TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14285, 1 February 1907, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

At the Temuka Alagistrate’s Court on Tuesday, before .Captain Wray, S.M., B. Gibbs was convicted and lined £2 2e on a charge of taking trout illegally from the Tengawai River. Hyndman. on a similar -charge, was acquitted. The Shipmasters’ Association yesterday cabled to the Premier that it declined to be represented by Air A. _R. Hislop at the Alaritimo Conference. Mr Mills, managing director of the Uni® ll Steamship Company, will represent the Association. Owing to recent family bereavements. Air and Mrs George Rhodes, of Aleadowbank, Ellesmere, will not be able to give their usual treat to the Irweii school children this year. They decided, however, that tho children should not be disappointed, and forwarded a ’cheque for £lO to the School Co-mmiL-tco. There was a large grass fire burning in the direction of the Virginia country to the north-west of AVaikari on Wednesday. It was reported to be on the Glyuwye station, but no definite information was obtainable. The smoko covered the country, north of the Ashley, and it was hanging over the hilla yesterday. The construction of the section of the Waipara-Cheviot line from Tormore to Domett is being pushed on -rapidly, and there is’ every probability of the extension, being ready for opening by the end of Alarch. or in time for the Cheviot show. The rails are laid for about two-thirds of the distance, and the ballasting is well forward. The present fishing season has been a record one at the Lower Opihi. Tho bakes have been very large, ■ and fish of from 161 b to 211 b are fairly common. One angler alone this season has caught three 18-pounders and one 21-pounder. On a fly rod one man caught 170 fish in four days. The largest was 71b, and about fifty of them ranged from 21b to 51b. There must be abundance of feed in the rivers, as the fish are in excellent condition.

Mr L. L. Pierce, of Washington, who is visiting Christchurch at present in connection with the Young Men’s Christian Association, states that he has seen more resemblance between New Zealand and America than he did between any other countries. It might bo due to climatic conditions, for they were the same as in the' zone of greatest activity in America. New Zealand, it appeared to him, was like America cut off altogether from tradition or custom, and not hampered by it, and similarly it had a progressive Government. The seventeenth anniversary of the Kaiapoi District Women’s Christian Temperance Union was held on Wednesday, Mrs Harrison (president) in the chair. The annual reports from Kaiapoi and its auxiliaries, Rangiora, Waikari and Woodend, were read by the secretary (Mrs Sdulby), showing great Interest in the various branches and an increase in the membership. The bal-ance-sheet, which was read by Mrs T. G. Blackwell (treasurer), showed a credit balance. The coffee-rooms’ leport by Mis R. Evans was very favourable. Songs were given by Mrs Ashby and the Misses E. Wilson and S. E. Evans, and a recitation by Miss Marjory Whitehead, the winner of the medal at the recent silver medal contest. Mis J, Hayman read a paper written by Mrs Dohr.mann, M.A. of Waimate, New Zealand treasurer’ being the second part of “ The Life of the Late Miss Frances Willard.” There was a very largo attendance of members and visitors. Short addresses were given by the Revs H. E. Bellhouse and J. Reid. Afternoon tea was dispensed. One new member was initiated. Wedding and Birthday Presents.— Suitable Water Sets Jug, 6 Tumblers and Tray, from 5s 9d to 9s 6a; wme Sets 7s 9d; other glassware, Butters, Sugars, etc., equally cheap at Fletcher Bros., Direct Importers,'Lower High Street, 2 Just to hand, New Goods at a very low hgure, gold and silver watches, muff chains, necklets, curb bangles, and all ocher classes of goods. K. Griesbaber, Jeweller, 155, Colombo Street. 1 X 3371

Entries for the third. Exhibition lamb show close on Saturday at noon, at the office of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. : Besides voting £20,000 to its provident fund, the Union Bank has granted a bonus of 10 per cent on all salaries to its officers. An orchestra of twenty' performers has been formed in connection with the llangiora Philharmonic Society At a meeting of the committee of the Society held on Wednesday evening, Mr Vere Buchanan, of Christchurch, was appointed leader, Mr J. T. Withers deputy-leader, and Mr B. Brown pianist. The usual fortnightly meeting of the St John Ambulance Brigade was held on Wednesday evening, in the North Canterbury rifles orderly-room, King Edward Barracks. The honorary surgeon, Dr Inglis, presided. Squads were selected to assist the ladies’ nursing division in the public demonstration of first-aid work to be held early in March. A farmer residing near Christchurch was arrested in the city last evening on a charge of having cruelly ill-treated a number of cows by leaving them unmilked. It is alleged that he came into town early yesterday merging, leaving his cows unmilked, and they were in a pitiable condition when some * neighbours saw them last evening.. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court yesterday, before Mr V. G. Day, 8.M., two brothers, aged seventeen and ’ sixteen years respectively, pleaded guilty to charges of theft. All the stolen property, with the exception-of 10s in money, was recovered by th® police. After cautioning the boys, his Worship convicted and discharged them and ordered them to- repay the money not recovered.

At a meeting on Wednesday of the com-' mittee of the New' Brighton Beautifying Association, a letter was read fi'om Mr J. Checkley, offering to assist in making the proposed opening on tho Esplanade between the pier and tho Beautifying Association’s j . enclosure. Donations were received from Mrs A. B. Turner, per Mr M’Kinney, New. ! Brighton, and Mr ,W. J. Hopkins, Christchurch. It was decided to write to the Borough Council, asking that an additional stretch of marram grass should be planted on tho sea side of the Esplanade. A step of importance to the Grange lodges of the colony was decided upon during the session of the Grand Lodge of the North Island, sitting at Wellington, when it was resolved that tho Grand Lodges of the North and South Islands’ should amalgamate instead of W'orking, as in the past, with a head in each island. Speaking in reference to this matter, Bro- - Willis remarked that a step forward had been made in bringing about the union in.the colony, and in a very few years he ccnsdiered they would see the good effect of amalgamation. ' Manufacturers in England are occasionally criticised for their lack of up-to-dateness and push ”in their business methods, but Mr T. W. Bonthorne, a Wellington business-man, Who has visiting the'Old Country, is not inclined_ to side with the critics. What impressed his most (says the “ Post V) w r as the fact that heads of businesses went out of their way to attend ’ personally to the visitor, and shew him over big factories. The height of courtesy w-as reached by th® head of one firm, who, after attending to the New Zealander and hi® party, had his private brougham at the door, and placed it entirely at their disposal. According to Mr T. W-. Bonthorne, of Wellington, who has just returned from San Francisco, there is plenty of work there for certain classes of artisans, especially plasterers and bricklayers, but he would not advise, any to venture from New Zealand. Plasterers are getting seven dollars a day, brick- ' layers six dollars, and carpenters Jour to five dollars, but the conditions of work,and the unending strenuous effort demanded would not suit the average colonial worker. Mr Bonthorne met one young Englishman who . had been getting top wages as a plasterer,- but he had decided to leave, as the risks to life consequent on the rush,'were too great, and, as he said, “ Money Is not everything.” * i , Mr Justice Chapman will hold a sitting in Chambers at /the Supreme Court to-day to deal with the following business: —Motions for probata of the wills of Esther Smith, deceased (Mr Hunt), John Orchard, deceased (Mr Flesher), Janetta Thompson, deceased (Mr Johnston), Eliza- Alary Adie Willoox, deceased (Air Beswiok), Elizabeth Jane Armstrong, deceased (Air Salter), Christina Al’Call Mackintosh,'deceased (Mr Salter). Hephzibah Dowle, deceased (Mr Salter), and Jessie Peebles, deceased (Air He'more); motion to substitute defendants in Barrett v. Mullins and'others (Air Weston); summons to dismiss action of Howden v. George and another (Air _Kippenberger); motion for di covery in Davia , v. Waipara Road Board (Air Andrews).. Dr Pomare, the Native Healfh Officer, referring to civilising effects _ upon the Alaori race, states that it is only a question of time when the whole Alaori race will disappear, as it becomes assimilated with the pakeha. Taking the South Island for example, nearly ' all the Alaoris there now are half-castes, and fully 75 per cent of the Alaoris in the South Island have European blood in them. There is the sjme tale to tell in the North Island. The old stock is gradually dying off, and even now the majority <of the young stock has European blood in it. Within thirty years there will not be a pureblooded Maori being in the whole of New Zealand. In the King Country 40 per cent of the Natives are halfcastes. In the Urewera Country, says Dr Pomare, “you find fewer half-castes than elsewhere, but it is there that you also see the poorest class of Natives, many of the old stock still preferring to live in their primitive methods.” There was /some trouble between the Sumner Borfiugh engineer, ALr O’Donnell -and the chief of the Sumner Fire Brigade, Superintendent Phillips, tn Alonday evening, occasioned by the desire of the Fire Brigade to have a wet practice with its hose and .hydrants. Superintendent Phillips and his men had taken out their hose-reel and were ready to begin their, practice, when the engineer appeared and forbade them to use water from the borough supply. The superintendent protested, and, after refusing to take instructions from the engineer, saw the Mayor and subsequently had the practice. The engineer 'sent a man to turn off the water, but only after the practice had taken place. The Brigade superintendent decided to resign, but at the request of his men agreed to continue in bis position until after the next meeting of the Borough Council, when the Council will be asked to decide whether the superintendent is to have a free hand in the matter of holding practices. The members of the Brigade state that they will resign, if the Council’s decision is adverse to them. Reputation value is the right sort. It will always bring mor„ trade than heaps of mere .talk. It is well known that Black, Beattie find Co. give that kind of solid value. , Here are some eirt-vT-season's prices that cannot be equalled :—Black Delaine 2s lid yd, now Is lid; extra special sqap shrunk Grey Tweed 3s 6d, now Is lid yd; Allwool Coloured Taffettas 4s lid, now 2s Cd 3'd. 1302 Passengers to and from Christchurch may arrange for prompt attendance of the New Zealand Express Co.’s Juggage van, which attends all trains arriving or departing. ■ ‘ 19S»

During the absence of Lord Plunket at the southern islands and the Chathams, Sir James Prendergast will act as .Deputy-Governor.

’* The following are the vital statistics for Ashburton for January :—Births 28, deaths 9, marriages-3. The figures for the corresponding month last year were: Births 29, deaths 10, marriages 3.

Mr Donovan, one of the Irish envoys, in a speech at "Wellington, last night, stated that over £22,000 had been collected for the Home Rule fund during his and Mr Devlin’s tour ot Australasia.

At a joint meeting of the committees of the Ashburton Borough and Hampstead schools, held on Wednesday evening, Mr J. W. M’Gregor was appointed to represent the two committees on the Technical Schools Association.

A pair of human shin bones wore discovered yesterday in the course of excavations for a drain in pren.ufica in Armagh Street, between Manchester and .Colombo Street. The site of the discovery was at one time part or a doctor’s garden, and presumably the bones were those of ampucated limbs. ■ There was a large attendance at tho Ashburtpn Domain Baths yesterday afternoon, when Mr R. Cayill, the champion swimmer, gave an. exhibition of swimming and diving. _ He also gave an exhibition of life-saving and restoration. During tho afternoon, _two swimming races were got off, the,-25yds race being won by R. Steel, and the 60yds race by W. Walker. A return of births, marriages and ■deaths for tho city of Christchurch and district, during January, shows that, in comparison with January, : 1906, there was an enormous increase In the death-rate' of infants between the ages of one and five years, vlich greatly affects the totals. The figures « are as follow, the,totals for January, 1906, being given in parentheses:— Births, males 112 (109), females 96 (79); marriages, 83 (63) ) deaths, males 63 (35), females 59 (26). Tenders closed on Wednesday for the purchase of 1000 debentures of £ICO each, part of a Jean of £850,000 authorised by the Wellington Harbour Board Act of 1902 and the amending Act of 1903. The debentures were to bear interest -at tho rate of 4J per cent per annum. Yesterday afternoon the tenders nerc- opened, and.it was reported that the amount subscribed was £124,100, of 'which, however, certain tenders were informal. The secretary was authoiised to sell over the counter those debentures which were not accepted up to £IOO,OOO. Of £50,000 offered in London at 4 per cent, the Board accepted £49,500. Mr D. Buddo, M.H.R., chairman of the Board of Education, had an interview with the Minister of Education (the Hon G. Fowlds) concerning the overcrowding of tho St Albans and New Brighton schools, prior to the Minister's departure for the Sounds.. Mr Fowlds promised that on his return to, ", Christchurch he would make himself personally acquainted with the conditions of the two schools. .Yesterday morning Mr Buddo visited the St Albans School, in company with the Secretary of the Board of Education and the clerk of works, and found matters much as had been anticipated. The infants’ department was very much overcrowded, and as the most was being made of. the space available in ■ i the rooms occupied by the standard - classes, any transfer to them from the lower department appeared to bo impracticable. Mr Buddo stated that ho was convinced that the Minister’s visit would show him the absolute necessity of granting relief at the tiro schools. Dunedin fishermen have long had a grievance because of their inability to sell trout’they may have caught while , netting”in : 'the harbour dr outside tho Heads. At present the law requires , that when such fish are netted they must be put back in tho water. Mr James Holden, secretary of the Fishermen’s Union, and Mr J. Lines, of Port Chalmers, waited upon the Hon J.' A. Millar regarding the existing regulations. 'lt was pointed out that these salmon and trout were becoming very plentiful and were spreading all over the harbour, in fact many were caught outside the- Heads. The fishermen wished to abide by the law, but it was not right that they should have to return these fish to the water, because very" often they would be almost dead

when hauled into the boat. As it was the fishermen kept the fish and had to use them for their own families; other people were afraid to buy them. Mr ■ Millar said he would place the matter before the Colonial Secretary. Personally he thought there ■ should be an amendment of the existing law, and ho was of opinion it would suffice if a portion of the upper harbour were protected from the fishermen, so that it would be a sanctuary for young fish. Mr John Duncan, a piofmer setter of Otago, speaking at the Early Settlors’ gathering held at Waikouaiti on. Wednesday, instituted a happy comparison between the Children of Israel migrating from-Egypt to Canaan and the early settlers who left the Home Country to comb to Otago, says the “ (Page Doily Times.” “In the case of the Children of Israel,” Mr Dune n said, “ they were'promised a land flowing with milk and honey, houses they d‘d not build, vineyards they did not till, and fields tpev did rot cultivate. B it the early sett'era of Otago hrd no such roseate promises held out to them. Tlmy left their homes thousands of miles over the sea, and ventured on a ■ long vovage to- a country which wa= unexplored. to hills and vallevs covered with forest, to roadless and trackless inlands, to came to a country whese inhati'tauts we r e a hostile native race. The O'" no early set'T'ra- had hato ' l ’ ; ns air 1 d fficul let to rente d vi h. fo" Hiev had come to a rough hut a good country. and they Ird made the wilderness to blossom as the rose.” People who know assert, and people who think admit, that the pr, per care of the teeth is of vital importance where perfect health is de ired. Modern scientists declare, after exhaustive investigation, that the teeth should be thoroughly cleaned at least twice a day with a preparation free from acids or salts, which, -though found in many dentifrices, are so injurious to the delicate tooth enamel which must bo pre-erved if'decay is to bo averted. The -deal dentifr.ee should remove the disc louring tartar, thus giving a beautiful brightne r « and whiteness to the teetii, and should have antiseptic qualities so that it may destroy the bacteria, and thus prevent decay and give a natural sweetness to the breath. These virtues will be found in “ Euxol ” tooth paste, which is nrocurable from Wallace and Co., Chemists. Triangle in collapsible tubes, at Is each. 1898 Strange’s were very bu y again yesterday. Their Colossal End-of-Summer Bale is attracting people from near and far. and is likely to continue to do so, because the value offered for money at this sale is really extraordinary. The sale will be resumed at nine o’clock sharp this morning. 6957 Extraordinary job purchase of 195 new season’s high-class Blouses at verylarge discounts. ’ Navy and Pink Mercerised Muslin Blouses' 8s 6;1, tor 4s Gd ; Embroidered Cambric and Fancy Muslin Blouses lOs 6d for 4s lid, IQs 9d for 5a 6d; Plain and Fancy Open-work Muslin Blouses 9s lid for 6a lid, 10s 6d for 6s lid; Wiuto Embroidered Linen, Union and Muslin Blouses 12s 6d for 7s lid, los 6cl for 7s lid; also a warehouseman’s stock of Ladies’ Black Sunshades, for rain or shine. Sale Prices 5s lid, 6s lid, 7s lid. See our Windows (for Bargains. ’Death's' Sale, Cashel Street, 1 1.893

A CENTENARIAN. Mrs Featherstono Osier’s 100th birthday, which was celebrated at .Toronto on'December 14, attracted much interest in New York, since the venerable lady is the mother of Dr William Oder, to whom is attributed the theory’ that the end of human usefulness comes at tho ago of sixty. Tho birthday was the occasion of a family gathering of four sons, a daughter, and twenty-seven grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and long accounts have been published of the assembly. The birthday-cake was lighted with a hundred _ candles, and a feature of tho festivities was a number of ornamented reliefs, representing the five -British Sovereigns under whom the lady has lived. An address .< as presented to her by her defendants, which is an eloquent refutation of her learned son’s theory. It says:—“What is a useful life if yours is not? At a hundred yon arc more useful than before to each and all. You have been all our lives a radiating centre of an influence for good, which still remains. To see yon, to be with you, is to receive peace, calm, strength, and encouragement. Never stirred or excited, waiting patiently for God's time to die, you have shown ns how to live.’’ , OFFENCE AND DEFENCE. At the Sydney Town Halla few nights ago, says the “Telegraph,” after the-Lady Mayoress had initiated a movement for the promotion of rifleshooting among women, the S ate Commandant (General -Gordon) threw out a f ugg’stion that was as practical as it was novel. He said that n previous, speaker had referred, specially to rifle-shco-ting as a measure of defence. It was, however, rather a measure of offence, inasmuch as, while the rifle could be used to hurt “ the other follow,” it afforded no protection to its user. What he would commend to- the ladies, and to- those who nad promoted the miniature- shooting movement, was the introduction of a system of physical training as an accessory to the larger movement; and ,1m specially advocated a cLes of fencing for Wiles, which, he explained, would not only enable them to fill in the spare moments between their opportunities of occupying tho firing m.nnhds, but would give them pleasurable pa-time, and promote beneficial physical develo-pm-nt. The General's remarks were received with much cordiality by the Ladv Mayoress's guests, and it was semi-officially stated that tho formation of a'fencing club in conjunction with the Ladies’ Association of the M.M.R.C. is not an improbable development of the immediate future. 1 -

I A PLEA FOR PURE MILK. I “ The only way in which to- ensure/a proper and/clean milk supply,” said Dr Mason, Chief Health Officer, on Tuesday to a “New Zealand Times 1 reporter, “is to give_ authority to a private firm to establish a clearing house, or for the municipality to take the matter in hand on those lines.” If this were done, Dr Mason said, and if proper contracts were entered into with the suppliers, a regular price all tho year could be guaranteed, and in consideration it would be perfectly fair for the owners of the central depot to require greater carefulness on the part of the dairymen. Properly constructed cans could be _ insisted upon, and the immediate cooling of the milk. ..Its coir, eyance in properly-constructed vans would permit of its being kept at a low temperature. The keeping of Lie milk cold was, he said, one of the most important factors in preventing - tho multiplication of the organisms which, were "nearly always present in milk. The contractors could insist- upon the milkers observing proper cleanliness both in their own persons and in regard to Ihe cow. It would, of course, be impossible, the doctor added, to make it a financial success miles' some regulation was brought in whereby it wou’d be impossible for people to sell milk other than that , which had gone through this clearing house.

j THE HUMAN STEAM ENGINE. Professor Osier, in a recent address on the care of the body, after describing the process of combustion going on in the millions of tiny furnaces—tha pells—diasumed the important question of “stoking the engine.” Four, kinds of fuel, he said, were required, all of which were contained in milk—fat, curd, sugar and inorganic salts. Even a grown man, according to Professor Osier, can live and thrive on milk alone. He referred to a man once shown to him who locked the picture of robust health. “What do you think.ho has been eating?” the professor was asked. “He looks as if he had Leon living o-it the fat of the land.” “No,” replied the doctor; “ he has been living on the fat of the cow—he has taken nothing for five vears hut milk.” But. of ccurae, the amrunt of fuel required depends on the size of the machine and the sort of work to he got out of it. The professor did not urge us all to go back to the bottle. He is willing to allow ua 3oz of meat, 13oz of starch food, 3oz of fat, and loz of salts a dav; though he thinks we could do very well without meat, provided wo pot eggs and porridge. He thought the neglect of porridge much tn ho regretted, and reminded the working men to whom he was speaking that the Scotch conquered England oh porridge. “I don’t think,” he remarked a little 1-ter, “ that vegetables form a very good mental feed—vegetarians are not as robust mentally as they are physically.” Professor Osier was, in fact, in a rather humorous vein. He remarked that if all the beer and spirits in England co-nld he dumped into the sea people would bo infinitely bett-r in heaPh, and he add 'd that if the tobacco wo-e included it would be hard on the fidi. but a blessing to mankind. But Professor Osier happens to be a smoker himself. THE “STAR.” The Saturday’s issue of the “Star” is of special character, and totally different from the issues of other five ■days .of the week. It, is a d; >le number of eight pages of eight full columns each, and while the usual features of the up-to-date daily ' evening paper are preserved, the following will be found as features of its contents A serial novel by an eminent author; short stories by well-known winters of fiction; sketches and literary solutions by the best pens of the day ; columns for the ladies, compiled by a lady journalist; “Work for the Week”—counsel to gardeners by an expert; MuStum in Parvo paragraphs of information ; Fun and Fancy; “The Week”—a racy and free handling of things in general. The special evening edition, published at eight o’clock, gives the fullest tie! ails of the events of the afternoon, special attention being paid to reports of race meetings and athletic contests and matches. The issue of to-morrow will contain another-.instalment of the serial “ Romance of a Maid of Honour,” and among other tales and sketches will be found Deporting Kanakas,” “ Tricks of the Law,” “ Any Port m a Storm,” “ Famous Nuggets,” etc. For ladico’ reading the following will bo acceptable:—-“A Christmas Declaration of Independence,” “ Royal Ring lloman.ces,” “ Hints for Hot Weather, ' “Politeness to Women,” “Cleaning and Folding a Man’s Suit,” “ Household Hints,” “ Woman’s World,” etc. DRUNKEN LORDS. In no ether country than England would a little personal incident, happening ‘amid the clash of the two Houses of Parliament, have been passed over with delicate reticence, says Mr H. tV. Lucy in a letter to the “ Sydney Morning Herald.” _ At a time when the Lords were peeing as a_heaven-dc-signed, immaculate institution, in the highest interests of the. nation residing the rash proposals of -an iniquitous Hous'd of Commons, fwo of them became hopelessly, and what is worse publicly, drunk. “One had to bo removed,

with the assistance of two shocked attendants. The other was able to stagger about and oner inconveniently loud remarks with intonation reminiscent of. Sir Charles Wyndham’s voice in a wellknown scene in “Garrick.” Ihe business before tho House was tho Merchant Shipping Bill, a measure affecting .the- welfare of all who go down to the sea in ships. The president of the Board of Trade was watching tho scene from the 'steps before the throne. Observing him, the inebriate lord still at large made a devious course behind the Woolsack to- the gilt rail, upon which he heavily hung. Addressing the right hon gentleman as “ George Lloyd.” he confidentially informed liim that he thought hie Bill a very good one, but he had an amendment that would greatly improve it, “Only.” lie added, querulously, “ they woan Icnnne move it.” Tho names of these pillars of Church and State are, of course, well known. As far as Mr Lucy has cbI'erved. they have not been mentioned in any newspaper. A Labour member, in the uncompromising, direct fashion of his class, put a question on the subject in the House of Commons, and was dexterously fended off by C.-B. Supposing, in analogous circumstances of extreme tension between tho two. Houses, such an incident had happened at Washington, not only would the whole story have been told with attractive headlines in all the papers, but, there would have been more or less faithful portraits of the overcome senators staggering around. Tlrs is certainly one of the things the British Press manage better than is done abroad. ALL ABOUT 99 BICYCLES. It is well known that wo have the best bicycle repairing works in the City. We invite ladies and gentlemen to inspect this department, which is properly staffed with capable mechanic?. Our repair shop has just overhauled 99 second-hand bicycles, each machine having been re-cnamellcd and rep’atcd, all faulty wearing parts replaced and new tyres fitted where necessary. _We ask ladies and gent’emen to .inspect the 99 second-hand bicycles hew ready for sale; each machine is fully guaranteed in good ord-r. We have made a nanrt for selling reliable second-hand bicycles at the lowest prices in tho city. . But from to-day we are selling'off the 99 machines at cost price. The 99 machines are made np of about 30 ladies’ and 69 gents’. Come early and take your choice. Wo arrange easy terms; deuosit £1 on delivery of machine, balance £1 per month. We are still giving away a 5s 6 r l inner tube with every Dunlop or Clipper Reflex tyre cover bought for cash. Our 2s 6d Bluemel’s Celluloid pump, which we are selling at Is 6d, beats everybody. Adams, Limited, late Adams Star Cycle Company, 138 and 140, High Street, and at 198, Colombo Street, next Broadway’s. 1988