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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 70453, 2 October 1900, Page 2

An outbreak of diphtheria is reported at Pfthiatua. ' "No Civil servant or Judge should reoeive more than 6s lid a week by way of pensions," said Mr Hall in the House last night. And ono member said Mr Hall bimseS -would be <^ear at the price Manawatu Standard. A captain of the Imperial Light Hors» had a miraculous escape (says a South African correspondent). * He was standingon the Eummit of a rock-covered kopjedirecting the operations of his men, and was smoking a cigarette, when a Mauser bullet " wheeped " past, and cut his cigarette in half. The Hawera .'Telephone Exchange now has a total of 98 connections, eight being to bureau stations and 90 to subscribers. These connections give a total of 475 calls per day, or an average of nearly five per subscriber per day. When the total connections were 72 the calls were only 240 per day, or an average of 3£ per subscribers per day. This exemplifies the inoreased utility of the exohange with the inoreased number of subscribers. The Fatea Press reports that a very pleasant evening was spent at the Central Hotel on Friday, when a large number of friends assembled to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs F. C. Faber, who are leaving Patea. The third quarterly committee meeting of the Napier, Taranaki, and Manawatu BailwaySick Benefit Society was held at the Eastown Railway Library on September 28th, Mr Allan, vice-president, in the ohair. The secretary's progress report was road as follows: — Balanoe brought forward £123 4s fid, contributions £134 Is, sick, accident and funeral allowanoe £83 7s 3d, balanoe carried forward £173 18s 2d. Assistance- had been given in two oases, where members have beta suffering from lengthy illness, from the benevolent fund. After disposing of the ordinary business 30 members were admitted inte, the society, and the meeting dosed with. a Tote o£ tbjmlcs to tlie choir. Oturouxole. In this issue Mr E. Bartlett intim/^tea that he has disposed of his busmesj to Messrs Hurrell Bros., coaahbuildevs, of Wellington, who assure oußtomet'j that favors will be faithf t/Hy exeoated. The member for Wellington Suburbs Baysthat during the short time he has been u» the House he has learned that an individual member can, alone, do little towards plaoing a measure on the Statute Book, although he may do a great deal to prevont a measure getting there.— H. B. Herald. The re-opening sale at the Economic has been a pronounced Buooess, resulting in big business and an immense clearing of goods. In a replace advertisement it will be seen Mr Spence will continue the sale for tea days longer, when large quantities of remnants and oddments will be offered at giving-away prices. BOST IMPOSSIBLE. No fear of rust, !io noils M study docks of any toad on inside like other waihera. Sellers* ioubwitb'b Rustless Daily will last a life time. In other Washers of ease, similar kinds they are of. woai, and are the first parts: comtobt, to «ive way. Sellers brought, oat the. Bustless Dolly* health, These .Wastars save timehealth, patienoe. ftiva ( Sellere' Washer a trial. Messrs Dixon and Bates patience Hawera, sole agents for Taranaki It will be interesting to our readers to know that there are very special inducements at the Eoonomio re-opening sale. The firm is determined to make a big clearance, and Roods are being thrown oat regardless of what they cost. Are you economical? Then, visit the Eoonomio, — Advt WHAT! BALE CONTINUING? Mr J. Brunette, jeweller, has decided* to still further reduce his valuable stock of Watohes, Jewellery, Clocks, and Plata during month of October, at the enormous reduction of 4s in the £ discount for cash. No puff about this, and no fanoy prices.-^ Everybody ought to know that Mer-,. Hartley and Sons have on view «£ largest and bea selection of flrtftV s? • ranges in the district, inoludi- ,* ***** others Bamingham's and fiflL*S2?* makes of high and tow pJLS'W^ for brick ohimneya n SS^&h^S Dunedinprices.-.K «**«■ «« Wade's Worm Pirn, the wonderful Wnrm AN MHTOB STOW 1 8081 CUM FOB BBBUJU&XISM. receive relief almosli immediately t£ Pain Balm has been a constant companion! of mmc ever since, and it neveT/aiK Wnr Hula &t Hawera General Store iW ' e «#>