MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11553, 14 February 1906, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Waipawa, February 13. Mr George Winloye, for forty years a resident of Waipawa, dropped , dead this morning. He had been ailing for some time. Wanganui, February 13. The hon. director of the Wanganui Observatory reports that the new j " comet discovered by M. Giaccobini at Nice ha 3 now become visible in our latitudes. It was picked up here j last evening in right ascension lmin. j loesc, south declination lSdeg. 36 j , mins. 30secs. Invercargill, February 13. The Southland Sawmilling Company's mill at Kapuka was com- . pletely destroyed by fire last night. The building, stock, and contents i were insured in the Commercial Office for £1100. The owners will , rebuild immediately, i Feilding, February 13. i An indignation meeting of ratepayers was held last evening to proi test against the increased Govern, ment valuation, which averages 100 i per cent over the Borough valuations. . A resolution was passed asking the i Valuer-General for a new valuation. ' -In the event of the request being de- ! clined, a committee will be set up to ! employ counsel to assist the ratepayers in the Assessment Court. > Wellington, February 13. The following nineteen candidates [ have been recommended for admis- . sion to the Wellington Training i College :— Jessie Abernetby, Ada Easwood, Wanganui; Anastasia Slowey, William Hoult, Stanley Dyaon, Nelson ; F. Grant, C. Strack, Wanganui: K. Hewetson, Nelson; Jeonie Gordon, Wanganui ; Annabella 3 Dale, Khandallah, Wellington; Mary ! Robson, Wanganui : Lena McKellar. j Wellington; Vera Bayely, Wanganui : Margaret Newman, Havelock ; Maggie Magill, Lucinda Dagg, Marjory Antill, Wellington; Henry Phillips, Nelson ; Gladys Mackay, Wellington. The first four on the list get board- . ing scholarships valued at £30, in addition to £10 allowances and Uni- ■• versity fees. All the others get the £10 for University fees. Auckland, February 13. * Mr Ayson, Chief Inspector of 1 Fisheries, returned from America by ' the Sierra with a large shipment of 1 fiah spawn for New Zealand, includV ing 500,000 Chinook salmon eggs, 2,000,000 vvhitefisb fggs, 1,000,000

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