GREAT FREE TRIP PROPOSAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12458, 21 March 1905, Page 4

GREAT FREE TRIP PROPOSAL.

Wo have no d3ubt Messrs. George and1 Kersley.'s extraordinai"y faiee"' trip offer will come as a boon;to every country resident- thl-oughoiifr. the North Island,.; The great firev sale will" be continued right.- through the present month, during which time, thie firtn make follow-^ ing extmordianry offers: — -v Ist. —Free return passage from . any railway station or port in New ZeElland to any customer spending not iesS than£2o. •

- 2nd. —Hall return passage from any railway station or port in New Zealand to any customer spending not 'ess thaii £10.. .;. . - : :; -:-

3rd.—Fare returned to any customer buying not less than £5, provided it does not exceed 10 per cent., 0r.% in; tho £. on the amount purchased. . , The firm undertake to1 send parcels over £2 in value of Salvage stock to any post or l-ailway town in New Zealand, excepting only floor coverings and bedding, on which carriage not exoeeding 10r per, cent, in value will be paid, but no free carriage can be allowed, where other concessions are made. -In addition to making further sweeping reductions on all salvage stock, the firm will allow a discount of 10 per cent., or 2s. in the £, off all new goods just landed, but this offer cannot be extended beyond the 31st of March.

It is the intention of Mi' F. Pirani, formerly member for Paimerstoi). North &n<3 oiow of Petone, to contest the vacancy provided Messrs A'. B. Atkinson or J. Hutcheson do not stand/

Ihe last issue oi tHe Labour-Journal, reports a case of interest to hotelkeepers. J. J. Maher, a licensee, was charged with failing to give his baiSassistant' a half-holiday during^the week, .and was fined £5 and costs. '■ A-conviction was recordedon a second charge.'■.

The graves of the drowned passengens of the, ill-fated steamer Wairarapa, ■wreckejl '.ejfc Miners Heiad, Great Bar.rier IsianS, *ai-e' now" overgrown -with docks and weeds, Yand -the surrounding picket fence is fast,decaying^ There is aio headstone ©^inscription of any kind.

Curing - the last few days 1445 persons Jiave sent ia claims for enrolment, ■kMclt brings the numbeii' -entitled ifco vote at the coming, by-election up to 18,237* - Any, others' who desire to excise the franchise should send in as rolilis will close, as soon as the writ is issued1, and that!/noH? probably be, done ia a!, few days.

It wall perhaps be news to many of 6ur readers (says ,tihe* Samoan: paper) . toinow that by the Bast mail 'boat some 200,000 rubber sieads lai-riyed. ihere consigned "fto the miaii'a!ge!nienfb of the new company at iSal'uialf<ata. Active Ojpei-a--tions oii .th« company's lands ape; already •in"full swing, Buch- as in the preparation of 'hou!ses, -miiu.'seri.'es, rioaaSj, etc.. th.9 oaropaniy itself Ihiaviiiig undertaken in addatdon- -to the- a-oads within the blocks ;tpv mtakie ■ the connecting roads to the .coasts a 'diistaiio& of about' eeveh Miomifcres.. ■

.Ctha'istehui'oh Photographic Society -has-., under, discussion the. question of itioldiui^:^iir .photographic exhibition, in "iwhSoh it; proposed to dnvite kindred vNieiw^ Zetei-land •S-ocietie's to co-operate. '■lty§d intended ffcbat the exhibit-ion 'shall ■be^oiy; sa/::,very much •larger, seal© than ■anyiKiiig^of ■ the" kind 'yet iheld in New XeaOiand. .'Severol of the best known pl^ogimphio /nwnutfacturers. in England 'luayie been, to. with >a view to ■it&pir Ending sample pictures for exhibition,/iand\it is allso proposed to .jnvite th§j';'oo-<3'periati'cn of the various Augr tiTapaaveotoieties.;'. ::":'■ •,•'"*■■.'■ '.'■■•■'■■ •.''■'.,

; ■ ?T&aV Wellington . cor respondent of the Pahiatua "Herald writes :--A share -.transaction of public interest was effected last week. A syndicate, headed by tfi^Bight^Honvßl Seldon, arid Mr R. vE^Bsiainister, purchased the whole of thei isftaiie '''interest of: Messrs Martin Kennedy and W. Watson in the N.Z. Times. !This involves th«: transfer of some 8000 ■shaiiea and the ruanoui'. is that the fancy .piriiba of 455: per -share- was paid. The ieffiect of; this is to give the Seddori.-Ban-' nister syndicate the controlling interest in the Company /and it is believed: that .^he: policy of the gaper will be changed .%^litl©... v^:Bung.'^in^.:.i^cieiy© less confiiderjitaoii, but" Seddonism -and its conpolitjca -will receivei ;wko.Tetseaated support/ "~ Another outooniß may. be the ultimate elevation of ■■Mr'\'RV-:;iEk • Banister to the Legislative Council, 'for ; it;is'.".'believed among his friends that his aspirations run in that direction. v 7 :-■-";.; \i'':--'-;. /, •.'■'■"■ :

Massfey, Leadeiv.of 1 the Opposition, ■.M sJbput -to makea, .tour of the tibrth of Auckland;,:replying to ithe and vriU suibsequently adda-ess the citizens of ■Audkliand: He furdli tibea proceed to the south. He -is v {says the P&hiatuis .uaidwubtiedly^ jai>v& disfldvan- ■ sepiy ta.the.P#&nijeir, iwho: tm^eis at "the :exge/n©9 of wiis^Mr; .pepses. ,:: ; Mr>* Seddbii/'; or course, jufijss ;^ ibepause it is only right ■?.€ha't':" ■ Minasiteria :'s3iould ', ivisit.- I'the.'' :y;aTIpu3:eteotoinatesiini order toi-make'theni-eelyeg thoroajghly acquainted with the )■ peq-uifeanenta' of■■•-the icouxiltry, . iand.: en- : Mghifen,, tih© .people as :/txx: jwhat the ..-. Go- \ T/emmeint /iardoHi'g. loiv them. ;The presentataoin of chapters to "a liib-te'bs, inWeabh centre c&nxwtb, !hk>wever; be; i:e-;, gai-ded as part of }■ the: Premier's scheme ■for .politically eduoatiing the democracy.. Most ppople regard it as ekctioiinejeaing pua-se andlsiinple, acad deroga^ry,^^ tpfthe' ddgnity 6i ;-a po-litioain 'y?sM T&joiic^iii tHe ■ •title.. oi."ihe.Pmraei ■'•"ootony, .■:_.'..•'■-'.■■■, ';''•-'.'•",'.' /^j^-'i},;^ .\ ''■'''.. .hi

Mi\ C. B. Fry/-thq fariXQus oiicketer;,v lootballer, long jumper, aridiwrjtei1 upon,^ gSriies, appeared hi a new :irole srecentlyi in adaressiiig the Men's Brotherhood' 4t Browning Hall, London.. •; It \\Tas>.:prd-: bablyhia first ajp-pearanc© as speaker, atr a; religious nneetdng,. but his.; addxesa;; <>n:= athletics arid ethics secured- aaid.-jnijain-; tarried the keenest merest oi:hik Msiiv-:ena!■•■-■'■Mi' Herbert Stead (brother^qfiMav -W^ T. Stead) introduced :MrF.ry as ari; athletic champion and an- adimrabl© sp^oimen of maniliness. Tnemqsi) in* Seresting' passage in Mi*'1 Fzy's.adlress (ksays the "Christian Worid") was ,his i contention that it is-ch\aractei% that iteUa in both work arid play. A hoy ©lack in • his .studies is slack in his play, said Mr Fry, .who, as,an, old Charte T:hoirse schoolmaster, was speaking from experience arid personal observation. The audfenca was fissured,' by Mr Fry iJiat ■football as weill' as cj'icket is immune.. from bottir-g arid gamblxng. A simple healthy, welV balancedl life is Mr Fry's recipe for eificierit work and sucoesiful

- Thie "Lonidbcn!. (aoaTesponidiant of the - Publishers'" Press1 (New York) has tele"griaiphed -to tlhaib. jounnial iaii interview ha has toad wsith >a persoiri occuping a high iposdtion iri London on the present situation iri Russia,' ifi-ton . which quotations" are anadte' im 'the" >R'irminghiam r I^ly Post-/ The ipei-soni thus interviewed iis Tepionted las speaking \as follovra:—The present situation in Russia ■has ; not 'been <bix>ught aibout merely by an indusitipiail uprisingj ulor can the movement :be said to ibe only la po'li'ticffll iri-siuu-ection, i Its a^e'al 'Chiaaiactei" is an ; attempt Iby the Russian Grand Dukes,. vied -by the Gnaridi DufepivW'adimir, to- de-' pose the Emperor und seize the Russian - thronfe iixnn Mcholes.' ' It is Vladimir who pej'imititedtlie strike to grow. It as ~ Vialddmir whw midieredi' €he miassocre •'. in rSt.,rPetensbutrg., His object, lassist'ed : 'by.;thie lotheivGrandi-Dukes, is to foment .. discoi-d! ;Jbstiween;...tlh© people and the Emperoir, iand, T^liieai the time is ripe, if ,it ever ibeeomes "diipe, he will turn.-, to ;tthe. army j ■and say to it,-^ "See wliat a weaklang occupies phe . Russian throne. See how he trembles 'befoi'e the voice: hi the people. Depose him, place me\ in .his stead/ and you and I will save Russia." There is no room to doubt as i far .aa my (imlPqa-matio,n goes, the .'absolute truth of this •fact. Vladimir, who be-i foa^e the birth of the Czarevitdh-, -was secoiid in Siuccessioii to the thaioiie,, aiow hia di'eams. of .legitimately '■ obtain- ; ing .poTver dispsliled^byia tiny baby. He Jj.as beeijidrivien tto desperation, and he '■■:..as-wow" s&i2ang'. the oppoiituriity t<> make h.im'S'slf Emperor. ; ••..■-.- .!,,, :