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Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 24

Well-handled.— The pump. Paid in their Own Coin.— Monarohs. Carvees of their own fortune.— Butchers. ' Suitable Dower for a Widow.— A widower. THEblackbirdisa great thief; and tho redbreast is often a robin. A man calls his horse Time, because when ho is "untied" he " waits for no man." "A teacher who will preserve order or break heads," is advertised for by a Kansas School Board. It isn't always the man who hammers hardest on his pulpit desk that most firmly rivets the attention of his heareis. A woman in Nebraska suffocated her baby ( by rolling over upon it in bed. What is home without a s mother. As the western clouds are tinged with gold even after the sun is lost to view, so does the memory of a kind act bring a smile to the f aco when its author may be forgotten. Historical .—Tide "Jurors' Reports and Awards, New Zealand Exhibition." Jurors : J. B. Ewen, J. Butterworth, T. C. Skinner. ' So far as the Colony is concerned, the dyeing of materials is almost entirely confined to the re-dyeing of Articles of Dress and Upholstery, a most useful art, for there are many kinds of material that lose their colour before the texture is half worn. G. Hirsch, of Dunedin (Dunedin Dye Wokks, George street, opposite. Royal George Hotel), exhibits a case of specimens of dyed Wools, Silks, and Feathers, and dyed Sheepskins. The colours on the whole are very fair, and reflect considerable credit on the Exhibitor, to whom the Jurors recommended an Honorary Certificate, 639 : Gusfcav Hirsch, Dunedin, for Specimen of Dyeing in Silk, Feathers, &c. MISSING FRIENDS. IF this should meet the eye of JOHN DIXON, of lisnasken, County Fermanagh, Ireland, please write to John Adams, Longridge Station, Lumsden. SHOULD this meet the eye of Robert Roberts, of Falkirk, bcotland, who left Greenock with his Father for New Zealand, please communicate with Archibald M'Nivon, Ngapara Post Office. DO. (late of Milton, Victoria), please • write to W. S. H., the Levels Station, Timaru. 3a WRIGHT'S INQUIRY AGENCY and MISSING FRIENDS' OFFICE, 44, Little Collins street. West Melbourne. Searches made; inquiries conducted all parts of the world ; reversionary, interest, tegaciea, and annuities purchased, or advances made. References. 29je wantedT TEACHER WANTED. WANTED, a Teacher for Wallacetown Public School (vacant on account of ill-health of present teacher). Average attendance, about 50; still increasing. There is a comfortable dwelling-house of six rooms, with two £• acres of town land, attached. Applications, with testimonials,, to be sent in not later than Saturday, Ist February, 1879, to JOHN MORTON, 18j Chairman School Committee. WANTED, by a lady of experience, Situation as Governess in a gentleman's family. Thorough English, French, and music. Excellent references. Address X.V.8., Post Office, Dunedin. ll>a ' T>ESIDENT GOVERNESS.— Wanted, !by! XV a young' lady , (English), an Engagement as Resident Governess to pupils not exceeding 13 years of age. Acquii ements— French, music, singiug, drawing, .and thorough English.--" J.F.," box 140, Dunedin. OARDING and DAY SCHOOL for Young Ladies — Lackbeg House, Upper Walker street, Dunedin. Conducted by the Misses Sproule. Terms on application. QUPERIOR PRIVATE SCHOOL k-<> Fob Young Ladies, Conducted by Madame Muller And able Assistants, Yokk Place, Dunedin. The first term begins on February 4th. A limited number of Boarders received, llja WANTED, Travellers, Families, and others to INSPECT extensive por. tion (now completed) of the Occidental Hotel, Manse and High streets. Accommodations unequalled. Night porter in attendance. On Sale — Billiard materials. SJfJfiOTACLEB~i SPECTACLES 1 SPECTACLES J WANTED, the Weak-sighted to know that tfxey can hava Spectacles properly adapted to suit their sights, at PER- j CIVAL'B, Optician and Spectacle-maker to tho Dunedin Hospital, No. 3, George street. Pure Brazilian Pebbles, highly recommended for defective visions. Also on sole, Sykes'« Hydrometers, Glass do, Saconaroma. fora, Thermometers, Aneroid Barometers, Sextants, Quadrants, Ships' Compasses. Sailnometerg, Lactometers, Mathematical Instruments, Field Glaaaas, Telessopes, ho. N.B.— All kinds of Optical and Mafchem*Hoal Instruments bought. * ' { "for sale. FOR SALE.— Good quiet Milking Cows, in full milk.— Apply, Mr Bradley, Purakanui. FOR SALE. — Fancy Goods Business. Purchase money about £500. Apply James Dreaver, Greorge street, Dunedin. TO HOTELKEEPERS, CONCERT HALL PROPRIETORS, &c. FOR SALE, in consequence of the owner having no further use for it, a very superior full compass tricord GRAND PIANO— by Chappell, of London— a nearly new instrument of great power and purity of tone. Apply to A. SOLOMON, 7s Frederick street, Dunedin,