LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The Maitai bowlers arrived home yesterday after a most enjoyable tour. Their last match at Palmerston North was stopped by rain when the Maitai bowleg were leading by a substantial majority. At Wellington on Saturday a presentation of a silver-mounted walking-stick, suitably inscribed, was made to .ur Beit Dee, who had capably acted as business manager of the team.

On the Boulder Bank yesterday, between the telegraph wires and the Lighthouse, on the ocean side, Mr Sears, of Bridge-street, pickecL up a blue dingy, a good deal weather-beaten. Tha boat had a rope attached, and on the top seat, written in pencil, some words so far as decipherable were "Name of Dingy." The rest coufd not be read. The dingy is now lying on the mudflats, near the Butts.

Swimming sports in connection with the Nelson Amateur Swimming Club will be held on Saturday next. Entries close to-morrow evening.

The Waimea Amateur Swimming Club will hold a sports meting on the 2nd March. Entries will bo received till Saturday next. '-

The "New Zealand Herald" says there is evidently ampfc work in the country for farm' hands and labourers, for the Auckland Labour Bureau fmdf but little difficulty in meeting every application. The last batch of immigrants that arrived in the colony just recently, were evidently cf a desirable class, and the greater number of them took positions in the country. In fact every one of them who applied t< the local hineaii was iu-coniniodat-d and those who had not preciously boec on a farm were taken .by setllers or the condition that they were willing tc learn.

Dr Carter, Bishop of Pretoria, ' has written to the Johannesburg "Star" protesting against the "insinuations made in the House of Commons that the people of the Transvaal permit, and practically condone, vice among the Chinese."

On Friday afternoon week a Bensation was caused'at Palmeiston by the news of a runaway marriage (says tho " Wanganui Chrojnidle "). The daughter of a very prominent resident of Palmerston North," wjth her intended husband— a well-known Wanganui resident — slipped away fo Longburn and went through the' marriage ceremony without interruption. The parent*, arriving on the scene by motor directly after the ceremony, tried to bring back their erring daughter, who. to avoid trouble, left by the mail for Christchurcb, Her husband joins her thero later.

During the inquest en the body «f MiBS Eleanor Pearl Axup at the Wellington Morgue, a curious mob of small girls and boys, and peoplo of maturer years who ought to have known bettor, gathered round the building anxious to get a glimp.ie of the accused man. This display of morbid curiosity on the part of about 60 or 70 people— most of whom were school boys and girls who ought to have been in their homescontinued from 4 p.m. till 7 o'clock, when tho coroner's inquiry concluded. A constable drove the crowd away half a dozen times, but they always came back.

On Wednesday next Messrs Mark Sprott and Co. will hold the annual sale of stock on behalf of the Wakefield branch of the Farmers' Union, at the White Hart yards, Richmond, for which large entries of fat and store sheep have been received.

On Friday, 22nd inst., Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. hold a ram and ewe fair and sale of pedigree and fat and store sheep. Present entries are 300 rams, 4000 sheep, and 300 head of cattle. On Friday following, Ist March, at "Muratai," Britannia Heights, the residence of the late Hon. Albert Pitt, they will offer household furniture and effects, including piano, carriage, etc.

Many have testified RHEUMO has permanently cured them from rheumatism, etc., after all other remedies had failed. All chemists and stores. 2s 6d and 4s 6d.

Our special correspondent at Christchurch wires that Mrs Jenkin wife of the Rev. Stanley Jenkin, of the Nelson Baptist Church, died there yesterday. Mr and Mfs Jenkiil came to Christchurch about a week ago. me remains of the deceased will be intevrI ed at Christchurch.

At the Exhibition Rifle Meeting today Sergt. Ching (Nelson) has gained second place at the 200 yards range wi h 34 Corpl. A. A. Ayston, ot the Mun kika Mounted Rifles, scared th« only possible.

Miss Q'uinifee Cbwles and Mies Connie Palmer hav6 received word that they havo passed the first section of the B.A. degree. Both were day pupils at tl t Girls' College

At 3 o'clock (Jn TweSda-y afterhottn at St Mar-V's Chu'iv>\ a pretty wedding tos solemnised by the Key, anther Claney between wr Ucorge Thomas Gundprion, or Nelson, and Lydia Scott, third daughtsr of Mr Joseph . Shert Scott, " The Wood*." The bride, «h» wa? given away bjr hoi: fatbefr, *oH> ft handsome drtss tif embtow%ed creme siik Voile, tritomed with goffered, chiton »nd <idehVei SH a^, and wore the oHlodos frrea'th and v:\l. The W^^s we're Misses Katfe ah'd Mary fccolt listers of lhe bride), who wore creme tofleta voile, trimmed with edelweiss lace, the younger biiietmaid being Misa Doliy Machin. who wore Breltte silk ftnfl carried a orook of flpwe» MJ* B*«« aded A3 chic* bWUtoaM, Mr John Scott 4a best Wan, and Mr Arthur %s gVOOmi-man, After Tne ceremony Vhe guests wsi-o entertained at the residence 'of the bride's parent-. The presents W«>e both numerous and handsome, including severe! chevies. Ihe bride'B profGftttoßo.bhdcgrpo'n'i was a pair of gold link*, ah'd the bridegroom s brcsfent \6 the bride was a gold chain md ttttss, to the cbwf bridesmaid a g'6ld bangla, *nd to the other bjr desmans gold broolAes. TWs brides tr&vellirig Vost'lWo consisted of a navy C'oth tailor made co.tume, and she wore a charmingly pretty pink hat. The happy couple sailed the same evening for Wellington, en rcu'o for Dunedin and Christchurcli.

f^riaih BoYr«ris, .of. the Hinemoa. lias litfbvm'e'd a Wellington, "Toy reporter tliat the cask Tmoy Which disappeared off 'fifes Rock, lory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound, was successfully fished up last week. When the missing buoy was brought to light it was discovered that it had been sunk by some mischievous pei-Bons hy perforating it With 1 bullets filtd from a rifle. The marine Department has decided to offer a reward of £5 for information which will lead to the of the culprit, It i's just as well to point out •chat persons interfering with buoys are liable to a penalty of £200 and twelve months' inifi^oiiment.

"It is a disgraceful statei,of affairs ..to see a youngster like ytiu ,enarifefi with drimkeiini>sa } „. ,SaVft 'tti'- U. C. Kettle, S.M-., at tlin Police Court at Auckland tjie other day to a youth of 16 years, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. Defendant admitted that he had six pints of beer in . two hours. Mr Kettle: "V()n sMtm th rfiiiik it a Hianly t'fiin£ to £r> iVilo the bar and drj,rik.likl* r btflw men." As this was defciVd'anv's first offence he was convicted and discharged. In reply to further remarks by His Worship, defendant said: "I will find it rather hard to give "it up at first, Your Worship." The young fellow had just loft thtt dock when Mr Kettle called htm hack, alltl issued a prohibition order &sairi9t him fbr 18 months,. Siyhlg : ".YoU rfi.ay thiiik this Sol't of. thing is hard,- but it is nbi., aiid if you have any sense ypu will see it. I ani determined, if I can, to *te}i youngsters like you from drinking, and with the assistance bt the police I will do ,it." Defendant on being served \Vilh his prohibition order then left the court.

Opinions favourable to Dr. Mason's scheme for the medical inspection of school children were given by a number of school teachers and doctors interviewed by a Lyttelton "Times" repor* ter. "Here is an instance," said one doctor. "A wealthy father and mother brought me their boy recently and said that he had been unwell for some weeks past, but as the school examinations were oil, they had waited until these wero over. I found that the boy's temperature was 104deg., and that he was suffering from acute tuberculosis. I sent hini to a piivate hospital at once, but he was dead within a week, in spite of the fact that he had come top in his class. Now, a medical inspector visiting the school that boy attended, days or even perhaps weeks and months before, would have observed the child's condition, and probably have, by his recommendation to the parents, been the means of saving the boy's life." "I must say," added the speaker, "that I think it absolutely essential for the medical inspectors to be debarred from private practice, and for this reason, if for no other, they should be highlypaid men ; £500 per annum is an absolutely inadequate salary, considering the responsibility of the position. The position is much more responsible than that of Inspector of Hospitals or District Health Officers."

New- Zealand has evidently favourably impressed the New South Wales bowlers who are touring the colony. Speaking at a reception held in Dunedin the other day, Mr Crouch, a vice-president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, said : "We have been surprised and delighted with all we havo seen. lam sure we shall go away from this colony carrying with us golden opinions of the people, of the orderliness of your inhabitants, and of the general appearance of prosperity that permeates the whole of the two is - lands through which wo have travelled " Alderman Ward was no less emphaticHe said : "When your late Premier whom we all admired, spoke of New Zealand being 'God's Own Country' he forgot to mention one other thing, and that was to have Cod's own country you must have God's own people i firmly believe that New Zealand, man to man, and woman to woman, has no equal i,i the world, and I am not surprised that this is so after visiting one of your churches yesterday, and seeing the way ,„ which tho service was con-

The following vivid account of misadventure from a letter received from 11? "£ ° f a party of Wanganui lad.es who are on a visit to Mount Cook Hermitage, gives an idea of the dangers and difficulties which beset the traveler on this far-famed route: in hi A ? tr T Fa i r,e y in the mot °'' in- high glee on Tuesday morning. The sun was shining brightly. The roads . ak„ T^ SS ° Ck l a ??' . Until we r^ched Lake Takapa, which is a lovely green lake. We took morning tea thiref and dined Weßt A i°9 •? $•• ' ake ' where "c £ i j A I ' 6 drlve round lake followed and the only little steep place met with was the Devil's Elbow. The country here still consisted of wide plains a „d tussocks, and wend ng through were numerous mountain streams and we wondered at our motor attempting to go through them. Then the rain came. On and on we dashed We were told that all the worst streams ?. e W '.% driver *yi"8! "Thison: is alright. However, the motor suddenly stopped, and he Rot intQ hjs we S nf S1 W got US a " 0ut ' Ho th en went to a hut a qnarter of a miJe away n l,^ P '/ nd J° Und there was »° horse *™ .. „ However - he got a man or wo and all tugged at the motor, but to no purpose The water meanwhile got deeper, till it reached the top of the seats, and ran in and out through our luggage. The poor chaffeur wis fo great distress. There was quite avalnnc he o I muddy water-the grand est thing I had ever seen-all in a few moments from a quiet stream to th s avalanche of turbulent water. It was grand How we got to the hut and al that happened must be told later The motor was saved by being roped to the huge boulders. We still have no luggage some being lost. The motor ?s be full of silted mud, and all but the ™ hln S things spoiled. Luckily I left some of my best things at Fairley and had my money and tickets safe. N. has lost her tickets and some money. I hope we will get compensation. The clergyman, his daughter, and a youth are in the same plight. The Hermitage is very comfortable, the table good and the mountains grand. The air here is beautifully fresh, though we havo a fire of an evening. Mount Scfton is right in front of us. We took a walk this morning, and I crossed the suspension bridge. One can ride quite easily to the first hut, hut must walk 14 miles io the other, which I don't intend to d 0.."