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New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 27

J^ESSAGERIES TyjARITIiIES. SYDNEY TO LONDON, via COLOMBO and PARIS. Steamers of 6500 tons, under postal conA a^jTT?T,/-Ss>'^reric k Government, calling' ™^i&S2 UENE * ADELAIDE, ALBANY, COLOMBO, SUEZ and PORT SAID, will be despatched montihly, as follows: mDIA * RETURN TICKETS, available for 9 or 12 months, at REDUCED RATES., ENGLISH SPOKEN ON BOARD. Passage money can be paid here for pa®~ sages from Europe. Liberal concessions to families. Upon arrival at Marseilles English interpreters meet the passengers for London, and give them every assistance in landing passing their luggage, etc., through, the Customs, and also accompanv them to Paris and Calais. Return Tickets (first saloon) between Intercolonial ports are available for return oyP- and O. steameis having room. * B fT Pas^ e , llger ?’ 'luggage conveyed free or cost from Marseilles to London by steamer. For further particulars, apply to LEVIN & CO., Ltd., Wellington..

EPILEPTIC FITS. MObT Remarkable cures continue to be effected by Mr Osborne's remedy for Epilepsy, which has won for itself golden opinions in all parts of the world.: . Price 5s 6d per tin (or by post os M) with tull directions and testimonials. • Sole Agent for New Zealand— WM. C. FITZGERALD, CONSULTING CHEMIST, • WELLINGTON. OHEAP MONEY! £>HEAP MONEY: IN SUMS OF jgi OQ TO £IO,OOO COUNTRY, CIT AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLDS. At4£ per cent, to 5 per cent. For forms of Application and full mation, apply to the District Manager at Wellington. J. H. RICHARDSON, Goyernment Insurance cmmissioner.

SPECIAL CAUTION. STEARIN E CANDLES OF THE STEARINE CANDLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. "APOLLO,” IN SCHIEDAM, HOLLAND. THE Directors of the Company, give. notice to the Trade that owing to the spurious Imitations of their brand, the Candles for the Australian and New Zealand markets will in future simply bear on their usual labels the name "SCH lED A M.” They obtained THE MEDAL OF MERIT AT VIENNA, 1873. THE GOLD MEDAL AT PARIS, 1878. THE GOLD MEDAL AT AMSTERDAM, 1883. And tefa,e diploma d’houneur Highest Award at Antwerp, 1885.

The phenomenally dry season, is telling very severely on the pastures in the Waikato (says the Auckland “Herald”), and in most places the milk supply to the creameries has been lowered by about 60 per cent. Old residents have to - cast back for a quarter of a century to find a parallel for the E resent drought, though, owing to the eavy growth in the spring, the grass has not been so short in this as in some former seasons. The heat has probably never • been exceeded. In Cambridge one day last week the thermometer registed 97deg in the shade, and visitors say the temperature approximates to that of Sydney. Meantime the harvest operations are being carried on very satisfactorily, and the quality of the crops so far is of - the best. ' Alcohol was first distilled by the Arabians, and when we talk about coffee hied alcohol we are using Arabic words.