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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8628, 10 December 1906, Page 6

" Father," enquired a boy, " what are wrinkles ?" " Fretwork, my son, fretwork," replied paterfamilias, confidently.

Not far from Cumnock a stern clergyman came upon a little fellow at'work on Sunday. The clergyman rebuked him, and asked what his lather would say about his conduct. "Ah, naething," was the answer,'"cause father's wurkin , tae." " Why, what is he doing?" "He's blawin , the organ in yer kirk." An Italian labourer was killed while at work on a dam at the pulp-mills, Millinocket, Maine. At the inquiry before the local justice there was found in a pocket a roll.of bills containing 25 dollars, and hidden in one of the boot-legs was found a dirk knife. As there was no probate court within many miles of the town, the judge was at a loss to know what disposal should be made of the money. Finally he bit upon the solution. The court took charge of the money, and fined the corpse 25 dollars for carrying concealed weapons.

Messrs Hooper and Co., Drapers and Clothiers of Masterton, are the first in the field of fashion with spring novelties and fashions. The millinery department is crammed with the latest from London and Paris, an inspection of which will convince any one that the display of trimmed hats (all French models), flowers, millinery, trimmings, dress goods, etc., is the largest and best selection ever shown in the Wairarapa.*