MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 June 1907, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

i .Ukttbd PflP.ss Association.— Copi- c eioht.l ' c , _ JjONjliON. Thursday. a Ki-g Ed -ard has visited tho Linco'n ' Ad= .cultural Sbo.v. ? The South African cricketers have de- 1; feated Kent by two wicketß, after hay- f ing to follow on. V Doherty docs not contest the London F tennis championship. , •■; The New Zealand bowlers defeated fc'Ve Crlislo, Galashiels, Braid, and t Northern clubs, losing to Leith. They scored 230n(p1nst 155 in the matches. •■;,- MELBOURNE, Thursday. s ■;L_ Both the horses Lionheart and Con- ■ 'tender had wins. < „:•- At Aspendale Park, While Swimmer I was bea,tcn by Maine for the Steeple- "•" " " NE WO ASTLE, Friday. Sailed -Aldebaran. for Auckland. DDNEDIN, Friday. , The Union S.B. Company is advised tha the'Maiama, the new intercolonial at.ajicr of (5000 tons, was successfully launched at Greenock yesterday by Mrs I Jau.es Mills. " I 'Mr Widdowson, S.M., today dis- 1 missed an information nuaintttho Co- 1 vent Garden Co. of se'.ling a"baraa cauta" loaf not full weight, and one against Alexander Congalton for not legibly stamping a loaf. 0.°.-. NAPIER, Thursday. ?;- Sixteen "hundred applications from . aiCparts of the colony were received for fotus sections in the Norsewood district ballotted for this morning. The following were successful : — Elizabeth Clayk, Lars Olsen, Charles Thomson, James- Fell.At -the Supreme- Court today the Crowii entered a nolle prosequi in the case against Edward Poiriton, charged with theft, the jury having twice disagreed * • NAPIER, Friday. A sharp double ahock of earthquake was felt at 7.7 this morning. IPALMEKSTONN.,Thnseday. Mr B. P. Gibbons, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, 'was entertained to-nigbt by a large and representative gathering of citizens, previous to his re? rnoval to the position of Resident In- ; spector at Wellington. He. was presented with a gold watch, and -a silver salver -was given -to Gibbons. .Mr J, M; Johnston, Pr&wdent of tbe'Chamber o£ Cbmmerce.'piresided. , "■.":- %««« Friday At ameeting of the'Harbour'Board i >to.day;Mrß:R.'l»dnglas, dredgemaster ■vadefi'-ttie Otagb Harbour Board, was . selected from 34 applicants for tho '-position- of dredgemastcr of the aimiru j '■ Board's new; dredge. Tor the pcsition , : of laddenhan on the same boat there !' -were also 34 applicants, and J3. aL<vf Sjaonriow^at the Bluff, was appoint*!.