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Waipukurau Press, 2 July 1908, Page 5

|L . At-n' hoax was perpetrated, f by means of an advertisement, on F about fifteen hundred workless men in Hoxtdn. On May Day the men came from places as distant as Ilford and Brockley, and rowdy scenes ensued when they found that no one at the address given knew of the notice. The New Zealand Insurance Company announces that the Hon. W. C. Smith has been compelled to resign the local agency of the company bn account of pressure of business, and that Mr J. Winlove has been appointed in his stead. The Wellington bakers still remain on strike. The Hon. J. A. Millar says the revolt of the workers makes it appear that they do not want the Arbitration Act. The Minister considers it would be a great mistake to do away with the Act, but it may as well be ended if the workers are determined to strike. Miss Florence Nightingale last month celebrated her eighty-eighth birthday. Although her bodily strength is impaired by.weight of years, and her eyesight is dimmed, Miss Nightingale’s interest in nursing remains keen and practical, and she keeps in close touch with the latest developments of science as applied to medicine and nursing. The following have been selected to represent the Waipawa County Rugby Sub-union in the match against Wairoa Sub-union : —Full-back, L. Wilson; threequarters, Symes, Kern, Russell; five-eighths, Wilson ; half, Sharpin ; wing, Collett ; forwards, McKay, Butcher, Burke, Hughes, Bailey, Marsh, McKay. Emergencies ; backs, McKenzie, Muity ; forwards, Cain, Cooper. The match starts at 2.30 sharp. The “ Aftenpost ” states that Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria will go to Christiania on a yachting cruise at the end of August or beginning of September’, and that the Prince and Princess of Wales will also visit Norway in the course of the summer. The journal adds that the Duke of Fife intends to visit Christinia in his yacht, while King Edward has renewed his promise to come to Norway in the new royal yacht in the summer of next year. Mr and Mrs T. B. Harding, of Greenmeadows, celebrated their diamond wedding yesterday, and their children, grand-children and nephews and nieces from all parts of the Dominion assembled to show their respect for the aged couple. Mr and Mrs Harding were married in London and .started for New Zealand the same week. They lived about a year in Wellington, when they removed -to Wanganui, where they stayed about ten years, and in 1859 came to Hawke’s Bay. A large number of people called on them yesterday and offered congratulations.

There was a representative gathering of Australians at a banquet tendered to Lord Dudley in London. The Earl of Crewe presided, and eulogised Lord Dudley’s unbiased judgment, which would be useful in his new office. Lord Crewe added that Australian politics were not always closely followed or understood in Britain. The Australian desire to remain a “ white country ” had been misunderstood. He referred to the difficulties arising out of the working of the Constitution. They i" were troubles incidental to news' ness, and would disappear after a time. A man who was passing through the main street yesterday morning, noticing a milkman’s W cart standing at the side of the yroad, seemed to think it would be 4 a splendid joke to turn the tap on, <not taking into consideration that he was wasting another man’s means of living. Some men working across the street noticed the action, however, and ran over and turned the tap off again, but of course by that time a considerable quantity of the precious fluid had been lost. When the milkman returned to his cart, the perpetrator of the “ joke ” was pointed out to him, and he immediately set off in pursuit, with the resilt that after a good deal of parleying the man was glad if escape upon recouping the mi^-vendor for his loss and For Hacking Cough at night Great Peppermint Cure. Is Gd 6d.