LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 4 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maunganui, Victoria, Moeraki, and Tahiti should be within wireless range to-day.

A sharp earthquake shock was felt in Central Otago on Saturday Jlight, says a Dune din message.

Nelson's new Bishop, Canon Sadlier, will delay his departure from Melbourne for a couple of months, says a cable message to-day.

Tho usual monthly (meeting of 'the Southern Star Lodge will be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow evening at 7-30 Visitors are invited for 8 o'clock.

The Deputy Official Assignee invites tenders foi\ the purchase of the stock of jewellery, etc., in the estate of Mr. George Munca.ster.

The usiual monthly meeting of the L.O.L. No. 6 will be held to-morrow evening.

Mr. W. J. Chanev, Chief Postmaster, Napier, who entered the service in Wellington in 1876, will retire on 31st March.

When the Rangatira arrived at. Port Chalmers on Wednesday from London, via Sydney, she was boarded, "states the "Otago Daily Times," by Dr. Champtaloup (District Health Officer), accompanied by the medical students who are now undergoing a course of study in public health at the Otago University. The .students were present for the purpose of noting the procedurde required by the health authorities before an overseas vessel is admitted to pratique at her first port of arrival and allowed to come' alongside the wharf. Usually the Health and Customs officials have--the sole monopoly of taking the first risk of any possible infection, but this difficulty was obviated by an assurance from the ship's two surgeons that all was well on board, and the students were thus •enabled to be present when all hands onboard were mustered for medical inspection.

Mr. C. H. Poole, ex-M.P. for Auckland West, left for Fiji, America> and England last Tuesday. The Rev. J. Dawson, general .Secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, attended a public farewell to him on the previous night. Mr. Poole will stay with reatives in Fiji for a month, and then go to the United States to engage, in temperance work for a. time. After that lie will go to England, aiid return to New Zealand.

The whaling industry is very much to the fore in southern waters at present, states the Bluff correspondent of the Dunedin "Star," and Cook's Whangamumu party are hard at it getting to business before the arrival of the Norwegian syndicates. They are whaling in the s.s. Hananui ll'., which has proved herself •& first-rate whalcatcher. The Hananui 11. put in here on Saturday to land last year's catch of whalebone from Campbell Island. This comprised over 3000 pieces, worth up to £1 a piece, being the product of the capture 'of eight whales. The Hananui 11. reported that owing to the long of bad weather experienced verv little work had been accomplished during the last fortnight. She captured a. sperm whale off' the Solanders. how•"vrr, and sailed again on Sunday tp continue operations. Word was received •>* the. Bluff from Stewart Island yestovdav that the Hananui 11. had muddy gr> to work, and had towed , m .„. wo Wp-e c-n<n-m w.halps to Pert William that afternoon. The representatives of tho Norwegian syndicate are much intouted, and are chafing at the delay in the arrival of' their vessels. It appears that the New Zealanders are tretting well in first.

Just right here we want to tell of the manufacturers' agents' stock of n:giiorado White Tablings that we have secured at an enormous discount.— -incy are Belfast's best productions, and will be sold at Is 6d, Is lid and 2s lid P £ r yard.—The Auckland Clothing ana Drapery Co.*

A union for policemen, to be conducted on modern trade-union lines, is said to be projected in Sydney, and suggestsno end of extraordinary and absurd possibilities in the event ot a stnltfi occurring as a result of which law and order might b e threatened. A police union of the kind spoken of would necessarily be allied with the Trades Hall, and as'faithful unionists they would bo liable to be called out in sympathy with an industrial break. It is claimed by those who are interesting themselves m the matter that policemen have as much right to combine as tramway employees or railway servants, the fact being lost, ' sight of that these latter are engaged in industrial services merely., whereas the duties of the police force consist entirely in maintaining law and order, xne matter of th e proposed union of policemen has got to the state of havinsr been mentioned at the Political Labour League Conference, a resolution being carried calling upon the Government to consent to the formation of such a -union.

Every housewife is envious of her neighbour'* table lin«K—We have the prettiest and best White Tabling you ever saw at Is 6d, Is lid and 2s lid P" yard.—The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.'s Sale.* Local wool-growers ire very pleased to know that so much of their finost wool finds it way into the popular Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills (largest in Australasia), as they know from practical experience something of the comfort and lasting wear of Roslyn Blankets, rugs, tweeds, worsteds, socks, jerseys, flannels, plaidings, "Delta" underwear, etc.

Earl Carrington has been created Maquis of Lincolnshire, says a London cable. The deaths have occurred of Mr. Geo. Grossmith, senr.. the famous actor and entertainer, aged 65; and of the Hon. lid ward Blake, K.C., a former AttorneyGeneral of Canada, aged 79, says a cable message.

Mr. Atmore. M.P., will to-morrow deal with the rumour that h e had .been visiting Awarua House. It will be remembered that Mr. Atmore on Saturday wired a complete denial of the vhoio matter.

Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Simmons, of Brenan College, Gairnsville, U.S.A., have been spending a few days in Nelson. They came overland by coach • from Christchurch, and highly of the journey, especially through the BuJlev Gorge to Nelson. * The Dr. says he certainly will recommend any c* his friends who mav be contemplating taking a trip to include the coach drive in it.

According to a jaoiegram published by Australian papers the "Pall Malt Gazette" declares that Japan and China will soon take concerted action to show their i-esentmient at vthe exclusion ot Orientals from the American continent, and from Australia. The "Gazette" sugr gests that it is probable that China, and Japan will retaliate by excluding tha white race from the Orient.

Manawatu Haxmillers will meet Mr P. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, at the Paimerston North Supreme Courthouse, to discuss demands of employers to-mor-row.

In Auckland one day this week (says the "Star") a constable of pefstpicacity came across a small boy in Commercialroad calmly puffing at a cigarette. Next. morning the boy,"aged 13 years, came before Mr Cutten, S.M., charged that, being a youth under 15 years of age, he smoked a cigarette. His Worship admonished the lad, and pointed ou. the serictus handicap against growing up strong men and doing.their work in the world that boys placed themsevles by acquiring the cigarette habit. Mr Cubten stated that he did not want to send the lad to gaol, and he would, consequently, on this occasion, discharge him. Mr R. H. W. Bligh, lecturer <yj sexual subjects, has been particularly struck with th e high moral tone prevailing amongst the boye of Nelson College. He has spent some time in the institution, and besides tha boys, has at various times spoken to them individually, and nowhere has h e eeen evidence of such a high moral tone.

It is understod that moneyed syndicate has in hand the formation of marble works on the Ta.ka.ka Hills, near Riwaka. It is probable that the syndicate, if successful, will obtain the contract for supplying the marble for the new Parliamentary Buildings.

"I believe that the funeral car must come sooner or later," said Mr. Richardson, of the Wellington tramways. Tb/J» question, says the "Dominion," was raiped a year or two ago, when it caused a good deal of comment. It was then stated that the long drag to Karori up lull and down dale, for a distance of about four or five miles (according to where the cortege started from), could not long remain the custom now that there was an electric tramway service to the the cemetery. Mr." Richardeon says that the institution of a funeral car would probably call for the erection of a mortuary chapel at some convenient and central place on a siding. To all intents and purposes a funeral car could p& built, much on the lines of an ordinary, car, with a receptacle in .'front for the c 0"?"' and' the remainder of the ca* fitted; 'With compartments the mourners;

"Speaking of the new defence scheme as a whole," said General Godley when interviewed at Aiickland,,: "I think. it-» proving- more satisfactory than V : «W ventured to hope. The people, of til* country, as a- whole, are giving the scheme strong support. The spirit ot opposition is very email, it beuig confined to only a few people, and to a few localities where the scheme is :not yet thoroughly understood." Tn referr.ing-t<> the training campsy General' Gpdley qa?d he has attended three of the four, camps that have "been held up to tho present time, viz., those at Ormgi (Wellington) and the two Otago camps. All three camps had been very successful, and. in alluding to the two 'Otago camps he said: "The attendance was very satisfactory, about 80 per cent, of the men being in camp. The remainder vere- accounted for by genuine hardships to. employers or employed, in which leave had to be given to the men to do their training with another regiment .later on. ■ oX course, is not satisfactory, torn a WWtaiy point of viewy a© it is so;mueh better for men to do their training with their own regiments. I was very much struck at the campFthat I-Have. Visited at tho willingness and. good spirit displayed 1 by the men. In conversation wit£ them I ascertained, that as a rule those, who'have attended, the camps have quiteenjoyed tlie experience, and" that they aro looking forward to next year, a camps." Every time a purchase is made of tl'.*» celebrated white table linens that Ave aw offering the buyer may rest assured of a SS'worth at least double the money on v Is 6d, Is Hd and 2s lid a yard.— The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.'s Sale.* We in New Zealand have nattered ourselves for some time that our Dominion was well known throughout the civilised world as being entirely separate from Australia, but evidently froth an address on a letter recently received from a a firm in Prussia such is. not the case. Iho communication, which was received by Mr A Hill, caretaker of tho fcllerslio racecourse, is addressed as follows:—Mr Course Race, Ellershe, Auckland, N.Z., Australia. Mr Course Race is decidedly humorous.

Herringbone- Twill Unbleached, very heavy, and two yards wide, at Is ptr yardj—At the Auckland Clothing and Drapery Sal©.*"

You may imagine that you have very fine table linen until you have seen the manufacturers' agents' stock that we.are offering; then you will know different. — Prices, Is 6d, Is Id. and 2s lid per yard.—The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* Owing to the incessant rain making the feed too "sappy" to'fatten and finish off the lambs and sheep, export buyers, though attending the Burnsido sales, have"not 30 far seen fit to purchase wethers this season, says the "Post's" Dunedin correspondent. For one reason, prices are still too high, being above those quoted on the London market, and the backward condition of the sheep make buyers tread warily. Lambs on the other hand have excited fairly good competition. If a spell of warm Weather should set in matters would soon bo righted. It would seem that Otago is not the only district affected. In Cantorbury very little business is being done. The shipments from New Zealand for the first half of February were only-one-half of what they 'were last year. . A good spell of fine weather is all that'is required to pave the way for a 'reduction of prices of beef and mutton ,and this is what the housewife has been looking for for a long time. Amongst the stock of White Tablings we have secured, are a lot of remnants, .manufacturers' samples, all of which will be sold at less than half their value. — The Auckland Clothing ' and Drapery Co.*

The kauri gum digging industry, which until a year or two ago employed in the Northern "Wairoa district some hundreds of men, says the Auckland "Star," seem to be entirely falling into decay. Since th&beginning of 1911, it is estimated that some Jnmdreds of men have left the fields, many of them beiiitr Austrians, ■who have left the dominion to return to their own country. It is estimated that there are now only about 150 Austrian* {naturalised and unnaturalized) on the gumfields of the district, and only about M Britishers, chiefly old men.

It is notified that swimming competitions for both school girls and boys nave been arranged by the Nelson centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Gold medals will be awarded to tne winner in each division, and a silver medal will be given to the second competitor. It is expected that great interest will centre in the races.

The steamer Defender, bound from Lvttelton to Hokitika, lost a propeller off Stephen's Island yesterday morning. Captain Jamieeon sailed the vessel under Farewell Spit, but a S.E. gale coming on. he put to sea. Th e steamer Alexander sighted her, and took the Defender in tow, bringinng her down to Westport this morning. A 6pare propeller is being obtained from Hokitika, and will be fitted at West port, says a Press Association message.

Cecil Newton, aged 30, a single man, was drowned at Riverton beach. Invercargill, yesterday afternoon, while nettine for flounders. Those holding the shore end of the net let go. and Newton became entangled, and owing to the breakers and the weight of clothing. failed to free himself. A gallant attempt at rescue was made by a young man named Sharbnrd, who only regained the shore with difficulty.—Press Association.

Inconvenience has been caused to business people owing to the fact that the outward-bound Vancouver steamer remains for so short a period in Auckland that very little time is available for preparing American and European correspondence (says the "N.Z. Herald.") The Canadian Trade Commissioner (Mr W. A. Beddoe) has been negotiating with the object of having the time and departure altered, and has made representations on the subject to the Canadian Government and also to the New Zealand Government. .As the result of his negotiations, Mr Beddoe has received official intimation irom the Postal Department to the effect that the Vancouver outward-bound mail steamer would in future spend an extra hour in Auckland. The time of departure has now been fixed for 3 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. as formerly.

Two meetings were addressed by Mr. R. H. W. Bligh, of the White ' Cross League, yesterday afternoon, one being for men and the other for womc-n. A third meeting, for men only, was held last evening, when the Rev."-J. H. MacKenzie presided. There was a gocd attendance on each occasion, Mr Bligh at each meeting dealt with th e sex question.

Believing that good fresh Nelson vegetables and fruit will have a good market in. Wellington, Mr. A. Harris, of Toi Toi Valley, intends carrying on his business a s a greengrocer in Wellington. He will keep his local supplies going, and it is his mtention to supply Wellington householders direct from the Nelson gardens

Part of Rangitoto Channel is marked on the Admiralty charts "examination anchorage," the term meaning that it is an anchorage for the examination of vessels during wartime. As it had been reported that shipmasters were sometimes misled into thinking it was the medical examination anchorage (says the "Herald") the Harbour Board wrote some time ago to the authorities suggesting the use of another term. A reply was received this week, through the Marine Department, from the hydrographer : to the Admiralty, stating that the natur* of the anchorage was indicated in Notice to Mariners No. 1 each year; and this was supplemented by similar information in the cover of tie "sailing directions,"' and frequently in the letterpress relating to the port, so that no ambiguity need arise if masters were guided by the information supplied to tiiem. It would not do to call the anchorage the "naval examination anchorage," as naval vessels never made cse of it. Except in a few ports the examination would devolve upon the local harbour authorities in conjunction with the military. The harbourmaster had the "last word" in a brief report, in which he suggested that, notwithstanding all explanations by the hydrographer, it would be equally effective and not misleading if the position was marked "examination anchorage during war-time."

According to Mr Owen C. Jones, a visitor to New Zealand from the Patagonian portion of the Argentine Republic, the conditions of life in that country are not such as to satisfy the memoere of the large Welsh colony now settled there. Mr Jones has come to New Zealand to inspect land with tne V * €W oi settling here. If his report is favourable it mav result in a number of other settlers (principally farmers) in Patagonia Tenioving to this Dominion. Mr Jones has been in Patagonia tor over thirty vears. He left his native Wales in 1881 with a number of other Welsh immigrants, who took up land at Chubut, some £CO miles south of Buenos Ay res. Chubut, which is practically a Welsh settlement, has a population of about 4000 persons. Owing to the somewhat unsatisfactory methods of Government and the fact that the population has outgrown the capacity of the district, in respect to land settlement, numbers of persons there are looking to Australia and New Zealand as being countries in which they may have better prospects of success as farmers. Mr Jones Ivs already visited Victoria and New South Wales, and is now inspecting blocks of land here. The Lands Department is facilitating Mr Jones' mission.—"Post.

The following notic e appears in tins week's "Gazette: —"At 1 p.m. on chronometer rating days a galvanometer signal for rating chronometers will be sent from, the observatory to the Public Telegraph Office. Customhouse Quay, Wellington. The needle will move at 1 p.m. exactly of New Zealand mean time, when a chronometer set to Greenwich mean time would show 13 h. 30 m. Any difference will be the error of the chronometer rating on Greenwich mean time. At 9 p.m. on chronometer rating days correct time will also be signalled from the observatory by means of electric lights. A green light will be switched on at about 8.45 p.m., a red one at about 8.55 p.m., and a white one at about 8.59 p.m., and all the lights will be switched off at 9 p.m. exactly of New Zealand standard mean time. Th o preparatory switching-on of the lights must be considered as only approximately correct, and muet not be n«sed for rating chronometers. The correct time for rating will be by switching off the lights simultaneously at 9 p.m. Notification of chronometer rating days is given in th e Wellington daily newspapers. On application to the Post and Telegraph Department arrangement* can nsnally be made to send a galvanometer signal giving correct time at 1 p.m. any telegraph office in the Dominion. Messrs Bislev Bros, and Co. will hold stock sales at "Richmond on Wednesday next ;Korere Fridav next; and on Thursdav, 14th inst-, the firm will hold a clearintr sale of live and dead stock at Golden Downs. Why was Noah the greatest financier the world has ever seen? Because he was able to float his stock when the- res. of "the world was in liquidation.