MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

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LONDON, Friday. Fry has resigned the Sussex cricket captaincy. It is rumoured that he phvs for Hampshire. . ! 1 ' HOBART, Friday. ; The Premiers' Conference was open- t ed by the Governor. Sir Oerald Strickland. MELBOURNE, Friday. There is an outbreak of anthrax :n the PitHcld district. The ca?e has been quarantined. It : s unt> ; -«t*d that the Federal revenue --'-'i' bY fcV.<6,OCO less than for the p'- c--><w.. s 1 - 1 ' 1 ' , . p, ■ i~. ■'-<..-.. rtn- current that th< '■■■•■' . ?> Rev. Archbishop W'»'."'' •" '•' ''etirinsT from b *?' s ,:a S i., FriJ . y . t i 'iv' '-I weeks w\clec( Fcbruiirv "'■'-• : .v „ J ii GoUhnininK Compa'ny'iit^ ■■ ii,428 tons of ore, for a ■ return valued jit £73,135. j GORE, Friday. ] T'-e Board of Governors have ap- ) pointed Mr Hunter, M.A.. of Rtrat- j ford, headmaster of the Gore High | ; School There were 25 applications for . the position. i INVERCAROILL, Friday. ■ At a meeting of the Southland A. and P. Association to-day it was resolved, "That in the interests or draught horse breeding it is desirable that a Draught Horse Association of New Zealand be formed, and (hat this AsMX-iation do .".11 .in its prwor fo assist in such formation." ;

Tlio "fJisbonio Times'' reports lluit Mr 0. Jluw Chow, formerly owner o£ tbe Karaka Hotel. Poverty Bay, who roturufil to China about two years ago and w:)s seized by ■ Chinese brigand- 1 , is returning to Now ! Zealand. It is stated that his cap- • tor? obtained a very large ransom. j The Timaru Harbour Board is find ing it an expensive business lo l;eep its new dredge going. The bunt has just been overhauled at a cost of bebetween £1300 and £1400_ the repairs including the strengthening of the hull. The board considers, however, that it is getting value for its money.

Mr VV. Wilson, Itovans-street, Newtown, Wellington, N.Z., writes: — "My liver has given me a lot of trouble. Not long ago I had liver blotches all ■ over my face, and tried all sorts of thinj^s, but obtained no relief. On the I advice of a friend. I tried Chamber'- ' lain' Tablets and before I had taken two Sottles the blotches had diiappear- ' ed f 'cm my face and I have not been I troul led since." For eal« by E. Ocove 1 tnd Sod. # I

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