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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 21 December 1868, Page 310

T HE GROVER & BAKER 3EWING MACHINE f : COMPANY ' ■ ! r- ■ TH E|El/|«TIsCj:STITCH • iWith great satisfaction announce that they have recently had the honor of supplying two of their r~\ i H Elastic Stitch Family Sewing MacMnes i HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN I And that at the jPavis Exposition, 1867, the CROSS of " the'LEG-lONOE HONOR was.conferred upon 31 the, Representative of the GROVER & BAKER MACHDiKS. m m m Cl I Sewing; awarded fgeeiopEMi, at,the late, Expositioji at G bovoait & stMe| f tio Hi; FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. SOFFi'Cfe' i'f f- v j. .•% { 'J ; . j • > 'T-' v -v s^ £ C^>. ; ColliDa-Btreeti ; EC Melbourne. \ i ’- i v« CJ.Vi% . '* ' M",,' „ , <*A&ENT ; WAITED for NAPIER. , „K

* ) Prize Essay. ABOLISHMENT QF NEWSPAPER iX-- POSTAGE. • TEN GUINEA; PRIZE ESSAY. efc it 1)0 impressed upon your minds—let it be instilled into your children,'that the Liberty or the Press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religions rights of an Englishman — Junius. : (To. the Editor of the Portland Guardian.) Sljt,—Terfguineas ‘ has beenplaced in my handato. be given either in cash, or its yaiue .in any other form,i to .. the author, of the best essay; calculated to prove that tli e taxcharged for the- transmission of Newspapers should be abolished. 1 ; >. 1 Competitors can 1 adduce, any. arguments theyAhinfc proper, .proper:; Whether it is a; ihx on the .'promulgation; of knowledge, or a prenium ofrignorance . and.vice, whether it tends 'to the disbandment of printers, or encourages an / enlargement of gaolswhether it harmonizes to.encourage the pulpit and neutralize their .efforts by taxing thepress; whether it is absurd to send lecturers to Great B ritain to ent courage immigration, and lay an embargo on the: fourth ,'estate ; ! so T as to, keep. the. world in* ignorance of our . wants capabilities .and resources jAr whether asa source of revenue tOj the jcolony it 'is;not a ** saving, .at’ thespigot, and; a ; losingat lie bungi.” ;;; v.-.-Jt'-'yh'/.' i rßesidente in New; South Walesa Victoria, SquthAustraliajWestwhAuatraliaiQueensland, Taßmania, and.. New Zealand,; are eligible for" competition. Essays, should arrive';: atthik ; office on or before’ 10 th January,; 1 The .production of. the successful com-

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