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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11058, 9 May 1899, Page 6

In these days, when one hears on everj t hand that servants are so " independent,-.; I and have little or notliing in common M their masters' and mistresses' interests, it l ?. an interesting fact to note that in they* 1828, Ann Maria Grout went to reside § nursemaid with the family of the late Jfc and Mrs. Hailes, then living at Chalk Faro, Babraham. For 71 years she has lived wife the family, and has been a most valuaf | servant, until, from length of service,™ servant" graduallv merged into k%f friend.. For the'last few years, offing.. to the infirmities attendant upon old M Ann Maria Grout has been tended with [ greatest care and love by Miss Hailes, - 'a™ no sacrifice of time or lovin" attention ha* been thought too much to 'lavish on her, Mie received in 1887 the medal of M Quiver Order of Honourable Service, for servants who had kept their places for 50 years Un March 4 she passed peacefully away at .Linton, Cambridgeshire, aged 87. M The following is the state of Her Majesty' prison, at Auckland, for the week en« May 6:—On remand, three males; awM lug trial, 20 males; boy, 1 penal servitw 2 males; hard labour, 131 males, tf-fc males; imprisonment, 2 males; default«j bail, 1 male; debtors, 1 male; receiv? during the week, 10 males 3 females;'"*, charged, 18 males 4 females: total in prisM 101 males 17 females. \"??| _ Our London buyer has forwarded us *<**°- signment of ladies' capes and jackets of J l ' latest dosigns in fawn, greys, navy, and»*?? which we are selling at English prio»^ D.S.O; ...■ .;',,. ■ . . ->0A Special value— heavy denim trousefl 28 lid; all-wool .tweed trousers, 5s 11<!», *. Smith, > and 'Cau'ghey's. I j|