Folks are Saying:
That in a cricket match at Skippers “ sensational scoring ” was recorded. That one team scored 6 1 That out of that one man made 5, while the other run was an extra. That Arrow play Queenstown on Saturday, That the semi-final cup matches will be played at luvereargill at Easter. That Arrow wilt bo there. That a concert and dance will be held ii* aid of the Arrow Cricket Club on March 21. That the amount paid to winners at the D.J.C. races was £‘2,900 7s. That the Government netted £349 12a 4d, the totalisator tax being 1§ percent. That the dispute between the farmers and the millowncra in the Taieri district has been aett'ed. That they are making arrangements for threshing on whatever terms are most acceptable to both. That James Blyth has been sent to gaol for three months for stealing fish at theBluff. That he had the cheek to offer some of them to the person from whom, they were stolen. That amongst the latest batch, of Parliamentary papers received is a list of shareholders of the Colonial Bank. That the list contains the names of a few residents ot Arrow and Queenstown. That the Sydney Bulletin says- the onlyway to cure stiffness in the joints of racers is for dubs to notify, as a condition of entry, that all non-triers will be shot dead. That Messrs Fitzgerald Bros, have recently concluded a 14 days’ season at Dunedin. That during which time upwards of 30,000 persons visited their circus, which is said to be as good as any that ever visited that city. That the company is now making a tour through the golafields. That Vesuvius last month presented a magnificent spectacle. The lava was pre* cipitated over a ravine, forming a cascade of fire 300 ft. in height. That Leonard Harper’s trial is fixed to take place in Wellington on 16th March. That sugar is up another 20a per ton. That the Government has decided to procure 50 head of deer to let loose on the ranges of the West Coast of this Island. That the Pasteur Institute has discovered a serum which is a cure for typhoid. That fourteen persons died from cancer in New Zealand during Jauuary last, six men and eight women.
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Lake County Press, Issue 698, 5 March 1896, Page 2
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382Folks are Saying: Lake County Press, Issue 698, 5 March 1896, Page 2
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