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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2268, 13 August 1908, Page 3

“Wish I were back where I came from,” said a plumber from London to a “Post” reporter. “Why? Can you not get. work?” queried tho reporter. “Oh, yes, I got work all right; but look at tho cost of living. Wellington is all right for an unmarried tradesman. lio’"cnn make out a good enough time for himself. But I am a married man with two children, and Wellington is no place for me. AVlicn 1 was Home, I lived in the suburbs of London, and I paid six bob a week for a brick-built houso that was far better .than anything I could get hero for twentyfive shillings. Then all tho common commodities of life are dearer also—even the bread and butter cost more. Clothes and furniture are robbery. I cannot even get a drink or a smoko at a reasonable price. I could do inoro with thirty boh a week in the Old Country than I can do with three pounds here. It cost me over £SO to come hero, and it may be ‘God’s own country,’ but, if I had another £SO to-morrow I would pack up and willingly return.” Headaches of every kind yield to Steam’s Headache Cure in a few minutes. These tiny, tasteless wafers bring certain relief.from almost every kind of pain. Used wherever heads ache.

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN. MR THOS. FEE, THE POPULAR NO-LICENSE ADVOCATE, ADDRESS MEETINGS H I S As follows: AJE S T Y M THEATRE. SUNDAY, AUGUST IG, 8.15 p.rn. QRMOND. MONDAY, AUGUST 17. T E J^ARAKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. H' s m ajesty ’ s r p HEATRE WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, AUG. 19 and 21, 8 p.in . Everyone Invited. Collection for Expenses. NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN. INCREASE OF DRUNKENNESS IN THE DOMINION. THE POLICE REPORT FOR 1907 SHOWS THAT THERE WERE 10,198 PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR DRUNKENNESS IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1907, AN INCREASE OF 993 ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR, ' As the number of persons prosecuted for drunkenness in all the NOLIOENSE areas has considerably DECREASED this shows a large INCREASE for the LICENSED areas.

ELECTRICAL AND MOTOB ENGINEERING WORKS. KAITI. HAVING had Large Experience with ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS of all descriptions, I am prepared to Supply and Erect Installations, using Gas, Oil, Steam, or Water Power. Estimates on appheaMOTOR CARS and OIL ENGINES overhauled and repaired. Accumulators charged, and all requisites in stock. TELEPHONES in stock, and repairs at shortest notice. Private lines erected. _ MICROPHONES, Switches, Plug Board, and all Battery Material in stock. MEDICAL BATTERIES of all descriptions made and repaired. ACCUMULATORS, Wet and Dry Batteries of all descriptions. ELECTRIC BELTS, Bell Indicators, Wires, etc., always in stock. GFPREDDEY TEL. 300.