WAVERLEY.
The Mail has over 80 subscribers between Wh amateur a and Waitolara. BRANCH OFFICE OF THE MAIL, Prize Firing. —A squad of twelve members of the Wairoa Light Horse fired at the butts on Thursday, making scores from 48 points by John McLean to 38. A noticeable feature in the competition was the absence of outside shots, all the bullets hitting the target. The Weather has now fairly taken up, the rough boisterous time during Christmas holidays having been followed by weather suited for the ripening and securing of crops. Exactly.— Why is the meat in your sandwich like the large middle-class of society ? Don’t you see that ? Well, because it lies between the upper crust and under-bred. The traffic returns of the New Zealand railways for the four weeks ending 30th November are very encouraging, every line with the exception of the Wanganui section, on Avbich there has been a falling off of £212, showing an appreciable increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Wellington makes the best show, the increase there amounting to over £7OO.
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Patea Mail, 11 January 1881, Page 3
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