LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

In connection with the Penguin disaster relief fund, a correspondent informs us that the Key. Father Clancy collected £13 at an ovening service and <=en; the tpontaneous and generous «w ilibution to 'the committee in el!,i,..tcn. It fhould be announced lo dissipate misunderstanding, that , had the mfnrmation been supplied earlier it would have been gladly published. Mr 'Sully. Town Clerk, Ins i'f«"'- ye: ; £( r» 11 ; i 1 so far. intlud.i:« io *'l at t!i» ' Mail" Office an i {nvw.ir-.k3 to Mr Gully, while the Magniro memorial fund amounts to ovar £21. Jib. rl :'enry -Martin, rf .\'e:«.n, piano I'iner. has been :idjud«~J hanknipt. A meeting o£ creditors will oe held on the 15th inst. The Education Board invite applications for teachers for a number of schools in the district. The nsual monthly meeting of the Wakefield Farmers' Union will be held in the OddW.ov.V Hall, Wakeheld, on Tuesday evening next, at 8 o clock. The yonug men's monthly service at tha Baptist Church will be held tomorrow evening. The subject will be "Lot : or the Man vho Hesitates is Lost." A meeting .of the L.0.L., N*o. 6. Daughters of William 111., will be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday next, at 7.30. Mr Geo. Hinton, formerly of Nelson, has ottered for the Methodist ministry, and the Rev. J. Crump has Been advised by the Rev. C. H. Garland that Mr Hinton has bee) unanimously accepted by the Coherence, having passed his examination with credit. He will occupy St. John's pulpit to-morrow evening. It is announced that Mr W. Piyor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, will address a meeting of employers in the Druids' Hall, Collingwood-sti6Gt. on 'Wednesday next, at 8 p.m. The subject of the address is of great interest to all employing labour, and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance. In addition to the usual business of the Druids at their meeting on Monevening, the installation of District President fox the current year will be mado. The ceremony will be conducted by D.P. Bro. H. J. Harris, of Wakefield, assisted by a number of past officers of the local Lodge. Visiting members of the Order are cordially invited to be present. Complaints reach us of a very unpleasant odour in Halifax-street, in the vicinity of the Post Office. Whether the mudflat or some other source is the cause of the nuisance the matter should be inquired into by the Inspector. The monthly parade of thu First Nelson Infantry Battalion will be "field on Wednesday next. As the InspectorGeneral will inspect the Nelson Volunteers on the 20th of this month it is hoped,, in view of this, that there will be a good attendance. Town units will assemble at the Railway Station at half-past seven. The site of the Old People's Home in Waimea-street having been cut up was to-day offered by Messrs Bisky Bros, and Co., at auotion. There were six sub- divisions, hut al! were passed in, the reserve prices not being reached. A suggestion was made that the area be offered in one lot, but oil being offered no bids were fi l tlicoming. Trathon and Co. are celebrating the return of Saturday as a shopping day by giving a cash bonus to all customers on Friday, Saturday and Monday, giving an opportunity of securing autumn and winter drapery early in the season at practically sale prices; their dress goods are particularly smart and attractive this year and really cheap.* Now that the Freezing Works for Nelson are an established fact, it as hoped that sheep-growers and others will loyally support the undertaking - aspecially for the first two years, until its benefits are demonstrated. ESpeechos were made showing that the works would prove of great advantage to the district. Tho speakers, liowsver, omitted to say that another important factor in tho progress and erell-being of the place is Lock's 3reat Furnishing Emporium, from vhich so many "Happy Homes" have been funrnishod, and wheie settlers md others can bo supplied with furliinrc in jrreat variety, and at low iri<:rts; in' fact, "Lock's" value is inwrnasseii. With railway extension >pnn:n£ the back country, harbour, 'rppzing works, the wonderful Atlas Jewing Mnclinea, Miner Kanges, Sun' jamps. supplied by Lock, . Nel»oiii ftould'have a prosperous future.* ,' '■'-•>

Mr Jonathan Brough, who for many years has been employed in the Public Service in connection with road construction in this district, and more recently as an Inspector in the Department oJ doads, and who is now retiring from active duty, was to-day the recipient of a souvenir of regard from the officers of the local staff. The presentation, which vas accompanied by a valedictory address was made in the District Road Engineer's Office, and was the occasion of itthlv eulogistic references to An Brought many sterling qualities, and cordial I wishe/for his future happing. The judgment of District Judge Haselden was read this morning m the District Court, in the motion on behalf of the Official Assignee to declare void a transfer from Thomas Hume, a bankrupt, to his two sons. The Judge decided that the transfer could not be set aside as a fraudulent proference, because it was mado moi than three months before the bankruptcy; nor under the statute oJ Elizaboth, because, although the bankrupt may have intended to defeat and delay his creditors, yet as he had promised his sons to transfer the land to the mia consideration of wages due to them, the transfer was lor valuable consideration, and it could not be said that the sona had not acted in good faith. The motion was dismissed, with £7 7s coi'ts and disbursements. Mr Hayes appeared in support, and Mr Maginnity to oppose tho motion. Messrs Bisley Broa and Co. an nounce that they will hold stock sales at Richmond yards next Wednesday; Sileock's yards, Thorpe, Thursday, 11th inst; and Tapawera yards, Friday, 12th inst. The firm will also hold a clearing sale of property, furniture, and effects, on account <^ Mr 'T. S. Chisholm, at his homestead, Suburban North, on Tuesday, 30th inst.