LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 18 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

.The itiinual general meeting of the Nelson Defence Rifle Club will be held at Mercer's Room on Monday night.

To-morrow afternoon the Nelson Citizens' Band will give a concert in the Botanical Reserve. A silver coin collection will be rondo at the gates' in aid of the contest fund.

Nominations for the Marlborough Racing Club's Spring Meeting close with the Secretary, Mr L. Griffiths', '""at Blenheim at 9 o'clock this evening.

A novel £atch was made at Brightwater this morning by Mr Jessop, who captured' an albatross. The bird was not very large in the body, being apparently young* but its spread of wipg from tip to tip was 6ft. lliin. '„.-■.

The Agricultural and PastoraJ.-Sho.w catalogue is now in course of preparation, tho dates this year being November 23rd and 24th. Firms desiring busings announcement in the catalogue should communicate with this office, when our representative will call.

Some of the first new potatoes of spring, have been raised in the Brook Valley; a few samples, small but well-formed, having been brought to this office .by Mr A. E. Mansford: The seed potatoes from tho Btock (white kidneys) of Mt Wm. Douglas, of Stoke, were put m at the end of June, and the plants bore the late Winter and early spring very well indeed.

LAn application came before the City Council last evening to extend the sewer in Hardy-streets so that three .houses ctyild be connected. Cr. Field moved that the application (which was made by Robertson Bros., Ltd.), be granted. Cr. Pettit seconded, but would like more Cr. Neale urged the Council to be very careful in what it did. It was a big question that was before them, as they might have ma*ay ( similar applications, and all would have to be treated alike; and where was the money coming from to do the work? An amendment was movd by the Mayor that the matter be referred to Works Committee, and this was carried on a division by 5 to 4.

Owing to the watery state, of the atmosphere during the past few weeks it has not yet been possible to get a satisfactory view of Mars through the Atkinson'telescope. As soon as circumstances become more favourable, however the Observatory will be made available for those who wish to see Mars and Saturn, which ar c both now conspicuous in the evening sky. But too much must not be expected by visitors, as owing to the small size or Mars and its great distance from the enith, very little detail can be made oiit, even with a five-inch refracting telescope, unless the sky is very clear and the .observer has a well-trained eye. . To see the canals will, of oourse, be quite out of the question, but the white polar cap and the larger seas will be visible on favourable evenings.

In view of tho ladies' hockey tournai ment to be held in Nelson jiex*r"'ySar the local Hockey Association desires to get tho Botanical Reserve in suitable ordei'. Jjast x.ight. th^ Secretary to" fclao Association (Mr H. J.^Savage) offered to pay the Council a rental of 5 per cent on any sum spent on improving th-5 Reserve to meet the requirements of the Association. After a good deal of discussion it was resolved, on _ Cr. Turner's motion, that the City Engineer prepare specifications for top-dressing the Reserve, and that tenders be called for the work. The City Engineer estimatee that it will cost £130 to top-dress the Botanical Reserve.

Mr John King, late Government Audit Inspector for Nelson and Westland, attended at the Council Chamber last evening to receive a handsomely illuminated and framed address signed by representatives of all the local bodies on tho West Coast. The Mayor of Nelson had been asked to present the address, and in doing so last nightj. Mr. Piper said that his duty was' a very pleasing one. Mr King had done his work well, and without friction. He wished Mr King- long life and happiness. . Mr King thanked the Mayor for his . remarks, and said that he was gratified to find that he. carried/ the good wishes of those whose names appeared on the address. Mr J. H. Fowler (present Audit Inspector), accompanied Mr King.

Lady Poore, after presenting the prizes at Abbotsleigh, near Sydney, last week, began an address in this way : — "Ladies and gentlemen, — I must begin properly, but' I do not really* mean 'ladie3 and gentlemen.' What I mean is, my dear Abbotsleigh girls — for it is to yon I want to speak to-day — that it _ seems to me there is less gulf separating girls from older women here than there is in England. I don't know whether itis that Australian women remain young .longer than we do or whether is is that the girls sooner catch up with their mothers. I don't know how it is — ot may have something to do with the climate. However it iB hard to say which is the best system— whether to keep the girls from participating in the enjoyments and responsibilities of their elders until they are fully grown-up, or, to initiate , them earlier. If I may ' be 'permitted to say so, I think perhaps more eaual distribution would meet the case, becauses you girls here have too much amusement before before you put up your hair, and girls at Home get too little resposibility."

Mr J. Bockmann, tobacconist and hairdresser, who purchased the bankrupt stock of Mr J. McDonald, notifies that Ke intends to carry on the business in the premises, Commercial Buildings, Hardy-street, under "the management of Mr H. Canning, who has "been ih his employ for -some years. Mr Bockmann has an announcement in another column.

Mr Herbert Martin, representative for Messrs Fletclwr, Humphrey's- and Co., of .Christchurch, is at present in Nelson.

Mfessrs Bfele.y Bros., ,and |Co. 'wilj hold their usual weekly stock sale at Richmond yards on Wednesday noxi-.. when, in addition to other lines, Ihey will offer 12 young cows in milk unci coming into profit.

I Every housewife should see the splendid showing of new Manchester goods now being displayed in this department nt Mrs Anstice's. This selection includes curtains, calicoes, linens, damasks, fancy table' centres, towels, curtains, and flannels, otc. Just what yon want for your home; in thoroughly reliablo qualities and reasonable prices. It will pay you to sco these goods.* Everything that s novel, charming, and ••orvect in neckwear And belts for the new season is shown now at Mr? Anstice's, and awaits your ir^pectiuu. There's something here" for every gowrt and every occasion, and tho prices are Bemarkabiv low for articles of such superior quality. Why not come in to-day ond sco these dainty things?— -Mrs Anstice, "The House for R«il Value."* •THE MAN WHO KEEPS - "THE SUN." When everything is said and done, Nelson's best asset is the sun, Ho works eight hours a day, And spite, of all tbe Winter's > tricks Right in July he shines for six, And makes the landscape gay. If only we could bid him stay All nieht as well as all the day, How happy would rye be. Then far across the oea-.tof blue, A wondering world would -oome to view Our Nelson by the sea. But if you really want a lighti To make it daytime all the night, Then go to WILLIAM LOCK, The very thing that you require He keeps to meet yonr heart's desire, I ' He has ''The Sun" in stock. ' • V Ke&j* {wittt7apofos{a*).. .'p\

One «ase of scarlet fever has bemi reported in the city during Ihe past fortnight. The annual school tea party in connection with tho Waimea West .School will be held on Thursday, 14th prox, A meeting of the members of tho New Zealand Educational Institute will be held at tbe Technical School on Saturday afternoon next, at 2.80 p.iiii A pea-grower in the' vVaiiriCas sent a consignment of green peas to Wellington. He had to pay charges amounting to Sd a peck! Mr Herbert Dodson was amongst those who passed the recent dental examinations. Mr Dodson is an old Nelson boy, and was with Messrs Gray and Parker hefe*. lie is now residing at Hamilton; During the fortnight ended yesterday 834 animals wero slaughtered at the Corporation Abattoir, as follows: Cattle, 63; calves, li; pigs, 23; sheep, 710; lambs, 27. No animals were condemned during the fortnight. A ratepayer last night thanked the Mayor and Councillors for carrying out certain small works in his locality. The Council, he said, was airways- -ready to listen to any reasonable, jepresentations. The down train last evening ran into a . horse near Richmond, and the animal died from the injuries it received. The horse, which was owne» by Mr Richard Hart, of Hope, had been ridden to a place near Richmond, and had been tied up in the roadway leading to the house; but the gate was left open. As the animal was grazing the reins got caught, and when the train approached, the horse, in raising its head broke the bridle. It ran out of the gateway and on to the railway line,' and travelled down the centre of the lino for 20 chains or nioro ahead of the train. Coming to !a culvert under the line the horse refused to jump it, and the consequence wag that tho train ran into it. The animal was badly mutilated, and died in a few minutes. A Press Association message from Wellington, states that at the Magistrate's Court there yesterday a young man named Victor Eteveneaux was remanded to appear at Nelson next Monday on a .charge of stealing a bicycle, of the value of £5, the property of Her- ] bert TunnicHffe. By a. slip of the pen in a paragraph 1 yesterday, it was stated that the Com- '■ mittee of t,he Nelson Acclimatisation ' Society intended to seek from Otago or . Canterbury 1000 "carp" for release in ■. the Queen's Garden Pond if the City ' Council consented. The fish referred lo are "perch," not "carp." Perch, j stocked in the Dunedin water supply ret servoir, furnish, or used to furnish, ex- ' cellent sport to many who do not as a

. rule take on trout fishing. Mr F. R. Price, formerly senior tele- - graphist at Wakapuaka Cable Station, c who was recently transferred to the 6 operating room at the Chief Post Office, v Nelson, yesterday was the recipient of 6 a very handsome, silver egg-stand, • spoons,, and sugar-basin, presented by s hijs colleagues and others associated i, with Mm in his work. Mr Senn, Chief a Postmaster, in making the presentation. '- referred to Mr Price s general populari ty, and wished him, on behalf of his c colleagues, every possible happiness in t his projected new sphere. r 4 When even a typical millionaire like Mr Carnegie deprecates the Unrestricted accumulation of wealth, and warns the ,-.. -world of the risks it involves, we may r well , sympathises with ex-President 0 Roosevelt's desire to confiscate a large a share of all inherited fortunes that excj .-ee<l an amount representing a. reasoni able provision for family claims and the r maintenance of industrial and 1 commerj cial efficiency ; and we can be sure that s Mr Lloyd*Georgte. and the 0080111.1! 1 statesmen who are following his lead . in Australia and New Zealand are work. 1 me on the right lines.— Auckland , "Star." ? "Newspaper Night" was the item on - the programme at the Loyal Nelson s Lodge of Good Templars last night. Copies of various daily papers published . from Whangarei to Balclutha wer c exhibited ; also publications from London, '" Yorkshire, Honolulu, A pleasant- and r profitable evening resulted. One visitor jj was present, and conveyed fraternal ■* greetings from South African fld North ? Island lodges. Two candidates were ' admitted' as members. There was a 6 good attendance, r. . . f An exciting and most enjoyable chals lcnge cribbage tournament was played a at the Anglers' Club room last evening - between the Port (Association) team r and the Anglers, on the challenge of the s fprmer for a supper., The chances were 0 so even all through that it was not . till within a few seconds of the finish of the 13th game that a decision could '. be assured, tbe Anglers winning by 13 to 12. Mr Clements catered to the satisfaction of all, and both "cntertaius ers" and "entertained" declared that . they had spent a thoroughly enjoyable s evening. Mt Arthur Lynch, a young solicitor . employed by Messrs Skerrett and Wylie, tof Wellington, was picked up -in an unB conscious condition in Molesworth-street, 1 opposite the Parliament House gates at - half-past ten on Tuesday night. He t. was suffering from some severe scalp r wounds and two .of his teeth were b broken. His spectacles were damaged, • and the bloodstained works of a watch, B believed to have belonged to him, were - found close by. Mr Lynch Tesides in 3 Hill-street, and in all probability was 5 on his way home when the affair hap--1 pened. He had' played in.the Law v. f Insurance Rugby match earlier in the 1 day. He was released from the hospif tai on Wednesday, having regained con- " sciousnese in the morning. Ten stitches 1 were put in his head. Mr Lynch is j very well-known in. Wellington, and is prominent in football circles, having ' played for Victoria College and New Zealand University. He went to Svd--1 ney as a member of the latter team last " year. He is also a delegate to the New 3 Zealand Rugby Union for one of the 3 West Coast (South Island) unions. At ! a late hour on- Wednesday night the 1 police were unable to throw any light ' on the mysterious affair.

According to the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, one of the most earnest of the Church of England missioners in Sydney, tho laity are too prone to complain of the calls that are made tipon them for charitable purposes. "How many calls do you haye 1 ?" he

asked an audience the other night, when speaking on slum work, says the "Daily Telegraph.'' "Not more, I daresay," he answered, "than five a week. Well, let me tell you," hi went on, "that one day I had 117 calls for charitable assistance. One man asked me for the loan of a mo dest £25. 1 looked at him in bewilderment at the thought of 60 much wealth. I hadn't it; then ho came down to a 'tenner.' That would get

him a turnout, with which he could make a living." But tho good missioner hadn't tho "tenner," and trradnally tho Biippliant rcducod his request to five shillings. "I have only two five shillings," was, Mr Hammond's meek answer. "They are both out on loan, but the first one

that comes in you can have." Thi." was not •donsolatory to the man who had made a first request for £25; "but, wonderful to tell," said tho kind-hearted missioner, "he actually came down to sixpence, and said that that small pittance would meet his temporary embarrassment." T.hie was only one instance of the manner in which ministers were appealed to for assistance, and yet- if the ordinary civilian was asked for assistance four or five times a week there was the complaint, "You arc -always begging-" Three Pound Sausages for is-; German -Sausage 6d; Saveloys. Marble i Counter display with tid£*sted pric**."Fred Fairey.* ; . -, - * -■'... *T^k*,:y.

Green peas, are now being sent away from Nelson. They have been sold in Wellington up to 2s a peck. Mr A. R. Dyson, of the staff of the Anchor Shipping Company, goes to Greymouth to-morrow to take temporary charge of the office of the Company at that port. Mr G. A. R. Mackay, who has been manager of the Nelson branch of the Bank of New SOUth Wales for some time past, left to-day oti transfer to Timaru. Mr H. A. Robison of the El. tham branch, who succeeds Mr Mackay, , has arrived in Nelson. Mr A. Leigh Hunt, martager of the Farmers' Distributing Company, _ Wellington, is spending a few days m the Nelson district, amongst shareholders of the Company. There are over 300 Nelson shareholders in this Company. Arrangements have been completed for a milking machine to" be placed on the ground at the forthcoming A. and P. Show. The machine willjie worked by the Wilkins and Field Hardware Go> ori both days of the show a sufficient number bf cows having been secured, to enable this to be atine. This will be the first occasion oft which a milking mochine mil be shown, and *t will prove a great attraction. Some time ago it was pointed out that there was grave doubt whether the wonderful "Wonderberry" produced by Luther Burbank as a valuable novelty had not all the characteristics of the Solanum nigrum, or common weed known as nightshade. Botanists both in England and America claimed that this was so. Burbank, in reply, offered to give 10,000 dollars to anyone proving tjiis contention,. , The "Rural New Yorker" states that it pfop6Ses M» (Jet that 10,000 dollars, and has written asking Burbank what will he accept as proof. Up to the latest -files there had been no reply from the famous botanist. The American paper evidently does not hold any particular admiration for Burbank, as it writes:— We are aware that some good people go as far as to think that Mr Burbank should be immune from criticism. Frankly, we do not feel that way about him, or anyone else. We think we are safe in saying that no hybridiser ot 'plant creator' that ever lived has ever had more of money or glory from the public than Mr Burbank has received. That being so, we think the publio has a right to know what it has repeived in return— drill we intend td try aiid fidd out. If it should turn out that Luther Burbank has made an error in' Tegard to the "Wonderberry" he will still be regarded as the greatest hybridiser and plant creator of modern days. He has done a magnificent work— he must have cTedit for it.

Mr Wm. Lock will sell at an early date by order of the Public Trustee, 576 acres farm lands at East Takaka, and belonging to the estate of the late Mr J. T. Catley.

Mr Alfred Gould will sell on Wednesday, 6th prox., furniture and effects on account of Mrs Wright, Suburban North. .