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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 29 December 1904, Page 31

Aidermian Tavlor has been elected Lord Mayor of Sydney. He is head of the firm of Allen, Taylor, and Co., timber merchants.

It is \utlh pride that we point to tVie McCbrmick reel,, t/he s'i,nc ngest e\er put un a nvachine, capable of hc'mz set In forty-fi^ c different positions, ajid attiached to the niKu^hiiiie with such well-fitted arn-d firm bearings that even a casual observer will be impressed by its s^ncriarity. The whole hearings are a featture which n,ot be overlooked, as also is the slpripg which cocintoibaliajtices the reel so nicolv that a boy can handle if . '

On Tuesday of last week in the Court of the Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, Messrs. C/onh?ll ajn|d Co , of Mel'lio'urne, opposed tihe registtrtaiti^on of two t)-nde marks, ' Ka!nd4villa ' and ' Karidiala,' on the grxnnli ti'rat the.se maAs sofig, r at tjo be regist'eired by IMos&rs A. S P'aterspn and C(o. bore too close a resemblamce to ' Kaindvkoola,' the registered miar'k of the oppc(nen(LS After hearing iargniment from r.f>t)h sides tthe Registrar decided to allow registration tio tiotjh of t\\e marks Vhe c'pp'osition was tiherefiore dismisseki with cos'tis. Mc|;^rs. Baldwin an*d Rayward appeared I/or the aj;{olica)nts .

We hiaA'e received from Mr. George R^berts^n, Wellingtqn, district nranager and Supervisor of new "business of tile Government Life Instiramce Deipartmeffit, a neatly got|up little booklet, containing the opinions of promineKt New Zealand men on life as&urp>nce. The views ex,pre<-isril 1 herein are well worth Uhe attention of all clasi^es in the domm'i,n<ity, 'amd moore esipeciially those who Iwe not as ye realised how Very necessary and impiortant life assurance really is. It is interesting to know that the people of New Zealand are itvstored for over £25,000, 0.010, Whilst a 3um of between £400,000 and jfi-SOiO.OOiO is 'plaid within the Colony e/very year by life rnis^'uraince offices to meet claims of insiured persons or their representatives. Tt is worthy of note that the GiqverjimeJit Insurance Department has over £10,j0t00,000 of tihe ab|o>ve amfonnt amd Pays away approximately £20P,000 a ye>ar in claims...