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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7367, 21 January 1902, Page 4

N osy Jb*i*t>lis Jh.ed. STAR JA.LMASACK AND WEST COAST I DIRECTORY. Nineteenth Year of Publication. Information Statistical and General Everything Brought Bight Up-io-date. OPINIONS* OB THE PKESS. Eltham Argus. We beg to acknowledge receipt of a copy , of the Stab almanac for 1902. It is in every respect well up to the standard of previous numbers, being replete with 1 information of much interest to Taranaki i settlers. Napier Telegraph. A copy of the West Coast Star almanao and directory is to hand from the pub- ■ lishers, Hawera. It bears evidence of careful compilation, and embraces in its contents a variety of subjects likely to prove of interest and value. Manawatu Times. 1 We are indebted to the publishers for a r" copy of the Star Almanac, a very useful publication to all business men on this ' coast, as it contains such an immense ' amount of varied information, commercial, ) statistical, and political, required in every- ■ ! day life, that no one should be without it. 1 " I Eangitikei Advocate. [ A copy ia to hand of the Hawera Star Almanac for 1902, which is well up to 1 the usual standard, and contains a large amount of information of special value to , the farmers, and to business men and . others. The Star Almanac is recognised 1 as the best of the kind issued in the colony. 1 H.B. Herald. We have received from the Hawera and ) Normanby Star a copy of their almanao 1 for 1902. This is a very complete and 2 handy work of reference for that district, [ and the directory, whioh takes in the towns ' from Palmerston North to New Plymouth, 5 is a most extensive one. The book is one I of the best of its kind we have seen. L Christchurch Press. We havo to acknowledge a copy of the " Star Almanao and West Coast Directory 3 for 1902, published at the office of the l> Hawera Stab. The volume is admirable . for reference purposes, and the directory j is very complete, including as it does Palmerston, Feilding, Marton, Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, and all interE mediate centres. I [ Egmont Settler. We have again to acknowledge receipt of ' that valuable book " The Star Almanac." This publication is now becoming so closely connected with the business life of Taranaki that commercial and professional 3 men cannot afford to do without it. The 3 Almanac carries an almost inexhaustible , supply of information, and should find a I placa on every bookshelf. J Waitara Mail. ' We have just received a Star Almanao and West Coast Directory for 1902. The compilation has been made more complete as tbe years have gone by, until to-day the book seems to have within its pages all the information one could possibly expect to find therein. Personally, we use the Directory a good deal, and we can recommend it as a really useful publication. Ohinemuri Gazette. We have to ackonwledge the receipt of the Parkinson Star Almanac and West Coast Directory for 1902. This is the nineteenth year of publication of this popular work, and it will be found a trustyworthy guide. The directory includes all the towns and villages between Palmerston North and New Plymouth, and as a guide between those places it is indispensable. Taranaki Herald. That useful Jpublication, the Star Almanack, is to hand from the publisher, and as usual is brimful of useful information for which people are looking every day. The directory portion has apparently been carefully revised and brought up to-date. To business men as well as to country settlers the Star Almanac is almost indispensable. A particularly useful feature is the garden calendar. Nelson Colonist. We have received from the publisher a copy of Parkinson's Star Almanack and West Coast Directory, issued at the Star Oflice, Hawera. This publication within its pages embraces a complete directory of the West Coast of the North Island, from Palmerston North to Mokau inclusive, as well as a large amount of useful information, evidently compiled with much care, and admirably presented n clear intelligible form. The work is one of the best of its kind produced in the Colony, and does credit to the establishment from which it is issued. News, New Plymouth. Christmas is with us onoe again, and with it that ever welcome and indispensable publication, the Star Almanac. This book, which is in its nineteenth year of publication, continues to increase in usefulness. Each year the painstaking compiler adds some new feature, increasing its value to the farmer, the merchant, the shopkeeper, and the professional man. It contains a complete list of all centres of population on the west coast of the North Island, and, considering the shifting nature of all colonial populations, a wonderfully correct directory. It also contains a mass of statistical information, a very useful garden calendar, tables of great value to farmers, information regarding stamp duties, and a brief synopsis of a number of statutes bearing on everyday life. In bulk it has increased from 368 to 448 pages since last year ; but owing to careful editing and compilation, and the admirable arrangement of the matter it contains, its usefulness is doubled. It is published from the Hawera Star Offioe, and Bold at the low price of Is 3d, but can be obtained from all booksellers. It should find a place in every home aad business place in Taranaki. { Manawatu Standard. One of tho most useful publications issued in the colony is undoubtedly the Star Almanao and West Coast Directory. ; A copy for 1902 has just oome to hand ', from the enterprising publisher, Mr W. AParkinson, of Hawera, and it is quite equal in point of completeness to any of its ' predecessors. The work is neatly printed, admirably compiled, and altogether reflects the greatest credit on the office from which it emanated. Wairarapa Times, / We have received a oopy of the Hawera j Star Almanao and West Coast Directory for 1902, whioh is a most serviceable 1 compilation of useful information. The directory of the northern towns ia very complete, and appears to be aoourate in detail.- There are valuable hints on gardening and farming, while such legislation as is likely to affect the general publio in any special way is given in an r intelligible form, and includes fishing and shooting regulations, registering births and ] deaths, etc., eto. Altogether, the volume is n most complete vade mecum for tbe country settlers, and is a credit to its compilers and publishers. Of all Agents. Pwoe „ ... ... * la 8d