CUT FLOWERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 274, 26 November 1878, Page 2

CUT FLOWERS.

•'i Tfy? o^, l^^ 6 &> 2nd 3s ~ Mr Gully ' ' > ; Best 3 BoseSi Ist prize 6a. 2nd 4s—Mr W '"' „Hale,l,MrH..Adams2, Beat 6 Roses, prize 7s 6d— Mr H. Adams i Beßt 12 Roaea, Ist prize 10s, 2nd 7s 6d— Mr H. Adams 1, Mj, jßolton 2. '. : . Best 24 Roses, Ist 'prize Iss,'2nd 10s— lion i .N. Edwards I, Mr Gully.2. Be3t 36 Roßes, Ist prize £i; 2n'd 15s—Mr W. Hale 1, Hon. N, Edwards 2; ' ' '■ ?^est 6 Picotees or Carn4'tiODdi 'prize 4a~

V ' I■' ■ I'i '"» ■■■>'■ ... .; i. ... . \, Be^st 6 May Pinks, prize 4s— Hon. N. Edawards'; :-..' ' ! i Best 6 Pansies, prize 3s— Mr Mortimer I Beat 6 Verbenas, prize 4s — Hon. N. Ed--1 wards : ,; ■ •\ Ee'st Stand of Flowers, Ist prize 7s6d,2nd v 53—Miss Campbell 1, Mrs Pickering 2 Best Table Bouquet, Ist prize ss, 2nd 4s— Miss Johnson 1, Miss Edwards 2. Best Hand Bouquet, Ist prize 4a, 2nd 3s — Miss M. Karsten 1, Miss F. Campbell 2 Best Bride's Bouquetj Ist pri2e.4s, 2nd 3s— M|ss M. Karsteh 1, Miss L. Campbell 2. ,-f ;! Best Hand Bouquet made by girls under ; 14 years of age, Ist prize 4s, 2nd 3s~Miss Macdonald 1, Miss F. Karsten 2 Prize offered by Mr GullyBest 6 Tea-scented Roses — Mr W. Hale <?, Mr Bolton 2 - Estba Prizes. c ■ ' Stand of Grasses —Mr Catley. Hand Bouquet by girls under 14 years of ageMiss M. Jervis. Three Spireas— Mr Bolton. Amaryllis — Mr Bolton. FRUIT. Best Dish of Strawberries, Ist prize"6s, 2nd 4s— Mr Fathers 1, Mr Catley 2. Best Dish of Cherries, Ist prize es, 2nd 4s— Mr Catley 1, Mr Wiesenharven 2, Best Dish of Apples, prize 6s— Mr G. Marshall Best Dish of Pears— Mr H. Adatua Best Dish of Nuts, prize 6s— Mr H Adams Best Dish Walnuts, Ist prize 6s, 2nd 4s— Mr H. Adams 1, Hon. N. Edwards 2. Best Dish of Almonds, Ist prize 6s, 2nd 4s-rHon. N. Edwards 1, Mr W. Barnett 2. .Best 3 Oranges, Ist prize 6s, 2nd 4s— Mr H. Adams. l, Mr O'Brien 2. ' _, Best' Pint of Gooseberries, Ist prize 4s, 2nd ."SSy-Mr Sunley 1, Mr Gilbert 2. ._..-• • Extra Prizes. ; Strawberries— Mr Catley. > . -. . Cherries— Miss J. Adams. - '."-. VEGETABLES. , . 'Best Dish of Round Potatoes, Ist prize 4s, ' 2nd. 3s— Mr W. 11. Berry 1, Hon. N. EdWards 2 ...-'. ■ JBeat Dish of Kidney Potatoes; lsfc prize 4s, • 2nd 3s— Mr C. Harford-1, Mr 11. Davis- 2 - -Best 3 Cauliflowers, prize 4s— Mi? Browning < -Best 3 Cabbages, prize 3s— Mr Berry ~ ; 1 Best 3 Cos Lettuce, prize 3s— Hon. N. Edwards Best 3 Cabbage Lettuce, prize 3s— Mr H. Bradley Best Dish Broad Beans, prize 3s— Mr J. Aldridge Dish Peas, Ist prize 4s, 2nd 3s— Hon. f N. Edwards 1, Mr Macdonald 2 ;t Best Cucumber, Ist prize 4s, 2nd 3s~H6n. - N. Edwards J, Mr W. Hale 2 !' ■".'.'" .). Best Brace Cucumbers, Ist prize 6s, 2nd 4s— Hon. N. Edwards 1, Mr C. Frank 2 Best Bunch of Carrots, prize * 3s— Mr Browning Best Bunch Turnips, prize 3s—Mr.Polglase . . „,';.: ? . • Best Bunch Spinach, 3s— Hon. Dr.' Ren-' wick '■ Extra Prize. Cabbage Lettuces— Hon. N. Edwards 1 •■.

I T I ~-*^^^-*» v ', As affording an idea of the extent to which cultivation is now carried on upon the large estates of Otago, it might he mentioned that "upon four of them, lying pretty close together, there are this season 4115 acres of grain, viz.: — Totara, 1500 acres wheat, 500 do. oats ; , Mobraki, 15 acres wheat, 200 do. oats ,'Taipo ■ ■ Hill, 150 acres wheat, 400 do, oats • 150 dp. ' barley ; Kauro Hill, 600 acres wheat, 540 do. oats, 60 do. barley. '■ | A great fuss was recently made (gaya.the ( Titnaru He-aid,) about a quater-acre section with trifling improvements, in Cathedral- -' square, Christehnrch, being sold for £10,000. "We are informed on the best authority that first £8000 and then £10,000 has been offered quarter-acre section in Tiruaru/ but! that .Hhe; owner stands out for £15,000, and is likely to get it. It is impossible to say what thej Value of land is .in a town or., i\e)obor~,hoqd progressing as Tiraaru is juJjS,sm# -~is4i | Experiments have' been tried f?A DuhedinS "'with a Siemen's electric light, wittftSe-nibsP .satisfactory results. It was worked, by, ;a power engine, and is guaranteed., to give a light of 6000 candle power. It illuminated the whole city for a radius of half ,«z njile round, snd as Dunedin is chiefly built 2 on & hill side, the effect was of course all the [more striking. '' A curious betting case (says the Dunedin 1 'Herald of Saturday) was heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The plaintiff (Robt. Seward, commission agent) claimed to recover from the defendant (T. I X M'Donough, agent for the Government Life Insurance Department) the sum of £6 i-15s; being the cost of a suit of clothes alleged to have been won by plaintiff in betting that I he had purchased certain sections of Burke's I Tojimship at public auction on his own account, defendant alleging tbatiplaintiff had been buying for Mr G. W. Elidtt. The evitdence was very contradictory, defendant|i swearing that he had not made the bet in i qnestion. His Worship (Mr J. Barthgate) held that the plaintiff could not recover a:. bet on a certainty, and a nonsuit whs entered : accordingly. . ; • . ■ j VI The Manawatu Herald, protesting 'against^ the State giving anything more than elementary education, pertinently observes. :— " In a country like New Zealand, what is Vailed' ' higher education ' is of little practical use. Mn most cases it simply amounts to this. A r(boy learns to spell out a few Latin sentences jor perhaps to conjugate a Greek verb, a very nyeak smattering is gained of French, and possibly of German, aud perhaps the First Book of Euclid is gone through. Thus mebtally equipped, he goes into an office, .*a»d in two years probably finds himself! unable to decline a Latin nouu, or to scramble over the pans asinornm. Yet, by ihean's of the fiiiiigher leducation ' craze, the minds of NeW: Zealand boys are misdirected as to the future. Instead of developing a stalwart • raqe of . settlers, who would open up our laridd, and push settlement back, we are raising a nation of clerks I What is : the 1 , result ? For every paltry situation as clerk, at £80. or £100 a year; there arein bufcetties i #cdres of applicants; whilst the country is compelled to pay the passages of emigrants from Europe to settle bitr lands." ,- the Waipawa Mail of Saturday last' is . responsible for the truth of the following :— A number of people witnessed a novel fight in Waverley street, Waipawa, on Thursday A rat emerged from his hole in broad day- " light,' and attempted to purloin one of a'bnxxU' of (Chickens, but the watchful mother pounced l upon the despoiler, and after a conflict of ,thi|ee minutes there was a dead rat lying -on I the road. It is needless to aay ! thdt ; the sympathies of the bystanders were with the hen. ,!O A Dunedin telegram to a contempbrary says-.— "A ; singular fracas becuired ~dt a .suburban Council meeting on Fri'day^ight. iEhe s South Dunedin Council met toVdhlideV^ a petition respecting extension; - The petition was found to be mixed up with a Requisition to the chief agitator asking him to become Mayor. The intended J»rtf Bejzed the portion of the memorial bel&cing. tQ himself; and another Councillor seized the .tramway portion, the result being that the .petition was dismembered, and the meeting* collapsed." • . ..■;.•• '; r ..i X:: TL "iEgles" writes in, the , Australasian •— Ihere is. in a. neighboring colony a young banister with large self-conceit, immeasurablfe presumption, and a plentiful lack of wit He is remarkable for the ■pWsure ne> takjes in hearing himself speak, and*in raiswa toTid! points of order. He is, however • Mueflyjlistingui3hed aa being the son of a ■

— ; ~ _. . «g i I)Mirne^radgo.VAt a meeting lately hdapme-i,-ij?hat'rudely : interrupted the President of." ithe Council, Sir John Hay, whilst speaking. jThatigentlem^n turned round, and pointedly 'aiddregskng thei diaturbeif,-said, "Permit me ;tore'ra;(nd ybii^Mr —StKafe legat^K'npw-. ledge Is not hereditary." Sir John Was not v again interrupted. A writer in the Canterbury Times says . — " Throughout the Colony I know scores of places of which it can be written that they possess more hotels, more warehouses, more shops, mote inhabitantathan?Ashbiirtdn| bafc I knoV ol none of which it can truibf hliy b^ . said that, making allowance for all drawbacks, it possesses in such a degree the elements and essentials of future' greatness. ; -