LOCAL & GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 18 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A parade of the Nelson 11 if lev will be held to-night. s A meeting of the Mothers' Union will be' held in° the Diocesan .Library tomorrow at 3 p.m. A meeting of the L.O.L, No. 6. Daughters of William 111., will he held in the Orang?- Hall to-morrow at 7.30 p.m. An accident befell Mr and Mrs Isaac Harvey, of Wakapuaka on Friday afternoon. They were on their way home from town, when two donkeys crossed in front of the horse Mr Harvey was driving. The horse swerved and overturned 0 the sulky. Mr and Mrs Harvey were not hurt, though they were severely shaken. No damage was done to the sulky. Dr Ogston informed a Duiiedin "Star" reporter that the typhoid outbreak in Otago. though not of a malignant type, shows no sign of abating. Numerous cases are reported, and he understands that in consequence the accommodation at the Dunedin Hospital is somewhat strained. Diarrhoea in infants is also a common complaint just now, and this 'al.-'o bo trjiceabje! to the long autumn drought. The doctors at Home expect such a trouble about August if the weather has been warm.

Our Wakefield correspondent writes: —"The suggestion of the 'Evening Mail that Mr. Philip Best's would be a mosi suitable nomination to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by th-?. lamented death of the late Mr. F. Trask is hailed with givat .satisfaction throughout the country districts, where Mr. Bestjs well known and highly esteemed." The offices that Mr. .Philip Best has filled, in addition to the Chairmanship of the W'aimea County Council. a}'e Jis follow : —Chairman of AppLby School Committee. 15 years; member of Nelson Education Board, 10 years; irem-ber of Richmond Highway Board, 3 years; Chairman of (Stoke Road Board. 12 years; member of Nelson Hospital and Lnaritabio Aid Board. 13 years: mcmb.r of NelMin Harbour Board, 8 years. _ Mr. Best was first President of the Nelson Agricultural & Pastoral Association. At pi cent he is Chairman of the County Council, which position he has hrld for five and he has been a member of the Council for 19 years. He is one of the Governors of Nelson College and a member of the Nelson Li censing B nch, which position he has held for 14 years. He is also member of the Land Purchase Board and a •Justice of the Peace.

rt is notified'by the Nelson - tailors' Association t'naf tlie snopt, J ivill close at 11.3d a.m. on \Vo«Inos<l:»y •h-x! lor the -Neison races. Messrs Bislev Bros, and Co. advertise the following sates Stock sale at Wake Held to-morrow, and at Richmond on Wednesday; and on Fn hv next under instructions from the Pub 1 !!' Trustee, the two properties |ihv:ou.'!v ovnel by J. W. Claridge. deceas .1. and ;; clearing sale' of ail live nd dead n k thcreon. Tb-morrow Mr. Alfrd Could will sell household furniture on account of .Mrs. H. MacKouzie, at her residence. 134. V\ aimea-street.