A sloop-looking youth walked up quickly to the counter of;;tlic post office in a town not 100 miles from Newcastle, in England, ami emptying a bag of coppers thereon, asked tlic clerk who was if lending to other customers for live shillings’ worth of penny stamps. “Oil, you be bothered!” was the answer. “That’s not a legal tenner ;it is all cupper.” ‘* What is a local Lender, then?” asked the boy. “Why. one penny is a Inga! tender for a penny stamp. “Oh,” exclaimed tin; youth, “is it? Come on, then,” —passing a coin from the heap—“a penny stamp please. ” The eh-rk gave him one. “ Another please.’ A second one was given him. “ Aim—” li Here, stop that,” the clerk said, “ give me the money. It will be the shortest way to get rid of you.” After counting the money lie gave the value thereof in stamps io the lad, who was .heard to mutter, “ Aa thowt aa would tire him out ! ” Holloway's Pills. —For .Indigestion, Stomach, and Liver Complaints.— Persons suffering from any derangement of the livt-r, stomach, or the orirans ot digestion, should have reeouree to Holloway’s Fills, us there is no medicine known that acts on these paiticular complaints with such certain success. They strengthen the tone of the stomach, increase the appetite, purify tlie blood, and correct depraved seereiions. In bowel complaints, they remove all morbid humors, and soon restore the patients ao sound health ; nervous or sick headaches, and depression of spirits may bo speedily removed by these Fills. They are composed of rare balsams without the admixture of a grain, of mercury m* any noxious substance*, and arc as safe as they are efficacious.
H A W ERA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, At 2 p.m. M o G IT I U E • lias received instructions from Mr W. J. Furlong, who is leaving New Zealam!, to sell by public anctiuu on the Premises, as above— The whole ofliis Valuable Uousnnoni) Fcuxituuio ami FrimoTs, Consisting ol—Solas, Chairs, Tables, Carpels, Lamps, Loots, Reds am! Leddings2 Perambulators, Kitchen Utensils. A lot of Simones :oo numerous to Immediately afti r the sale of Furniture, will be offered his Fn: vatic Rksiiiknuk, containing- (i Rooms, together with Coaeli House and Stable, standing 1 on an acre of ground, in lie 1 best position in iiawera, being close to the proposed Railway Station. The Education Board of the District Also, Garden Tools A Good Trap Horse Saddle and IJridlc And mention. Terms at sale. Hi io of Wanganui.
T X accordance with the G Ith Clause ul‘ ± “ Tin.; education Act, 1877,” it is 1 1 (toby notified that a Public Meeting of Householders in each or the undcrmcutiulied School Districts shall be licld at their respective .School J.lon.seson Monday the Mith day of January, 188U, at 7 p.in., for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report of the School Committees fur the past year. At such time and [dace, and immediately after the elections, the Hoard directs that the newly Elected Committees shall hold their .First Meetings for the purpose of Electing Chairmen, and the names of such Chairmen shall be at once forwarded to the Hoard’s Secretary. Viz., Carlyle, Ilawera, Kohi, Kakaramoa, ALamitahi, Normanby, Waverlev, and Whcimaknru. "A. A. BROWN, Secretary. Wanganui Jan. 2, 1880. -jj2i WAIROA HIGHWAY HOARD.
AN Election of M' ardens forllio YCah'or Highway Board will bo hold in the Town Hall, Wa verier, at 12 o’clock (noon) January 12th, 2880. G. S. BJUDGE, Chairman. January 1, 1880. lj 10 SPECIAL NOTICE. ritHE undersigned beg to intimate to X all who are indebted to the Carlye Meat Bazaar for a period of thrc Months or over, that a Settlement will have to be made on or ■before tli ■ hist December, 1879, otherwise the Accounts will be placed in the hands of a Solicitor lor Collection. 1223J10 W, COLSON & CO. n: N OTIC E. PUBLIC VACCINATION at the X Immigration Barracks, Carlyle, on tiie Ist and 2nd Wednesday in each month, from 12 to 2 o’clock. ARCHER C. CROFT, 1089j20 Public Vaccinator.
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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 489, 3 January 1880, Page 3
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