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Ktebcabgim.',.August 'lO.
Peter Grant, 'clerk of tlie > Magistrate's-.Court,'at Bivertoiri, and holder of other public offices in the district for many years, : died of dropsy last night,;. He has been thirty years in the. Colony. ' , The second show' of the; Poultry Association, which opened to-day, showed a great tidvauce in the number and excellence of exhibits, over last year. Tho ohampion prize, of 6 guineas, for the best rooster of any breed (open to the colony), was won by A. W. Lindsay which arrived from Wellington this morniug. There was a better locally-bred bird, but the owner had not entered him. Christohurch, August 10. The annual meeting of the Canterbury Art Society was held to-day. The report showed-Eeceipts, £744; expenses, £754; balance in hand £073. against £OB3 of last year. The Society has G life, 99 ordinary, and 89 working members, against i lifo, 188 ordinary, and 81 working members of last year.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2974, 11 August 1888, Page 2
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153Telegraphic. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2974, 11 August 1888, Page 2
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