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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 8

Mr. William Whittle,. jun.,/ of 'Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, has.gathered a.remarkable strawberry,. B£ih. in- circumference and ljjin. in diameter. It measured 3Jin. long, and turned the. 6cale at 2joz. . . . The united ages of a family of four brothers and one sister at Sheemess'amonnt to 401 years. ■ •■ ' , Seven out.of ivory, eight loaves of bread' eateni in London are made from' foreign wheat. '. • Notice of proclamation taking land for street widening in Willis Street is,; published in this issue. ' ■■'. ■ ■' •.'....■ . Messrs. J. W. Braithwaitc and Co. will hold a horse-sale at 2»p.m. torday, at Watt's Central Bar.aar, Dixon Street. . - : . ■ ■ ' The premises of Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co. will bo closed for holiday on Thursday. ' Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. will sell tho contents of a sii-roomcd house at 'No. 37 Pirie Street, on Friday, at 1 p.m. i ' . The new term of tho Fitzherbort Tcrraco School will begin on Tuesday,' September 21. A notice to parents appears in another column. To-day, *at 1.30 p.m., Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co; will sell at their'rooms the'complete, contcntß of a , well-furnished: soven-roomed house. In the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association's prise list ' for .tho' spring show horse competitions for lady and gentlemen riders ■ aro prominently catered for. The prteo money and trophies total over £200. Tho competitions comprise lady riders' and gentloman riders' driving and riding 'classes. Tho breed classes comprise thoroughbreds, carriage hacks, ponies, ■ polo ponies, saddle, .harness, and draughts, for which; in all, a. sum of ( £3oois allotted. The classification is. so complete that, with a. tital prize list of £500. for horses, it will be seen that: substantial inducements are offered to owners tb exhibit.. The schedules may bo obtained from any A. add P. office and. from j, o, T Box 85, Falcxcxston Korth*