LADIES' HOSIERY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12716, 30 January 1906, Page 4

LADIES' HOSIERY.

Era-y Woman appreciates good, reliable, strong-wearing .Hosiery, and this is no doubt why so many buy their Hose at "The Economic." As a matter of fa'fct, Messrs. George and Kersley stock only one quality—the best. Every pair of Hose passed over the * Counters of the "Economic" carries with' it til© Finn's guarantee of good wear: Is it any wonder, then, that "Economic" Hosiery is so popular. These are all favourites:— Women's plain Black Cashmere Hose in all sizes at 10=Jd., Is., Is. 6d., Is. 9d., to 3s. 6d. pair. Women's Is. Id. Rib Cashmere Hose, strong and^ comfortable, at Is., Is. 3d., Is. 6d., Is. 9d., 25., to 3s. 6d. per pair, . . Women's 2s. id. Rib Cashmere Hose, splendid value at Is., la. 3d., Is. 6d., Is. 9d., Is. lid., 25., to 4s. per pair. Women's 4s. Id. Rib Cashmere Hose at Is., Is. 2d., Is. 6d., Is. 9d., to 2s. 6d. jper pair. Women's Fancy Ribbed Cashmere Hose, at Is., Is.. 3d., Is. 6d., to 2s" lid. pair. Women's Cashmere Hose (lace ankles) 15very dainty, at Is. 9d., Is. lid., 2s. 3d., to Us. lid. par. Women's Plain Black Lisle Thread Hose, specially for summer wear, at Is. 3d:, Is 6d., Is. 9d., to 2s. lid.' per pair.

Women's ■ L^sTe Threaa Hose, with '"* lace ankles—nothing smarter—at ls v 6d.. ls.» lid. nncf 2s/"6d. pair. " - ■■• You'll get satisfaction With every pair of Hose you buy at th« "Economic.'^ :W« lead in Hosiery. Try u9 , •■ ■ - -- ; -'■•'■ ■ '"'-i1;. ■■■ ■ ■ GEORGE AWD KERSLEY, -- LIMITED. THF ECONOMIC, WANGANTTI.

Tenders were invited bj ; the Gore Borough Council recently for £2300 worth of debentures, and no less than £15,000 was thrust forward by eager would-be investors

"C B Fit's Magazine" is convinced" that the New Zealanders as a nation, in so far as they are an outdoor, freshair people are physically superior to Englishmen, in go far as they are indoor, carbonic-acid-gas people. The Dunedin correspondent of the "Evening Post" states that steps are being taken for the formation locally of a syndicate for the purchase and dis;.pbsal of the gold product of the Otago dred^fi. The movement is supported by -tfie. Otago and Southland Gold Mm■- ■ ing Industrial Union of Employers. ■Anticipating, with the Premiership of. "C -B "!? faTstrpng wave of double no-" mtmclatnrei^'Slr. Punch" recommends as suitable » nimes 1 ■ for— an athlete,' Rumbell-Saridqwrnan,; a burglar, Trem-We-Jimmyman": a glutton, bcrambleIniwrman- a critic, Grumble-Dammer-man: a poor relation, Humble-h>tam-merman; a bridge -player, .GambleSlammerman: a dentist; OumboilJamaraan; and-'a Sultan, StamboulCrammerman. i •; ;; '/.

Tomatoes are now coming into "Wellington freely ,(says the "New Zealand Times"), an<l prices are now on the down grade. They were readily, saleable a week or two ago at Is. per pound, but they are now obtainable in some quarters at one-third that price. -This season's crop appears to be freo. from the disease which did so much damage last year. Although the season is late,, there is reason to believe that the supply will be larger than it was last season. . ■ /...'' • • ■ .■■■■.. ••• ■:.-,-•■:.'■•

There is no limit to the audacity of thieves, as a well known member of the J^ew Plymouth. police;;foree disctovered to his eos,t at JSawera on Thursday. On going in to lunch at a leading hotel he left his expensive Panama hanging in the hall, but it did not hang long. In its jplaCe was left a disreputable straw hat *'hat had long since passed its period of usefulness. In the absence of finger prints, the identity of the Panama's new owner is likely to remain a police mystery.

Interesting experiments in the coldcuring of cheese are being made at the Dalefield Dairy Factory, and this week a visit of: inspection was paid by the Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. J. D. Ritchie), the Acting Dairy Commissioner (Mr. D. Cuddie), Mr. Singleton, of the grading staff, Mr. J. G. Harkness, of the National Dairy Association, and others. Results of the experiment are being carefully -%atched, and data are to- be compiled to enable a decision to-"lie-come to as to';'\vhether the process is a paying one oif not..

In future ■illustrate?!:and other postcards posted in Mew: Zealand'beariuff written communications on . left-hand half address side, whatever their address, will not be taxed or treated as inadmissible.*1 Their delivery uncharged in countries beyond New Zealand is, however, not guaranteed except in Australia Holland, and Italy. Poat-cards similarly bearing writing on front, if received from any place abroad, are .to' be delivered free of charge unless they bear charges from the country of origin.

Surveying for closer settlement in Wellington province is just now very active. The Tawaha . estate, Wairarapa, has been subdivided, into dairy farms, and will soon be on the market. A portion 6^,Table Lands has been divided into o*rdinary farms, and named after the old chief Mahupuku. . The adjoining estates of TikawerS wijl be similarly divided. Work is also proceeding on the subdivision of the Hawtfey estate, at Johnsonville and Heretaunga, Oldworth and*-Wilfbrdi, in the Hutt Valley; In th© South Island the Waitaki Plain estate, purchased from Mr. J. M. Buckley, is being surveyed.

A d "owning fatality occurred at Upper Matakiki, Nelson, on Friday even-, ing, by wMch two young men named Arthur Thornton...and Joshua. Scbole-, fisld lost tlVfr; lives. They Bad.- follow id the n'merkr of thejlate Mr'. William White' r as;, far. ;as'V Q'Rou'rke's" Hotel, -the river 'bHhg ;^iiite^low ;«nitheu* vcrbi*ra^-^l ut-^heii-'-retiirji:ng--,in the evening .'it- was -swollen; ..greatly., Both wer© attenrptiiig'^ "erosß "the* fiver on b'rie'^dr'sec-iftnid-'^ijPt'fedtt^ht-^t'liat in the 6etni-darkness;*'theV:;<iid' hat:'notieer the rise. ■ Both-ivere; good isw]iinniers v Scholefi eld's body• otind! near Mr. Fred Lester^s, aboutteß^'mil'as froni'th% scene of the accident.^f^Th6rnton?s body was found by Mr. "Morel ;whenvr^tnrn--ing from the-BeUexVuerdredge, fc about three, L m'les ,fr.om -Mjurctu'soii. \ Thornton ajid Scuolefielflt yeere., half-brothers, single, and .aged aboivt"; .26 and. -27' years: Thornton, was-generally known-' as. Arthur Scliclefield. ■ ■.;.-.; ; ..,.'. •

. During the ;wax in the: Transvaal two subscription lists', were started in Palmerston—one, for the relief of the suik and wounded, and the other to equip men for a contingent. From the relief fund a- sum of £350 was .forwarded to the' Red Cross Society and a small balance was deposited in the bank 'at ~ interest. Similarly from the More Men Fund a sum of £150 was forwarded to Wellington and the^bak ance deposited. The subscribers have lately bsen called upon to decide, under the provisions of the Patriotic Funds Act, to what-purpose these balances shall be applied. In the first case it was decided to hand over the balance to the representatives of the South African Veterans's Association for the relief of returned contingenters, and in the second case to donate to the Hospital. -Yesterday a sum of £29 10s. was paid to ■Messrs. Weighton ami Cope, and the sum of £115 4s lid. to the Hospital Board. The accumulated interest amounted to £16 ' Us. 10d.-<'Standard."

A serious accident was narrowly averted near Apiti on Saturday morning (says the "Manawatu Times"). A special ocach containing Oddfellows' delegates was rounding a hill just gomg out of .Apiti when it ran up a sharp /bank rounding a curve. The strain broke the back axle, which subsided.; The coach then toppled over, throwing the outside passengers on to the road, and the inside passengers into a head. The driver (Gladstone, junior) kevt a tight grip of the reins as he toil to the ground, and controlled the iiorsfs. until same of the passengers went to their heads. Tt was found that though one or two were shaken no one was seriously hurt. Had the overturn taken place anywhere else in the vicinity, the conch must have crashed on to the picket fence hel-ow. The oassene--c-n* were Mr. and Mrs. Salek. and Messrs. Wright, Flyger, and Hodges, of Wanqranui; Parker, Jones, and Allan, of FeiMing; -Thin-gold, of Mainroa: Espiner. of Bunnythoroe; Herboit<ion. of HuntervWe: R. *Hay C Fnller F. Mowlem, S. J. Rrff, and s" Watson, of Palmerston North

The only business at the Police Cimrt yesterday moi'ning was the granting of a prohibition order against an individual who has previously been prohibited

On Thursday next the Wanganui Volunteer, Battalion goes into camp for a week at Putiki for their annual training. A church parade will be held at Christ Church o.u Sunday morning next.

Owing to a typographical error, the name oi the advertiser of 5500 shorn jambs in our "For Sale" columns was inserted as Gay sin. It should have been W. T. Galpin, Marton.

Several private installations of the electric light are now being made in New Plymouth. A few business places used" the illuminant on Saturday night, for,the first time, and the; new light attracted much attention. ~,.-.

Speaking during his visits to the Pahiatua district, the Premier said that durmg the forthcoming session of Parliament proposals would be submitted for remission of taxation on the necessaries of life.

The' New Zealand meteorological returns for 1905 show that the North Island was slightly mcister than the South;.- Taking the climatological averages for the year, there were" 168 wet days in the North Island and 161.5 in the South Island, the..average..rain?, fall for the North Island for the year being^49.34 inches, and for^ the SouthIsland 47.91 inches. THe mean temperature of the North Island was 55.9 aeg.'Fah., and for the South 51.9 deg.

Tli© coach which left Apiti-at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning fsays the Feikling "Star") met with an accident shortly yafter leaving, owing to the axle break-, 'ing:-.;;', Among the passengers were some "•of delegates returning from the r dtetnct meeting of the T.0.0.F., M.U., ' including Messrs. I. Salek, of Wangahui, and S. J. Watson, of Palnierston 'North. All the occupants of the coach were precipitated on to the road, but fortunately received nothing more in .the'w'ay of injury than a severe shaking.; A rrangpjnents wore made to convey the passengers on to Feilding.

Mr. Chamberlain's message, "We are seven," as cabled the other day, is thus explained by a Dunedin "Star" correspondent: At the'first general election after, the redistribution of seats at Glasgow in Mr. Gladstone's day, the Liberals captured all seven seats, and wired--to Mr. Gladstone: "We are seven." At the last election but one the Unionists in that city held all seven seats, "and again, on their part, wired to Mr. Balfour: "We • -are seven." Once again, Mr. Chamberlain repeats the now famous message: "We are seven.' 1

Early in 1904 Messrs. Williamson Bros., of Wards Rock,. Dandalco (NeAV South Wales) sowed five acres of land with oats, using two bags of grain Last year (says the Trangie "Advocate', 7) forty-five bags of oats were har*, vested from the five acres, and ■' this season saventy-one bags were garnered from' the same land, which was self sown. The average was slightly over -fourteen bags to the acre, a splendid return from a self-sown crop. The ojvners have now had the excellent return of 116 bags of oats from two bags of seed sown on the small area of five acres. ;

Mr. W. B. Leffingwell, the Yankee journalist who recently visited these parts, has published in the "St.-Paul "Pioneer Press" another glowing account of the "wonderful" country in which we live. He calls it "a country, as charming and bountiful in its resources as any under the, sun." * He goes on in the space of six or seven columns to descant on the glories of the country, several pictures being reE reduced also. One important, point c includes is a reference to the In- | ternational Exhibition, which should be useful in directing American attention to the colony during that time;

There is now working on Mr. T. G. Wilson's property,. Ngaio, Taraiiaki, a new American hay-loader. This machine elevates the hay out of the swathe onto a waggon. The hay is not therefore touched by band till it reaches r Jthe stack. The, machine loads a wag- . gon full in a fair crop in four minutes, and is capable of clearing an acre an <h"oUr; ■ -Another- advantage is that in -.Qasa-of. rain the hay does not damage.so readily v in the .swathe as when put in hfeaps for pitching. " The loader is get"tniii; v«;ry popular in Taranaki for ensilage making;, :for.which it is also very suitable. -. -.The agricultural foreman, Mr.. Isaac Johnston, who has had large experience" in making hay in large quantities, considers the patent loader • reduces tho cost in a big field by nearly half. .... ..;: . ~.

An, ine-ident in his recent election campaign mentioned by Mr.. Hogg at Ekctahuna, excited much mirth. After

acknowledging the hospitality jsho wn c vary where by his constituents, he stated that after a rather late and stormy night, he slept in.a home of a back woods dairy farmer. Getting up in the morning, he thought he would assist the farmer's w.fe by slicing up enough ham for the family breakfast. "Judge my amazement, ' said Mr Hogg, "when a pan of ham, together with sig eggs, had been cooked, to find the lot placed before me with the assurance that the family had had their regular breakfast before the milking started, two or three hours before!" (Much laughter.) "In spite of bad roads and rough weather," said Mr. Hogg, "I had a fair appetite, and I believe I did justice to that repast." The general secretary of the Railway League (Mr. R. R. Hunt) informs the Auckland "Star that they hear that the Nrrth of Auckland Main Trunk railway works are at last being pushed on vigorously,, .over 300 men being employed. A road t.wo miles long has been made to the tunnel in order to get stores and men to the site, so that it may ;bo worked at both ends, and three shifts are now employed. It Ts understood that the plans for the three bridges over the Hoteo river are ready and public tenders are to be called for them. This is a pleasant contrast to the state of progress on this line for many years past, so that it is evident that Lhs visit of the Premier to the opening of the Kaipara Flats section did good. He was much impressed with the want of good road metal for the whole of the North: and as he was shown a specimen of good road metal limestone, and building stone which has been found at Kaiwaka, 20 miles north of Wayby (Hoteo), it is to be hoped that the railway will be pushed on to1 that point as speedily as possible.

Messrs L. J. Watkin and H. F. Gables each ohtain'ad a first-class pass at the South Kensington examination for drawing-on the blackboard last year.

In another column Miss Black, teacher of the pianoforte, singing, and theory, announces that her first term begins at Fermoyle, 118, Avenue, on Monday, February oth.

At last night's meeting of the Wanganui (Education Board, National scholarships -were awarded as follows:—Lucy Flavell, Wanganui, 523; Edna Annie Evans, Linton, 516; Bella Adelaide Bryant, Tritea, 416.

Mr. G. H. Dixon, manager of the New Zealand football team, will publish a book descriptive of the tour and profusely illustrated, immediately on his return. It is now in the press, and is far advanced. The volume will be an excellent historical record of the tour.

The prospectus giving full information of the classes to be held during the coming term aib the Wanganui Technical School is now ready, and may be obtained either at the Education Beard Office or at the Technical School. We would advise all townspeople to call and obtain one in order that they may study the comprehensive character of thVwork done in the school. ■''■■•-

jit, is satisfactory to know that the cookery classes under the Wanganui "Education Board are turning out satisfactorily, and that Miss Mollieoin has a very satisfactory result to report for the year. The Palmerston and Hawera classes were re-opened in February, and forty lessons were given during the year, the attendance at Palmerston being 120, average 98, and at Haiwera 69, average 59. The Wanganui classes were only started in June, and the equipment of the room is spoken of in the 'highest terms. The average attendance at Wanganui is 95, with a roll of 106. .

The Wanganui Education Board has taken a, lead in the colony in the matter of single desks, the Queen's Park School having been furnished many months ago wvtih single desks in three rooms, while the contractor in Wanganui (Mr Anderson) has furnished the new infant edhool at Terrace End in the same way. The new school at Foxton is to 'be similarly equipped, and the Board intends to introduce the system gradually throughout the district. Mr W. Gray, late .Chief- Inspector, and iMr G. S.: Bridge, chairman,' are mainly responsible for this sensible innovation.