AGENT-GENERAL'S MESSAGE
The Swift Studio is Showing soinei specimens of their free enlargements.,' Three of the samples consist of two.full-i length portraits of a lady standing be-j tween curtains, and three boys 'on a swing. The detailTis admirably worked out, and is said tq.be "produced without, any^ " touching lip.'"'-' The^pitsfcures are' very creditable^pecimjens of - poifa-aitnre j The report of the Wellington Harbour^ Board for, the preriotL of the last. »ines months,, presented at a statutory meeting *to-driy (Mondiiy^^hOws thailhe work-^of the-port has.grown enormo&slyin all departments; ;: The -s,ec.rofcary .staves thai the problem is now to provide a'ceommoda-f tion for the growth of trade. Since the; incorporation of the^Board in 1880, the. revenue has amounted to £t;573,490, of •which £3.51,98^ ha& .been . delved from' loin moneys, and the remainder jErom revenue. * * £96,843 fepresents^the'revenue for the twelve mon{?n§ ended September,! 1902. The=B6ard -Iras ap6nt just upon a, million and a half since its constitution; The past year shows a credit balance onj the working account of £1732. t i The startling aews conveyed by our' r mornibg A dont'emporai'y fell like "a bolt from the blue on the community. What !, our ' beloved -^Ki^g, W lately 6alled to l'eign over us, already summoned to exchange ins^Qrown terrestrial for a Crown celestial ! iLnd >et the^News is positive^ -r-By the Sing's express desire, his As-, cension Day, which will eVentuate on the' 22nd inst., i.e., ,on .Thursday next, is'to| be "observed throughout" ihe 1 Empire — ! presumably in prayer and expectation. In reply to an urgerit (jable we learn that the Laureate is. busyin the elaboration of a' new fU Vision cf Judgment." Herr; Strummunddionner iscompqsing-A_solemn ' orchestral prelude, aaa Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse '("le 'grand 'poseur) is elaborating a grand tableau in'twbich ho assumes the role of presiding, genius in the apothesis of our beloved naouarch. The Court Jb*ainter. Abbey, is chalking in the ©utlines of the commemorative tableau. IJetcactors are, Remarking that King EdWrdWlli will not s feel altogether ,co'miorßble wEe^'Jb.^f>attßi?is ; the sublime dea%al ai*i|i?d^ "JSfcv* sfey.' ,?ei-haps- it is tho anmveirsaty 6| ike W v ne:y'ai^- 4pt. the jflaiiG. "of his ascension; intq^loxy {th.at.is.\ to be;celebrated' on' $hutsday. - x^pd. Save" the
Pet Press Association. Wellington, January 19.' The' cable front London 'says :—: — M!uiton. — The market is weak and buyers are not inclined' to make 'forward ' purchases at .present prices. Afurther drop> in prices seems imminent. The average price to-day is: — Can-, terbUry s£d; North .Island • 4fd;' River Plate 4|d". The stocks of 6 larab on hand light., The average^ price to-day for Canterbury brand is' o|d. >J Beef.— Tho market is quiet; New Zealand hinds 4£; fores 3£d. Butter is dull. The price io-day is J 105/ per cwt; Danish 107/; Siberian 97/; -Cana-di an 99/. v f Cheese' is" Very 'firing The { Karamea's shipment sold at 2t>/ per cwt. , Hemp is firm. The price for ."good ; fair Wellington^' grade on spot is £33 10/ per ton; January-March shipments £80. - , Vj,' There has been no alteration in cocksfoot seed since last week.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12169, 19 January 1903, Page 5
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497AGENT-GENERAL'S MESSAGE Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12169, 19 January 1903, Page 5
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