LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 26 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr G. A. Edmonds-, treasurer to the Children's Hospital Ward Committee, wishes to acknowledge aeceipt of the following further amounts : Murchison (proceeds of concert arranged' oy Mr. S. Kairhall), £6 16s ; Wakefield School, 8s Id; Gordon .School, 6s; Mrs. Koughton. donation, Is. ,

Yesterday afternoon the New Zea lMid Government training ship Amokura was to have left Wellington for the Kennadecs, via Auckland.

It is notified that the Technical School reopens on the 6th prox. Prospect uses> may be obtained at the school, or at Jackson's or' Hounsell's.

Tihere was a welcome change; in the weather this' 'a/ftea-noon, the long period of sunny days giving place to fl . heavy sky. A thunderstorm., paissed over the city, and light rain comimenced to fail about' 3 o'clock.

The "Waihi Telegraph" tells of a machine just invented • that turns saw dust, shavings, and chips into solid pieces of wood. The material is cairied on a rotary belt to .the machine's hopper, thence to a plunger or compressor. Through the centre of the mould into which the shavings and sawdust are forced is a small hempen,rope. A pressure of 20 tons to the square inch is ' exerted ,and the solid body is driven out of the machine, and in a shape similar to a round stick of wood 4m. in diameter. The machine is to turn .out'about six-tons,of sticks a. day. . During the stay of Wirth 's. Circus in- Nelson Raymond, "the Handcuff King," proposes to give a-free ex hibition which should cause some sensation. On Saturday morning 1« will jump into- the harbour, manacled End "Teg-ironed, and he undertakes to free /himself in Hire water before emerging. He performed 'this'- feai at Sumner. Christchurch, a ago, and .at Casino (N.S.W.;),' whi'e bis jump f-foiri -the Princes/' Bridge at Melbourne, though the: police were trying to .prevehit him, is weli\remein bered. - *

Im addition to the dressing shederect;ed by the City Council just ibelOw Gol-lingiwood-street a spring, board wasi placed in-the. bathing hole\in ..th'e.iocaility. . The board was a 'decided acquisition! and was largely used. Yesterday evening some young men wil fully broke dcuwiru the spring board, airi. -act for which-; they. deserve to be severely punished. The 'board was,'re placed.' m position to-day \ and it is to be hoped that all who frequent' the bath ing.hole will-in future show more regard fciar public property.. Some day, perhaps. \ve~ shall see in Nelson what is to ,be s'eco iii. most other /large tby^ns—-notices in public places requesting'citizens to protect their own property. . Such, notices would tend to educate both-young--and old in, the duties of citizenship- and pride of town; and, as they would «iot be costly, the Council' might well adopt; the idea.

! Kitchener stories are apparently popular- In London just now, and on© which has recently- come out r is- causing amusement. During a portion of the South African war Lord Kitchener had as an orderly a young scion' of a noble house, •who had joined the Imperial Yeomanry as- a trooper. He could nob .quite understand that he was not on terms of perfect equality; with-the members of the ?taff, and, having been summoned one. morning- to carry (dispatches for the Com-mander-in-Chief, he entered: the room ; with a jaunty- air. "Did you want ime, Kitchener?" "he asked, Calmly, while the irest of the staff gasped for foar of what krbuki happen-next. 1 "; Kitchener, how-; .ftver, merely looked at him .with a jjuiet 'smile. "Oh, don't call me Kitchener," he'* remarked gently ; "it's so beastly for*mal. ' Call me Herbert." . .;',.':'

Hidden by his wife, who died a few 'weeks ago at Runcorn (Cheshire), a mar named John Eastup has discovered in various parts of the cottage money totalling- .nearly £IOOO. Secreted in a ■cupboard among innocent looking pots and tins he discovered a basin filled with threepenny pieces, running into sorr.c hundreds 1 ; another cupboard revealed a hoard of half-crowns, and continuing his seairch Eastup penetrated the cellar, Here a loose brick in the floor arrested his attention. Lifting it up he found a rudely-dug hole occupied 'by a jam pot merely covered "by a sheet of paper. When the cover was removed th-e pof was found to bo filled with sovereigns. A count- revealed 552 of them. Dannevirke at the present time 1 says Monday's "Evening News," i* literally hemmed in with lives. Tive heavy wind on, Saturday afternoor fanned the flames into, fresh r's.ivity and the fire from Tiratu sprang- nj. .\fresh. The bush from Ruaßoa to Te Rehungn was passed through by fire yesterday, and a freslv blaze ithe direction of the ©ld Totara mill sprang, up. > The Manawatu - tJoro, was also on fire yesterday.

The first vessel to navigate a section of the Panama Canal was I'ic American three-masted steam y.acV Visitor H., owned .by Commodcr ■ Brown, of Pittsburg. On Novembe) 23 the steamer, which carried beside her owner Colonel iG-oethals (chip engineer of the Panama Canal ,coi\ struction staff). Captain Scott ("United States Steel Corporation) Atlantic side, went lip as far as .(ratlin. Loch, arid returned t 0 the starting point. Her draught was 17ft. The Anchor Shipping and Foundry Co., Ltd., draw attention,' to»the following alterations in .sailings of their steamers: —The Koi sail® for lviotxieka at 4 D.m. to-morrow in .plac/j of 5 p.m. and the Wuverley for "West- on. Saturday at 2 p.m. in place of 8 p.m Attention -'is drawn to Mrs Anstice'F new advertisement on the third page of this issue. Messrs Bisley Bros, and l Co. have a preliminary notice in reference to auction sales of >the late Mr. J. Gaukrodger's .property at. FoxhiiL The Anchor Shipping and Foundry C0.,-Ltd., advertise in this issue marine excursions for Wednesday next, Anniversary Day.' Sailing times l have been fixed so as to allow excursionist© a full day at Nelson or Motueka. Attention is directed to Messrs Brown Bros, (silversmith) , new advertisement appearing on page 6 of this issut. The bargain u,avs at Mrs Anstice't great Summer Sale are almost over, and the Sale iinaJly closes on Saturday, 4th February. Until then bigger bargains than ever will rule, for-everything has been marked down still further in price to clear out as much as possible of the present stock. Nobody can afford to pass these astounding, unheard of bargains by. Look them through to-day—-it will pay you!— Mrs Ansticc, Trafalgar street.* - If/ you have, not, already visited the great summer sale now in full swing .at' Mrs Anstice's, it will pay you to do so at-once, and secure what you require of I these big money-saving bargains. Everything in the store is heavily reduced in price, and you will find that an early in- ) speetibn here will Tepay you well. Remember, early inspection means best se'ection, and get in to-day.* Shampooing, hairdressing, hair cut ting, manicuring, scalp and facial mas sage, treatment for falling hair and dandruff; every description of hair work. Only best hair used; matchperfect. Natural hygienic hair-pads; combings made up 2s 6d; an ounce;' large stock of toilet requisites.—Mis. Gaw. Tatton's Buildings (upstairs), Trafalgar street.* - .