GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 123, 15 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A PAPER'S JUBILEE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. _ The Otago Daily Times will publish its jubilee issue in the morning. The editor has received nearly 200 congratulatory messages, which are being published, from prominent figures in political, religious, educational, industrial, commercial and journalistic circle, these including messages from persons of exalted station. HIGH PRICE OF LAND. Invercargill, Last Night. A sale of a 950-acre farm at Wallacetown, seven or eight miles, from Invercargill, took place to-day. Four or five years ago this farm changed hands at €lO per acre, and it has now been resold at £25 an acre, an increment of £14,250 in the time stated. THE BAND CONTEST. Gisborne, Last Night. The secretary of the Bank Contest Committee has received information today that the following test selections have been decided on:—A grade: Grand selection, "La Mascotte" (Audron), selected and arranged by Mr. William Short, L.R.A.M; grand selection, "Robert. II Diavolo" (Meyerbeer), selected and arranged by Wm. Short. B grade selection: "Les Hngciiots" (Meyerbeer), arranged by Mr. W. Rimmer; selection, "Maritnna" (Wallace), arranged by W. Rimmer.