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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 882, 5 May 1903, Page 4

AWARDED ONLY GOLD MEDAL, FIRSTSILVER MEDAL IN AUSTRALASIAN COMPETITION. QEJ2ET (compare) MQA TE&C©> PURE TEAS. o\xe eanat&rrt attention and eapcrianno ti&s cjri!!!> sup TEAS THE BEST, which baa created maty Imitations. Ask for our Teao and got tham. Doa'J lUtcn to those who beg you to t?y thin and that, it is oa|y beesaea they rotara mora prolli. Guru ara beater ?»2ue end quality than any In Huntralatla. £3 YEARS’ TEST. swraras

Auckland bids fair to maintain,and even to increase, its dominance over the other cities of New Zealand,says the Auckland Herald of Sal unlay. In I lie districts of ltemuera, Epsom,and the eastern part of Onchunga new residences are going up in every direction, consequent to some extent, no douht, on the improved means of transit, to and from the city. The returns of the valuations from the different wards siiow that there is also a steady inercasc in the city itself.- There has been no effort to increase the valuations unduly ; each ward shows a steady improvement, and there'is a larger increase on the total 1 hail ever before. This year, there is an increase of nearly £5511,000 to the capital value, while last year the increase was £10,202. There can he very little doubt that steady progress of settlement in the the cause of this increase is the [ extensive district which looks to Auckland as its port. As there is no reason to anticipate any stoppage of settlement, the progress of the city is bound to continue. And, moreover, that progress is based on the only real foundation for permanence —namely, the prosperity of the country. In connection with the Stoke Orphanage lire, it seems' that one of the senior hoys was placed on duly as nightwatchman. He confessed to having been asleep when the outbreak occurred. The dressing-room, where the fire broke out, was situate just off the large dormitory upstairs, and it was the practice to disrobe there each evening, the hoys then proceeding in their night, clothes 1o the dormitory ; this was a precaution against- the hoys absconding at night.