NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12463, 12 February 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The police require an owner for a Maori bag containing a sum of money and a cheque book. The annual raco meeting of the Nelson Trnttw.tr QlnK i s tja at Richmond Park to-morrow afternoon, the first race, being timed to start at 1 p.m. Splendid acceptances have been received for the various events, and a capital afternoon's sport may be anticipated. The Mayor, following the usual custom, has invited citizens to observe the usual weekly half-holiday from noon instead of one o'clock. . ' ' Some splendid specimens of turnips, grown on Mr Hanron's'p roperty at Stanley Brook, are now on view ih the windows of the Nelson Seed Company, Hardy-street. During last month the Nelson Land Board disposed of 8200 acres of land, 5300 acres of that area being land recently opened in -the Wangamoa block, near Nelson city. One of the hardy old pioneers was in evidence at the. District meeting of Oddfellows'j held at Brightwater yesterday;. Mr Walter Newport, of Richmond, who, we are informed, is eighty years of age, and has been for over sixty years a member of the Oddfellows' Order. Mr Newport wished to lay a certain matter before the meeting.and he walked from Richmond to Brightwater in order to do so. After sitting out the .forenoon session the old gentleman was' heard, and he theh dined with the delegates: and after, a cheery farewell to "those he had met, he set off to walk back to Richmond. He appeared to think nothing of his eight-mile walk, and in the meeting was apparently following the proceedings very clearly, and his interest .was evident. He afterwards caused roars of laughter, when he informedthe meeting howTvery much he had enjpyed being present and seeing so many Oddfellows working together, though he said: "I have not heard a word you all said, being hard of hearing." . y . _ ■ ■ Messrs Bisley. Bros, and Co. will hold a stock sale at Murchison tomorrow. : v ' ■ ■■'."' 'I