Page 7 Advertisements Column 4

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1916, Page 7

Residents of the Chatham Islands receive their war news from Wellington clay by day by wireless. The messages are sent over a distance of about 500 miles. One of the operators at the telegraph station on the main island types the messages with a type-writing machine, and then strikes o(T vopies with a mimeograph, and these are distributed to residents wiio subscribe to the fund for obtaining the news. The charge is 5s for about 200 words; and about 5s worth of war news is sent to the islands every day. 'XMAS DTFTS. The Melbourne Ltd.. offer ihe few folhats, 10s (Id; white silk initial handkerchiefs, 2s lid; youths' tennis shirts, 2s lid and 3s 0d; men's tussore silk shirts, with detachable collars, 9s 6d; white, silk tennis and neglige shirts, 10s 6d; fine cashmere socks, Is Gd, Is Od, to 2s (id; linen handkerchiefs, Is; pure all silk collars, latest sport style, Is .Id; suit eases, fls Od to i:ts fid; soft felt hats, lis (Id up to 22s (id; pjyamas, 4s lid to 17s (id; new silk wide end ties, 2s Cd; boys' and youths' ties Od and Is; new stud knot ilea, Is eaob..