Another telegram says that the Board have decided to maintain their attitude in supporting Miss White at Moa Creek. The new Wanganui Hospital is to be built of brick, and the tender of Messrs Russell and Bignell, of Wanganui, has been accepted for the work. Some commotion has been caused in commercial circles in Victoria through the Tasmanian Government issuing forms claiming income tax retrospectively on goods disposed of in Tasmania.. Mr W. Hook, proprietor of the Cafe de Paris, Palmerston North, has sold out his in terest in the hotel to Mrs Manson, of Kai warra.
The Woodville Examiner has declined an advertisement from a new firm of Chinese tradesmen, on the ground that Chinese competition is unfair to the other business people of t ho town. A man named John Smith broke his leg while bush-felling on the Mangamingi block. His mates had to carry him twelve miles. A swimming club has been formed at Palmerston North.
