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Patea Mail, 27 February 1882, Page 3

Letters by last mail to the friends of Mr and Mrs Halcombe brought news of their safe arrival in the Home country. Human saliva is demonstrated to be a venom of the same kind, though less powerful in degree, as that of poisonous reptiles. A tailor at Sydney committed suicide recently by tying his goose around his neck and plunging head first into a cask of. water. u ‘ , A series of aggravated outrages have been committed on the Irish tenantry of the Earl of Cork by the followers of “ Captain Moonlight.” The proposed revision of the education code in England provides ; that sewiug shall be compulsory for girls and boys under seven years of age. Mr J. A. Garrett,v engineer, of Mackay Flat, Shortland, has in his spare time constructed a small iron steamer for trading on the Thames river. .

ARRIVAL OP ARRIVAL OF SPRING i SOMMER DRAPERY I THOMAS NORTH tN ANNOUNCING the arrival of his SPRING & SUMMER GOODS . 1...w0u1d take this opportunity of thanking his Friends and the Public generally for the marked increase he has noticed in his Business during the past six months, which ho attributes principally to public’sympathy. MONEY STILL BEING WANTED , A Continuation of that Liberal Support is Solicited. The Goods will be Marked at Prices which will convince all that THEY ARE GETTING GOOD VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY. The Stock will consist of the Latest Novelties in English Millinery Fancy Dress Goods, Men’s, Youths’, & Boys’ Marked very low. Marked very low Stock of English Colonial BOOTS & SHOES at prices to suU the times. The Millinery & Dressmaking Department Is still under that efficient management which has given such universal satisfactionNote theJAdpress ; THOMAS NORTH, '• EXCELSIOR HOUSE,” PATEA,