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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7542, 15 May 1903, Page 3

LEAFLETS EOR FAKMBRJS, Ko. 62. OX TONGUE (Picria ochiodice, L). By T. W Kirk, P.L.S., Lond., &c , Govomrnent Biologist. 4§|i(liS<Jty Mrr isl; Flß'LHn Tbr0 f oro0 KIeT S' 1 F! g'2- Asi°gl6 seed magnified. Fig. 3. Uppaportson of a branch showing stem leaves, butla, ftoweir and s Cc d h-d?_ various stages of development. (All original). .cca-a^da— This is a common European plant. Tho root leaves form a larno rovtte close to the ground, emothering more useful vegetation. They ure Wshaped Z prickly. The seem is from 2ft, to 4(t. high, branched and sheading The bavos areormed with numerous stout hairs, looking almost like spines, each of which W S3%r r flWbUe tuberc"lar h^- The stem, „« al so cloth dw.thpic dv hairs xhe flowers nre jellow, about 1 in. across, and borne at the end of he fw T\ -,Th W°°dC- Ut bOV° «ives Klch ttn exce3lent "preseatatioa of the plant that a detailed description is not nccessarv. y lo.^Th iS- WGf iS?r WHpr?aainK raP^!.y."«'nd is naturalised throughout Nsw Z^Amii %7 1 rT th° E"y °f Isl' indß t0 Ot°G°- Sowers from January to ApiiK Tho seed ia a frequent impurity in grass seed, etc. bflould bo cut before fiowsriDg. | IERSE COMPEfITIO^TI 1 S HE rro Prietors of WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT [' W CURE beg to announce that they have inaugurated a I COMPETITION £ 1 OPEN TO ALL OTSZENS OF AUSTRALASIA. J whereby cash prizes to the value of &35 will be awarded to the 1 3 authors of the Best Verses on subjects upon the conditions | $ hereunder set out. w I , .The 9 om Petition is bei"g ne]d partly with the object of \i !j keeping tins Great Cure prominently before the public and li ■ k thereby being of incalculable benefit to those who have the H II misfortune to be affected by Coughs or Colds; and also to 0 | encourage literary effort amongst Citizens. fej | -«*«. GOWD2TIOWS__—««a. :\ I M«^,,K^ r follow, :i!l With°Ut entraDCo '" ™« *. Pri.e | \ To the Author of the best set of Verses - - 1 a To the Author of the next best set of Verses - £1O | j, To the Author of the third best set of Verses - .SS | | 5, Competitors must send six verses of eight lines each. Two verses 1 , p being on subjects connected with Australasia. Two on humorous or @ i U topical subjects. Two on any subject or subjects the Competitor $ ;|j chooses. Every verse must embody in it a reference to $ J3 WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. 1 I • — p A The "S"l* of the Competition will be announced, and the ori- e <; I I wi" be payable not later than the 30th September, 1903 § « Jhe Proprietors reserve ttervjht to polish any of the verses .übmiUcd by 1 pi Lompetdorx, whether successful or not. I?

I LICENSING DISTRICT OF OTAill i under the "licensing- 'wt ' ™Vt^ t£ the amendments ■VTOTICE is hereby sjiven that the -L^ next Quarterly Meeting of the Licensing Committee for the abovenamed District (which is also the Annual Meeting) will'be held at the COURT-HOUSE, OTAKI, on THURSDAY, (he fourth day of June, 1903, at i noon. \ All Notices for Applications for [Licenses, Renewals, Transfers, or Be- | morals, must be sent m duplicate to the Clerk of the Licensing Cornmitteo at Otaki, nt least Twenty-one days before i the day of Meeting. ; Dated at Otuki this 25th day of April 1903. TIMOTHY O/RORKE, Clerk Licensing Committee. MAB CAKES ! 1/- EACH. ; EriTABLE FOS. AFTERNOON Te-1. 1 Alfo— jBROREJ ORAS6E PEKOE TEA, I Is 8(1 and *>S. TEA FROM la 4d PER LB. 1 | C. EEYANB, CASH GROCER. THE SQUARE,

SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE BOAR]; Magistrate's Office, rAraEitsTosr N., Our May, 1903. JSJOTICE —The Appeals lodged with the Clerk of this Court against the Classification of Lands within the boundaries of the Slug«isli River Drainage Board District will be heard at the Magistrate's Court, Palmerston North, on Thursday, tho 11th day of June, at 11 o'clock a.m. ALFRED GEEENFIELD, Stipendiary Magistrate, D. CBLAJRKEE,BAZER & CONFECTIONER, IN returning thanks for past favours, desires to notify tho public that lit; '< intends starting business again on May lst^ and trusts,_ by strict attention to business, combined with civility, to again merit; a full share of public patronage. Wedding and Birthday Cakes a speciality. Best Factory Butter used in Oafces and Pastry. Catering curried out in all branches. A trial solicited.