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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12609, 25 June 1904, Page 5 (Supplement)

The Earl of Ranfurly, whose tenants I have just been granted a reduction of ! twenty per cent, on their rents, says a recent London exchange, would probably not have made any bones about the matter had peace been purchasable only at a greater sacrifice. fie has been so long looking after the Empire's business in the colonies that now he is at home once more he will want peace and happiness for a spell. For bis son and heir comes of age next month, and there are to be festivities of a character unprecedented at Dungannon. Had not a shooting accident in Abyssinia proved fatal to his elder brother, Lord Ranfurly would have settled down in Australia." He has acquired a considerable tract of; land at Mildura, and turned it into a successful fruit-growing farm. His call to the V earldom meant that when next he appeared at s the Antipodes it was as Governor of New Zealand. . The Maoris worshipped him metaphorically, and conferred tribal ' honours upon him; the colonials declared that he knew as much about horses as about farming; and the legislators so highly esteemed him that they petitioned for a renewal of his term of office. ' ' . Always use a standard article; you may rest assured the . proprietors look after quality and quantity, that it may continue to be the standard of excellence. Tucker's Family Baking Powder is the best.