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The Rev. Dr. Newman Hall, who now retires from the pastorate of Christ Church after fifty years of continuous preaching, began his life as a journalist at Maidstone. He tells a merry tale of his early experiences as a police-court reporter. : At twenty he was an expert compositor, and, ere he pat on a high collar and a black cravat, he had the details of newspaper work at his finger's end. After he became pastor of Surrey - Chapel, his ; ministerial duties were very numerous, but he found time—'" between sermons," as he puts itto read up for the LL.B degree at the London University and to win honours and a Law Scholarship. ;He _ is seventy now, but does not look it. At the picturesque old house at Hampatead he will spend the rest of his days amid his books. - ■ ' /- v l ' ' Mdme. Adklina Path writes "I : have found Pears' Soap matchless for the hands and complexion." Adelina Path. ■'> Pears' Soap for toilet and nursery. • Specially prepared for the delicate skin of laaie/i una children, and others sensitive to the w©ftfcfadr»

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8964, 23 August 1892, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8964, 23 August 1892, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8964, 23 August 1892, Page 5