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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 887, 11 May 1903, Page 3

The assert ion - 1 1-’" load of reporters, for the lands, is in flic wake of u..- Ma-ffiJUit ka, turns out to be tui invention ol the enemy. A Southern burglar, who was recently caught red-handed, oil being searched, was found to have a list of “ people in Ihe public eye, clipped from the dailies. He said, n tliey arc worth a paragraph they, arc worth my attention.” \ palmist up country recently told a client that he “would lie called Lo a high position in tile service <>i ins country.” While he was yet. there, a detective arrived and arrested linn for extensive “false pretences. He is occupying the prophesied position. Tho American Army Board’s new service rille is a pound lighter than its predecessor ; tho barrel is 24in, encased m wood ; its calibre is 30, and the ball pone-

trates 24 lin planks. Treasure of departmental aOaiis necessitates the Minister for Public W° r^ s c *°: ferring his departure for tho North ti.l Thursday, says the Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Star. lie anticipates reaching Auckland on tho following Saturday by steamer from New Plymouth. In connection with tho demonstration to Mr Seddon on Saturday night, it might bo pointed out that tho Hon. Mr Hall-Jones has held a portfolio in the Seddon Cabinet fur a longer continuous period than any other colleague of the Premier. Ho joined tho Ministry on February 20, 1896, more than seven years ago.

The financial position of New /.calami compared with that oi the vai- i i ol -s Slates oi the Commonwealth (says the Hobart Mercury aliords such a direct contrast that ample material for very serious conteinp ation is provided. Alter quoting Hie. figures recently given by Mr Seddon, our contemporary continues,.— t <>mDure this exceedingly salisiactoiy l>< -li ion Willi Hit lilliHH-ial condition of the different federated States. U mu the cave mildly, every one oi tlu ■ ederated States is embarrassed inane i,-II y, some of them seinnisly. All hive to face additional direct taxation, accompanied by of a more or less severe clnu.ai l l. Vookin" altogether on this l-mUiro ami on that, it is scarcely I-, jij.il l hat the people and Govt in limit of New Zealand display no esi. to enter the federation. 1 tolia biy bv this time it is also begmmng 1 1) dawn on some of the most ard.nt, federal is Is that, if the present o.vtiastyle of government is cointituiVd by lhe Federation, some ot the States will find themselves pay j,,,r ton dearly for the Union whistle. A Grand Assortment of Gent’s Ties in the Latest Styles, direct from tho manufacturer, Best rain* » GUliori;r?„ —O. ROSTfcS AND GO, .Stick to the people : it is hut their due : ~. , Give them good value, and they n stick 1 o von.

So we have found it, wherever we've been ’, We have a big lead, to keep it we mean. In many a home wc have saved much expense, And still will continue lor years tnat arc hence. For bad coughs ami colds, the stub good and pure Is w. H. WOODS. GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE,