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Patea Mail, 3 May 1882, Page 2

The owner of Catch’em, not being satisfied with the result of the Auckland Steeplechase, backed /bis horse against the winner, Te Whetu. The stakes were £loo_a-side, and the race was run. over the steeplechase at Auck-: , land. Te Whetu won rather easily.

Everyone is talking of the extraordinary vigour and vitality of, Mr. ' stone, -On Tuesday, February 27tb, he went to Windsor to see Her Majesty-has used her personal influence | to/ avert" a conflict, there is little doubt, : : between the two Chambers of the Legislature. By half-past two he was back in London. ; At 3 be addressed his supporters in -Downing-street. Shortly after 4 he was .at his place in the House of Commons answering questions’V then came * his first speech on the motion for postponing the orders; of the f .diey, tfollowed by. his encounter with Sir Stafford Nortlicote. After this he ..mbfea his resolution in a speech of more than an honr; he spent the whole evening in the House of Commons, and did riot return %ome hill half an hour .after midnight. Such is a day in thelife of : a Prime Minister, whose age is 72. HmiefNjewsl ‘ O / .’TheV'ijld.est',marquis in. the, Kingdom, the Marquis of Donegal, 84'; the oldest bishop, the Bishop of Eaimore 81 ; the bldest'earl, the Earl of Mountcaehel, who is. also the oldest peer in existence, 89; / the oldest judge, Baron Fitzgerald, nearly 75—are all -Irishmen. • : . ~ . i - ‘‘ Do you write books ?” said a lady to an accountant.—“ Yes, madam, 1 right them on the bookshelves,” he answered."

A Growli Investment. FOR SALE .(subject ; t£~present}Pcca<f--~ pation), the Goodwill of Lease of Section and Premises known as the Co-operative Stcire; ’situated in the centre of . Patea, and now occupied,-by \ Messr sMe Ken pa & Co. For particu- ; lars apply to. • ■ • W. DALE; : 1 v Auctioneer. For Sa\er: - -—r Hay : m . : asy quantities, from .Coutfs's Celebrated Pasture Lands. Trussed at the Stack (per t0n)...40s LdOSe at, the Stack (per load of ordinary farm dray with frame) : ... ... ...25s One Man Found to Assist Loading. 20 Tons and upwards as per agreement. Note. The best,hay in the District within 1 mile of Patea. ’’ ’ ■ ' V 1" Apply to - W. COWERN, Auctionee^.