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Western Star, 30 January 1906, Page 3

Mr Lahoucherc, of London Truth believes in corsets. He writes that stays arc essentially a hygienic gar ment. Not only do they give useful support to the figure but they protect all the vital organs against cold. T have often thought, he adds of getting a pair myself—not for the sake of appearances, but in order to enable me to dispense with an overcoat, and possibly other garments. If you had them. lined with flannel I do not know that yon need wear anything else, except, of course, for decency and ornament. I believe the only place where a man (or woman) really wants clothing is the small of the back—the place where yon put a horse cloth when your animal is standing in the rain. With a few thicknesses of stuff round that part of your anatomy, yon can defy any thing but propriety and convention. Fortified by stays, some women even manage to del} 7 them.’ Toe election of licensing committees will ta’.'e place on March 13, which is d dared to be a public holiday after mid-day. In connection with the Archhill (Auckland) affair, it is now stated tbit a woman and two girls in the house were thrown on the floor by the shock, and in another house near a man was pitched off the chair on which he was sitting. In a third house a woman had a knife in her hand. The lightning ran up the knife and blackened her face but no serious injuries resulted. The Otautau School opened yesterday after the anpiial Chrjstnpis vacation. The excursion ip connect-, ion with the school takes place «m Thursday February Bth, at Colae. The'copious rains that are falling in the country districts .should have a beneficial effect on the turnip crops, and should do much towards quichemng the growth qjf the v