SPORTING. MANAWATU NOMINATIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 128, 26 November 1907, Page 7

SPORTING. MANAWATU NOMINATIONS.

IBY pOBSSAPH. — PBEB3 ASBOOIATIOH.I P.ALMERSTON N., This Day. Nominations received for the Manawatu Racing Club summer meeting constitute a record, being fifty ahead of the previous best number. Manawatu Cup, 1£ miles. — Maniapoto, Polyanthus, Chatterer, Bourraeque, Sandix, William, Grand Slam, Mcrrie Rose, Moral, Truce, Gold Crest, Kurawaka, Marguerite, Elevation, Montigo, Roeeal, Riflemaid", Saga, Tangimoana, King's Lynn, Lan^dwern, The ' Rand, Frisco, The Lark, Zimmerman, Sir Tristram, Medallist, Tan San, Rosegrove. Thirty horses still remain in the Palmerston North Stakes, run- on the first day of the meeting, including Aborigine, Bunyan, Downfall, Glenculloch, Sister Anno, Elevation, Helen Portland, Oxton, The Rand, Formative, Count Witte, Armlet, and Elysium.

Hull, England, seems determined to no longer allow London and Liverpool to eclipse her in the handling of New Zealand produce. A file of reports which Mr. T. E. Donne showed to a representative of tho Post this morning forcibly proves that Hull is bent on making the liners from these seas go to her arms. This port claims that it serves a population of ten millions, and has steamers going regularly every week to all near continental ports, the Baltic, and Scandinavian ports. Hull is glowingly represented to be a very convenient distributing centre, with port charges "exceedingly low compared with London and Liverpool." An agent from Hull will soon be making a pilgrimage through New Zealand. Those persons who are in tho habit of sending Christmas greetings by telegram will be interested, to learn that the Postal Department has instituted a pleasant innovation this year. Formerly one could for sixpence send to his (or her) friend tho stereotyped message on -a telegraph form, "Wishing you a Merry^ Christmas and a Happy New Year." On (his occasion, however, the .department will, for the same sixpence, send the samo message printed on the back of a postcard, bearing somo typical view of New Zealand scenery. The views, which have been prepared by the Tourist Department, number sixty, and arc of interesting diversity, repie- 1 senting, as they do, views of'ihc Hot Lakes distru-t, Cook Islands, Southern Alps, Maori warnois, the .principal towns and scenic spots, Maori divings, co.irhlng scenes, and so on. Tho innovation bids fair to prove exceedingly popular..