NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12397, 12 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tlio annual racptiii!?; of the Nelson Poultry A.^EiK'iatipn lias been postqou««l uiiii! Saturday ovcnii'.j;.

An important meeting of thn Gcrriaon Dniid i.- ; eallvd ft>r this ovening.

Messrs Hurley and Co., of Greyniouth, advertise that tliey hold regular sales oi fruit and produce at their new auction rooms and : they invite consignments. The principals of the firm are well kno'vvn Nelsonians.

On 17th November (Election Day) all - telegraph and telephone offices will be. in attendance and open to the public, from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. on the r >lßth (unless released earlier) for the . receipt and transmission of election results and other telegraivs. ■Luc following grades will apply to telegrams from the public: At offices •other -than midnight -offices, ordinary rates to 8 p.m. : urgent rates thereafter. At midnight offices: ordinary rates 'to midnight, urgent rates ; thereafter.

It is proposed to settle 250 Scottish fisher families in a fishing, 'curing, and canning work in Australia.

A Dunedin gentleman who has just returned from a visit to the North Ofcago district states that all settlements north of - Oamaru are looking, remarkably. well _ at the present time. At this time of the year the district has probably never appeared better. The wheat crops", are particularly well forward and prospects are exceedingly bright. " All kinds of grasses are looking well and settlers are in great heart. Lambing, right throughout the district, is considered to be the best on record, ...and it is not uncommon to- hear farmers talking of percentages of 120" and 130.