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On our first page to-day will be found articles headed "The Masterton Band," "The South African Trouble," and "The War in China"; also bowling, sporting, and commercial news.
The purchase money for the Hatuma estate (^£541,661) will be paid over at Wellington to-day.
Recent; sales in the Wairarapa and ManaWatu districts indicate a fall in tho price of sheep.
! Pettcugell, the well known boxer, has recently been giving exhibitions of the "noble art" on the West Coast.
