I elapsed her tiny hand in mine ; I vowed to shield her from the wind, and from the world’s cold storm. She set her beauteous eves on me, and with her little lips she said, —“ An umbrella will do as well.” Br the last Suez mail Dr. Hector received from the Agent-General half a dozen diaper towels made from phormium tenor, forwarded from this province in the Halcione. The flax was spun by Finlayson and Bonsfield, of Johnston, Scotland, and manufactured by Mr. T. N. Lockhart, of Kirkcaldy, but the flax experimented upon must have been of the coarsest description, as the operations of these celebrated firms have failed to reduce its texture to a degree of fineness likely to recommend New Zealand diaper, or to bring it into general use even for the commonest purposes. The towels are on view at the Museum.— Wellington Independent.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 161, 18 April 1874, Page 2
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146Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 161, 18 April 1874, Page 2
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