STAR ALMANAC.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 1, 2 January 1903, Page 2

STAR ALMANAC.

' Next to Christmas itself, aothing is loekad forward to with greater interest I *t this season of the year than the Star I Almanac' All reund Meuut Egnoat, aud away down the cois"; to Palmers--1 ton North this useful publ ; catien is to be found in almoit every settlers hem>, ' and on the office desk of the business man. This admirable production h&i ' now reached its 20th year, and so care- ' fully has it b»ea compiled, with such tjood judgment has thi infoination it contains been select- i, that it is almost ' 'ndispensible. So varied are tbe subjects dealt with tht it has beenne a veritable " inquere withi* upen every thing." This year it con'ains no less iham 420 pages, and we doub*. if there is another publication in the colony which contains so much useful infor- ' matioja is tbe same spac-=, and for so 1 small a cost. This yeirs issue contains detailed results of tho late g rural lection and the 1 cl option pel', and 1 we believe it is the first publication to contain the full results in tabulated form. A synopsis of the principal 1 Acts passed last session is also given, 1 and agricultural and other s'atistics brought up to date, while the fullest 1 information is given rsgarding tides, mails, holidays, st=.mp duties, railway rates, etc., etc. Besides the usual diary, a pleasing inova'ion is the insertion of p ge< ruled wiih money co'umns, so 1 that the daily receip's and expenditure can ba entered up. It is impassible in th.9 space at our disposal to refer to the many other matters of interest deserving of mnntion, wo cm sifely s»y no house should be without a copy, and it can beebiained at all the book-refers '> throughout the district.