THE WEATHER.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 96, 21 October 1908, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

Captain Edwin .wired to-day: — Northerly strong winds to gale; rain' probable; glass fall ; indications rivers high after 24 hours. Waipukurau stock sales on Tuesday next. Mr R. B. Ross speaks at Akitio tomorrow night. Advertiser has a good six-roomed house in York street for sale. I Tenders for contracts for Dannevirke County Council close to-mor-row. The Tv Atu, which became stranded on the Mohaka bar on Sunday, was successfully re-floated yesterday, undamaged. . , • We are informed that R. Hannah and Co., jutd., have presented a trophy to the 'Dannevirke Defence Cadets. The Hon. R. McNab, Minister for Agriculture and Lands, .was a passenger to Hastings to-day to attend the Hawke's Bay show. A witness in court to-day described a cow as one that would kick the eye out of a mosquito. Another he-de-scribed as being very "handy" with her feet ! ' Mr L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, is to be sent Home by the Athenie on November sth to bring out 1,000,000 Atlantic salmon ova and any English fish such as herring and haddock which experts, consider will stand the voyage. The Nonpareil Cycle Co. have this week acquired the business formerly carried on by Messrs Skeates and Bockaert, Ltd. The new firm bring a high reputation for enterprise, and we feel silro the Dannevirke cyclists will extend to them a full share of their patronage. Being heavily overstocked in boys' and men's oilskin coats, just the thing for this time of year, and we carry none over, shall clear boys' coats ; were 13s 6d, now 9s 6d ; men's black riding coats, wer© 19s 6d, now 15a 6d; all new season's goods, but must go at McDowell and Power's.