LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 20 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The Rev. J. J. Lewis will give a recital in St. John's Methodist Seho'olroom to-morrow evening on "The British Parliament and its Greatest Leaders." The lecture will bo interspersed with musical selections. On shilling wilj be charged for admission. It is notified lhat angling licenses for the trout-fishing season opening on Ist pros, and closing : oh' 30th " April, 1910, may now be obtained from Mr J. E. HaunselV and Mr W. G. Vining, Trafalgar-street, and Mr Vining's branch depot a t Motueka. fhe fees are for men and 5s for women and boys, Some Christchurch and Wellington shipping' authorities believe. that Nelson wlli prove a considerable -rival to Wellington now that Nelson is accessible to the largo liners. "It needs no more than a casual glance at the map to see now Nelson is going to beat Wellington 'ioi the West Coast transhipments," remarked a Christchurch man; "Vessels, instead of transhipping their cargo for the West Coast, will in the near future tranship at Nelson for two reasons — firstly, because they are nearer home, and secondly that goods can be transhipped.- muci) ohpjner at Nelson than at Wellington," 'with' its heavier charges."— 'Christchuroh Weekly Press.' Says the "Observer," Auckland's allegedly "funny" paper: "What's Clement Wragge up to now? Kindly note these entertaining headlines from the 'Herald' :— 'A Present for Nelson. —Mr Wragge's Offer.'— 'lndependent Weather Service.' " This is what the average colonial youth would call 'red-hot. What right has Clement to provide Sleepy 'Hollow with a special particular brand of wefttjjer ajl to its little self? Why not serye us ail alike? Brides, as a general rule, Nelson gets all the best of the weather as it is." The Motueka Hockey Club, winners of the senior championship this season, celebrated the event by a ball last Wednesday evening, and it Was a very sucoassflH "function. The ballroom had beep tastefully decorated; and excellent music was supplied by Mrs Currin and Miss Fowler, During the evening Mr G. G. Stewart, on behalf of the Nel son Hockey Association, handed the championship shield for 1909 to the cap tain of the Motueka team, Mr J. Le Mottee, and congratulated the club on its unbeaten record for the season. The various club trophies were distributed by the Moyps of Motueka, and hearty cheers' were given for all the recipients. A presentation of a- biscuit barrel was also made to Mr G. Stewart by the Motueka Club in recognition of hit services as the Club's delegate on the Nelson Hockey Association. It was a strange mixture of the qualities of acquisitiveness and generosity that landed" Thomas Hdckey in the watch-house yesterday (reports the Melbourne "Ago" of September 11th. ) Hickey, a man of the iflosi casual Eiibifa, who till yesterday had spare time to dispose of, was walking along Lalrobe street when he observed a horse and buggy standing outside a house. There was something attractive about the turnout to Hickey, who there and then determined to fill in some of his leisure by going for a drive. As he seated himself comfortably in the buggy and started off, the owner, Mr Samuel P. Belton; emerged. Being a. man of resource, he shouted "Hi! Give us a lift " ""Certainly," replied Hickey ; "jump up, and be quick ; I'm in a hurry !" As Hickey drove ajo'ng he looked anxiously backward to see if the owner of the buggy was coming, and not seeing him he began to descant to his companion upon the beauty of the day. ' "Regular springi weather, ain't it " he remarked; "does a bloke good ter drive out an' get a mouthful o' fresh air, don't it?" Mr Belton cordially agreed with him, and as they neared the Supreme Court Hotel he suggested a drink. "Right 0," said Hickey ; "it won't be bad," and as he hopped out observed, "I s'pose the old prad'll stand. I dunno him very well." "Oh. he'll stand all right " observed Mr Belton, who, as he "stood up two long 'uns," chuckled quietly at the surprise he was going to spring on Hickey , for he had signalled to Con- 1 stable Hunt as he entered the hotel I You ses, I know that old horse," he I remarked, as he handed the amazed Hickey over to the constable ; "he's mine.' "Well, I must be goin 1 balmy!" ' : was Hickey's observation as he was , taten across the road to the watch-house ' and charged with "illegally using." VerynoveJ, f ree h, and charming are the large assortment of new prints zepnyrs, delaines, etc., for wash dresses »°. r t" 6 coming season, now shown at Mrs Anstice's. These dainty and use- , iul materials are just what a lady wants tor serviceable, sammer frocks, and the price for each one is mpafc moderate You re invited to call' in any time and see these lovely wash fabrics, whether you wish to purchase just now or not * Everything that's correct and good wearing in Gloves for now and the coming season, is included in the comprehensive new assortments just opened at Mrs Anstice's. Everything is here, from the inexpensive fabric glove, to the daintiest and most dressy kids and suedes. Call in and fill your glove requirements here— it will pay you, for every price is truly reasonable. — Mrs. Ansuce, Trafalgar-street.* The discovery of the North Pole marks an epoch in scientific research, and may mean a great deal tb scientists; and it is a pity there should be any WTangling as to whom the honour is due. Mrs Mumbles says tp.Jier husband : "I don't believe that either Cook or Peary discovered tie Pole, for the reason fhat there 'aint no Bple there j I could neyeir see 'one on the map.' 1 It may interest them scientific fellers to study the freezing question ; but .it ! s a heap more interest to me and hundreds of other women to discover the (rrand lpfc pf curtains (hundreds of pairs) just .opened at Lock's, as well as a big lot of Maircella and honeycomb quilts, and beautiful pattern linoleums ; also blankets, damasks, blinds, Toller carpets and hearth rugs, and everything required tnr tVio spying cloaning. And. oh. my! the prices are bo cheap. '< &t Lock's you can have the finest selection of furniture and furnishings in the- city, and yon can have your home completely furnished at the lowest -price.*

A meeting of the Mothers' Union will be held in the Diocesan. Library tomorrow afternoon, whan Miss Wmta ; ker, Organising Secretary of the Uiris Friendly Society, will give an address. At the Salt Palace, Salt Lako City, U.S.A., cycling track on 3rd August, Fred Wells, of Havelock (N.Z), won. the mile handicap professional race, and the "Salt Lake Tribune" states that he "beat all the best men on the track. The cream of the professional riders of the States are said to compete on this i track. Steady rain fell all yesterday, and well into the night, causing a heavy fresh in the Maitai. The weather today is again fine; A Press Association wire from Feilding receivd to-day says: —Very heavy rain has fallen during the last three days, and streams are rising. No damage is. reported, bo far, though the . weather is rough on the lambs,. - A man named V. Eicveneaux appeared at the Magistrate's Court this morning on remand from Wellington on a charee of theft of a bicycle from H. S Tunnicliffe. Mr A. T. Magmnity, understood that the police intended to withdraw the charge, as. the money had been paid. The Magistrate, Mr J. S. Evans, said that when a man commenced criminal proceedings they could not be withdrawn because the money was paid. Mr Maginnity stated that there had been no criminal intention on the part of the accused ;and after Sergt. Dougan had informed the Court that the accused had left the bicycle at Newman Bros, stables to be . returned to Mr Tunnicliffe, th<> Magistrate $aye permission for the charge, to be Withdrawn. News\elicited from all round the district (says "Bastieus," in the "Hawera and No/manby, St<') tells that dairy cows are-.cpmihg"ih.fast, and' so far as can be "ascerfaiifed there is a very marked deoreafle jn, the mortality rates ensuing i ronf milk fever aqd kindred complaints of calving time. In, discussions with dairymen on the subject there is found to be a prevailing opinion that the dairying 'community in general have reached an advanced' stage "of skill m coping "with the evil whidh in past seasons assumed the shape of a menace to ~a large number "of the district s herds. The idea which for some time existed tha those animals ' which oarried excessive flesh were the pn.es most susceptible to milk fever has hecomft subject to considerable qualifications, if it has not been entirely exploded. Calvers in all stages of condition have been found to furnish an equally proportionate number of victims to the complaint, and the true source appears hard to arrive at. Sundry herds have found comparative immunity from its ravages, while others have been heavy sufferers, and its visitations appear as much as anything to have been the outcome of chance. Whatever the truth of this may be, there is one tiling certain, namely, that the precautionary measures that are at present followed in the use of drenches have produced very salutary effects. In talking over the matter 'an Okaiawa dairy farmpr the pther day, mentioned that for a number of years he had used nothing but a pint of raw linseed oil, administered to each cow after calving, and had never experienced a loss dining the perio"a. The machinery for the creation of the first Parliaments throughout the Chinese provinces haß already been set in motion, and a first ballot has been taken of the various districts, with the result that Mr L. Yee Hing, lately managing director of the firm of On Chong and Co., of George-st, Sydney, has been returned as one of the seven selected for the district of Tsun-shun, iv the province of Canton. After the district election the provincial choice has to bo made, and the Candida. tgs wljg succeed at the second ballot will compose the first Parliaments of the various provinces throughout the Chinese .Empire. There will only be one House in each province, and all measures after passing the Legislative Chamber will be subject to viceregal ratification before they become the law of the province. The representation is on a population basis. Houses of Parliament are now being elected in al| the. provinces throughout the Chinese Empire, and it is expected they will all Ibe ready for the assembling of the various Parliaments early in 1910. These Provincial Parliaments are the precursors of a general "scheme" of •:onstitutional government, which the 'nto Emperor granted, by dearie, to '■is subjects, and it may be said that the privilege of allowing the Chinese o govern themselves in this provincial fashion is-intended only as a means of coaching the people in the principles of self-government. TTnler the proposed scheme of constitutional reform the Chinese Imperial Parliament, which will be tho centra! '.egislative authority of the realnj, will come into- existence in eight years.- •• : Mr T. Mackenzie, Minister of Ag nculture, is very optimistic in regard to the Dominipu'a prospects. .'.'Whijst it Hastings," ho said to a Naplei -eporter, "I visited the Friinley Can jing Factory, and was distressed to hear that the industry was not in as nourishing a state as one could do sire, "but I am convinced that the trouble is only temporary, because the dopresion which has prevailed throughout the world, beginning in America in 1907, is rapidly passing away. As regards Now Zealand, the r mprovement that marked the close jf the half-year ended June 30, which showed a difference between imports and exports of over 5% million pounds in our favour, and which pessimists thought would not continue, is still more marked for the months of July and August, and such being the <sasv it requires no gift of second sight to foretell that its influence ti'roughou the whole of this Dominion mu3t ho far-reaching. We learn, to-», that the sawmilling, Qjic, and frozen meat industries are slowly improving, so that, putting all thc-ss factors together, when we i'«Mr expressions of doubt in connection with such industries as the canning Industry, we must feel that it can only be of a temporary nature." Reports from heads of branches sent to the New South Wales Post-master-General in regard to sweat- : ng in the Sydney General Post Office ihow that in somo departments the work is heavy, but that there is no sweating in any sense. The women telephone attendants, who made the greatest outcry, have, the report says, tho least to complain of. These girls io not appear te know how well off they are. No commercial undertaking could afford to pay salaries for the hours worked and the concessions given which are now enjoyed Jjy thqa'f) who are making the greatest eutcry with respect to white slavery and overwork. Those who have had to bear the brunt of extreme pressure and those who are saying the least about it, according to the information supplied, are the more responsible officers of the department. The idea of telephone attendants, junior fitters and employees of thiß standard talking about nervous breakdown in connection with their •work is described as the greatest nonsense. They have no responsibility. If they will ao only an ordinary amount of work they have nothing to' worry about, and when the Jiours of completion of. duty arrive they put their hats on ana their responsibility is at an end. Smart dress goods for summer have been opened at Trathen andCo.V the =triped lustres at 2s gd. 2s l}d. 3s 9d are very pretty.* Two special lines for Thursday morning — 25 ladies' moriette underskirts to be cleared a sts 6d each — big* roomy skirts jslso 2§ pnly dainty embroidered muslin blouses 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 4s lid each ; don't miss these ; they arB rfcally cheap^-' Trath'en's.* .

Th© monthly meeting of the No-Li-cense Executive will not . be held this evening, but as advertised in this issue. The action of the Acting Prime Minister and" tho Minister of Railways in attending the opening of Tattersall'a Club in "Wellington constitutes such a grave public scandal that we are compelled to support the protest which is being made. Only a short time ago the Government prosecuted and secured a conviction against a small publication which had published betting odds; yet members of the Government openly patronise ana encourage a club largely composed of protfesional bookmakers whoße business consist of betting. Every judge and every magistrate agree in denouncing facilities and opportunities for gambling as particu larly dangerous to youth and as the direct cause of many lapses into crime. What, excuse, then, can 'bt offered for this Ministerial endorse ment of the gambling evil, as pre sen ted by eu«h clubs? — Auckland! "Herald." A charge of having no visible law? ful means of support wae preferred, against Albert Leitch at the Magis-,. trate 's Court this morning. In " re-.,'| ply to questions by the Magistrate, j the accused said that he had no money when he came to Nelson; that he was not living anywhere; and that J he had slept out for three qights. Sergeant Dougan said that Leitch had been found in Bridge-street tills morning in an epileptic fit. He was a stranger to Nelson, and had, been warned to leave the town last 'Week. On two opoas,ions Leltoh tad been found in 'boarders' laJs in hotels, an* had been turned out. Dr Wrighr had examined the man, and had certified that he was in need of treatment. The Magistrate remanded Leitch for treatment, nnd ho ma sent to the Hospital. Minnesota lias followed the lead of other States in a drastic attempt to legislate the cigarette out of existence (reports the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail"). since the beginning of this month, anyone discovered selling or giving away cigarettes or cigarette papers is guilty of misdemeanour and subject to a heavy fine. The Minnesota law is the severest yet enacted. A-l over the country employers and philan'.*>ropißt< are waging war on the cigarette', of which fifty-five billions are annually consumed in America along. A short time agg eight persona Ty-ere arrested for smoking oigarqttes in the streets of Taeoma, Washington, while Arkansas railway employees found in the possession ef cigarettes are liable to instant dismissal. The naval authorities are considering the recommendation of Rear-Admiral Schroedei that no cigarettes should be allowed in warships. The Education Department is is suing a circular to Education Boards informing them that the concession! made to teachers enabling them tc travel free on the railway to attend training-classes is to be discontinued after the close of the present month and the printed forms of certificates issued to teachers are to be with diawn. It will still be open to th< Boards to apply to the Minister foi concessions of a similar kind to mcci the temporary ipurposes of specially arranged Short training sessions, sucl as summer or winter schools. Th< practice of tho Department in th( past has been to pay seconij-cjas! fares to teachers attending the class es, and preumably the alteration has been made in pursuance of tho T9 trenchment scheme The blowing of the Arahura'i whistle yesterday morning attractei some attention, as the Union Com i pany's steamers do not now blov ! whistles before leaving. It transpire i that the Buller footballers, who wer ' pasesngers from Pioton, on their wa; ; home, had gone up to tho town, am i had mistaken the hour at which th< vessel was to sail. A cab was sen , for them, and after about 50 minutes i delay the Arahura left for Westport Tho Farmers' Agency Company an nounco that will sell the 'balance o: the stock of the late firm of Messri Condell and Armstrong, at tho Jngti tnte, Richmond, on Wednesday nexi at 1.30 p.m. The JP.D. COBSET is the highest mark of achievement in its class "Often imitated, it is aever excelled Only the makers of the P.Xi. Corset, with their wonderful organisation and facilities of distribution, can furnish you with such a Corset a< such a pTice. Quality ifl the test of cheapness. Why hflp to put a preminm on inferiority, *h.i yon*^" wear a PJU* ';! :: "W^