MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 23 October 1911, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

(Piibss Association.—Copyright.) • . SYDNEY, Sunday.. . The ticks in cattle- at the Home Rush saleyards are declared to be a harmless variety. • ■ , MELBOURNE, Sunday. \ The debate on the Arbitration. Bill, chiefly-on the Jegalitly of ; the measure, was adjourned, in the.Federal House. I PERTH, Monday. To-day is a close holiday oil. account of the "-eight-hour celebrations. AM. Government employees get full' ipay ..ahidi ®o newspapers will be published to-morrow. 1 ' SYDNEY, Monday. Thie Siberian-, dogs for Capt. Scott's ' A nita rota c expidi tdon are. Aboard/" the TJh maroa. DUNEDIN, Monday. Obituary : Mr. John Hopkins, who was owner of the. racehorse Fulxnen in 1900 w'hen tile latter dead-litated with. Ideal for tlie New Zealand Gup. GRBY'MOUTH, Monday. Signer Guiseppe Perotti, Italian Consul here, died to-day, aged; 81. He was among the first settlers Greymou'th.Art industrious miner,,;he acquir€s>muclii property • in| Reef-tan, Greymoutih., Blackball, etc. He was greatly respected. Hs leaves a 'widow and two daughters at present touring England, and tiwo sons- — one at Greymouth andl one at Reefton xriaaiaging their father's business. The deceased: was active .tail' the last. ■ - HIUNTERVIL-LE, Sunday. Mr. R. C. Bruce, of N^aruru,' 1 Hunterville, formerly member for Rangitikei, and well known in Caledonian and acclimatisation circles, who was operated on in PaJmerston North last week, . is -progressing favourably, and it is. ex- . pected'that a further operation necessary this week . will result in aplete c.ure. . < >- > TAIHiAPE, Saturdav. ~ At Ohakune last night Mr Jennings. . M.-P. for Taumaru.n'ui, -was ■ presented • with \an illuminated- - address from his, constituents -' in parts of the- eleotorate now . included in 'other electorates. The - meanber's Services .were highly eulogised. • ■ Mrs . "Jennings waspresented \vith .a sil-; ver tea service. The gathering i was ' representative of the whole district.