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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 December 1894, Page 12

EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS WESTERN DISTRICT A. AND P SHOW AT RIVERTON. On Wednesday, December sth, 1894 a special train will (weather permitting) leave Invercargill at 1.45 p.m., arriving Riverton 3 p. m., returning leaving Riverton at 7 p.m. arriving Invercargill 8. 10 p.m. This special will stojJ at Thorubury only going and returning. The usual 3.35 p. m. train, Riverton to Invercargill, will not leave Riverton till 6 p.m., Thornbury 6.25 p.m., Makarewa 7.25 p.m. The usual 10.25 a. m. train, Riverton to Nightcaps, will not leave Riverton till 6 p.m., Otautau 7.30 p.m. EXCURSION PARES : From To Ist Class 2nd Class. Invercargill Riverton 3s Od 2s Od These tickets will be issued by 9.15 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. trains ®n sth December, available for return by trains leaving Riverton at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. same day. RY ORDER

TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH LAND. gUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY And so Help bach other on the True Road to Prosperity. D Kingsland § Son SOUTHLAND STEAM BISCUIT AND CONFECTIONERY WORKS, Don street, Invercargill. Having secured the services of a first-class Foreman for cur Biscuit Department, we are now turning out goods equal to anything of the kind in the colony ; and we trust, by strict attention to business, and maintaining the front rank in point of quality, for our manufactures, to merit the LION’S SHARE of the patronage of the people of Southland. Ask for Kingsland’s Biscuits and Confectionery. Obtainable from all merchants and storekeepers throughout the district.

A man of flighty disposition should never be made the cashier of a bank. Times flies and stays for no man The only fellow who can beat it is the musician. Four rods make one rood, but one rod can take the rudeness out of quite a number. What is that which has got feet and nails, but no legs, toes, or claws P —a yardstick. Lieutenant (admiring his image in the mirror); “ And yet they call women the fair sex.” There is a great difference between having to say something and having something to say. Policeman : “ How does my new truncheon strike you P” Vagrant : “ it’s stunning.” “ Speaking of bonds, there’s one which it is next to impossible to redeem.” What is that P” “ The vagabond.” Give me the baby to hold, my dear,” is the name of a new song. You won’t hear many married men singing it.