CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, 2 January 1904, Page 2

CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, January 1 1* * . Canterbury, , playing * Wellington, put up 344 for seven wickets. Extras totalled 35. The wicket was not good and as it is likely to deteriorate the visitora should wi|ti.

. Professor Han,s Meye? says, that has recent investjigpations ijj, the Andes mdV ca,te former existence of a glacial period in the tropical zone of South America. He found, at a height of 12,000 ft, a plant similar to the edelweiss, and- he met with icei walls up to 4(loft in thiokness. >' *. ' The experiences of a new money-lender, as disclosed in a Melbourne Court the other day, were interesting, and showed how certain civty servants welcomed him ito business. Counsel who appeared for i the judgment creditor said, that the thir- ; 'teen persons before the ' Court we*e the first batch of civil servants who had ! transacted" business with his client since I ; June last. His client Bad not previously I I carried on this class of business. He first! 1 lent m^pey to two or three civil servants.l The news spread like wildfire that amanj iad' arisen who would' land money to civil . 1 sorvants, and they rushed nim. (Lajighß l ter.) He had lent' about £300 since Junfl ; last, and ;he had got back only £|_l i (Laughter .)V; He had sent letters to th(fl — no good. -He took out 'a —^| good. * He went and saw' them— no goriH They backed one another's bills and dH bis money,^ and neve&< Went near b^H again. It, was wonderful how they bac^H one &&other's bills. It was a' casoVflH I "you Scratch toy back and I will scrawl your». were all' getting at lefll [ £200^a ,^ear, too.- Some, oi the cases m^^| adjoufte'd' till Fe,bruaryt. . With _H CftptioiP orders were, made for the^^^H ment oi-lOa per month and 15s cosi^^l default days' imprisonment •■ l^^H ; Some of- the restaurants A)f 'O^j^H se*ve ' food on paper plates, ____ \ Tlie ■ Star Almanack apd jjj^ J^^H fyr J904 ift',JiQ,w in the agent's !___■ /f'b^V ,. A eppy has reached u s ___N ttfVP u t>hshers, > for which wo ___H tl jf. Tbe book is so useful w<J____ h/JRy*do without it, and Wo t?__^|l