LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 22 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A strong south-easterly gale was raging in the Straits last night, and shipping had a rough time. The Rosamond, which had tho gale in her teeth, made a long trip of it. The Petono bands have amalgamated! and the new combination will be known as the Hutt and Petone Citizens' Band. A match town V. Country members of the Wakatu Hockey Club will be played at the Botanical Reserve on Friday, at 5 p.m. Messrs E. Buxton and Co., Ltd., agents for the New Zealand Shipping Company, have received word that the s.s. Ruapehu arrived in Welhngon at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, from Londott viri Capetown and Hobart. . Messrs S ; Kirkpatrick and Co., Ltd., of Nelson, have opened a branclr ; of their business at 59, Fort-street, Auckland. Mr Kirkpatrick, who is now in Auckland, has just, completed arrangements for the ' warehouse in that city. On 21st inst., at the residence of the bride's parents, Torrent Bay, there was solemnised a quiet wedding, between Mary Ann, second daughter of Captain - Natter, and Mr Charles Edward Brake, oi Christchurch. The brido was the . recipient of manv useful nnl pretty presents. After the ceremony, which was conducted by Mr W. L. Jones, of Nelson, the young couple left en route for Christchurch, carying with them the good wishes of a large corcle of friends. Mr E. J. Wilson Thomas, who has been selected by the Scholarship Committee of tho Canterbury College Students' Association for recommendation for this year's Rhodes Scholarship, is a Nelson College boy (says the "Dominion's" special correspondent). In 1904 he gamed a junior -university scholarship, and, in the following year, entered Canterbury College. He gained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907, and was awarded a senior scholarship in French. In the following year he gained his M.A. degree, with first-class honours in languages and literature '(English and French). iluring thifj year he has occupied a position as assistant to the professors of English and ipodern languages, and his college career as an athlete has* been brilliant. He has been a member of the first fifteen since his first year. For the past two years he has been secretary of the football club, and he has also walked for his college at the last two Easter tournaments, and waft a member of the ri-fle-shooting team which, this year, was the winner of the Haslam Shield. Our Wai-iti correspondent writes:— The weather for the past fortnight has been favourable for growth. The country is now looking very green. The stone fruits are all showing well tor blossom. Farmers have been taking advantage of the fine weather to get in the crops that- the late rains had delayed. Good lambing results are everywhere aparent. Most of the flocks .are now ready for docking. The autumn sown crops are doing splendidly, and given proof of the wisdom of early sowing. The hares have been very troublesome among the young apple trees this season. I have found a dressing of blood from the slaughter house left to get stale, with a little Stockholm tar mixed with it, will keep them away for several weeks. This mixture also seems to suit the trees, giving the bark a nice healthy appearance. Some orchardists, who have gone to the trouble and expense of fencing with wire netting, have found that it is not proof against the ravages of these night marauders. The low price of hops during the last two seasona^has caused several growers to give ,jiip cultivating. Many gardens throughout the Waimeas are being. ploughe.4out, while the owners of others are contemplating growing root crops, rape/ etc., on the ground, for sheep fattening. Boys' Varsity Suits, in all wool tweed, a£ 7s lid and 12s 6d each. Nearly every boy in the Dominion now wears this style of suit. — The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy.* Attention is drawn to Mrs Anstice's n«w advertisement on third page of this issue re new laces and embroideries.* Boys' Linen or Drill Suits for Summer wear, all the latest and prettiest styles, at 3s 6d, 4s lid, and 5s lid each. — The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy's Sale.* Business Notice. — Attention is called to the advertisement inserted by the Dresden Piano Company on page 3 of this issue. For the next fourteen days the Company will be holding their special sale of Pianos and Organs at the Agency, Bridge-street. For the convenience of the general public the firm's premises will 'remain open for. .the inspection of Pianos and Organs during the Bab, from .7 to 8.30 p.m. An invitation to visit the Company's Agency is extended to all.* Linen Hats! For Boys', Youths', or Men, in completely new styles, at 6d and ;Is eaeh. — The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy.* Veiy novel, fr-c-sli. and charming are I the largo assortment of new prints, zephyrs, delaines, et.-., for wash dresses for the coming season, now shown at Mrs Anstiet-'s. These dainty and useful materials are just what a lady wants fur A.rviceablo summer frocks, and the pru-t; tor each ono is most moderate.. You're invit-ed to call in any time and see these lovely wash fabrics, whether vim wis-li to purchase just now or not.* Everything that's correct and good wearing in" Gloves for now and - the coming season, is included in tho compreheivive .new assortments just opened at Mrs Ar.stice's. Everything is hero, from tho inexpensive fabric "glove, to the daintiest and most dressy kids and auedes. Call in and fill your glove requirements here — it will pay you. for every pr^e 'is trtrl^ •reasonable - .— Mas. Asjasre, Tt'af glgax-smt*

'.-;-. --"--' L i'-i""' J *"*■ " """ ■"-'-- ''Civis" writes in, i-elerence to the rninfall query that an inch of rain represents 101.12 tons an acre. The Nelson Debating Society will hold its usual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Booms this evening, - P when the subject of the debate will be: "Should the Governor be electea by the | People?" I It is notified thai Miss Whitaker, SecI retail 61 tile Girls' Friendly Society, will give an address in the Diocesan Library to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, on the objects and aims of the Society. In the evening, at 7.15, Miss Whitaker will give another address. All ladies interested in the formation of a branch in Nelson are invited to attend-. A meeting of the Comimttee iii connection with the movement to sfcchre new saltwater swimming baths will be held at tlie Chamber of Commerce Room to-monow evening. All sympathisers are also invited to attend.^as it is intended to discuss what further steps shall be taken in regard to the baths. At the sitting of the Magistrate" i Court at Brightwater to-day, Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., gave judgment for the paintitf in the case Newman Bros, (represented by Mr Moore) v. Chas. Avery, a claim for £5, with £1 4s 6d costs. The s.s. Tokomaru left London on Bth September for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Nelson. She brings 950 tons of cargo for Nelson, and is due here about 10th November. Besjukovsctschina, in Russia, is probably the only place in the world that is run entirely by women. This State is made - up of seven villages, each presided over by a Mayoress, the whole under the superintendence of a lady who acts as president. There are women magistrates, women preachers, women police— in factf, ever position in the Stat* Is filled by women. The Toads are made by Women, and women sell milk and deliver letters. If you want to bring an action against your neighbour in the State, you go to a woman lawyer ;and- if there is anything in your house to be stolen then a burglar of the weaker sex steals it. No place of any importance whatever is filled by man. A morning's amusement was provided for a Christchurch crowd at the Bank of New Zealand corner last Saturday by the efforts of two constables Who were riding machines without bells attached. One of the policemen (says the "Press") armed with pencil and note book, Was busily engaged taking the names and addrt.sies of the offenders, while his confrere devoted his attention to the han-dle-bars of all approaching bicycles. Many were caught, and more escaped. In .^une cases, when no bell could be seen, the cyclist was promptly "nailed,' and then the constables would find, to the lingo delight of the crowd, that the rider had covered it with his hand. News quickly spreads, and in a short time it was surprising to see how many people preferred to wheel their bicycles, and the trade in lawbreakers correspondingly decreased. The Venerable Archdeacon Towgood has resigned both the Archdeaconry of Wanganui and the cure of Martort. The Archdeaconry has been divided into two portions, the northern comprising .all that part of the diocese that lies north of Marton, with the exception of the districts through which the Mam i Trunk line passes, the southern comprising those districts, Marton and the remaining part of the area which formed the old Archdeaconry.. ' r 'To ithe north. em Archdeaconry the Bishop has ap- '• pointed the R« v - J- A - Jacob, M,A., vi- ' car of Christ Ghurchj Wanganui; to the southern Archdeaconry the Rev. C- ' C. Harper, M.A., vicar of Palmerston North. The Rev. V. H. Kitcat has been appointed to succeed the Venerable Archdeacon Towgood as vicar of Marton. Archdeacon Towgood was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1841, and educated at Sherborne (Dorsetshire), St. John's, Oxford, and Cuddesdon Theological College. He was ordained deacon in Exeter Cathedral in 1869, and priest in Wellington ProCathedral (N.Z.) in 1873. In 1866-7 he was curate in oHarge of Spring Grove and_ Waimea West, Nelson. The following year he became vicar of St. Stephen's, Marton, and was appointed Archdeacon of Wanganui in 1893. An astounding tragedy was enacted al Little Rock, Arkansas, at the conclu sion of habeas corpus proceeding: brought by Mr Parker Willis, a well known politician, for the custody of hi: * -daughter. Mr Justice Fulk had jusi given his decision, granting Mr Willi: the custody of the girl for 10 days, whei Mr William Ellis, who after a remark 1 ab'.e divorce suit !iad married Mrs Willis, whipped out a revolver and shol ■Mr Willis dead. The crime created J panic in the crowded court, men, wo men and children tumbling over om , another in mad endeavours to escape. Mi Ellis' first shot missed Mr Willis, and went through the coat of Senator Davis, 1 counsel for Mr . Willis, Both the Senator and the judge seized the assailant, | but he succeeded in firing a second shot > over the judge's head. This proved fatal to Mr Willis, piercing him through the heart just as his mother had thrown hei arm Tound his neck in a vain effort tc protect him. As soon as he ascertained that Mr Willis was dead Mr FJlif calmly threw down the weapon and surrendered himself. Bocatise his daughter Gwendoline Florence joined:, the ranks of the Democratic Socialists, with whose principles he was not in accord. Mi Alfred Richards, or 47, Gordon Sq. W.C<j Finsbury Circus, E.G., auctioneer, deprived her of the bulk of hei inheritance. Mr Richards, who left property worth £64,389, had in his will bequeathed his daughter an an nuity of 200 during spinsterhood, or her marriage £500, ad thenceforth a life interest in a trust fund of £5000 and on the doath of his wifo a share of the residue of tho estate By a codicil made last April, how ever, he revoked thiß provision ane substituted an allowance of £2 a week. On Saturday, 2nd prox., at Nelson, Mr Wm. Lock will sell by order of the Public Trustee, 576 acres farm land at East Takaka, belonging to tho Estate of the late Mr J. T. Catley. On Saturday 25th prox., Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. will sell, under instructions from the Registrar of the Supreme Court, freehold property, being part of the Clifton Downs run; and on , Saturday, December th, the Taitapu Block, containing 10,000 acres of freehold bush lands* Everything that is stylish, dainty, and smart in Ladies* Dress Goods bought by us to-gay at a big discount— and will be offered at our Big Sale Tomorrow at 6s, 9s, and lis 6d the Full Dress.— The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy." 6s, 9s, and lis 6d— These are the prices we are going to sell charming Silk Striped Lustre Dress Lengths*; at onr Huge Dress Sale To-morrow— The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Coy.* Men's perfect fitting Tailored Box bints in all the newest patterns, at 30s 40s. and 50s each— these are exceedingly Smart Suits— The Aucklanl Clothing and Drapery Coy's Sale* The discovery of the North Pole marks an epoch in scientific research, and may mean a great deal t*b scientists; and it 18 a pity there should be any wrangling as to whom the honour is due. Mrs Mumbles says to her husband : "I don't believe that either Cook or Peary discovered the Pole, for the reason that there aint no Pole there; I could never see 'one on the map." It mav 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 grand lot of curtains (hundreds of pairs) just opened at Lock's, as.jyell aa a big lot of Marcella and honeycomb quilts, ' and beauti--fnl pattern linoleums; also blankets, damasks, blinds, roller carpets and hearth rugs, and everything required for the spring cleaning. And, oh my ! the prices are so cheap." At Lock's you can havo the finest selection of furniture and furnishings in the city, and yfm <-an have your home completely* furnished at the lowest price.* The P.D. OOBSET ig the highest mark of achievement in its class. Often imitated, it is never excolled. Only the makers of the P.D. Corßet, with their wonderful ' organisation and facilities of distribution, can. < i-ni<=li vou with such a Corset at such a price. Quality is the test of, , cheapness. Why help to put a premium on inferiority, -whii you cvii wear a P.D.?* I

For travelling, trading, and all the things one mußt not do on the Sabbath, Scotland, of course, must ever hold the palm. Not in the 17th century alono, but through all the ages afld even uiito the present day the Scottish Sunday has a law unto itself. . There is (remarks the 'Daily Chronicle') the experience of rjsmes Payn, for instance, in the Edinburgh of only the seventies*.— "ln the street where I first resided," he wrote, "it struck me that, to judge by the drawn-down blinds, the people spent a I Eood deal ef their time upon the seventh I lay in bed. On my. «jcond Sunday, however, I was undeceived, for my landlady came up and informed me that, although she had not spoken of it last Sunday, she must how draw my attention to the fact that it was hot usual in Edinburgh tb draw up the jmndow blinds ori the Sabbath, and that the neighbours had begun to remark upon the 'unlawful' appearance of her . establishment, which had heretofore been a God-fearing house." Miss Nellie Stewart, the well-known actress, made some interesting remarKs concerning New Zealand products to a. Dunedin interviewer the other day. } went out to Mosgiel Woollen Mills this morning, "• she said. "I got some stuff there when I was here 15 years ago, and, would you believe it, I have the dress now. It is splendid stuff, quite equal to the Irish frieze. Why they don't send their goods to England to be sold under a New Zealand label I can't understand; but I have reason to believe that these goods are sold in England as Irish or English spun. Seems a pity, does it not? Why, I went into a shop in Christchurch only the other day, and they showed me some material. "Haven't you got any from Mosgiel 'I asked. But they said 'No'; they did not stock it . Now, why? And as to England, you would be surprised at the New Zealand goods and Australian goods that do everlasting credit to English names ; especially butter. Why, there must be tons of it going into one end of a warehouse 'Australian, and appearing at the other 'prime Devonshire.' " The Barcelona correspondent of the "Imparcial" gives a graphic picture of the terror on July 28. He says that after burning tho convent of San Jerommo, the rebels returned with disinterred corpses, carried them in procession, tied ropes to the embalmed bodies of nuns, dragged them through the streets, ailtt finally abandoned them at different places. The corespondent of the "Correspondencia" paints the outbreak in even darker colours. He describes how on the night of the 27th, the rebels took to murder, pillage, ahd incendiarism, "Mad drunk with blood, wine, lust, dynamite, and petroleum, with no other desire than to kill for killing's sake," the rebels destroyed the convents and massacred the inmates. The correspondent says:— 'Who can tell the number of dead, wounded, and burnt, who are buried beneath the ruins? Spare me the recital of the details of the martvrdom of the monks, of the ill-treatment of the nuns, of the brutal way in whieh they were sacrificed. . I will only say that many died at the foot of the altar, -stabbed by a thousand women ; that others were torn in pieces, their limbs being carried about on poles ; that not a few were tortured to death ; and that all passed to another life with the crown of martyrdom. The weather that has done so much tc 1 mar the holiday season has heavily clouded the harvest prospects (says the "Daily Mail Overseas Edition ). Ever winter-sown oats are not evenly ripe yet and it is doubtful whether spring-sown 1 crops will ever reach maturity. One sees many fields on which the heavy growth ' has been so battered 1 by wind and rair 1 that it is almost as low as stubble, anc ; mowing it will cost the farmer nearlj a pound an acre: Other fields have th ( 1 look of a billowy sea, the popies red 1 dening the troughs between the yellow waves. There are odd developments ii the crops, too. In parts of Hertford shire and Norfolk the new French wheats are as ripe as the oats, and the ■ wheats will give a fine yield if they ear ' be harvested, though the oat crop ir 1 many places has failed altogether. The corn harvest will now be beginning, but there are still acres of grass uncarted 1 and some iB still uncut. But England ii not alone in misfortune. In Northerr France the hay crop has been entirelj - ruined— the first cut is lying in the field: - hidden by the second crop, which ii 3 knee-high. As ia corrctspondent wh( - lately wrote to the "Times" put it, thi 5 seasons thi6 year have so far been "in k verted." I When the West Riding Territorial - marched out of camp at Guisboroug'h - Yorkshire (Eng.), for brigade manceu ' vres they were in high spirits. An houj 1 later they marched Dack in sad silence ' carrying the body of one of their chap ■ lains, who had been accidentally shot * He was a young curate of 26, the Kev ' Nigel Hodgson. Attached to Leeds ■ church he was acting as temporary chap ■ lain to the Leeds Rifles. He had rid r den out with the men, and was watching '• the operations on horseback, when sud ' denly ho was seen to sway and fall iron- ! his horse. He was picked up at once ' but he was already dead. A bullet hac | passed through his body, breaking hi* ' left arm and entering a vital part. Hov. ' the ball cartridge got in among thi ' "blank" which was served out to th< men is a mystery. More than one war evidently so mixed up, for at the in 1 quest held in the evening there was tes ' timony that the scream of two bullet: ! was heard, and that another besides the r one which killed Mr Hodgson was seer to strike the ground'. Such mishap! ' have happened before, and the jury loo< ' the view that it was a pure accident. Mi : Hodgson was a Harrow boy, and a gra duato or Trinity, Cambridge. He was ; an energetic young clergyman, a good preacher, and always to the fore in so cial work among the poor. His fathei 1 is a director of the Midland Railway. 1 Deep sympathy with his family was ex . pressed at the inquest, and the camp i was very sorrowful over the sad death of this already popular and promising ' young man. 1 To-morrow ! A huge stock of beautiful i Striped Sicilian Dress Goods, to bs thrown away at 6s, 9s, and lis 6d the full dress length.— The Auckland Coining and Drapery Co.* Smart dress goods for summer have been opened at Trathen and Co. J s ; the striped lustres at 2s 3d, 23 lld, 3s 9d are very pretty.* Two special lines for Thursday morning 25 ladies' moriette underskirts to be cleared a sts 6d each— big Toomy skirts ;also 25 only dainty embroidered muslin blouses 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 4s lld each • don't miss these ; they are really cheap— Trathen's.*