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THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED DAILY -MORNINGS. NELSON, THURSDAY MAY 14, 1896.
A Plucky Ventube. — About six weeks ago Mr J. E. Salisbury, of Ngatimoti, with a view of testing an outside market for stook, got together abont 1400 sheep gathered together from the dis! riot from Stanley Brook to Riwak", The sbeep were plaoed in the hands of drovers, and taken by way of the Tophouse, Rambow and Hanmer Plains to Cbrißtohnreh, where they were sold at prions so far satisfactory, that we are given to undersiand thai Mr Salisbury will repeat the experiment. New Volunteeb Coups Pbojected. — Coo - siderable interest is beirg taken in Ng- - timoti regarding a proposal to fcrm a Volunteer corps in tbat district. By scma it is thought that an infantry corps wou'd be more suitable, while others are very strongly in favor of a mounted corps. The men would have to be drawn from neighboring localities and it iB urged tbat such being tbe case a cavalry corps would be more suitable, sb the men would require to ride in any oase. If snoh a corps was formed it would be a fine thing for tbe young fell.ws joining, as they would learn to ride properly, and through the interest they would take io their horses, tbe standard of tba' class of horse would be much improved. We hope to hear of a decision in favor of thi propo. ; al._ Chabge of Stealing fbom hu E_?_oy__s. — Yesterday a lad named George Renell Gordon, and who is seventeen years of age, was arrested at the boys' residence on a obarge of having stolen oertain goods from his employers, Messrs Everett Bros, drapers of Bridge street. It Beems that Constable Phair on noticing some new boots and artioles of general olotbing at the second-hand shop kept by Mrs Bairo ia Hardy street, made certain enquiries, and the result' was that ultimately Mr Everett accompanied the Constable to the chop in question, and thereupon identified ten pairs of boots and shoes, a coat and veat, one p»ir of trousars, and a pair of boys' knioker trousers, all being bis property. The value of the goods enumerated is stated at £5 13s 6d, but it is stated tbat Messrs Everett Bros bave lost to the total amount of about £50. Certain oitcanmances led to the suspicion that the boy Gordon, who had been in the employ of Mesers Everett Bros for some time, was the oalprit, and hence hia arrest. The acoused was taken before the Stipendiary Magistrate, and. reminded till Monday next.
Thb Baoon Indubtby.— We have at various times given items of interest oonneoted with c Mr W. R. May's efforts to ejtabHsh this in- s dubtry npon the lines that have been so bus- I cessful in South Canterbury more partiou- c larlyv Thai "an ounce of example is worth a r pound of precept " iB an old saw, and we have t to ihstanoe ihe case of Mr John Hea h, of [ Ngatimoti, in support ol the theory that it a pays the farmer to supply pigs to the factory ( taking oare to observe tbe wia'acs of the £ buyer in the matter of feeding. Mr Heath c supplied pigs to Mr May tbe first season, and t so well satisfied was he. that next season he 8 inoreßsed hia supply, and tbis season he is i supplying foity pigs, the progeny ol pure bred Berkshires. Far feeding purposes a crop of over four hundred bushels of peas were raised. ] Wedding.— A very pretty wedding took plaoe on the 6th May at the Woodßbok Sun- < day Sohool, when Mr George Cameron waß married to Miss Bessie Turner, eldest daughter of the late Mr W. Turner. The bride, J who wa* given away by her undo, Mr Jaoob Turner, looked very pretty in a bream cashmere dress, with laoe and ribbonß to matob, ' pretty orange -blossom wreath\ tulle veil, and a lovely bouquet of white chrysanthemums and jassamine. The btidesuiMda wero, the two ! Misses Turner, sister and cousin of the bride, and two Misses Cameron, sisters of the bridegroom, who wore bine serge dresses and , cream ribbons, with eleotrio blue velvet toques to match, They carried pretty boquets of cream and white flowera with ribbon streamers. Mr j. Cameron, brother of the bridegroom, aoted as best man, The Wedding , March was efficiently played by Miss F. Win. ' The Rev. O. W, Jennie gs performed the cere- ! mony, after whioh the guests were enter aioed at Myrtle Oottage, tbe residence of the bride's parent's, where numerous guests sat down to j the wedding breakfast. After toasts had \ been drank and epeeohes made, the bride j donned her travelling dress, which was a ' very pretty brown cord, trimmings of brown ' velvet, and brown velvet toque to matoh. ' The happy ooupie then drove away to their ; future borne at the Buller amidst a Bhower of rice and slippers. In the evening the young people were entertained at tbe School, and dancing was kept up wiih songs interspersed until the small hours of the morning.. We must not forget to mention the wedding pre- . sents, which ware numerous and pretty. Football. — The following players will re" present tbe Albion Club in their Cup matohes with tbe Priooe Albert Olab on Satarday next, at Trafalgar Park: — Seniors: Messrs Collins, Gay, Miller, McDjnold, Higgins (2), Ingham, Biohards, Bird, G'over, Cummings, Navy, Milroy, Erahagan, Bright ; emergencies, Mcore and Tibbie. Referee, Mr Cr^eswell.—Juniors: Cooke, Carter Clear, Dee, MoGavin, Harford, McDonald, Wylie, Henry, Baxter, MoOre, Green, Adtmeon, Hogg, Batohelor, Biohards, and Hannah. Referee, Mr S. Levien.— A Tbird-olass Champioship match, Gentral Sohool v. Rivals, will bs played in the Botanical Beserve, when Mr W Dee will referee. SHEABEB3 WANTED FOB AUSTRALIA. — A notification is appearing in our advertising columns to the effect that sixty good hand shearers and forty machine shearers are wanted for Australia, and that applications, with references and deposit of oae pound, must be sent to the Western Graziers Paßtoral and Finance Company, Sydney. Bbtjnneb Belief Fond.— The amount in hand of the Nelson Committee now ationnta to £972 9s lOd, an additional sum of £3 9s Cd having been received from Messrs Bankin, of Motueka, and £69 ls 7d collected in the Anglican ohnrohes of the Diocese. Mr Graham M.H.R. leaves for Wellington by the s. s. Penguin in order to Bttend the Conference whioh will meet to-day, bnt adjourn till to-mor»ow for the transaction of busi. neflj. Recital at St John's Chobch.— A mnsioal recitil will be held at St. John's Y/e*leyan 1 Ohuroh to-morrow evening, when tha soloists wili include Mrs Howie Misß Eiogley, Mr John W. Hill, and ethers. Misa Melhuith will perform as organist, and tbe recital, to which admission will be by silver coin, will oommenoe at eight o'clook. The recital Bhould prove highly successful, and no donbt there will ke a large attendance at the Church. The Cadzowb.- Mrs Willis who was prevented i reaohing Nelson in time to appear at t.e concerts reoently given by th 6 Cidzow family arrived here by the s. s. Grafton, and h^B generously oonsented to assist Mr Cadzow in some ot his future concerts. Ths company will positively appear at Wakefield to-morrow night, when if they receive their due, they i will be welcomed by a full bouse. A distbessing Accident. — We are extremely sorry to learn tbat a very distressing aooident betel Mr Israel Jobns, of Trafalgar street, on Tuesday last. He was superintending Borne work in bis bisouit faotory, when oae of his fingers was drawn into a maohioe , and so badly orushed that it was neaessary to send for Dr Roberts. The doctor found the i injury to be sach that he had to ampatate . the finger. Bbdnnbb Relief Committee.— The meeting of the General Committee stands adjourned till this afternoon at four o'olock at , ihe Counoil Chamber. Meat Show.— Mr Wilkie announcea that he will make a special display of meat at his premises, Nile street Wtst, this evening, and a very floe one may be expected. i Death op Mb John Hughes.— 1 1 is with deep regret that many will htar of the death of Mr John Hughes, an old and esteemed Weßtport resident. He leaves a widow— the third daughter of the late Mr T. A'kcw of tbis City— and three children. There are very many who will joia ub ia sympathy for the bereaved. Miss McKenzie, of Sandon, is a youog lady of nerve, as shown by the faot thit at MaDgaonoho she orossed the wire over the Eangitikei river, to and from Mr McGregor'B mill, on whioh all the timber is brought over. The wire is about a quarter of a long, and is nearly 300 ft above the river, and the mode of oonveyanee was by a Bingle plank swung by pullies on the wire, and worked by an engine with an endless wire. As the lady left the mill, tied on with rope and ob*in, she was loudly obeered. A speakeb at the Fruit Conference said he knew of a mm who made £200 a year from growing lemons.
It iB understaod, Bays the Dunedin • Star.' tbat Mr G. J. Smith wiil net seek re- eleotion for C^ristohnrch. At St. Mary's Charob, Thmru, on Tuesday Mi?s Mary Kerr, eldest daughter of Mr E. G. Kerr, proprietor of the Timaru « Hera'd,' was married to Mr J. Hartly Smith, 8.A., of the B .y'a High Sohool, Christohuroh. Tbe ohuroh was suitably decorated. The marriage was solemnised by the Yen. Archdeacon Harper, assisted by the Rev W. H. Orbell. The bride was given away by her father ; her Bister, Miss Maude Kerr, wes bridesmaid, ard M> M. H. Browne, of the Timara High School, was groomsman. Cabdinal Moban told a nioe little story of what they say .in Dunedin about Wellingt n. •' Tbey say," observtd his Eminence jkmh a smile, " tbat Wellington is pitting irJthe lap of a volcanic range, likely to blow up at aoy moment, and that your harbor in only a ho'.e in the ground caused by the sioking of a crater." And yet Dunedin is finding its way to Wellington to do business, and it is welts me. At the recent Belfast assizes damages to the amount of £2CD were awarded a young lady name] Leslie in a breech of promise aotion against a srinning mill manager named Riddall. A similar aotion brought by a Miss M'Call against Mr Dalz V, a foreman of a Belfast newapap r, was settled, the defendant paying £110 damage?. Bobebx Bablow, the half onste who captured Winia'a, the Epoom murderer, in ihe KiDg Coun'ry and brought him to justice, died a few days ago ia the north of Auokland. Speaking at Christohurob, Cardinal Moran said that many of those opposed to it were not really fight inn tbe Catholic Church, tut were, in good faith, combating tbe miserable phantom wbioh tbe misrepresentations of the enemies of the oburoh htffl raised up. The member for Otaki, Mr J. G. Wilson, strongly oommends the Government land policy, and especially the Landß for Settlement Aot. He declares tbat it bas had a distinctly good effect opoa land settlement, and he oredit3 the Minister of Landß wi h being thoroughly in earnest in the good work of settling the people on tbe land. B-pb-ssntativb Laoky, of lowa, is the author of one of the most valuable law books in use by tha American bar. It is " Laoey's Railway Digest," a compendium of all tbe railway cases ever tried Bnd decked in the United States, England, and. Australia.
Air ingenious instrom nt oiled the ships' fa oouree recorder his bee a placed for the in- q speotfoi of members in tbe oloak room of the a House of Commons. The machioe reoords 3 exactly, by means of a clockward arrange- c moot, the course of any vessel to wbioh it t may befittad, as well as the smallest deviation j from is. end it has been to eorue extent adopted by such eminent shipowners as the t Canard Steamship Oompany ani the Union t Steamship Company. Indeed, the captain r ofa Cuoard vessel retorts that he hss found v the recorder materially to assist in shortening t a voyage owing to tha aoouraoy witb whioh ii 1 marks aiy divergence from the proper oourse. s Mb Isaac Bayly is being u'ged to stand as I the Natioial Association candidate for t Poverty Bay* I Mb Tyson, the Newtown laundryman, in« * tends riloning the Lyitelton seat* Mb Lawbt, on of tbe Northern members, , deolares that the Leader of the Opposition is } pledged to give St'a'e aseistancd to Roman ( Oalholio school::. Without pronouncing iot . or against suoh a course of aotion, may we , aek the ' Post* to make a note of this state- - ment, and to disoover from tbe honorable j gentleman whether it is true or false ? _ Oar j Wellington evening contemporary is so j anxious abont the national system of eduot- , tion that it should really satisfy itself as to j what is likely, to be Oaptain ßubbbll's attitude , when the subjeot oomes up for discussion.
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Colonist, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8558, 14 May 1896, Page 2
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