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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 311, 30 December 1908, Page 4

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will make one complete delivery, commenciag at 7.80 ajn. All receivers will be cleued at 8 p.m. on the evenings of the' &tii and 31st. All mails usually made up on Fridays will be closed at 8.30 pan. on Thursdays 24th and 31?:. A special delivery of correspondence 1 will be made over the public counter on the evenings of the 24th and 31st be- . tween the aoura of 8.30 and 9JO p.m. The private box lobby will be open from Hi 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on December 25th " and January Ist, and will be open as usual on December 26th. The railway ' travelling post office will run as usual

on all the holidays. Telegraph Branch.—The telegraph office will be open from 9.30 a.m. to , 10 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on : - on Christmas Day. On Boxing Day the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and on New Year's Day it will be open from 9 a.m. to i p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. Telephone Exchange.—The telephone exchange will be open from 0 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Christmas Day, and will be Open as usual on Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

NOTICE. *' CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETING TELEGRAMS. In order to afford facilities for the . " transmission of Christmas and New ■ « Year's greetings, • printed telegraph , - forms may be obtained at the New Plymouth Telegraph Office for use on imd between the 18th and 24th and the i • 27th and 31st December. Such tele- * grams will be delivered at "the principal * telegraph offices on cards bearing views * . of New Zealand scenery, etc. At other ' •' offices the telegrams will be written on -v: ordinary forms. - A uniform charge of sixpence for each euch telegram will be made, provided , the address and signature together do not contain more than eleven words. If, however, the text as printed be varied in any way, or other words added thereto, the telegram will be treated as an ordinary one and charged for accordingly. W. J. CHANEY, I Chief Postmaster.

December 2S. •'Cestui,'' in the Sportsman, while rc('iignisiug Hums' pluck, considers Johnson liis superior at every point, justifying Lhe belief that Burns hsui not right to do classed with the best of past champions. "Lestus" expected Burns to make a better fight. ]]e considers him a brainy, l crafty boxer, but that he lost his head and generalship. Sporting Life says that Johnson is too big and clever, which exuetly sums ;up tli'e contest. Ik' could probably | have won earlier, but preferred to | puneli instead.

The Daily Mail says the light was ;iot heroic. Probably Burns obtained the championship in a period of decadence.

The Telegraph's New York correspondent says Americans dislike Johnson's victory, but the negroes are delighted. Jeffries has been sounded, but declines to fight Johnson or anyone else.

Owing to Bums' lack of popularity in England, sportsmen are generally glad of the result of the contest.

JOHN SOWS .MOTHER INTERVIEWED

New York, December 28. Johnson's mother, a respectable old woman at Galveston, states mat wnen a boy Johnson was a rank coward. She was unable to be bothered to settle her ehldren's lights, and gave Jolrason a licking for being beaten by another boy. He developed confidence, and became the champion of the village. The old lady is very proud of her son's success.