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Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1917, Page 7

BUY WOOD-MILXE TYRES AND lIEIJP OLD EXGLAXD. Every pound expended on foreign motor tyres is helping "the other fellow"—be either tor England or against lier—be one thing or the other. WoodMilne arc British tyres and should be on every Briton's ear—on YOUR ear, Wood-Milne Tyres aft guaranteed for 3500 miles, so they are economical and should be on YOUR car. 'They'll stand all the rack and strain which Dominion roads can give them—they are solidly made through and through and are full of vigorous bounce and life. YOU should get details from your garage or N.Z. Depot, IC7 Vivian street, Wellington. 13 Recollection of a memorable incident in the early days of Wellington district, when the Maori menace was uppermost in the thoughts of the settlers, are revived by the death in ' Palmerston Xorth of Mr. George Farmer, who hud reached a very advanced age. The deceased is believed to lmve been the only survivor of the band of militia and Imperial troops under Colonel Russell, who stormed Rangiliacata's stronghold at Pahautanui in .1840. The party left the Taita, and crossing the range into Pnhsntamii, made such a vigorous assault, on the stockade that Rangiliaeata and his warriors fled into the Horokiwi Valley.