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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 24 February 1908, Page 7

Eli Smith, an Alaskan mail-cav-rier, has won a bet of £2,000 by driving a team of dogs from Nome (Alaska) to Washington. He started oiit in November, 1905, and covered the distance of 8,000 miles in sixtynine days less than the stipulated time. He drove his team to ; the White House, where he was cordially received by President Roosevelt, who questioned him about his trip. When Smith started out from Nome his team consisted of ten dogs, but three of them died on the journey, and they were replaced by three full-blooded wolves, which had been captured in their wild state and broken to harness.

•.,;, Butter has gone up to Is 3d per lb Sn Feilding.a jump of 3d in as many Greeks. And this ia the very centre of the dairying district! It is reported to us, says the "Feilding Star," that it is not the dairymen who have sent the price up so high and so suddenly, but the big middle dealer, who is holding large quantities in the freezing chambers waiting for a corner in butter or for a further ri3e, lollowing upon the boom in London. If this report be true, then it is not to be wondered at that Socialists move for Stale interference in the attempts of the covetous to "rig the market."

IN THE CONSTRUCTION. of your clothes our first consideration is quality. Every inch of material used, -whether seen or unseen is of thorough reliable quality. Then the cut and workmanship is as good as can be, for years of experience in tlio designing and making of apparal for men qualifies us to produce absolutely the best result. These factors combine to make your suit a source of satisfaction to you and a credit "* us. Selling strictly for cash means a '* saving of money to you. Morrison and Penney, Cash Tailors, 73 Willis Street, Wellington.

21 YEARS LEASE WITH RIGHT OF RENEWAL. Q2l Acres, all in grass flat and undulating; well watered, fenced and sub-divided, school and creamery close at hand ; will winter 2i sheep. Build-ings:—7-roomed house, all conveniences, water laid on, dairy, yards, and dips. Rent 5s per acre. PRICE FOR GOODWILL, ONLY J53 PER ACRE. TERMS. PROPERTY WITHIN 9 MILES OP WANGANUI. Apply at once P. B. 32 RUTLAND BUILDINGS, WANGANUI. Wellington City IN EXCHANGE FOR A FARM. £SOOO Worth * Of Unencumbered Wellington Property Witli good return in exchange for a farm. 32a LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON,