NELSON.
High southerly winds, coupled with dry weather, are doing damage to the crops and the fruit, and rain is wanted. The hop crop is likely to be light, There are at lea3t 100 acres less than usual in cultivation.
A bush fire has done considerable damage to the standing bush at Belgrove and Wakefield.
Several shopkeepers, including ironmongers, painters, and others, began the new year by closing 1 on Saturday afternoons instead of Wednesdays.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 29
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75NELSON. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 29
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