HAWERA STAR ALMANAC 1914.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 December 1913, Page 5

HAWERA STAR ALMANAC 1914.

The thirty-first. issue of; this popular ■ publication is just oiit of the • hands, and 'during ithe-'^nextP few'^dayawill be circulated throughout the dig- - ■ trict. Every effort has- "vmh 'tidd^ Uk bring it ui^t^ate and %>J effectively revise the directory;''which:';form& a large portion of the work;v It'inay be, stated that the Almanack contains a« calendar^ and' a daitfy< for records ■••-of receipts and expenditure,"^, considerable amount of information) of use to the farmer,;such as a breeders' table,. dairyman's table, remedies, for various blighte, farm - hints, and ■ general information, weights and measures, interest table. An epitome^ iba given of the principal* Acte' of", parliament, jbg- . pecially those relating "to\<the.farming industry-—fencing, "Imp^unidinfe; Stock, Dairy Industry 1; Land;^and IMcome Tax, Land, State <xtiaranteetf; h Advances, Slaughtering,' Fertilise^- Factories,. Workers' Compensation^ Valuation andl Licensing.- Statistics give- figures f«w^ the year past of the colony's 'finance, public' worksi railways, postal and telegraph;: Agricultural 'statistics include yields of. the principal crops for the last1 ten. years, exports of froaea meat, live stock returns, butter *fid cheese exports and imports and average prices, trad©1 returns, general exports and importa, The latest census figures for the Dominion and for theboroughs and counties) /will be of interest and use. -English.mail time-tables* Court and Board sittings;' and) a postal and* . tetegrapfc \. aodt railway guide> conclude the. list «f information useful alike to farmer anct <o business man. The latest; valuation* available f^r':, t^'j^totieS-^'from^'-N'^,-,-Plymouth to PatmtJrsfcon Notfch 'are :bt^i:' cliided. and a summary is given or seine .of the important amendme Act* passed up tilt time of publication. Altogether ~ther» is a host of* informatioi> that makes the Star Almanack whatit ha» always been-r-the farmer's and business man's vade mecum. It has. been and fe used by very large number»----6f farmers and business firms throtißhout the district from Waitara and; Mokau right down the whole coast to* Palmerston and Foxton, and up tbe> Main Trunk line to Hunteryille, Tai~ hape and Mangaweka. In this large*and growing district it is eagerly looked for every year. Enquiries oomerf from stores in the leading towns, the* small town 6, .and even very remotesettlements way back. In practically every township there is one agent or more; Supplies will be 6ent at onca ©n aoplication to any part s of >the d»trict." The Almanack, though so complete and containing so much of general information, is retailed by agent» at the small eura of one shilling and! threepence, and may be obtained from, any agent or from the Star Office* Hawera.