a phenomenal rate of pr.ogress.-r Auckland Star. . One^of the most useful Almanacs and West Coast directories is that published by Messrß Innes and Co., of the Star Office, Hawera.' This annual production has considerably increased in size. In 1891 it consisted of 280 pages. This This year. we notice it has 420 pag€B, It is full of information of value to the country settlei, and is one of trbe best and cheapest shilling^' worth in the colony. — Marton Mercury. We have to acknowledge th~e receipt from the publishers of a copy of the Haweba Stab --Almanac and Dibectoet for 1893. A further increase in the bulk of this, useful volume is again shown by the addition of 80 pages of interesting matter. The Woodville directory has also been included, and the Dairy Industries Act, of 1892, has also been added to the reprints of Btatuteß of special interest to country readers. .The Almanac is a complete compendium of every information suitable to the requirements of the settler, and as snch Rhould find a place in every household.— Waimate Witness. We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a copy of the Haweba Stab Almanac for 1893. Tear by year this publication increases in value while published at the same price. The present issue consists of nearly 300 pages of valuable information of everyday requirement, not the least of which is a carefully compiled directory of the coast and intermediate centres from Pajmerßton North , to" New Plymouth. It is, however, beyond possibility to give anything like an epitome of its contents, as they are far too numerous and varied for mention, and we must content ourselves in saying that the man who is without a copy has overlooked the best investment on the coast.— Patea Press. Once again we have to acknowledge lh# receipt of this much valued publication, and.to congratulate the publishers on issuing so useful a book. Year by year the Stab Almanac has increased in size and usefulness, until it has now, besides being a capital almanac and directory, ■ become a complete Bottlers' guide and companion. An additional 71 pageß have been added to the book during the past year. Considering the extent of country- embraced by the directory, the .information., contained is surprisingly correct. Nothing is more convincing of the astonishing progress the districts extending from the Whits pliffa to-Poxton are-, making than a perusal of the Almanac and Directory for this year. In addition to the ordinary calendar, diary, and directory, a lot of information is given regarding tha rainfall, statistics of the Registrars of Birth's, Deaths, and Marriages, and a gardener's calendar. Full information regarding the Police, R.M., District, and Supreme Courts, Cub torn House, deceased persons', estates duties, and Wanganui Education District. Jb also given. Under t .tbe heading of "The Farm" are very valuable agricultural notes. Finhing and shooting regulations are also published. The Postal and Telegraph Guide also contains some very full and valuable information. Sporting men will find a lot of useful records of all the principal racing events. A com-, pendium of statistics invaluable to settlers, is also to be found, containing a! digest of the Fencing Act, the Oattle;and Sheep Acts, the Dog Registration Act, Fencing Aot Amendment, etc. Information re stamp duties, Public Trust Office, Growngrants, and a mass of New Zealand and Australian statistics of considerable interest and value are also to be found. .T- be business people of the district have also given the book a generous support, and aa an advartising medium the book is yearly becoming ' more and more valuable. The. general get-up, the^ letter-press, and arrange-* ment of tbe volume is exceedingly creditable to the Star office and all •connected with its publication. The almanac ia one the whole district may feel proud of.— Stratford Settler.' ",