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FROM EVERYWHERE
Nugget of Gold Found.,
A 'half-pound nugget of gold has
beelln handed to the manager of the
Dubbo branch of the Rural Bank by a
resident of the far west for safe keep
lng. The discovery of thie nugget,
shicll is pure alluvial gold,, resi ited'
in an lintensive search for a ,e'; bst
so far, .i't ils not bedn foiud."." .
Council Nominations
Those intending to stand for alec
tion to the-I Goulbuirn ?ity? Counciclare
advised, thata.:n'omlinitions close ati- 5
p.m. to-day, anul will he aninotiunced/at
noon to-morrow. It" i: tinderstod -thai
already a ..large nimibner 0o aspirants.
to civic honoiirs ihave halndde:li their
nominaitions in;, ai ti:le" list. promises
to be a lengthjy. one.:. .....:. i::.
Electricity Extesion:.. ir ::.::
The extenision of electrclIty i?to
coun;'·y distrits by the Ballina. Eleca
tric Construction 'Com?a?n:y w:asad.
vans'ed a 'fu.ither :staige yesterday
, hen a :.canble ;arrying 600 volts' wvas
laid across tihee Richmond River att
Wairslell. Tbhe wcil a:will· be n: ?x
teiislon from .thie existing ,mauin, ?ndi
aihould serve many. consumers -on, the
,lroadwaiter sidei of thie river:: ::: ::
Horace.Lindnum.
T.h'Die challesiger, Horace Lindrum,
was 916 ahead: of Ithl: tit:le-hoder ;his
nude Fred Lindh'm in; a" a 'match for
tlie: Austra'ian.l rofessionl '-bilia dsa
cha81iismposlp 0o11 th resumptonof
play .oat ':telbouriif e-sterday anid at
tihe end of tile session lie had alead
of 884. He -asin piy hen sessItonal
points: "Were iea ciied, n-ith an ,unnfin.
ished lreai k of 122 Scores' Horace
Lidi um, 3371 i . d Lii.druin 2487.
lBreiks? :? :Lin1drum 122i::i22 .unflo
:isileild Fred .Ltn~drum,-1.19, 109:..".''
Wood Foo, Matches.:·.: (::. ,:,
'rhe dev elopment of pine pianti
tions in the Beriima district may
leId to tle establIshment of oi new in
dustry. Tniooi fibre from pine forests
is :used extensiely:. for the..ia?nufac
ture of woodeni matches, :'and, experi:
mients are be ng: cobiducted "to deter'
mine 6? hetiie: Berrima Iplne 0: nortihS:
eri'i livers-'.pine :-:s::mbst suitable :folr
tlhe pii'pose.e Itt is claime le ,th-tt-bot hi
are superior to woaod from) Snitlier
land,? from ni:hich.' Australaini-made
miatclies arie manufactured:. A peci!:
maclhine Is necessaly for the coii
lienmths: .? hch Is::fs:.,d 0n do.nl~eon .plan;: a
VerIon a i wo i'aiac
Turist Trai
Atl"'a specicommtteemeetng hel
last n 'ighit itswasore s Ied rt ia
'turiiih. 1trailn' on December 2 to ol
longongBuilli Thirropl and Austnmner,
ilin?on&fijunction w"it:'thte R:ailway?: De?
'Dartment 'who hd planned to run a
'trai h?n ':that; dae 'l secir etaries '
1of .sportiengbodies are ?reuested:,to
communicate as early an posinlbia with
the secrstnary,:.of.:'t.e' Tourist-.Bureau,'
nith a vie pa to sending' repre~entave
'teamn ..Invftatisne have :been :received.
fiom sporting bodies in tle Cotail
towns t ,send ..represn nathves:n Full
rticplars; 1 ilelbe, ad-rle f In` this
mpepr and by mean ohand bul
later ii
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