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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12795, 29 September 1905, Page 4

GROCERIES I The Sfora for Value I BOWIE'S! The Store for Quality... | Our Celebrated BLOCK BUTTER . . . fresh from the churns, Is 1d per lb, OUR BONUS K EVERY TIME.

On the Belgian railways" a workman can obtain a weekly ticket entitling him to make a return journey daily at a charge per day of l|d for three miles, 2d for eight miles, 3d for 22 miles, 4d for 40 miles, and 5d for 62 miles. On the Western Kailway of France, which appears to .be representative of French railways in this respect, a ■workman can obtain a similar ticket at a charge of ljd for miles, 2d for 7£ miles, and 2J for; 8} miles, sneh fares being equivalent to about one-fifth of the ordinary third-class fare. Wagsj, South Wales, is tired of Parliamentary eloquence. At the smoke concert held in connection with the recent show, when the toast of "The Parliament" ■"was proposed, the President announced that no response to the toast would be asked for. After the toast had been, drunk, Sir William Lyne left the room, saving it was the greatest insult he had ever received. The explanation seems to be that last year Sir William Lyne and Mr Groom took "bout two hours to respond to the toast, and the committee therefore decided that there snould be no response this year. Mr J. X. Cowan, a. cattleman, of Dallas, Texas,while sorting through some family papers, came upon some deeds relating to 160 acres of land in the centre of Jfew iSork. The deeds seem to prove the title of the cattleman to the land. He is a, descendant of a Welshman, named Hartsfelder, who settled there in 1772, and registered his title to the land under the patent of George the Third, which has never been invalidated. Prominent Wall Street men tare offered Mr Cowan 20,000,000 dols. for bis rights, but he lias refused to sell', and is proceeding .with his endeavour to definitely prove his right to the property. A queer sect called the Zezreelitea begun in 1832 to build a. huge tower of steel and brick on a, hill near Chatham, to shelter the members of the sect in a dav when the world was to come to an end. After about £44,000 had been spent, and tlie tower had reached the fifth story, the finances came to an end, and the quaint structure was seized by the contractors, and let to the members of the sect under a lease which terminated last month, and the owners determined to pull the building to pieces. There waa a conflict, as the faithful declined to leave, but they were overpowered by a force of navvies. The Tower of Zezreel has been a land mark for the surrounding country. *°r Children', Hacking Cough *t night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, li 64 (AdYt.)