PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XL, Issue 6, 8 January 1907, Page 3

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.

A dark brown gelding, lost from Peninsula farm, Spring Creek, is advertised for. -

A general.sefyant js: wanted, . •> Traction engine owners '.are notified that the Waihopai bridge is closed for traction engine traffic; .A ford across the-river will be provided. ■ D. and A. Walker thank Seddqn residents who assisted in saving their residence from fire recently.

Captain Skinner, master of the Rotbkino, has been appointed Assistant . Marine. Superintendent for. Wellington. .-, : ■...-

A Press Association telegram from Nelson states that prayers for rain were offered in the local churches on Sunday.

Capt. Edwin wired at 1.15 p.m. as follows:—" Northerly moderate to strong winds; glass fall; tides moderate; sea moderate." :

The condition of Mr T. W. Orr, who has been lying seriously ill for the last few days, was s6 satisfactory this morning as to be pleasing to his medical attendant.

Constable Carmody has been conr ducting a 'search for the body of the unfortunate man Kerr, drowned off the Wairau Bar on Sunday. No re^ suit is yet reported. . '

The training-ship Amokura, late Sparrow, is now ready for commission, and tha regulations governing, the admission .of youths will shortly be gazetted. • \ ' ; ;."

Th© Christchurch tramways: from December 24th to January 2nd—ten days—carried 501,989 .. passengers, averaging 50,198 per day.!, The total for December was 1,040,810.' No accidents accompanied this heavy traffic.

F. Nattrass, Blenheim, won the mife cycle championship at the Kaikoura sports on New Year's Day; also the two-mile handicap from scratch, and the three-mile handicap, also from scratch.

The Treasurer of the Cycling and Athletic Club desires it to be notified that the meeting of members advertised for to-morrow night will take place in Jellyman's Hall, Alfred Street.

One of the largest sales of land that have been effected on the East Coast is reported from Gisborne, Mr -John Clark having purchased from Muir, Findlay and Company. Wellington, the Waipaoa estate, of 34,000 acres, together with 30,000 sheep, 1500 head of cattle, and all the horses and station plant.

The Governor will leave Wellington for Nelson and the West Coast on the lOth, reaching Christcburch on the 21st. He will leave the Bluff on the 23rd for the Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Chatham Islands, returning to Wellington about February 9th. He will subsequently make a totur of inspection of the" Northern. Main Trunk line, reaching Auckland about; March. Thence he ™ill tour the South Island, including the West Coast glacier district.

"Summer temperatures" were recorded by 27 places in the Colony this morning. Clyde topped the list with 84, Blenheim and Thames (77 each) being next. Dunedin was delightfully cool at 59. Lower barometers*"prevailed in^ the North Island, and higher in the South, as compared with yesterday's readings.. Blenheim wa5.29.83. Overcast skies were reported by a number of stations, but " blue-sky" records were in the majority, and rain was not falling anywhere. The sea at Cape Campbell was rough; at Kaikoura and Farewell Spit it was moderate, and on the West Coast smooth.