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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 5

Qitecn Alexandra has sent a present of 4!2 to Mr. aiid Mrs. .William Mobbs, "of '.Castlnncre, Norfolk, both';ninety ~ years 'old. They were married sixty-seven' yiarsago, and the husband worked as u labourer on the same'farm for the same family for seventy-three years, Queen" Alex.' andra in a kindly , letter described', tlirtiV as two'worthy individuals, "and sftitl the facts sho had. learned about theln were most interesting. 'Mr. F. G. Iliglie, of Castleacre, who informed her Majesty of tho caso, which he beliovcs to be unique in Norfolk, took tine Royal gift .to .the old couple. 1 "Tell the Queen." said "the old lady, "that she lias an old woman's blessing,'and may God richly, bless hci and all belonging to her."

MAKING HOME HOMELIER." Tho Dresden Hiro-Purchaso'" System brings splendid pianos into tho reach of everybody. The co'nvpany's stock is very wide; yon are offered tho choioeof pianos by all tho' great makers of tho world.— Tho Dresdon Piano Company, Ltd., ,Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island manager.

Tho Admiralty have issued notices warning passengers of ploosuro steamers that they will bo prosecuted if they toko fikotches, photographs, or kinemntograph films of plncos and building connected with dockyards and naval establishments, If you have anything to''forward or storo, any Roods to ship, distribute,'.\nr pass through tho Customs boo us. We can do tho work for you; and .because of our exneriencu and organisation, can do it really veil, . Tho N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91 Customhouse Quay.—Advt; Sir George ' R«id, speaking at a Lbn-* don celebration of the 125 th anniversary of tho first settlement in Australia',* surd that the annual value of the land produc. tion in Australia doubled in the lastten years. Their overseas commerce had increased by tWrty .millions in two years, and tho trade per head was uow ,£32.