Reading Backwards and Forwards.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 53, 22 October 1889, Page 3

Reading Backwards and Forwards.

VV fcVl ltd Beading the ordinary way from left to right is of course merely a habit, and if we had been trained to read lines from left to right and from right to left alternately, the time lost while the eyes are on the return journey would be 6aved, and time is money nowadays. Oue ought to read , both ways with equal facility, as the blind do, and that we are unable to do bo simply shows what creatures of habi t ye are. Following is a very good example, which our readers would do well to puzzle out : — Oh the 20th day ,kcolß j'elselleW ,txtm rebraevoN fo the finest block of land ever offered in owt : ytnewt fo gnitsisnoc ,ynoloc eht Wellington town acres subdivided into : gnidliub thgie-ytriht dna derdnuh owt allotments with nearly 12,000 feet : htivr, eteerts dellatem doog ot egatnorf asphalted footpaths, will be auctioned wnonk Hew eht „sorß rekaß yb auctioneers of Wellington, on most dneiatbo eb yam snalP .smret larebil at the office of this paper.

v Mr S. J. Thompson, the popular proprietor of the Red House, has opened up his Spring consignment of Goods, inspection of which he invites. ■. It will be seen by advertisement in ■another column that Mr J. J. Curtis, of Grrey street, Wellington, draws the attention of the tradespeople and others to the advantage they will receive by having sjoods consigned to his rare; Consignees at present suffer from delay in transit at Wellington, and the consequent expense of storage, which would be entirely avoided. Those wishing to send parcels or presents to Europe are reminded that be has a cheap prompt delivery by each bf:the direct steamers for London. Par ' eels so sent are delirered at the door of .consignee, if instructed. It is also notis fied that he has special conveyance for the removal of furniture and luggage. Custom House work is, of course, a necessary branch of his business. — Advt.