LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As will be seen by an advertisement hi to-day s issue, the Railway Manager, .'••ir Jidwards, has laid on a fast special train between Wakefield and Port, to give greater despatch to fruit and perishable goods. r l liis is a step in the right diiection, and should be a boon to growersof fruit .a.nd vegetables, for now the fruit, etc., can stand •on the trees oversight,- and be picked and packed in the morning (to be sent forward .by the fast special), and be in the Wellington markets and shops nest morning. Mr Edwards states that if advantage is taken of this tram by growers and others concerned he will start this fast special nuxt year in time for the peas . I don .t cave that much for the opinion of all the engineers in New Zealand, declared Mr. F. W. Ma-rchant, C.JIj., snapping his fingers, at the GieOorne Borough Council meeting the other night, when a councillor pSinted out .that all the engineers who had beein consulted, except Mr. Marchant, had advised that the sewerage work be done by diay labour. "I ami going on wJiat I know has l>een- done at Tirnaru. If they 'calk i to me about- day Oabour I say, rix>ok at Timaru, where is as good can be found anywhere.' " nng the discussion,. Mr. Marchan,t said ■the work a t Timara was let in three con. tracts and, the only expense the Council had was for an inspeotor, and occasionally . an, assistant, he (Mr. Mar>.*hant) providing; an' overseer out of his own. remuneration, of about -±I4OO a vear which .he received from Council. , .P^ 3 - r^e fierid is about again (says i/he Oamaru "Mail"), and two valuable 'horses have been shot the past •week. Mr. J". Dalglleish had a draught 00-pse shot in the shoulder and maimied whil<* it was grazing l ih a paddock near •Peebles, amd- a thoixraehbred imiare nam« »jd Olive Rose Detfre/tt), .be: 'longing', to Mr. J. Sew-ell, was-ehotde&d m a paddock at Black Point. The jbulJet, ■entered the eye and pierced the brain."" >Mr. SeweH's loss is a very severe, one.' • • ■; It is certainly delightful t6 batli.e.'iii vne surf at Napier (says a loical paper), buit one day lasit week proved-thai the ; enjoyment is tempered with dangers In j? e t e P*oori' batter was knocked off ins feet ancLcarried ba^kirita.^ Uiiendi ts- assistance being* necessary to triable Hun to reach land. An hour later U lady, fully dressed, Was holding a lit-; •jle child' in the_ 'water as it rushed nip the beach, when the -baofewash oaufiiht and pulled'her back into the waves, oue beyond the ducking- no harm was •done. . Later, alady who had been carried into- the surf had been abandoned £° her fate by, a man who tried to rescue i her, when a bath assistant came to her assistance; and; with some difficulty, brought her-ashore. Mr Henry Hicks, chairman of directors, presiding at the x annual' meeting •of the London General -omnibus. Com- . pany, said they had com© ,to the contliisaon. that horses would- not' profitably 'be. run in omnibuses in London, 'and ,in the past year they disposed of 5791 horses and 672 omnibuses. A .performance of "Lohengrin" at the Vienna Opera, before a crowded house, led to a very unusual .scene {or. this 1 popular theatre. Memibers of the chorus, to whom falls a considerable part of 'the. performance, ; instead of singing,, 'confined themselves to [murmuring the v airs. All.the efforts ooi ! .the pa.rt of the • <conductor; ■ by sigriis and- gesticulations, ind.uce them-to take their part failed, and the among them Herr Schmedes, -alsw- fell into confusion fo-r want of tha suplKJrt <>f the chorus; so that . 'the-audience hissbd. It 'became known a .fter the first, act.that the chorus •was on strike,, ae the increase of salary iiad not been granted. ■Negotiations, . which were rapidly com- - teenced- with them, failed, aria l although 'the audience gave-loud .tokens of indignation, they refused during the whole performance to -raise their voices. An incident occurred in one of the matches • which'• the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing - Society played - on' their i tour in the States a year or two agio is a -good _ example- -of now the - 'sporting spirit differs in the two countries. One of the English team; says Mr Garden G. Smith, in-the -Globe,'' lost his ball, and after he and his opponent and their, paddies had searched for it for about' •fiyti minutes; the Englishman r said, "Well, -I suppose it's no good, we had 'better go on. ' "Do yougiyeitupV" said -his opponent, in the manner of asking a conundrum. "Yes," - said' the Ehglkshman. ""Well,*' "said the American sportsman, pointing to some loose grass where the ball lay. embedded-, "there's your ball." The English .revivalist, Glenn VoLiva, who came from London a few , years. -ago tot-take spiritual-. charge <yf Zion City after the deposition' of John Alexander Ppwie; ; has just acquired tille to the entire, settlements- The Zion City -property consists of - 2400 city lots, 2700 acres of fariri land, 850 acre,-? of lake front, £20,000 worth of buildings, and £40,000 in cashjpersonal propei by-, notes, and bonds. Hie title is in the form of an 1100-year lease. _ Using tobacco in any- way 'in -Zion,. City ia prohibited, and a fine of £5 follows _ a violation of t-hi9 law. (A leading articl'V in the "Mail" on l9th inst. gave fvjlv deaiils of thei changes ja-t Zion City, sinoe . Dowie's death and Voliva's reign.) .The trials • with -the new proj ectile, apparently fired from a rifle, for use Against airships, which-were carried out ;at ,the experimental, institution for hand firearms at Halehsee, outside Berlin, are ■understood .to have yielded isurpri&ing results. The projectilp, which is desicribed! as a saiiall shell, set fire to '. the baJlpdiiii' through which it pasßed, with results tWt would have been iimimeddate.<y ■ fatal to any , airship ih like' case. i*revious traials- had led to the conclusion that airships were practically immune against ordinary rifle bullets. If, .however/, tne new ammunition should fully justify the claims made l for it, and should' not be ruled out by the ueneva Conventions, it would go, far towards rendering the bellicose employment of aiTslvipe irhipossible. x Messrs Bisley Bros, advertise particulars of the following salesOn Thursday next, stock sale at Happy Valley, and on Wednesday next, stock sale at Richmond yards; also a c!earing_ - c ala : of, live and dead stock at Mr.-HodsoJ s farm, R'ichmohd. Mr. A. Gould will sell furniture &r-d effects on account of- Mr McEnnes, Wai-mea-road, to-morrow at 2 o'clock. _ If you have not already visited the. great summer sale now 'in full swing at .Yirs Anstice's; it will .pay you to- do so at once.: and secure what you require of these big money-saving bargains. Everything in the store is. heavily reduced ;ir» price, and you will find tliat an early inspection here will repay you well. Remember, early inspection means best selection, and get in to-day.* Mrs. Anstice's great summer clearance sale commences on Thursday, sth January ,and everyone should take ad : vantage of this great money-saving .op portunity. Sweeping reductions are promised in evecy department, and it will pay you to be in early to get the pick of the bargains.' —Mrs: Anstice, Tra-falgar-street.* , Shampooing,, hairdressing. hair cuttino-, manicuring, scalp . and facial mas sage, treatment" for /falling, hair and dandruff; . eveiy ; description of hairwork. Only best hair used; match perfect. Natural hypieiiic hair-pads; combinps. made. x«p 2s 6d an ounce; large. ' stock of fcoiJet . requisites.—Mrs. Gaw, Tatton's Buildings (upstairs), Trafalgar Hreet.* ■ ■ ■ '

o,ne thing which struck Dr. Stokes forcibly on the run. from China to Sydney by the steamer St. Albans recently ' (says the "Daily Telegraph") Jwas -tlis fact that the vessel was taking',to Mel" bourne about 7GO tons of pig iron ma-nufa-ctnred .by''Chinese, in-Hankow. , He found that iron, was being' made at' 'Hankow' andi Shanghai so, cheaply that it was being exported to places which a few yea-Ts- ago were. themselves great iron-producing centres. Pittsburg, in America, of all places in the: world, was getting iron iron) China, and Dr. Stokes learned that a- large American syndicate • had decided to start operations at Hankow, employ the che&'p labour of the Chinese, and. send the raw iron to their works in the United States •• Interviewed while in Invercargill by a member of the "Southland Times" staff. .Mr R. McNab . expressed tho opinion thjjt land values were .very much higher in the North Island ■ than in Southland. : he ■ did not think that the' land in-'itself .was, mope fertile in the North than in the .South", if it was looked at purely from /tho point of yiew of an analysis of the soil ; Dut the extra, number ..of. hours of sun • shine in the year; through. the winter, gave a much longer growing period aim a shorter period when " .stock had to be fed with specially-grown fodder, this making- a...very .great-different® in the values. Land .at £4O an ■ acre was not uncommon 'jand prices 'up to and over £SO for the. best' dairying country had been, touched in favoured spots in Taranaki. These prices - wer<» not. given by men . who-" did not'- know their work, but who-were'making a living out of their .properties. They could not-be given where a special effort hid t>° be made to grow their winter feod. „ r - , R -. B. Greig, one of - the Scottish' Commissioners, declare*, that,the Austrail an States are on th& wrong track •in specially inviting agricultural im'WST^ts-'• _ The agricultural . labourer of ■Ga-eat Britain; he Says, will not, as ' a. rule, adapt hinnself "to"; new ' conditionsc He would consider it ' "infralearn how to handle a team pf - ''four horses and a double-furrow ■plough, or, .any . other ■; of 'the "newf jaiigled\': niacßinery which has / become in countries -of big spares [ labour. Canada and the.Unit-ed,-<Sitates;-lie points out, are being- developed not by agricultural labourers, I f.®t by men who have left other callinofi-, or who have had no other* callijag all. ; Th-ey are not wsdd'ed' to. any j ticualar practices, for they know <ii; 'none.; .But they aiieeagerto learn; everything. -that will enable theni' tc> achieve their ambition, and they are 'willing to "rough it" "witKout complaint. These are the men that are 'needed.- But these, writes - : an Australian oar respondent, are* just the meh that, are out of favour with: the powers thati .be. ' A-rush of nondescripts, it'-is •affirmed, would pull do>vn Wages in l all the .(balling® affected. Agam; . the man ■that will "rough it" is anathema. -'-He oughii to raake a. fuse and break,, things rather than suffer 1 Any inconvenienced l, t When-the second division- of -»i'the United States Fleet left Portsmouth 7 recently (says a cable message to an Australian paper), they: passed th'rmigh the lines formed 'by the siijps of the British Home ; Fleet.The event-was-ailmosfc-aii » historic one, and the interest disjplayed was wonderful:; <, t The ;British / cretVs ".manned ships," and- rthe general scene was one ?of • brightness marked by a fcreat display of "friendly feeling., "v As the American vessels, [passed slowly-out 'into the English .Channel ~cheers.- and nounter-ch-eers passed^--from . fleetto fleet. The usual salutesi , werb fired amid any amount of. -enthusiasm froih the.crow,ds of people in pleasure craft and private yachts and' motor boats; t 'Handkerchiefs and flags • "representing the Union Jack-and: Stars' and Sitripes were waved by hundreds of "women; and there must have been at least 24)0,000 people on. the - water and lining the Shores at Portsmouth Hard and • Soiith'Esiplanadje. As the last of the ■< American crd£b ;.passed ;of the lines of the Home Division j, the band of the British flagship struck; up "Anld 'Lang Syne-j" and; in a moment "the lusty voices of thousands of and American tars ■cduld J, singing the song, verse-after until tail end of the departing .armada was quite a mile away from its: starting point. ■ • . !• '■ - : \ I believe in party, government, but where honesty is concerned I recognise no distinction.—Mr. v Roosevelt. • t • The New Zealand Loan ana, Mercain'tile Agency Coy. will hold stock Eale lat the White Hart Yards, Richmond, ( t-o-anorrow afternoon. .' '■ '■ " :: "v';£. '