CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 808, 10 June 1903, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

BENEFIT TO

MR ROBINSON)

TO THB EDITOR. ' . «<■■-"; Sir,— Kindly grant me space to draw . . the attention oi your readers to the aborts Mr Robinson hai been a rtsidemof Hawera for a nnrnber of years, and has always given his assistance unstintingly to every objtct, charitable or social;'' Oar friend is now, and his been for the last eigbtetn months, l^id low with sickneee, ai.d ia now in the hooplial. liet us driw to mind the lines of the good old/ Bong, />/ >

Many's iha r'ght goo 1 hearted fellow, Many* the noble-minded man Finds himself in wa'er shallow, Thpn assist him if you can.

I think we can,' and I hope we will— \ financially, of course. — I am, etc..

George Wilson, a native, charged with horse-fitealiDg at Wanganui, was arrested this morning by Constables Hughes, and Ryan, and plactd in the local lock-tip.: , ;

Is there not a law against th« supplying of Mnori women W'th drink ? asks th« < Wairo% Guardian. Almost daily Maori women are seen the wohe for drink in - Marine Parade,- ard the police take nb ' steps to prevent it.

" Over forty years ago," remarks an Aberdeen paper, "tbe steamer that did l duty as the Ring of Sweden's Royal yacht was sold to a New Zealand trading company to sail between northern ports in that country." An exchange wonder? ; can th's refer to the oM Stormbird, which is still afloat, but whioh has heen lengthened and altered /till but little of tbe beautiful model which the writer first saw in Auckland in 1860 now rem«iosv -

The New Zealard Pos'al authorities pet the credit of seldom being baffled in delivering to their rightful owners lettei curiously or inadequately addressed. An ' instance of (bis occurred in Wellington '' on Tuesday (teU graphs Christohurch Press correspondent). A weU r knQ^n Press special correspondent took a sn^p- . sbpt of a friend of hi*, and pasted a copy " of the photograph oo the addresp side pf. a post car if, Undeineaih this he wrctfl „ 11 Southern Hemisphere." The man'« r name was not mentioned, nor the street ■ . nor pity in whiph he lived, Someone io the Post Office appears to have reeog*nised the likeness in the photograph, for on Tuesday morning in the addressee found the letter waiting for him in bis private box. The missive is now bejng, treasured ns sometning quite unique in|^ the way of post cards. . . t

Ono effect of the heavy rains .in Otago has been the destruction of tab- - !T! T bits.. In the Mataura district, 'where rather heavy floods took place, the rabbits were drowned. by thousands. >» * Colon-el G. L. Money, Q.%, D.S.fr, AidMe:Camp "tp tjie Kingi, has been appointed tp succeed the late Mtfjort General Sir Hector Mac^onald, K.C18., in command of the,.trppps "in Ceylon, as a brigadier-gnneral on' t^e> staff.

JJgmont Post says :— Mr Spence'laifl 1 great stress in Court this morning p.n the fact that if he borrowed an umbrella and lost it he would give the* owner a' new one. There are many men/ who wouldn't. • " ; In the earlier stages of the inquiry' -, _, by the University Commission, the proceedings were always precise, and occasionally classical. Latterly .(sara a Melbourne paper) the colloquial form has crept in, less to the confusion,,^ of the president than to the Government shorthand writers. At a recent sitting a witness 1 , bpjngi asked , fcjsj. opinion as to a certain point, romark- ><; ed, " Oh, that's all my eye." The Government shorthand writer stopped is his note-taking, said, " Would you kindly give me a synonym, for that?."

Messrs J. C. Datson and Co., the' woll known 'commission and land agentsof Manaia, have just issued a tend ' register of properties in Tarftnakl, jß^y ; o.f Plenty, and' East Coast, which they have in their hands for sate. The register contains a list of a great many leaseholds, including, several selections of fine dairyingi land, and a list of freeholds—magnfficeut busii'- lancl^.-aijd excellent dairy farms. All t&eegin l&anaki, On the East Coast and i£ril&y of . Plenty, vher«^tle^eatMp^r^B|^sinJ2i rapidly, clients .may', tbjroug&^tifc firm named, select holdun^a whioh^would give satisfaction. In addition^ those in business have the opportunity, of ? picking, up plums iv town property, or£ securing carrying) , plant, . coaching) -plant, threshiiig plant, butchers), „ blacksrnithing, Wbeelwrighting, and '' other businesses. The register was* printed at the Star office. .■•■ "< -r , Following out inßtrootiohs of Mr John ;; Brunette, jeweller, the management. wilt offer from to-day a tempting ~ discount ,pft '4s in the £1 on all jewellery, watebes, an* clocks, to enable them to redqoe tbfe stock to make room for new purchases in England. The value, of tb« present stock is large, and, the' assortment being good, should receive the attention of those about to make presents, etc— Advt. . For, Children's .flacking Cough at Bight • ; take Woods' Great Peppermint Core, Is 6d and la W.— Advt.