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Patea Mail, 16 March 1882, Page 2

Wanted. WANTED, a Smart Youth as an apprentice to the Drapery Business. Apply at once to W. Brown, Hall of Commerce. WANTED known, that F. R. Huff, Photographic Artist, Wanganui, will Visit Patea, in a short time. WANTED KNOWN, that a Patea Express is run by J. O’BRIEN. Orders and odd jobs attended to punctually. Public Announcements. MR CROSSE, Surgeon Dentist, Eidgway Street, Wanganui. Artificial teeth supplied. Painless Extraction of Teeth, by the aid of Nitrous Oxide (Laughing) Gas. Mr Crosse will visit Patea shor(ly. : Due notice will be given. Orders may be left at the Albion Hotel. HARD UP. Waiting for the Railway. IN the meantime people must live In order to do so I am selling the second cuts of Beef at from per lb. P. C. GOWLAND, \ Butcher. St. Patrick’s Day. WAVE RL EY RA C ES. RERSKINE will run a four-horse , Conveyance, leaving Patea about 9 a.m, ; leaving Waverley about 6 p.m. Fares Reasonable.

Notice of Reduction. HE rate of Subscription to the Daily Mail will be reduced at the end of current quarter, thus : Subscribers who do not expressly order the Weekly Supplement will receive the Daily Mail at One Shilling a Quarter less than at present. Subscribers who wish for the Weekly Supplement should inform the Publisher at the Patea office. The Subscription for Daily Mail and Weekly Supplement, taken together, will be same as at present. This optional arrangement is intended to meet the convenience of those who do; not particularly desire a weekly budget of literature in addition to the daily issue; while many who prefer a good readable Supplement at week-ends can have it delivered with the paper. But it should be expressly ordered, to prevent mistake, before the April quarter begins.

gARBORS & DISTANCES. Patea breakwater is 1200 feet long, and (he amount expended on construction, salaries, &c., since July 77, is £13,887. Present depth on bar , 10 to 11 feet at ordinary spring tides. Sir John Coode estimated that by carrying the breakwater 400 feet further out (one-third longer than at present), a depth of 16 feet at ordinary spring tides will be attained, under unfavorable circumstances. This contemplates much better results as being probable ; and the depth attained at the present length of 1200 is greater than was expected. The cost so far has been very much less than the first estimate. Distances.- Waverley is 9 miles from Patea by railway route, as compared with 30 miles to Wanganui. Hawera is 18 miles from Patea by railway route, as compared with 45 to Waitara or 51 to New Plymouth landing-pier. Manaia is 28 miles from Patea as compared with 54 to Waitara or 61 to New Plymouth landingpier.

It is quite certain .that a revolution in dress of some kind, is fast approaching, but it appears to be an equal chance between crinoline and trousers. There are upwards of 3,000 female employees in connection with the Austrian Railway Department, the majority being the widows and daughters of defunct railway officials.