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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12862, 22 May 1905, Page 4

Mr C. J. Stone forwards a parcel of *Boblis for Bushmen."

Attention is drawn to the advertisement of N the A.ftl.P. Society appearing in this - issue. Tho figures an a k(e interesting reading to policyholders., TKe Garrison BaWd intends giving a safcrefd concert 'at the "Western; P«i!k on a future Sunlday a'fteteriloon., A collection', will bo taken ivpv by tho Bankl anid handed aver to the Park Committee.

There may. be a perfectly*' go.oJd explanation as to why surplus stores in South Africa were sold by (private treaty and not by auction. We notice that two Army contratetors wore the principal purchasers <— Daily Mail.

We are requested to state that there arc vacancies for bass voicps in St. Cecilia's Choir in preparation for their next concert. Application ( should be made to tho conductor, Mr G. 11. White, at St. Mary's Hall next Tuesday evening.

The use of flowers at flu&ici'als faa* been objected to in <Victoria I^yj *blbth a Boman CathoKc and an Ang-Hcani Bishop. In his Lenten pastoral the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale KDr. Corbett), referring to the conduct of funerals, said what must <be aJvoikled were tlie "'profane moatmirtg emblems which are not conformable to Christian oondittoti, sudh ate ih& wtrcjaJtihs of flowers with which the cotffins are loaded."

There is a distinctly better tomo in the cattle market in iihis part of Taranati. A few weejks ago there were no buyers— rubtbish^grices scarcely attracting them:— tofut now it is possible to sell, thong-h tthe prices *.re low. A considerable xtixmlber pi young stock have been sfhipfpeid to Baglan, anfd it is more than lilcely that soon a strong demand will set in from the Bast Coast anjd further idown this coast.. .With, an early airing prices' will probably go almost as high" as" over.

A strange discovery was ni'ddo last week by Mr Jolm M'osley, wrhb accompanied by his son, a strujdent at the Dunedin School of 'Mines, went to Roaring Bay, Port Molyneatix, on a j search for fossiliferous d«(posits. While poking! about the bay (says the Free Press, 'Balclhitha) they came across 1 a curiosity 5n the shape of the -imprint of a chiM's foot on a large flat rofck. The foot, which is characterised, by a hisrh instep, is very clearly tdefmdd, a^d the big and little toes are particularly plain. As to how the mark of the foot came to foe in the stone,, wMch is a block of eatrfdstoto© weighing apparently over a ton, Mr Moslem's theory is that in some lctagby-* gone age the imprint bad (bieen- left in the satfd of the seashore, which in; process of time became coaverteid iato

Hundreds, of thrifty shoppers have .patronised the "Melbourne's** sale of LonWon stock, and yet there is still an 'avalanche of worthy bargains. Don't temporise, don't let this opportunity pass. Boys' tweed knickers, all sizes, 2s lid, men's Indigo Vicuna suits now 29s 6d, white linen shirts now 3s 9d, superior working shirts now Is lid. Hundreds of 'bargains blanket! r~** rugs. I—Advt.1 — Advt.