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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 September 1908, Page 1

A rumour has boon froely circulated in Masterton that tho Government is seriously considering a proposal to establish railway workshops in the Upper Plain, adjacent to the railway line. After carefully perusing tho new dairy regulations, a dairy farmer in Hawkes Bay remarked: — "They've) forgotten to insert that the blooming dorg must bo washed before being sent for the cows!" — Naoier "Herald." P One by one tho seamen who accompanied the Nimrod to the ice aro signing on for the trip back south (says a Southern paper). Four havo already joined, and others intend goIng on tho articles. The Government of Fiji has prohibited for threo months, as from August 27th last, the importation into the colony of Fiji of turkeys, ducks, geese, and domestic fowls from or through the city of Auckland. Some recent arrivals at the islands arc said to havo been afflicted with cholera. That the Government does not did those who givo it support is the conclusion arrived at by the Hikurangi correspondent of the Whangarei "Mail"; and he bowails the fact. He writes: — "During tho last visit of Sir J. G. Ward, a deputation waited on him with the object of getting a new post office erected. It is now understood that it is not to be erected. Yet at past general elections Hikurangi has always, in an overwhelming manner, declarod itself a firm and constant supporter of the Government at the ballot box." "We should have a woollen mill," in Wanganui," aaid Mr J. T. Hogan, M.P., speaking at Wanganui recently. Mr Hogan said that, when in Auckland during Fleet Week, he had seen tho American officers buying Petone rugs as fast as they could. Ono shopkeeper sold £500 worth, another £250 worth, and another £200 worth. The officers BaW they oould not get rugs like them anywhere else in tho world. "Why not Wanganui rugs?" asked Mr Hogan, the answer coming in the shape of emphatic applause. The longest railway bridge in the world, two miles in length, has just been completed across the ColumbiaRiver at Vancouver, Waehington. In view of the high marriage rate in Canada, a steamship being built for the Canadian Pacific Railway is to contain "honeymoon" cabins.