Tho Opossum is a quadruped of great ability, able to do almost anything you ask him, as indeed, his name signifies, for, translated out of Latin into English, it means, neither more nor lees than ' O ! I can.' ' Company Dbill.'— lnstructing the servants before your party. ' Ova National DEFENCES.'—The sea and — its sickness. Con. at a Christening.—- What is the difference between godfathers and godchildren P— The former are bled, the latter cupped. The following quaint inscription is placed high up on the Berlin Town Hall in anticipation of the coming illuminations: — " Peace brings wealth ; wealth brings pride; pride brings war; war brings poverty ; poverty brings humility : humility brings peace."
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. COAL! COAL! COAL! fTIHE undersigned begs to give notice that JL no conl in future (when the weighbridge is ready) will be delivered by him without being weighed — it being a guide to himself and justice to the public. The Anno Melhuish is expectod about the Ist of June, and will be placed alongside the Queen's Wharf. Coal will be retailed, as per weigh ticket, at the rate of TWENTY-EIGHT SHILLINGS PER TON, cash wharfage and woighing paid for. W. B. WILLIAMS, Coal Merchant. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late D. Henderson, cutter Dawn, are hereby requested to pny their respective amounts to Mrs D. Henderson or Win. Atkins. Manawatu, May 30, 18?1. MEMBRY, MONUMENTAL MASON, • WIEMS SXBBET, (Opposite Mr Port's Store). Head-stones and MoHuments executed in the most approved style, and at moderato rateß. Designs furnished, and inscriptions cut. May, 20, 1671.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3215, 2 June 1871, Page 3
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