LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 26 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

With regard to the extension of the < Nelson section of tho Midland Railway, Mr John Graham, M.P., has written as follows to the Secretary to the Nelson Chamber of Commerce, under date 23rd inst.: — Dear Sir, — I havo to acknowledge receipt of your favour, dated 17th inst., covering resolutions of your Chamber re railway authorisation, and vigorous prosecution of the Manu-Hope Section of tho Midland Railway, and requesting me, with Mr McKenzie, to press tho matter upon the Government. Tn reply, I have the honour to state for the information of your Chamber that, before it had passed the resolutions now forwarded by you, Messrs Graham and McKenzie, accompanied by Mr Colvin, had already interviewed and again pressed the matter referred to upon the Minister for Railways for urgent attention. The assurances wo received were completely satisfactory. Somo information, however, was, for the ■ time, given us confidentially; but as ,|far as it could bo indicated, it was ' forwarded to the Nelson local press on the 14th instant. Further affirm- ( ation of the Minister's promise to Nelson members, on the occasion referred to. is given in the Public Works Statement submitted last r.ight, plus a subsequent personal assurance bv the Premier to myself. — Yours faithfully,— John Graham." A special meeting of tho Nelson City Council was held last evening, when the balance-sheet for the year ending 31st March last was adopted. The balance-sheet was regarded as satisfaotorv. as it disclosed an improvement on the previous year's operations. Tho adjourned meeting of the Committee of the Nelson Horticultural Society, for the purpose of completing the "schedule for the early summer show, will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Room at 8 o'clock on Monday i evening. j On a recent old-age pension pay-day ! at Sydney, an old lady, resident in Balmain, who had been ill and unable to • call for her money for some time, re- ' ceived three months' allowance in on-3 sum, and, putting it in her purse, hur- | ried off to wait for a tram. When this j camo along, she hurried to get on board I and dropped her purse with seven soveri eign.*, and some silver in it, by the seat | she had been sitting on. A small boy j picked it up, and, being honest, took it I at onea to the nearest shop, to leave it i with the proprietor. The latter had hardly received it when a woman came in hurriedly and claimed it, saying she had dropped it whereit was found. Believing in her good faith, the shopI keeper handed the purse over. Next day the old pensioner reported her loss to the police, and the facts came out. ! There was no clue to the woman to j whom the money had been handed, but a newspaper paragraph was published, I making it appear she was known, and j asking her to return the purse and "save trouble." A few days later the I purs?, with its contents intact, arrived i by post at the Balmain Police Station, | accompanied by a letter stating that the writer had received it, believing it be- i i long*d to a daughter living m BurI wood, but, finding the said daughter had not lost a purse, hoped tho police would try and find the owner. The owner was easily found, and is overjoyed at recovering her money. Mr Ernest Hight. the young mechanic who was shot on the even in" of September Bth at Mi.sterron, lnTobias Miller, will possibly carry the leaden memento of his liYy (.xperience to his grave (wrif.s the W.iirarapa correspondent of thf "Dominion"). The bullet h:n h?en lacated and photograph*., by means of the X-rays, by Dr. Hiking. The missile at present lies over the -wi'teles of one of the hips, n.-ir wher.» it entered, and «o far is i-x-.eavnii-.ig T,f r Hight no inconvenience whatever. Dr. Hosking says that ?h,-.i;d Ih,' bullet create any internal disturbance it will havo to be extracted; but •>*-hcrwise the victim may prefer not to undergo any further operation. There are many individuals residing in New Zealand who carTy bullets in some portion of their anatomies, and are none the worse for the extra leading. One Wellington citizen possesses a bullet received in the Franco-Prussian war. which is firmly embedded in his right leg, and wliich has been very useful for many years as a meteorological oddity. On tho occasion of the jubiK-e of the town of Wilhelmsburg, in Germany, the burgomaster receive 1 a telegram, signed by all the unmarried girls of the place, advising hi in to got married, and saying that non? if the undersigned had any objection to becoming a frau burgermeisterin. A new Alpine hotel is advertised as the ideal resort for those who want a completo rest euro. All the plates, > dishes, cups, and saueers are made of papier-mache, so that the guests will be spared tho elatter of the restaurant, and as the material is so light guests will suffer the least possible fatigue in lifting the cups to their lips. According to a report presented to tho Education Committee of tho Loudon County Council, 16 per eon:, of the girls who sat for scholarships suffered from defective teeth, 14 per cent, from unhealthy conditions of tho throat, three per cent, from defective hearing, and 13.5 per cent, from anaemia. The P. D. Corset is the highest mark of achievement in its class. Often imitated, it is never equalled. Only the makers of the P. D. Corset, with their wonderful organisation and facilities of distribtuion, can furnish you with 6uch a Corset at such a price. Quality is tho test of ch-apness. Why help to put a premium on inferiority, when you ran wear a P.D. ?* If you wish nice, sweet butter, inBist on having "Palm Leaf." Nohing better n the market.*

Reports of election meetings held by Messrs Moffat and Smith, Parliamentary candidates, appear on the first page of this issue, The monthly lecture in connection with tho Y.M.C.A. will bo delivered to-morrow afternoon, when Mr W. de Castro will continue hia lecture on the abolition of capital punishment. The Citizens' Band will render a select programme at the Botanical Reserve to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2.30 o'clock, under Bandmaster A. Berryman. The Garrison Band, at their meeting on Thursday night, decided to give a grand opon-air concert in the Botanical Reserve on Sunday, 4th prox., in aid of tho Colonel JPifcfc Memorial Fun<2. I'he Mayor and City Councillors and Voluip teers a-ro being asked to extend their patronage to the. concert. Messrs Levien and Rollet advertise a eale of household furniture at their rooms next Thursday, at 2.30. Attention is also directed to their property coli limn, which has been revised.