LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

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

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Complaints are general with regan to the dust nuisance on Haven-road The road beinj; narrow and having ti carry more tralh'c — town and country— than all the other roads in Nelson pu together, special nvvaivicincnts siionli bj made for watering it during luuj spells of dry weather. At the least th: read should b 3 watered prior to the de partuie of steamers, when there is ; concentration of traffic. Conditions a present are most unpleasant for thosi who are in vehicles. It is understood that Mr Eyre-Ken ny, S.M. at Nelson, who is amongs the Civil Servants who are retiring or account of the age limit, will retail his position till the end of April. - The annual meeting of the Xc-boi Football Club will be held at Henn and Co. 's tea rooms on Thursday even ing, at 8 o'clock. A full muster is dc 6ired. The monthly meeting of the Nslsoi Retailers' Association will be held to morrow evening. The monthly meeting of the Cham bin 1 of Commerce wITj be held this evening, when a full attendance oi members is requosted. The current number of the "Triad' is readable and contains information oi interest and criticisms of variouß en tertainments — amateur and otherwise. The annnal meeting of the Albior Football Club will be held at th< Rechabite Hall to-morrow (Wednesday evening, at half-past seven o'clock. A full attendance is desired. The usual monthly meeting of the Southern Star Lodge will be held In the Mfsonic Hall this evening. The Victory Lodgo will pay an official visit to the sister Lodge. The monthly inspection parade of the Ist Ne'son Infantry Battalion will take place to-morrow evening Town members of the Stoke Rifles are ordered to parade at the railway station at i.30. After the parade members of this corps will be measured for their new uniforms. A similar notice is given to the Nelson Rifles. Messrs Levien and Rollet aSvertise an auction sale of household furniture and effects, to be held at their rooms next Thursday, ot 2.30 p.m. Auction 6ale North Island horses postponed to 27th inst.— Bisley Bros, and Co.* Now that the Freezing Works for Nelson are an established fact, it is hoped that sheep-growers and others will loyally support tho undertaking eispecially for the first two years, until its benefits are demonstrated. Speeches were made showiDg that the works would prove of great advantage to the district. Tho speakers, however, omitted to saj that Another important factor in the progress and well-being of the pla<je us Lock's Great Furnishiuu Emporium, from which so many "Happy Homes'' have been funrnished, and where, settlers and others can be supplied with furnituro in proat variety, and at low priced: in fact. "Lock's" value is unsurpassod. With railway extension opening the back country, harbour, freezing works, the wonderful Atlas Sewing Machines, Miner Ranges, Sun Lamp"*, supplied by Look, Nelson should have a prosperous future.* ,

Citizens are invited by the Mayor to vKsit and inspect tho new weir in tne Reservoir Gully, either to-morrow or on Saturday afternoon, between 2.30 and 4.30. Very little business was set down for to-day's sitting of the Magistrate s Court The presiding Justices were MeTsrs H Bai^ent an S d W Haddow. Everett Bros, (represented by Mr_\V. Mil'ner) (obtained, judgment against Arthur Scott, for £4 10s, with costs 15s; and J. E. Clear (Mr J. Glasgow) obtained judgment for 12s costs against Walter McDonald. Evidently the magistrates, of which these Special Courts consist, have decided that nothing but grave irregularities affecting beyond doubt the result of the poll can be allowed to interfere with the clearly expressed will of the electors. This "is certainly a great improvement on the former law, under which the electors' decisions were upset on trivial technical breaches of the Act.— " Timaru Po=t." A very fine sample of oats has been sent to town by Mr J. S. Rutherford, of "liavenswood," Kohaiu. The variety is "Storm King," and the growth has reached a height of seven feet, with a head containing grain of an exceptional ■ tin?. Other excellent crops of oats have been grown at Kohatu this season, a growth" of Bft having been recorded in one instance. Such crops are a complete answer to the assertion that the land about Kohatn is worthless and not worth cultivating. Nothing better could be wished for than the results that have been secured this season, and on land that was sold at 10s an acre. It is intended to send a collection of New Zealand apples and pears to the Royal Horticultural Society s fruit show. A collection was sent last year, and a number of Nelson orchards weie represented therein. Nelson growerf are a^ain invited to contribute apples and pears, twelve specimens of each variety. All fruit for inclusion in tht collection must be sent to the Nelson of. fice of the Agricultural Department bj the 18th inst. Messrs Bisjey Biros, and Co. announce that they will hold stock sales at Richmond varcls to-morrow, at t-M .Sjtcock's yards, Thorpe, Thnrsday t-.ext a. 1.30; Tapawera yards, rmla; next' at 1.30; they also advertise Hear inn- sales on account of T. S. rinvholm 30?h Match, and Chas. A very, ahoii the end of March.