BUSINESS NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17479, 25 January 1919, Page 6

BUSINESS NOTES.

CLEAT?ANCF. SALE BY AUCTION AT CASTLECLIFF., THIS DAY. C. H. Burnett gives a final reminder of the clearance by auction of Mrs .\. Peapells first-quality furniture and effects, which <takes place at the residence, Miro Stree-t, Ca^flwliff. this day. at 1 p.m. Apart fro-m the household effe-ts to offer, tbe list includes a lot. gocd firewood, pqitatoes, and otdier vegetables, tools;, good draught horse, d:ay and harness, and about 3 dozen good poultry. The leasehold sections to be auctioned on Wednesday, the 29th inst., by Messrs Williams and Harper, will .include a variety of desirable buildiiiar s'.tes to suit differing requirements. For the busy man who must live closo to bis work, and yet desires his home to lie in n. healthy accessibe district, {\\b Inses-ro St. and -College St. soctiois wi'l specially appeal. The?. o si'-es have als=o the advantage i)f being near all the principal echool-s and Colleges. The Grey St. section*, again include the host sites in the finest part of the College es'nt^-. Plans and particulars may be ob'aincd from Messrs Williams iml Harp?r.

I Stephen Leacock has some interest- th« palace of the Tuilleries. They came, ing things to say m his essay on pro- They stood about in groups, melancholy fes&ors. He declares, for e xample, that and myopic, beneath the light. Napole- " Napoleon felt a life long abhorrence of. on spoke to "them in iturn. To the firstvtihe class/ broken only by brief &xp.eri- he spoke of fortilications . The proluent, ItJiat- ended ie failure. It is vo- fessor, in reply, referred to the binolated that! as the apogee of his mial 'Puit him oiut,' said t Imperial rule the idea flashed upon him Napoleon. To the second lie spoke ► that France must have learned men, of commerce. The professor in answer . thai1'- the professors must' be encouraged, cited the opinions ot' Diodorus Siculus. i (.That seems to be Mr. Hughe's idea 'Pu<t- him out,' said Napoleon. At the in establishing tlhe science 'bureau.', end of half an hour Napoleon had had He decided to act at once. Sixty-fi--e enough of the professors. 'Cursed professors were invited thait evening to idealogues,' h e cried, 'put them all oiit. Nor were they ever again admitted."