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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 5

A CHEQUE FOR £1 Is has been sent to the writer of this verseMr L. P.., Waikouaiti, Otago. Ev'ry maid or matron Who is up-.to-date, • . Writes—" Hayward's Flag Brand Pickles," Qn tho kitchen slate.fiN A GUINEA! Prize Poem published every Saturday. Best original four short-line advt. verse about " Flag Brand Pickles" wins each week. forward verse, embossed metal cap from bottle, and full address to Hayward Bros., P.O. Box 613, Wellington. It is understood that the movement to establish a Clerks' Union in Dunedin is meeting with strong support. Nothing definite will be accomplished, for some little time, but! in the meantime information is being ! obtained, with respect to the move- j ments in Auckland, Cbristchurch and ! Nelson. It has not been decided yet. I whether girl clerks will be admitted j to the union. ~ j Temporary blindness arid shock resulted from a flash of lightning during the redent storm, and the victim, an Oamaru housewife, is still suffering from the effects. Tt is sta+«d ('says the Mail) that the lady was attending to her culinary duties when the lightning seemed to strike one of the ! oooJiing utensils, and a flash was iolI lowed by a blindness lasting for | several hours. In the oircumstanoes 'it would appear that the victim: had | a narrow escape from permanent in(■jury. ■■■■■■.■ : -■■'• : ■