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Patea Mail, 8 February 1882, Page 3

There are upward of 100 different lines of ’buses which cross London in every direction, from 8 in the morning until midnight. Since 1860 there have been fourteen cases of brigandage in which subjects of Her Majesty were concerned, Spain being discredited with four, Mexico three, Italy three, and Greece and Turkey two each. During January in Christchurch and district there were 162 births, thirty marriages and fifty-four deaths. Otago will be poorly represented in the Rifle Association’s meeting at Nelson, only one member of the Dunedin volunteers having stated his intention to take part. Christchurch will be a special place of call for the party of Alpine tourists, who are now en route for New Zealand. That this will be the case is due to the Jfact that one member of the party, the Rev. W. S. Green, brought a special letter of introduction to Dr Yon Haast, Adam Meade, Leedstown, Rangitikei, laborer, has filed, liabilities £lB4 4s lid, assets £8 in household furniture. The only organ without stops—The organ of speech in women-haters.

TO PURCHASERS OF LAND ! The EMIGRANT & COLONIST'S AID CORPORATION, Limited, HAS 40,000 ACRES OF LAND for selection, in sections varying from 50 to 500 acres. The land forms part of the block known as the “FEILDING SETTLEMENT,” situated in the heart of the Manawalu County. A Large Portion of the Sections has frontage on good Main Roads, in close proximity to a main railway line. The quality of the soil is very rich.