INTERESTING ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 8

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Harvest Festival pen-iees will be heM in St. Mary's Church on Sunday next. Gifts of fruit, vegetables, and flowers will oe received at the church on Saturday.—Ail vt. Mr. Hugo, who is well-known as a lecturer on phrenology and physiognomy, •will lecture in St. Mary's Hall on Tuesday evening next on "I'acee and Expression." Admission will be free, but there will be a collection. Webster Bros.' Omata stock sale takes place to-day. McEwen Bros, are now sbftwing a very attractive line of gentv white linen boots for hot weather wear. These boots arc most comfortable, neat and serviceable, and quite reasonable ; :-i price. Mr. John Cook, instructor at the Soddon Memorial Technical College, Christ, church, writes as follows:—"It has. given me very great pleasure to :<o, through your methods of teaching Ly correepondence. At first I could npi understand how this could be managed, but the excellent systematic arrangements you have of securing and holding the students' interest, the graduated system of lessons, and the thorough way in which the lessons are examined and corrected eame as an eye-opener to me, and when I ascertained the numberof students you have in Christchureh, together with the positions they occupy, I had to gTve"sn~and agree that your schools were going good -work. Three of my best students in my advanced carpentry class have gone through a sourse of instruction with you, and have come to me for practical work. I fin I their knowledge of drawing and theory is far in advance of the other students." A circular giving full particulars of the International Schools is included with this morning's issue of the "News." To-day is the last day of Whites* summer sale. Wo aim to break all record** and summer lines are being offerod at Taranaki's lowest prices. Dust -oafs thai; wer- 23s Tor 12s Oil, and silk «i:ash:'.i:-i l.a'. wovu 3j Od for Is \\i,