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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 13 August 1910, Page 8

To curb the alleged reckless cxtiava«ance now reported in all parts ot the United States, and of which the motor-mania is one of the most I )r0 " nounced symptoms, the bankers ot' Kansas City .and those of the South' West who are dependent on the Kansas. City 'banks, nave agreed io loiul ao money to anyone who intends to use the ea li to buv a motor-car. Ihj.s boycott, says the Kansas repre-sentsi-tive of the ■'' Xcrf \ork /World. is brought about bv the wastefulness ot the Kansas peop!e in buying automobiles. The sum of JE6.5ti0.000 was in : vested in motor-cars lasr year in Knnras. One of the Kansas City bankers said that hi s safe contained fift\--two *renl estate mortgages, the money for which lie knew went for automobiles. In many parts of the country the possession of a motor-car. it is complained, seems to be the test of a man's solvency, ar.d debtors maintain that to purchase a machine, so far from beinp- waste, is economy, because his credit in the eves of the world improves Immediately. Th'e "Dorrrinion"' reports thai ar the Wellington Savage Club' on Saturday. night Sir Joseyii Ward, in tincourse of a brief speech, referred to the topic of the hour —the Children's Hospital. He said thai he understood that his namesake was cxpectvd to arrive from the Opera House at th-e Lame time as himself. When he— Mr Hugh Ward—did arrive ho hoped that all present wou-'d give him a right ro\*al welcome in honour of the good "work he wa s doinp in' the eiry in connection with raising funds for the Hospital. Sir Joseph's remarks were receivc-d with enthusiasm, and when Mr Hugh Ward arrived .some ten minutes later he was accorded a welcome that all but lifted the rooff off. The entire assemblage rose and sang hi tilv "For He's a Jolly Good Feiiow." During i'ne evening Mr H. Ward, after returning thanks f°r the "wild shriek 7 ' of a reception which had been accorded him. mentioned the project lie had in hand, the strenuous week he had before him. and suggested that later th? Savage Club might give an entertainment in the Optra House on the lines of "A Night with the Savage Club." the entertainment to be conducted precisely as was the case in the club—no restraint or formality, but tinctured with that fine spirit of Bofcemianism which was -o characteristic of the Wellington Savage Clnb. Tt is understood the committee will consider the question at an early date.