GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
£bv telegraph.— association.] Oauakp, Wednesday. The poll on the proposal to observe the factory half-holiday on Thursday, instead of Saturday, was taken to-day, and resulted in favour of the alteration, 150 voting- for it, and 80 against. In various ways the Saturday has been found inconvenient here, and to many factory hands a3 well as to shopkeepers, the alteration to the Thursday will be satisfactory. Danxevirke, Wednesday. The Dannevirko North school cadets, woo have won ,the Governor's marksmanship shield, were to-day presented with the trophy by Sir William Russell, chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education BoardGjsborxe, Wednesday. There was a welcome fall of rain this morning. David Johnson, a labourer, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of horsestealing. Stratford, Wednesday. Notwithstanding the fact that no rain has fallen here since the New Year, the Stratford district is standing the dry weather remarkably well, and the back country also reports plenty of feed. The fires in this locality have been very few, and 110 damage of a serious nature is reported. Mastertos, Wednesday. In response to the request of residents, the Education Department has decided to erect a school at Lansdowne. CuniSTCHt-KCH, Wednesday. ' The number of stock passed through the Addington saleyards in 1907 was 673,221 sheep. 25,116 pigs, and 27,073 cattle, being a total increaso on 1906 of 67,000. There was, however, a decrease of ,2000 pigs and 1700 cattle.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13672, 13 February 1908, Page 6
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