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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 191, 19 June 1903, Page 5

JOST LANDED. Another Shipment of the Celebrated OLIVER , PLOUGHS, No. 93. Circular Coulter. THE SAME LOW PRICE, £4 5s ; WITH EXTRAS. A. MANOY, HIGH STREET, MOTUEKA.

Oue'of the funny things in congressional oratory is the unfinished story (writes Mr Francis Leupp in the ‘Century’ in his article on the ‘Humors of Congress’). Mr Pickier, of South Dakota, was trying to illustrate a point by the tale of an Irishman to whom a dying friend had entrusted, five thousand dollars to be put into the coffin with him. The dead man was buried and the trustee bought a house with money which no one supposed he possessed, A priest, who knew of the provision of the will, called Pat to account asking him if he had really put the five thousand dollars into the coffin as agreed. “I did, your reverence,” answered Pat. -‘Then where did you get all that money ?” persisted the priest. “Begorra ! your reverence,” said Pat, with a chuckle, ‘-you didn’t suppose I’d be such a fool as to ” “The gentleman’s time has expired,” interrupted the Speaker, and Mr Pickier sat down. No coaxing could induce him to finish the story.

Why it is Welcomed. Why does Suratura Tea meet with such a welcome in all homes big and small ? There are plenty of other teas clamouring for popular favour and yet SURATURA TEA Is always Preferred. \M ihy ? Because it is different to other teas —different in quality, different in flavor, (Afferent in aroma, different in all that is essential in good tea. Suratura is honest tea, possessing all the qualities that please the palate. It is grown, cured and packed in Ceylon and comes freighted with fragrance and deliciousness from the tea-garden to the tea-cup. Suratura is guaranteed not blended with Indian, China, or any cheap or int ;rior teas. Sold by All Storekeepers SPECIAL NOTICE. To the Ladies of Motuek&and S urrounding Districts. Everett Bros. Have much pleasure in stating that they have secured the services of M/SS BOWLES, late of Messrs. Milne and Choijce. Auckland, as DRESSMAKER ■{■ MI LIMNER, and that Orders are now being booked. 1 Style and ft guaranteed, and dresses made up according to the most approved fashions. The latest samples of dress mater ials to select from. Everett Bros. MOTUEKA. For Sale, A Light DOG CART ; also good Set of HARNESS. Apply THOS. HEATH, Heatherdale, Pokororo. For Sale, Cheap, One Light FOUR-WHEEL CONVEYANCE, in good order. Api ply, J. S. WRATT, The Grange.

The Postal Department has before it j a novel penny-in-the-slot machine. You put your unstamped letter in at one slat and a penny at another with the result that the machine stamps on the letter the words, “one penny paid,” and so on for every penny. There is rejoicing among the large class of persons who make a frantic search for stamps after the shops are closed. The machine has not yet bten approved. In the Highland settlement of Waipu, in the North Island, the only n >tice posted in the kirk session house is the prize schedule of the Agricultural show, held in that district, and that the Clan M’Kay is strongly reptesented in the settlement is evidenced in the list ofjofficers. A M’Kay heads the list as president, two M’Kays are vice presidents, a M’Kay is secretary, I* and another M’Kay treasurer; two auditors arr M’Kays, and out of a General Committee of nine there are four M’Kays.

An ex—New Plymouth resident’s first impression of Johannesburg:— “Never in my life have I seen such a God forsaken spot as this—dirty, filthy, dusty, and so horribly behind the times in everything, It Will Not Do to fool with a bad cold No on can tell what the end will be Pneumonia, catarrh, chronic bronchitis and consumption invariably result from a neglected cold. As a medicine for the cure oi colds, cough and influenza, nothing, can compare 'with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It always cures and cures quickly. A. Manoy sells it: