LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

It is understood that the Committee of the Nelson Institute arc arranging to keep open the newspaper reading room on Wednesday afternoons and on some other holiday.". Three leading Jv^w New Zealand daily mornmff paper-, arc alto being added to the lift of thos« on the newspaper reading room lilts. Mr Ledger, a. member of the Committee, who iecently gave to tho Chamber of Commerce an excellent and useful road map of the railway extension district, intends also to present the Institute with a copy. It will be- found to be of much service. Lieut. -Col. Joyce, Officer Commanding the Nelson a"nd Marlborough Volunteer District, has received a telegram from Colonel Davies, Inspector-General of the Forces, ordering a parade of ihe corps in the vicinity of Nelson on March 6th, and a. parade of the Marlborough companies at Blenheim on March 11th. Colonel Davies will be present on both occasions. Jhe monthly meeting of the Retailors' Association will be held to-morrow evening. The adjourned summoned meeting of the LoyaJ Howard Lodge, 1.0.0.F., M.U., will be held at the Lodge-room, Waimea-street, to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Mr Adam Emmett, of Emauo-street, has left at this office a radish "sport," resembling moro a gigantic beetroot than a radish. It is over a foot long and about two inches thick at the widest part, and red in colour. The growth was attained in kss than two months. "The Lone Hand' 1 ' magaiinef for February has been received from (be Gordon and Gotch Proprietary, Ltd. Tho number is admirably illustrated in black and white and also in colours. Among the most interesting contributions are "Music as a Profession," by Melba; "Our Unfinished Commonwealth," by C. A. Jeffries; "The Roof of the World," by Louis Efson ; the beauty qut:st final decisions, etc. Various characteristic short stories make tip a readable shilling's worth. Many friends will learn with regret of the retirement of Mr Robert Allan, who has been local manager of the New Zealand Clothing Factory fm- 'he last 28 years. In recognition of his long and faithful services, Messrs xlallenstcin Bros., Limited, have granted him a pensbn, and also allowed ISm to retain his old home in Trafalgarstreet, rent free. This will enable Mr ( Allan to comfortably enjoy a wellearned rest amongst his old friends and customers Mi- Allan's successor is Mr Percy Sc.irfe, from Dunedin. He has been trained in the Company's employ from boyhood, and besides having been in various parts of the Dominion, he also gained considerable experience in one of the Lest house* in London. Thus equipped with a good business knowledge lie should make an ablo. successor to Mr Allan, and he will do all he can to earn the confidence of the people of Neison. The "London Magazine" for January has been received from Messrs Jackson and Co. .In addition to a gorgeous title-page in colours and other coloured prints tho number is admirably illustrated. The special articles include an interesting comparison of the fighting forces of Britain and Germany by Arnold White ; "Learning to Sing,' 1 by "Melba" ; Christmas party card and other tricks; "The White' North," by Sandon Perkhi6; "Half a Million Out of Work," by H. Hamilton Fyfe ; and a companion article, "The Bight to Work, 1 relating to the unemployed at iVfanchester, by Bart Kennedy. "Don Q's Love Story," by H. and K. Pritchard, is continued, and short stories (one or two much too sombre for light reading^ are contributed by Owen Oliver, J. Russell Warren, Armiger Barclay, Pcrcival Whitfield, Mary Crosbie, Louis Willoughby, Bernard Espinasse, J. SackvUle Martin, and Margaret Batchelor. Altogether, "'London' for Jnnuary is very readable. A Millinery Artist of the first water, Miss Porte, of Melbourne, has arrived in Nelson and taken charge of the Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.'e Showroom. The most perfect models of high-class trimmel millinery will be produces by her and offered to the ladies of Nelson in a few days' time.* Lovely ali-wool striped delaines this week Is 3d yd.— Trathen '.•=.* Embroidered muslin box robes, usually 30s; this week 19s lid.— Tiathen's.* Tie Hon. R. M'Kenzie is to be congratulated upon having settled the minera' dispute at Hnntly, for besidoa the loss through dislocation of trade, tho Railway Department was losing £160 a day in freight alone. Some consider that the miners had a roal grievance, whilst others thought the owners wero not having justice mc-ted out to them. However, in the midst of this conflict of opinion we are pleased to say that the public are absolutely unanimous in the opinion that Lock has tho largest and most up-to-date stock in the city, and hia prices for bedsteads, chests, carpets ana general furniture are much lower than others at all times, and no strike is likely to take place while Lock sells such splendid furniture at such cheap prices and easy terms At Look's you can get anything from e frying-pan to a piano. Go to Lock's, and save money* wool* M-.lk Cream, tho cream beio/r-s i dnced in tempera turo by tic lav-* ar-.ci nwst np-to-date scientific appllKJUx.* ins p.nojf!. are snarm-.tocd '}.<* this fcntter ls f tee lrO[D 6 ;i.g 6rciai , s iWe(J { and wholtaomo, and can be had at G*«aa pyka as otfci? brwiij.* i

Several civil cases were called on at' the Magistrate's Court this morning, but oil were either pdjourned or ..true* out. The presiding Justices ttcv* Mitfi-s W. C-.ck and R. B. JaCkSOUI Tiie Harmonic Society will resume ilactice oil Thursday evening- next, when CoWeu's "Hose Maiden" will be taken in hand. All able to sing are invited to attend. Professor MttMskall, of Dunedin Univei'sitv has kindlv consented to give a Mtaro in abont three weeks' t«ne upon the subject of "Volcanoes and Earthquake?." The proceeds .via be devoted .to the Nelson Institute building fuiid. "Long prayers must bo killed, they aro unscriptural, and there is no prayer in the Bible of a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes' duration, said Dr. Townsend, President of the National Free Church Council, speaking at Newcastle. The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of Sloan and Benson for the -erect i*n of a Courthouse at Takak'i The price of the accepted tender was Wb, 6rt The folding lQs 6tf. 'A closing incident in one of ite mo£ t sensational events of Nov.- aealanJs financial history wm enacted a few days a«o (says the Otago Daily Times") when all the books and document* of ♦.he oH Colonial Bank, « huh had been *twd in the cellars Dt what. Is now the Rtwk Exchange building, were laken out and cartel nwa.y to the j paper mill at Woodlaush, to be con- j Verted into pulp. Even sihee the liquidation of the Colonial Bank in 1905 these books and documents haye he^-ii the subject of very frequent .itiimticn, and aboir, two years a-x tTie Supreme Court ordered that they should be destroyed. A suspension of this order was as^ed for by Mr Victor Braund, and a temporary suspension was made, hut tho order for ti.eir production ar.d reienti 'n was cancelled anain ::n Mr Braund failing to make good his case, tnd now the last has been heard ot tihem. The present d-jmand l'oi ff^h flat fish in New Zealand exceeds the supply (said Mr J. ). Niven, Napier manager of the New Zealand Trawling Cumpauj to a. "Dominion" representative), and there should therctore be scope tor further enterprise by trawlm s com p.-uiies. A po^ible deterrent, however, was the initial expenses, which were very great. The Sydney market absorbed all the lish unsold by his company in the Dominion, which were shipped in a raited condition Asked how it was that, in the main, the country districts between Nipirr and Wellington were so badly served as regards a fish supply, -Mr Niven sum- .1 that it was because the fish wiuU' n:t k(e|i. New Zealand firh wera caught in warm waters, and were always subjected to a hUher teiupei'a'.urc tlnn, say, these captured on the great fishi_u grounds near Iceland. Sii.h fif h were laid on the dadc ol a ship during a three weeks' voyage to Great Yarmouth, and then sold in a quite fresh condition "I must compliment Sir Joseph Ward i.pon the recent appointments to the Ministry," said Mr A. W. Rutherford at ll.uinier on Tuesday evening "l''"iir of the appointments arc of levelheaded, common sense m?r> without fads. The fifth, Mr Hog,', a'ways had the rcputatkn of bnini; the nvst suro.-fil 'bi-.id!i;i' in the Huifc— That if, tho must .-successful member in obt«iniii£ grants in ris diftrict. Mr Hc.gg is what Mr Seddon in his hitler da>s used to call a 'humanitarian,' and V was taken in as a partner for Mr Fowlds, who was feeling a bit lonely. But, joking apart, Mr Fowlds is r.ne of the best Ministers fo- Education tne ic'untry has had Mr Hog.: may make a success of the portfolio uf Labour, and if he d<-es lie will be-en-titled to -stand en the higncst rung of the ladder, not only as a politician, but is a Etatefman. The- Cabinet is holding office at one of the most criti-i-iil jniuturps in the history of the Dominion, and I am .-ure we all wish that Sir Joseph, with the aid of these He ras called to his assi.-iance, will prove '•final to the ■situation." — "JDyttefton Times." The Wapiti -mpoittd by the Cuyimii- I ment from America about four years ajo £ro apparently quito at home in the rugged but magnificently picturesono lake, fiord, and mountain country of Western Otago. When on a recent •rip to th? Sounds, in company with thi-3 nciw Minister for Tourtsti and Healthi Uesorts (Mr T. Mackenzie^ Mr T. K. Donne, of the Tourist Deparimi'nt, land?! at the boy where the animals had been iput ashore, and p|t">r ..n excursion into the bush he locate-1 a fine bull wapiti, having a magnifi'-.mt head and a fine command'r.j; ni-esencp. He worked round to tho hill side of the beaft, and then drov» him slowly tlirou.tjh the bush touarik th-> sho---. so that those on bonrd. inrlr.din^ the Minister (who had ii'jiiTcd his leg) might, get a glance nt the sfranser. As the wapiti approached the shore two people from the steamer assisted as beaters, but the bull evidently "got the scent," and moved off resolutely into the thick tash out of harm's way before he could be seen from the (steamer. Mr Donne states thaij- he noticed the spoor of other wapiti, young as well as miir' tnrpd, from which he gathered that the hard was doin? very well. Native birdVte v.ag in abundant evidence in the .Sounds district. The current number of the "Triad" is to hand. It continues note.-- en the Ohris-tchurch competitions, and among other readable matter is an article on pli'..-n*'oti Amateur pho'-o^rap' e:s should bfl interested in The current photograph competition. A Melbourne telegram Bays that Thos. Shaw, a coal-lumper, haa been pursuing his calling for six months with his neck practically broken. Ho is now in Melbourne Hospital, and the skyograph has revealed that one of the vertebrae of the spinal column has been thrown completely out of joint. He suffers only from severe pains in the head. The case has excited the greatest interest among surgeons. Six months ago Shaw met with an accident while at work, a heavy basket of coal, which was being Blung ashore from a 6hip, striking him a severe blow on the forehead, and jerking his head backwards violently. No serious consequences appeared at the time. Three weeks ago Shaw received another blow on the head, and immediately the head pains recurred, but more violently than before. He went to St. Vincent's Hospital, and the medical men blistered the back of his neck and otherwise treated him, but they were unable to satisfactorily diagnose the case. Shaw then went to the Melbourne Hospital. He was still suffering from pains in the head, and his neck was very stiff. Tho case was a puzzle to the Melbourne Hospital surgeons also, and it was decided to take a skyojpraph of the patient's neck' Dy means of the X-rays. This was done, and the plate, to the wonder of the medical men, disclosed a very severe dislocation of one of the joints of the spinal column. Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. will hold a stock sale at iheir Tapawera yards to-morrow, at 1.30 p.m. Messrs Levien and Rollet announce that they will hold a sale of household furniture and effects on account of Mr Undue, at hi.-. Tasidcnce, Bronti-street, to-morrow ai 2 p.m. Give the German made at the Excelsior' a trial. — Fred Fairey.z Remnants of dress Roods all at halfprice. — Trathen and Co.* Beautiful silk ribbons 4 and 5 inches wide, in erey, violet, vieux rose, and red, .-.!! 6d yd.— Trathen and Co.* P.D. Corsets give the figure the ideal port, (>hey give perfect gracefulness M«' "lrl:«-fl on true hyeienio principles, they aonduco to perfect health. As they fit the fiiiure, and do not cramp it, they fc.«ru> Oitir sliape Thfi P.D. is the modern Corset par excellence, alike for the werking woman and ths woman of fa6hioc .*

Citizens are invited to observe next ! Saturday, 13th inst., from noon, as a public hoUday, on account of the Nelson Trotting Club's annual race meeting at Richmond Park. A number of sweet pea enthusiasts met at the Stratford Borough Council Chambers, when it was decided to form a society to be known as the New Zealand Sweet Pea Society; The Objects of the society are the cultivation of his well-known flower, and it Is intended to hold exhibitions at which the New Zealand championships will be competed for and awarded. A chain-letter, purporting to raise subscriptions on behalf of Dr. Barnard*'» Home for Waifs and Strays, is iu circulation in New Zealand; A Palmerston North resident, who had some doubts as to whether the appeal was authorised, communicated with the London "Truth," and has reofved a reply from the cd.tor to the offect that it has been repudiated b) ."lie Barnardo people, and that the matter has been dealt with on many occaBions in the columns of his paper. A witness subpoenaed in a case heard at the Eketahuna Magistrate s Court last week forwarded a doctor s certificate showing that he was suffering frorii "fibiocitis." Counsel for plaintiff said he had looked up a. dictionary but had failed to ascertain he nature of tuo complaint. His Worship said that he had not previously heaTd of such a malady, but supposed it was "inflammation of fibs. The Curt smiled, and was left in a state of uncertainly as to the symptoms of "fibrrteiti*."— "Express. ' The Miinawat.. "Tiim*' 1 publislics ! fact, cou.ua l«l v.-ith the spread of conUinuus mammit:s which show that the position will have to be very seriously considered. An instance is civen o fne farmer near Palmerston hivm" 40 out of 90 cowo affected, thus losing £400 on his profit this season, as well as puttinp nearly hall his herd permanently out of use as milkers. Mr Oilruth first drew attention to this danger five years .ago, a nd reported strongly upon it last yar. The Mahawatu "Times" points out that there is great danger of infe.-tion from beasts mirchawd at saleyart!*. Mr Reakes, Chief Veteriiiiiiii'.n, intoivicwed on tne subject, .-aid the spiead of contagious mammitis was undoubtedly a senous matter, and in tlifii- own interests farmers should take every precaution to prevent the introduction of the disease in to their herds, or if they should be unlucky enough to already possess affected cows to prevent its spiead from those to others. Milkers' hands were a common medium for the conveyance of contagion from cow to cow. In anything but mild cases, — and not always in thes-e — no satisfactory curative treatment was known. The injection of 4 per cent, boracic acid solution sometimes gave good results in mild cases. Under present conditions of legislation, if improvement was to be brought about — and it must be principally on thi lines of "prevention" — it was particularly necessary that affected animals should not be allowed to pass from the possession of one farmer to another. Captain Young, veterinarian for the Tarauaki district, was also interviewed, and testified as to the very dangerous hold the contagion had in the Taranaki herd. At the Dunedin Horticultural Society's Carnation Show on the 3rd inst., Mr S. Cousins (who offered a special prize at the Nelson Carnation Show), repeated his last year's win in the championship, competition for carnations with a very fine collection (reports the "Star"). Mr Cousins also showed a number of carnations for exhibition only. Among the new varieties were some recently imported an dnever before exhibited. These included "Helen, Countess of Radnor" (crimson), "Duchess of Wellington" (lavender), "Henry Gough" (yellow and purple). "Miss Allis" (heliotrope), 'tftobert Craig" (crimson), and "Charm" (a fancy carnation). He also showed fine specimens of the celebrated American variety "Enchantress" and "Mrs H. Burnett" — both an exquisite pink in colour and having the recommendation of being almost perpetual bloomers. Also specimens of "Lady Hermione," "Floreana," "Lady Carlisle," and "Halowarden." These were all grown at St. Clair, and nearly all in the open. Mr Cousins scooped the board with his New Zealand-raised seedlings, which an expert visitor, in Mr Hardy, of Kelso (Scotland), himself a most successful exhibitor at Home, declared to be "three beautiful seedlings, worthy of a prize anywhere." He agreed with the judge (Mr lleiuiie) in placing above the rest "Conqueror," a white-ground picotee seedlings.