THE KING'S NEW RESIDENCE.
The King's residence at Barton Manor, on tho Osborno Estate, is being rapidly trans*, formed into- one of tho mffst charming retreats, in the Islo of Wight. •The improvements are now practically ..completed, and the place is. ready for the/rec'option of tho Royal visitors. The sloping greensward surrounding the ornamental: lake, with its winding footpaths and rustic summerho'uses and boathouse, add materially to .the picturesqucncss ■of the scene. ■ Hundreds of' trees and shrubs have ■ beeir planted, includ--ing rhododendrons,camellias, _ laurestinas, Japanese maples, cedars; silver" bcech, and' copper boacli. \
A drapery and clothing business in Tanranga is elsowhoro ■ advertised for- sale' as a goiiiij concorn; tho owner having dcc'ided to retire. Particulars will bo found on the front-page. Mr. 'W. P. Healy, Cuba • Street,; reports a highly successful snla yesterday. He wilt continue to sell" to-day and to-morrow, beginning' at 2 o'clock each day. Tho'Wellington Fresh Food and Ice Com-' nany advertise pure niilk from the Levin State' Farm. • : • ' " Mr. W. H. P. Barber will givo. an address' to tho electors at tlio .Anglican- Churchroom, Eosenoath,: at 8, p.m. on' Monday.. , Attention is ' directed to tho 'advertisement''* in reference to the Woirhrapa and Wellington 'football matches against tho Britishers". ■ A notico is'inserted in this issuo regarding tho annual meeting of tho Colonial Mutual l.ifo Assurance Society at Melbourne on May 27. •, The ■ quarterly . meeting, of tlie'Chamber of Commorce'will bo held on "Friday, -May 29, at 8 p.m. ■ * *" Misses Mncandrow and Hayes draw attention to their advertisement regarding cheap faaoiitarli. ... ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 204, 22 May 1908, Page 8
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