INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
• : (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, December 7; The pen of 10 Lincoln ram hoggets exhibited at Wellington A. and P. Show by Mr A. McHardy, of Hawke's Bay, and which were awarded first prize, have been sold to North Island breeders for 4QO guineas. The fleeces taken from the animals were of unusual weight, turning the scales at from 291b* io 341 bs each. This Day. The expenditure of the Wellington Benevolent trustees for the year was £4688. One member of the District Hospital Board asserted that with judicious management this expenditure could be cut down one half, At the Philosophical Society last night Sir James Hector regretted the Acclimatisation Society had put different kinds of trout m the same rivers, because a cross was sure to be the result and no good speciments could thereby be obtained. He states he had caught Loch Leyen trout in the Hutt river and fish which he believed was the true Cahfornian salmon. Dunedin, December 7. William Morrin. aged 25, was playing cricket at Horse Shoe Bend, near Box» burgh, yesterday, when he was struck on the forehead by the ball and died to-day.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18921208.2.12
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 8 December 1892, Page 2
Word Count
192INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 73, 8 December 1892, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in