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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3774, 24 September 1907, Page 3

The annual meeting of the Manawatu Rowing Club will be held in Mr J. W. Rough’s rooms next Monday night. Inquiry made of Timaru flourmillers , shows that in relation to wheat prices flour is cheaper now than it was before the Flourraillers’ Association was instituted. In May, 1898, wheat was at 4s 6d to ss, and flour at £l2. Now, with whe&t at- tlae ssaine price* flour;.is, quoted at ! ■

The Premier introduced a Bill which is intended to carry out the recommendations of the Commission! appointed to consider the petition of John James Meikle. The petitioner was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment at Invercargill in 1887 upon a charge of sheepstealing. He served the terra, and, as is well-known, the Commissioners who inquired into his case required that the evidence produced to them of his guilt was so far from conclusive that if the inquiry had been a re-trial it would have been proper to acquit Meikle of the offence.

What’s de us ob grumblin' Cuz de sun ain’t shinin’ bright? De darkest worstest day dat am Am bound to hab its night! Cumulative advertising aims at the general upbuilding of a business, rather than at immediate returns for any particular day, week or month. The greatest merchants of the country use it extensively and with telling effect. We have just opened up a beautiful range of black and coloured Dress Goods, also all the latest in Fancy Voiles, Muslins, Tussores, etc. Push the town along and deal with your local draper.— Watchorn, Stiles, & Co. * Violets do not grow in bunches ; they must be gathered one by one. And so it is with cutomers. In trying to gather in prospective purchasers, it is well to make your advertising individually appealing and collectively convincing.

Mrs Hamer, ot the Economic, has just received a beautiful assortment of runners, cushion covers, fancy table cloths, brush and comb bags, etc., etc., which she bought at exceptionally low prices, being a lot of travellers’ samples. The same are being shown in window.* Dressmaking. We can do your dressmaking equal to any town shops at less price. Give us a trial. —Watchorn, Stiles, & Co, *

When you need a good and reliable liniment fry Chamberlain’s Pain Ba'm. It has no superior for sprains and swellings.* A piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm is superior to a plaster for lame back or pains in the side or chest. It also relieves rheumatic pains and makes sleep and best possible. For sale at Gardner & Whibley’s, Grocers,

A “e.ockey” out west named McLure Had suffered from coughing and chills He saved up his money like bees getting honey, And never would spend on his ills. He opened his purse did McLure, Some “ bawbees ” went bang, but the praises he sang Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.