SHORT SAYINGS.

Lake County Press, Issue 2159, 7 March 1907, Page 4

SHORT SAYINGS.

[BY " SPIiODQKR."] Fine weather. Threshing general. Kecent showers improved the turnip orops. The district a picture at present. Local land sale recorded. Said the price was satisfactory to both buyer and seller. Tourists still flocking to the district. The Queenstown-Crown Terrace-Arrow drive becoming very popular with tourists. Towns, the Australian sculler, defeated Canadian Durnan for the championship of the world. Damage to the extent LIO.OOO was caused through fire in Melbourne. More marriages to take place locally—one at Skippers and one at Arrow. Guess wbo they are! Railway to be opened at Clyde on Easter Monday. Goldfield Shield competition fired at Queenstown 18th inst. Close contest anticipated. Big entries expected for Wanaka races. Exhibition closes on 15th April. Intending visitors would do well to note the date. LSOO raised for the Seddon Memorial Fund by the Besses o' the Bam concert at the Exhibition. Week's dredging returns 1017oz. Electric heads the list with 1260z. Arrow defeated Gibbston at tennis by 33 games. A ceop at Edendale yielded 100 bushels to the acre. A common occurrence in Wakatipu. N.Z. cricketers suffered a severe defeat at the hands of the M.C.C. New Zealanders can't play the game. Seventy-five passengers arrived in Queenstown on Saturday night. Mr Chamberlain is very ill. More murders reported from Russia. Two officials were shot. King Edward re-visits France.