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Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1339, 29 May 1918, Page 9 (Supplement)

auctions. hj. matson and co. the hadstogk shorthorn herd, the hadstock shorthorn herd, the hadstol.k shorthorn hfird. THE LEESTOX SALEYARDS F R I D A Y, 1" R I D A Y, F H I D A Y, Comments on the qualifications of Bir* Herd l»y tlir Agents would l>e superfluous, ljut \\\vtt they wish the Public to know 1* that the rattle are going to be sold, and such an opportunity is very seldom placed ill front of stock lovers in New Zealand. The Shorthorn is growing more and more in favour, and during the last few years many of the herds have been dispersed. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TO KEEP CATTLE we strongly advise attending this sole and buying one or more. It is just as easy to feed a will-bred beast as an ordinary one. and no. man should be without a hobbv. The realisation of this herd gives the smallest man a chance to buy one or two good ones. SALE AT ONE O'CLOCK. H. MATSON AND CO., Pedigree Stock Salesmen.

Umbrella making is not an essential 'industry. Go into the street Without |vour mackintosh or burberry, and the "Government will repudiate your «laim« lif von get wet anil sick. It paid so the ■other day in Auckland when Louis C. (Falkner applied for exemption on tl* ground that he was the chief, if not the jonlv. barrier between northern heads jau-i the raindrop prelude. Perhaps, too, ■ it was some strange association in idea 'between umbrellas and the average civilian offensive that induced the'board ito refuse appellant's request fos a rVIcommendation to the ambulance. Keeping their pecker up in despoil'ilent Berlin. According to a paper that i usually knows, tin- chief popular attracItion in the German capital has for I mouths been an exhibit in the museum ioi oceanography. It is a four side-i I column, on one side of which is a graphic representation, nation by nation, of the world's merchant n :irii:e in July, 1"14. On the ii' xt side i- a tabulation, month bv month, of the amount of tonnage which *he German submarine conijinanders claim to have destroyed.. The ! third-side bears a set of figures showing ithe proportion of allied tonnage lost, jaftor allowing for new construction. 'The fourth si.ie has a comparison of fhi« i]'resent tonnage of Germany, the Entente, and lH'iitrn! States, proving to ! those who have the will-to-believe that the t'entral Tower:- are going to be iii a very advantageous position after the war. Whom the gods wish to destroy they first drive cranky. For !nfluci»~a take Woods' r,n;it Peppermint Cure, Never Jails. !, C. J/6.