NEWS OF THE DAY.
-^- ♦ Sixty men employed on the drainage works vwere- paid off on Saturday. It is alleged that the services of a num.ber of married men were_ dispensed ■with •. and single men retained;' which (has caused some dissatisfaction, A poll for the election of . three/ mßmbers of the Nelson -Harbour Board for the County of Waimea will /take place to-day. The candidates nom-" mated are Messrs W. Coleman, H.^N. Frariklyn (both of whom are seeking re-election),' E. S. Hoult and F. W. Smith. For the convenience of ratepayers living in town there will be a . polling Tjooth at the Waimea County) offices. '
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12459, 8 February 1909, Page 2
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104NEWS OF THE DAY. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12459, 8 February 1909, Page 2
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