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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 4 December 1906, Page 2

To make room for reports, local news, and telegrams our leading article is held over. On tha 30th November, in the Supreme Court, in Chambers, at Wellington, on the application of Mr Harley, His Honour the Chief Justice granted probate of the will of William Sutton to Edward Sutton and Leslie pgorge Sutton, the executors named in IHs will. The Nelson Amateur Swimming Club will open the season on Saturday at the Port, when a good programme of events has been arranged. Good entries have been received for the various events, and some keen sport is anticipated. A memorial service will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, attended by the volunteers of the district, in memory of the late Colonel Pitt, Minister of Defence, and formerly Officer Commanding the District. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held this morning, Mr H. EyreKenny and Mr H. Firth being on the l&rfC}}, E. VV. Dee and Sons (Mt Macheli) obtained judgment against L. Taylor for ££> 13s, with, costs £1 3s 6d;.and F- N. Jones (Mr Macheli) obtained judgment against \V. G, D, yyya£t for £1 16s or return of goods, with fo BQ5\4While the new railway timetable has given general satisfaction, country pkf} : pie have found the arrival of the afternoon train at Nelson at 2.30 too late for their various purposes. Representations having keen, made to Mr Edwards, the officer iii charge, he has written to Mr P. Beet to fch.g offget $hai a change will be made ngKt njpnth, the train to arrive at 1.30 instead ol 2.30. The Quarterly meeting of the Nelson Licensing Committee was held yesterday, when all the members were" present. Transfers of the licenses for the Suburban North Hotel, the WhitJ Hart (Richmond), and the Bush Taverr (Nelson) were granted. Alterations in the plans f of the Commercial and Trafalgar Hotels were agreed to. The chairman, intimated that the Committee would adhere to its resolution with regard to the Central Hotel (formerly (3oacU ftflt} Horses). The installation of Master and Invpstituce of officers in eonnectjon with Southern £>taz* Slasonic Lodge take place this evening. Visitore are cordially inyitefL A notice to members of Victory LflfjgS in connection therewith appears in this issue, "I think you ore a happy pooplo," said Sir John Gorst to a nowspaj>cr rntcrvfcwer at WeUii)gton. ''Everything I sect tends to show that the condition of the People of New Zealand is as prosperous ■ and happy as that of anj? nation ja the world. You havo enormous advantages. 'You have an iinnvsnse country wisv great undeveloped resources, ' ww&ln fiejids for |the investment of capital, "ii very healthy climate, a very, fino stock of population from which you are breeding. And you have no slums. 1 ihave not seen anything in the nature of slums since I have been here. It appears that your people are very well off. Of course, there is a great deal of talk among capitalists at Home About the greaf, h-apm done to industries by youV l&bbui\ }aws, and about the strength of the tra>de «nions ; but I haye not boen aWa to find here any sign of the collapse of industries in the country. Of course, there are no millionaires here, and no means by which people could make great fortunes, and under the present land laws there cannot be groat landowners, compared with those iw<s have at Home. Hut you have a great number of well-to-do people. Your condition is very like that -of the people of Switzerland, where the land is not very densely populated, and the people, from the custom of old time, have lived in comfort without any great wealth or affluence for many generations. I know, if I were a labouring man m England. 3! should savo evorv tftlng I could so tha.t I might come out to New Zealand, iwhere I should have better opportunities of succeeding, and whe*e any. children | could be brought up under tetter conditions than at Homo." Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. will offer at the their Richmond Yards tomorrow fat and store sheep and 20 head cattla : on Friday, 14th December, household furniture and effects at. Tra-falear-street South, on account M* F. A. Fraser, who is leaving the district. Have yon a sore that won't heal. If ' so try - Witch's Herbal Ointmeal— <J mighty hasJer—O. '$. HicstOD, Agent.

Mr W E. Scott's residence at Ri■aka Was destroyed by lire on Sunday fternooh. The building was insured i the Phoenix office for £100 and the ontents in the Sun office for a similar mount. A piano and a few other hings were saved. At a meeting of the Licensing Com- tj nittee yesterday a resolution of sym>athy and condolence with the famiiy >f the late Hon. A. Pitt was carried. p A number of the trees along the re- o j :laimed land to the Port need cutting, c j -specially those overgrowing the cycle jj, irack. Cyclists have to dodge many t [ branches that are now hanging too p low, and at night time there is a £j change of getting an injury to the face. • r( The Anchor Company wish to draw attention to an alteration in the timetable of the s.s. Koi on Thursday next, v 6th inst. , when she will leave Motueka j for Nelson at 1 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. Q This postponement of two hours will enable solicitors- and others having v business in the. Motueka Licensing Court to return same day. , (■ The constant stream of traffic to arid from the new Past Office was very j noticeable throughout business hours ( to-day. The additional accommodation and convenience are greatly appre- ( ciated by the hundreds who have to use the Post Office daily for various pur- ' poses, and also Ijy thft officials Who j serve the public. j A heavy northerly blow has been experienced in the feay for thi past thtee days. It was especially rough on Sunday, and the smaller craft had to put back, being quite unable to make headway. Last night the Tutanekai, with Sir Joseph Ward' aboard, met^'the full force of the gale; at Peppin's * Island, and it was though^, advisable to return to the outer anchojfage till the morning. The friends oi Mr Frank Trask, M.L.C., will regret -to learn that he is very poorly at ptesent, and hind to make a severe Btrß(ggle to take part in some of the functions attending the Premier's visit yesterday j-All hope he may soon recover and become his own hearty self agiyn One effect of the dry weather in Blenheim is the appearar.ee of dry rot in some of the potato crops. This is said to be particularly tbo case in the Remvick district, aid oven irt tho Spring I * Creek district some crops ore slightly affected, Mr C. N. 'Baoyertz, oditoiv of tho '■'Triad," has been very seriously , ill in Napior, but is now out of danger. ... Tho Ashburton County Council during the period front April Ist ■to September 30th has paid for 15,682 hares' tails, iand in the same period 27,937 birds' heads 1 havo Icon bought. Tho total expenditure was £369 9s -7d. Tho big liner Cor hit hie is on her way from, London via Capetown and Hobart, with a record' list of ©79 passengers of all classes. They comprise G2 first saloon. 43 socond • saloon, and 487 third-class paasen- ) gers. Of #the total, "Wellington [ takes 200, Auckland IGB. I.ytteltfln 101, Dunedin 60, and a fe\ri Will land at each of tho remaining ' ports of any consoquence. The to- > tal passenger list is a record' for the colony, the previous record also 'held by tme same liner, whon Bho landed 626 passengers at Wellington, en November Oth, 1904. Mr F. Seed, who was at one time Inspector for the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is at present in Nelson, his object being to bring under notice the "Greener Killer." This, it is claimed, is the most humane contrivance for killing animals (diseased horses, cattle, . etc.) that has yet been invented. It is a very small instrument on the prini ciple of a pistol, which can be readily carried in the pocket, and in the event of a horse breaking a leg in the street, or any animal so injuring itself as to necessitate it being destroyed, the "Greener Killer" can be depended upon to take its life painlessly and instantaneously. In shape it is very much like a bell. The bell-shaped part is placsd on the forehead of the animal, in such a position that the bullet will strike the brain, the charge being exploded by a simple tap on the nipple at the end of a short barrel, in which the cartridge is encased. These "Killers," according to Mr Seed, are very largely used at Home, and they have been introduced into New Zealand, Australia. South Africa, and America. It is infinitely superior, he says, to the old method of the pole axe, being quicker and never failing. Apart from the question of humanity, Mr Seed says the instrument can be recommended for public and. private abattoirs, as the "Greener" acts like a lightning flash, and it is to the interest of every butcher to kill his cattle quickly and painlessly, as this means freer bleeding and better meat. With it, pithing can be dispensed with, and the largest "show" beast can be killed as readily as the smallest heifer, and 20 animals can be killed at a cost of Is for ammunition. The initial outlay is very triflin" and with care the instrument will last a lifetime. Mr Seed is to-day visiting the Corporation Abattoir. Xhe-"Kil-ler" is at present on view in the establishment of Messrs R. Snodgrass and Sods. A Press Association message from Wellington states that the following Nelson candidates were in the list of those who were successful in the last examinations of the C(ty and Guilds of the London Institute, conducted in Nelson some months ago:— John William Lewis, an ordinary practical pass for plumber's worU ; Jane Alice Bond, first-class pass for plain cookery ; Amy Frances Johnson, first-class pass for plain cookery. M|Bse» Bond and Johnson are on the teaching afcaff at the Toi Toi Valley School. On Thursday next, at premises, Apnleby, at 11 a.m. sharp, Messrs Mark Sprot and Co. will hold a clearing sale in Satherley's Estate. Luncheon will be provided. A REAL SNAP.— Our 21 pieces China Teasets, at 10s 6d each • 14 patterns ex AV«ißpJ»nd. — R. Snodgrass and Sons.! 4 sample "Killer" will be on view in Messrs 'Snodgrass a«df Sons' window for a fey/ day/).'