TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 2501, 10 August 1893, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

— -» i (FBB PBBBft A8B0OUTION.) "WELLraGTOK, Auaaet 10. Sixteen out of the nineteen Wellington ohemists have petitioned the Governmene in htot of Wednesday half-holiday, proTiding tbey »ie allowed to remain open two hoots in tbe evening. The Grey Valley Company have refund to accept tbe offer of the Government of £ for £ aobßidy on account of money expended by tbe company in laying down « tramway to connect tbe 28 1 acre block at the back of Weetport with the •ompany's coal uereenß on the ground that th» <Bovetoment intend to increaee the f oyalties in 1894 KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES cure Couffhs. Aathmft, Bronchitis. Medical testimony states that no other medicine is io effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge aldne givea e^e, one or two at bedtime ensures rest. For teUving difficulty of breathing they are 1 lnv«lu»ble. They contain no opium not any violent drug. Sold by all Chemißtu, in Tint 1b 1W and is 9d each.

Manaia.

[Continued from page %) Bbapoa lihed a bow, is very hard to get, bo need noc say more. White Elephant eatly vigorous grower, not a set qught to miBB on good soil, grows very large, ib rather coarse; bnt very productive ; colour very pale pink, Pruce— ls a very heavy cropper and last grower, said to be frost proof, at anyrate is very hardy. Varies much in quality, eating much better off sandy light soil ; colour, white ; shape, oval. Fluke Kidney — A magnificent eating potato. Three gentlemen of great experience m England recommend no other as worth planting as a medium early ; that is, of course, if you get the Fluke Kidney true to name ; colour, pure ' white. Beanty of Hebron— Medium early, strong grower, and will grow very large, is very superior to Early Eose, a very desirable sort, does well on any Boil ; colour, bluish pink. Snowflake — A flat oval kidney not very large, bnt of first* class quality and good cropper, is much grown aB mam crop, bnt will come very early ; colour, pure white. Cbioago Market — This. I have not grown myself, but the very name shows that the practical Yankee finds it profitable, and I hear excellent accounts of it, medium early ; white spotted pink. If yon. can afford 3d per lb for seed, Early Pnritan is a very early sort, and •will be fit to lift quicker tfcian any other. ' It is heart-shaped, fiatisb.and pure white, and a ftrßt cla99 cminary potato. I can your readers lack with their earJies, and hope to bob a numerous entry in tbie class at New Plymouth and Hawera Spring Horticultural Shows. I am convinced that shows hate had a marked influence for good, for judges g-> for smoothness of skin and outline and shallow eyes, points which save waste in peeling and denote quality in thi3 indispensable adjunct to our tables. — Waitara correspondent.