For the convenience of the many water polo players in the district, and for the edification of those swimmers who are beginning to take an interest in the sport, we publish below the rules now adopted by the Amateur Swimming Association for playing water pole. The rules are vast

At the annual congress of provincial learned societies now being held at the Sorbonne M. Tur(man, of the Ministry of Commerce, raid a paper giving the results of a census of Frenchmen abroad, taken by the consuls. In 1861, a more perfunctory census sheered that 316,000 Frenchmen

Bank, Established 1786) have OPENED A BRANCH BANK in the Christchurch Road, Boscombe. OPEN DAILY from 11 to E.

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inform persons in want of a PIANO, ORGAN OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT that they are now offering a few of the their SURPLUS STOCK at prices defying competition ADDRESS f 2, SALISBURY STREET, BLANDFORD. NB.—Special attention paid to all kinds of Repairs and Tuning. [56

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MEN'S SUITS YOUTH'S SUITS - AT 12s lip 8s 1111) AND 300 ODD GARMENTS TO BE CLEARED OUT AT LESS THAN MAKERS' PRICES.', FELT HATS, is 6D & 2s, WORTH FROM Ss ss, A VAST QUANTITY OF HOSIERY AND TIES too Numerous to Mention, ALL AT SPECIAE PRICES DURING THEIR SALE. S PECIAL NOTICE.—A

Surely "Angler,' Wimborne, mutt mistake stickleback for some other fish, or he most have dreamt that he had fished in the Stour. There are thousands of stickleback In the river, but, as " Angler " states, the best bait for perch is a gudgeon or a good minnow. " JACK," Blandford.