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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9931, 30 July 1908, Page 5

Sir Joseph Ward told the unemployed deputation in Wellington that in England there were, on an average now, 2,000,000 of unemployed, in America 4,000,000, in Australia 25,000.

There is a variety of radish grown in Japan that makes 201b edible roots. It is called Sacruratina, and can be had of Northern seedsmen. It has a crisp and sweet rather than a peppery taste, aud, while the abnormal size mentioned is not likely to be common, yet a lib or 21b radish would suffice for an ordinary family. It was quite common in Stratford some years ago.

From an indifferent piano you can only expect iudifferent music. Even the most brilliant musician requires a good instrument, otherwise his efforts are at best only second rate—lie lacks delicacy of expression and fails in tone. A good piano is not necessarily an expensive one; the cottage piano of to-day is better than the grand of yesterday. We have pianos which are moderate in price, exquisite in tone, handsome in appearance, and of remarkable durability. These cost from thirty-eight to fifty-eight guineos, and represent the highest development in piano construction. They are made by skilled workmen, from dependable materials, aud-are: instruments' which cannot fail .to give the utmost satisfaction aud pleasure. We shall be pleased to show these pianos to intending purchasers. Don't forget our easy time-payment system. The Dresden Piano Company, Limitedj Wellington... Nortn Island manager, Mr N. J. Brookes; local representative, T. B. Hunter. Beware of the dealer, salesman, or traveller who casts reflections upon his competitors. He does so from interested motives—perhaps to back up his own weak position. Our agents are instructed not to discredit rival firms. They are to rely solely on the merits of the Company's instruments.*