NEW ZEALAND.
Sydney players and nve Victorian to play against the Englishmen at Melbourne.
[from OUR own correspondent.] Invercargill, February 24. The battery of artillery here are firing to decide who shall represent the company at Nelson, There are a good many passengers per express to Dunedin races to-day. A large number intend to go to-morrow and the next day. On Saturday Wood’s reaper was tried in a paddock of green oats, with heavy straw. There is a competition of Wood’s, McCormick’s, Osborne’s, and Marsh’s harvesters on Wednesday at Wallacetown. [per press agency.] AHAUHA, February 24. The Nelson Waste Lands Board has decided on passing regulations to prevent the gratuitous depasturing of cattle on Crown lands. There is great dissatisfaction in the Grey Valley among the small farmers. A public meeting is to bo h°ld to consider the measure. A petition is in course of preparation protesting agains 3 the regulations.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1565, 24 February 1879, Page 2
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