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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3034, 3 November 1908, Page 7

A witness in the Dunedin Police Court stated that motor cars may be driven at the rate of twenty miles an hour in the streets of London, " fh6 following dates for criminal sittings of the Supreme Court for \ 1909 have been fixed /.-"-February 3rd., May 10th, August 16th, November 15th. For civil sitVftgs, dates are February 10th, May 17th, August 23rd, Novemlier 22nd. In last week's Gazette the Minister for Internal Affairs publishes for general information section 42 of the Naming Act, relating to raffles, as follows:—"(1) If any person being the owner of any painting, drawing, scußpture, or other work of art, or literature, or mineral specimens, or ■mechanical models, applies to the Minister for Internal Affairs for txs dispose of the same by irriffie or chance, the said Minister ■may, if he thinks fit, grant a license for that purpose, subject to such •conditions and restrictions as he thinks right to impose. (2). If such "conditions and restrictions are complied with, the provisions of this Act, or any other law for the time being in force relating to gaming •and lotteries, shall not apply to such owner or to ?ny other persons who may be bona fid* eonoerned in such transaction." The words 4 or other •work of art" in the above extract are held to mean articles of the nature of paintings, drawings, or sculptures.

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A Drink to be grateful for. . . It is the beverage for all times and all weathers, for men and women, the healthy or the ailing WANTED Known—That tlie Occidental Hotel, Queen Street, Masterfcon, is one of the finest and best appointed hotels in the Dominion. Fine roomy bedrooms, well furnished. Good private apartments and spacious dining and sitting rooms. First-class Table kept. Beat brands of Liquors. Night Porter always in attendance. J. O'MEABA Proprietor.