LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Raiu has fallen at intervals during, li* Dast claw or two. At about noon J D-'dav a strong south-easterly wmd| St. ras blowing, and th» »tmosph«r« bad tin urned vsry chilly. ™? A maetinz of tiw N«ta»n Homing vk Jlutj will be h*l d<rt tb» S«or«t«ry's co: touse to-night at 8 o'clock. Mi pc A meeting of the Women of the Bar- to: i.ardo Homes Society will b« held at te: Mrs Gibbe'. Collingwood-street, on Fn- laJ lav next, at 3.30 p.m. The Wanderers' Football Club are ri< arranging to play. a match with the ed Encounter team in the Park on Satur- ilf Jay afternoon. 8° H.M.S. Encounter arrived from Wei- lo lington at 5.50 last evening, and dropped k( anchor much closer to the new cut than P she did on her previous visit to Nelson ti a few weeks ago. This will facilitate in the boating work. The man-of-war will vi remain here for about ten days. The w Kncounter is replacing the Pioneer as « New Zealand's drill ship while the lat- B ter is being overhauled at Sydney. k B An inquest was held y©3t«rd»y afternoon into the circumstances atti.-iiiing thf> death of a. child nam-jj Joseph J< V.ric Porcival Hargreaves, two years of vi aco. whict occurred at Mrs Vorooe's c nursing Home on, Monday evening. After n K-ji-ing the evidence of Dr Lucas the J iuiv >" turned a- verdict 'Nat uenth was duo to exhaustion from general weakness. The jury complimented Mrs Vercoe upon the care she had bestowed iiDon the child, During July and August of this year R the Commonwealth shipped 434 to lls of ; i butter to the United Kingdom. Inthe | a corresponding period last year 500 tons were shipped, while in July and August 1905 the total reached 1909 tons. c a An opossum was killed in a bush- > men's camp up the Taranaki coast, in n thn Awakiuo district, the other day. t Somo Maoris, who had never seen or j hoard of the littl-e animals, received g . somewhat of a scar© over the visitor. fi Onossums have not, so far as the "Heraid" knows, ever been released in that 1 Dart of the district, so thie particular ' a one must have travelled a long dis- ' ( . Lance. s There had been a collision between a ( , hntchor's cart and an automobile. The s policeman was taking copious notes re- [ £ carding tho accident. "Mammie," said j s a small bnv on the outskirts of the i ' r crowd, "why does the policeman always j link the end of his pencil bofore writ- r in<r?"' "To make the case look as black as possible, I suppose," answered a his mother., as she helped the child into a the tramcar. t A peculiar case of theft is being in- , vestigated in Christ-church, says the ' f Lyttelton "Times." One night last ( week, it is stated, tho office of the t Caversham Hotel was entered, the safe , opened, and between £80 and £90 in 1 : cheques and gold, and numerous re- , ceipts, representing £1500, stolen. All ( the stolen cheques were cashed at tho hotel between 31at August and 7th SepI tcmbor. | ] ' Mr Janws O'Reilly McCabe, whose \ ' Heath was announced a day or two ago, j at UK-borne, was a. former resident of j Nelran. Tho deceased, who was a son of Mr Charles M. McCabe, one of: thr oldest identities of the Woik&to dis- j trict. had been in Gisborne for some' thrcj voars, and had been engaged in his profession of surveyor. He was ta- 1 ken suddenly ill on. Thursday last, and died a few hours later. As a member of the A.C. force in 1881 Mr McCabe act- £ c-i as guide- to the Native Minis- i ! ' ter. from Waikato to Taranaki, and t:>r>k part in tb.9 relief of Parihaka. He then passed his examination for surveyor in the South Island, and ent.prcd th» Government service, but of his years had been practising privately. 1 l.Weaeed loaves a widow and son in . Nelson. I The liberation of tho prisoner Archi- • bald McNeil from the habitual crimi- ' , nai'o wing of the New Plymouth gaol is further commented on by the Wei- ] Imp-ton "Times" thus: — "No doubt , solitary conlineme-nt preyed upon this . malefactor's mind, but that seems an altogether illegitimate reason why he should be again at large to plunder ■ ' ; law-abiding citizens, as he is doing. In • any case solitary confinement can sure- 1 lv only have been inflicted for 6ome crava breach of discipline. Wo are not to suppose that it represents the normal c-ondition of affairs at tho reformatory. If it docs it ie a barbarity. If the management of the prison for habit.uals is to be carried on in the way that is disclosed by a telegram published in another column, and we are going to have hardened offenders released on I easy parole- after short detention, the! system instead of providing protection to the public, will bf> a distinct menace. I The farce has clearly gone far •noiujh, ! and the need for a full statement ly tho Minister of tho methods ;i.vj inton- , tions of his department is rr.ore | r^s.-inj than ever." ■ Mr. Win. Lock, of Nelson, writes to a friend. from the Castle Temperance Hotel, Edinburgh, under date August 2nd, as follows : — I have had in somo respects a remarkable tour round — hav--1 ing Borne very enjoyable and also some • anxious times. The first day I arrived in London from Paris I had no less than six letters from Press people wanting my impressions, etc., etc., — also a ' ; letter from tho Adult Suffrage Society, thanking me for my speech, and saying ' they would be delighted to have an- ! other. The last clause of the letter is as ' [ follows : "Another address will be most ' [ acceptable to us ; the members present : greatly appreciated your speech a few * ; Sundays ago, and I feel sure it was of ! service to our cause." I have received ' ! a letter from the Election Committee of j one of the candidates — asking me to give them an address. I thing the Press people must have seen some of the interviews with me in the U.S.A. papere. ' I have been also invited to write an article on the position of the Temperance | legislation in New Zealand. I supplied two articles to American papers — one on the "Educational System of New Zealand," another on "N«w Zealand, Its Chief Characteristics and Resources." I had never spoken to such big crowds < of people before— and I find ths bigger 1 the crowd the better I talk. But, of course, the gatherings in Hyde Park ' are too big, as all cannot hear. I went , yesterday to see how they conduct an election, and went in the committee rooms and made observations generally. ■ I have been taken through the East End ' slums by night— and I have also gone through in daylight. It's an heartbreaking business to see the condition of these poor people. The night visit wa« positively awful, and I wanted my friend to come away, but he said "No; I want you to see the state of affairs that truly obtain h«re, so that yon can tell your New Zealand friends." I have s been very lucky in many respects. I was s in New York during the hottest of the J heat, and_ when from 17 to 26 persons c died each day from its effects, and 150 to 200 were prostrated by it. I have heard practically no Nelson news since I left. I trust things are rftill prosperous. I hope to be back in New Zealand by the end of October. I was invited to accompany a Press man to the Exhibi- « tion, and did so, but we only went to as many of the entertainments as we could get in in the time, also the fireworks. I noticed that the New Zealand * Court was open, and that more promin- h wit lettering was placed on the building ! 8: — oa I suggested to the High Commia- i p eioner. i r" Messrs Jackson and Company insert a new list of books with this issue, including a work by Joseph Hocking. Now that the details of Auckland's T ; welcome to the American Fleet is to A hand and the members of the Ministry * ! have aired their eloquence and patted ai Brother Jonathan on the back it behoves m us to turn to our own fair city, and re- £j mind our readers that Lock, the People's in popular furnisher and auctioneer still extends his welcome to all who come to wait his vast emporium, and admire the nagnificent display of local manufactured and Continental goods. In baying furniture you should look for "finish," I 'beauty of design," and honest worknanship, and if you patronise "Lock's" 'ou secure all these advantages and yet md the prices demanded fair and reaonablc No home is complete with>ut p.n "Atlas" Sewing machine, ;and hese together with Harland English lianos, Carpenter's organs, the wonderul Sun Vapour lamps, and prams and :o-cnrts in profusion make a show well po forth seeing. Economy is the order of ml he d.ay, so don't delay but oojne.* W

t reminder is given or me i»um™ u» livered by the Rev. C. H. Garland in i St. John's Schoolroom this even- [ on the "Coronation Oath." The award of the arbitrators (Messrs John and A. N. Batchelor) m the nb»r gutting suit Johnson Bro». v. .bortson Bros., Ld., a- claim for over ,00. w^ filed this "^VS?"? 11 -^ Lfl aintiffa are awarded £156 7s oa ana sts, which will b« sonsWerable. Mr aeinnitv, with him Mr Houlker, aplared for the plaintiffs, aniMr Hayes & , ir the defendant company. The lull sxfc of the award will be published t] tar. E "Pardon me, dear, but you cut a very q diculous iicure yesterday," remark--1 a lady to a. friend. "Oh, forgive me, par! If I had seen you I should have, £ wken!" was the caustic rejoinder.^ There is a time-worn axiom that "co- 1 mial style U to borrow a thing and eeD it until its owner comes for it. t erhacs the statement is an exaggera- £ ion. but it expresses a common fail- j lir. That it is not confined to indiiduals was proved in, Blenheim last { ,-eek. when an angry river board renlved: "That the Pelorus Road loard be requested to return the mon- 1 ' cv frame borrowed from the Board to l , llenheini. or its value — £10." , Messrs Bisley Bros, advertise the fol- j owing sales :— Saturday next, Brightvater Dairy Factory ; also furniture, j :tc., removed to their rooms for convelience of sale; 10th prox., farm at . Capawera, on account of Mr Jno. Biggs.