MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.
[United Pbesi Association.] LON\ )ON, Wednesday. King Edward "-- aeets Queen Alex, aiidra in Paris to morrow, and tho King and Quco^i will proceed to Genoa, where they *ill" embark on a cruise. ' . MELBOURNE Thursday. The Federal ol'(. age pensions come into operation ,tp,f ay. SI2DNE.Y. Thursday. The earth treroiirs recorded on tho seismograph arc telieved to have oc. curred not far distant from Australia. SSDNEY. Thursday. The racehorse I yman winner of the Doncaster, has n?eii sold for 2000 guineas, ami goeslto India. The total attendance at the AgrL cultural Show was 246,000, and tho takings £10^26. igainst £8398 last year. In the saving contest Higgins and Harrington, if Hornsby, cut a 15 inch log in 20 4.lth seconds, knocking 3 I.sth seconds ' aft the world's re. cord. At the stock ' tales at the show consignments of .Lincoln and Leictster sheep on behalf of Eeid, Elderslie, ranged from id to 3 guineas, and a Romney ram realised "t\'-i guineas. Douthwaite : s .e'eesters realised 2 guineas to 3li guinea.'; and. O'Rourke's' I^.,giiincas. Hereford bullocks beloiifmg lo Moore. Bushby Park, which to ik the champion for the havirst bca?t at the show, brought £28. A cons gumeut of horses from Hay ward and' Co. Christchurcb, fold at satisfactory pr eosr.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 April 1909, Page 3
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210MISCELLANEOUS WIRES. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 April 1909, Page 3
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