Those interested are advised that the Income-tax is payable in one sum on the 31st January. Mr D. Burns, saddler, of Blenheim, has an announcement elsewhere of interest to those requiring saddles or harness. Those who have been in Mr Burns' shop must admit that he has a well-selected stock, and can supply any line in the trade made of the very best material.
Settlers in the Sounds have been fairly busy bushfelling for some time, Mr T. Mills, of Hopai, having had 500 acres cleared. It is estimated that there will be at least three or four thousand acres felled this year, and there will be employment for over a hundred men. The settlers in the Sounds are evidently moving along, and the export of wool, &c, in a year or two should be something consider able. If things were only progressing as fast at this end, the whole district would soon be in a very prosperous state.
Rudyard Kipling, in The Times, describes New Zealand as "the loyeliest. land in the world." He places British Columbia next. Mr W. T. Erskine has been ap pointed sub-agent for the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand.
Notices re dog registration will be found in our advertising columns.
A meeting of the stewards and officers of the Pelorus Jockey Club is convened for to-morrow night at the Post-office Hotel.
