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NZ Truth, Issue 161, 18 July 1908, Page 6

j A lot of mullock m the. city dailies on ' **How to go on the Land" would he more '■> appropriately labelled,. "How-to go Brok« [on the Soil."-' i Who grumbles about the prifee-'of meat ?_ /•A city cheap cash butcher placards his ■dead sheep thusly : "Four quarters mut? ton 5d." By thunder !! A whole sheep ;fbr less than the price of a drink.. . ; Mr N, McKenzie Forbes, of the New:- --' market Hotel, Victoria !A venue; Wanganui, announces that he is prepared to receive any number of guests, and guaranf tees to give them every satisfaction m. ; tihe -way of comfort, good tableland- the best Qf liquor., The police had to be called out to quell a riot m Paris recently. The .upheaval was caused on account oi several ladies' ; wearing shocking frocks as per the following description : — "The gowns fitted them as though their bodies had been sheal&ed fin silk scabbards, There was a : longish train behind, and the drapery was held m place over the hips by an embroidered buckle. On; tlie left side the gown was slit from tlie hem right up to the hip, but the slit was held together by "large embroidered buttons as far down as the knee below which it was allowed to flow open. This dress is peculiar, inasmuch as it must be worn, without either petticoats or a corset, but over a sort of silk combination stiffened with whalebone." "~-