declared intention to fix the price of cattle at 6s. per cwt. for
next January will not be carried into effect. They believe that
Lord Rhondda must realise the necessity of making a substantial
increase on this figure."--_Saturday Herald (Dublin)_.

Lord RHONDDA, we understand, has already met the Irish farmers more
than halfway by fixing the price at 60s.

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"The Apia Blacksmiths, Ltd., will undertake contracts for the
building of houses, with or without material."--_Samoa Times_.

"And gives to airy nothing
A local habitation."--_Shakspeare_.

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TAKING OUR PLEASURES SADLY.

A correspondent informs us that the playbill of IBSEN'S _Ghosts_
at the Pavilion Theatre bears the following words: "Mr. Neville
Chamberlain says, 'It is essential there should be provided amusements
and recreations which can take people for an hour or so out of
themselves and return them to their work refreshed and reinvigorated.'"

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SOCIETY NOTES.

_BY THE HANGER-ON._