LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

All address by the Eev. F. H. Spence, New Zealand Agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society, will be held -in the Bechabite Hall on Friday evening at 7.30.

Correspondence is unavoidably held over until to-morrow.

The boys attending the town State schools were to have gone to Belgrove this morning for th e annual blackberry picnic, but received that rain was falling in the country the outing was postponed till Tuesday next.

A Press wire from Greymouth to-day states that the death lias occurred of two well-known residents, viz., Mrs. H. Fricker and Mrs. Mulgan, wife of the chief engineer of the s.s. Ngahere. Both expired suddenly.

Mrs. Orr, a woman of 75, was burnt to death at Cobden last night through a hut catching fire, says a Greymouth press-wire.

The secretary of the Wellington Education Board lias advised Mr W. Lock (the Education Board's South Island re* presentative on the Committee of Advice of the Wellington Training College) that a meeting will be held on Friday next, at 10 a.m. Mr Lock leaves by the Pateena to-morrow morning.

A meeting of the Brightwater Farriers" Field Day C<Jmtfli£e e was held in the Institute on Monday evening, when! a good number of members were preseht. Mr. H. T. Palmer (president) presided. It was finally decided to hold the next field day about the middle of next month. The ploughing will take place in Mr. Hease's paddocks, and the dog trials on th e hills in Mr. Stitt's property. During the evening several special prizes were given for ploughing and dog trials. The secretary was instructed to get the posters out as € arly as possible. The stewards were elected for the various events, aiid a Start will soon be made to get everything in readiness for the day,

The "Saturday Review/- !n an article, on Henry Labouchere, of "Truth,'* says that he took so low a view of his follows that out of mere gocd-fellowship he was bound to make himself out as bad as he conceived them to be, or rather worse. Once, after a rubber was over, his partner pointed out that his play, though successful, was extremely risky, as the adversary might have held such-and-such a card. "I agree," said Labouchere, "but then I took the precaution of looking over my adversary's hand." When he was citv editor of the "World" (his first css-av in journalism), he tried operating on the Stock Exchange, and to help his speculation would write up the shares oI winch he was a "bull," and write down the shares of which he was a "bear." After he was caught at these manoeuvres bv the publication of some letter never intended „for the light of dav Labouchere blandly asked, "What greater proof can I s;ive of my belief in the, shares I write up than buying them? Or vhat stronger evidence can there be of ni.y disbelief in a rliare than my selling,it?" He soon gave un speculating, however, being much too clever not to realise that he could net play against the professional financiers.

A fly on a window pane wilt crawl,to the too, flv back, to the bottom, and crawl uo .again. This order is seldom reversed. *lt is on record that a fly crawled up a window pan-a 32.times, returning. each time to/the. same place. Hens always scl'atch for food with the sun behind them, the reason being that the rays show ut" minute particles. A blind "h-sn will pick grain and .not miss a kernel. Cats seldom lie with'their feet to the fire, 3rd' usually lie on the left eide. Dons lie with their forepaws to th« fire., A mouse will, ignore a food supply sufficient for, a'meal,- and run-great risks to nibble: at a .large supply. Goldfish -usually: swim round a globe, to the right. They can be taught to take a fly out of the hand in six weeks. Sheep spend mor-o time grazing t-lian do cattle and horses-, and they will cat for 12 hours out of 24. . '

"A matter wli'ich should receive tlio attention ;of poultry secretaries Is Belling .by weight, "says' Mr. F. C. Brown, of tiie Poultry ■ Division ■of the Department of Agriculture, in an article' in this month's 'jddrnal: pf the Depavthielit;,- N°t untii this reform."3s brought about, he kdds,-will' th®" cciM.utoption of poultry be '[extended-, to pay proper' attention branch of the business"; tinder tlie present crude method Of barter there "is no encouragement to the farmer or poultry man to properly fatten his birds, and in dealing with an article, such as the ordinary fowl .sent to tlie itoarket, there is always, and necessarily so, disappointment and dissatisfaction to all concerned, to the farmer, the dealer, and the consumer. One of the best means to encourage the production of good ta.ble poultry will Be the placing of the marketin of the birds on a proper footing, and to do this the institution of a system ol selling by weight is imperative.

A striking tribute to the value of open-air life for children is furnished by Dr Cates, assistant medical officer of health to the Coventry Education Authority. Twenty-one children, were sent to farmhouses in country districts for a. stay averaging from three to four weeks. The height and weight of, the scholars were carefully noted both bofore and a.fter this treatment, with the result that it was found that in every case there was an increase both in sl^ e an t l weight.. It was only to be expected, fays Dr "Gates, that an underfed, neglected child living in an insanitary dwelling, would improve in health when well cared for in the country ; but beyond the train in weight and height there was in many cases a marked increase of mental activity. The alert bearing and quick response of one wh° throe or four weeks previously had been dull, listless, and apathetic, was often remarkable. In four instances a considerable amount of bi'onchitis was. present, a condition not unusual in iiinourished children. In each case theie was no sign of the disease when the child returned from the country.

Japanese Ivimono Jackets, opened today, from 2s 6d to 5s 6d each.—R. bnortgrass and Sons.* Local wool-groweis Jre .very . pleased 'to know that so much of their finest 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, soeks, jerseys, flannels, plaidings, ' Delta underwear, etc.

The Nelson Citizens' Band, assisted by Mr. F. N. Jones with, his magnaphpge, will give a concert in the Botanical. Baserve this evening. ;

The Maungaiiui, Pioneer, WAmmera, Tahiti and Moeraki should be • within "wireless ran go to-day.

The sittings of the Suprem e Court at Nelson will commence on Monday next, when His Honour, Mr. Justice Chapman, will preside. One criminal. c3.s©-oiity set down, but there are several' civu cased*

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Shields arid iilie Misses Shields left Nelson to-day on_r an. extended visit to the Old Country. Yesterday morning a number of -citizens-met Mr. Shields at the Masonic Hotel-arid presented him with a fountain pen as a token of regard, and also wished him and his wife and family a pleasant holiday and a safo return.

The steamer Huia, with 3000 cases apples for transhipment, arrived at Wellington yesterday afternoon,- and, is discharging her cargo into the ocean liner which is to carry the fruit to England. The Huia was detained on the voyage from Motueka by Bad weather'..

Mr. E. R. Brabazon (Napier) succeeds Mr.' Sibbald (who is retiring on pension) as Collector of Customs at -Dunedin;> says a Duendin. press wire. V "x

At Christmas a wealthy New .York broker w,a« visiting Denver, his wife being at gait Lake City, Utah, miles away. Telephones were placed at their respective dinner tables, 1 and* waiters on extension telephones heard ■■ 'husband and wife order & tnena together-as if they had been sitting side During the meal husband and Wife kept up a constant conversation. Telephone charges brought the cost of the dinner up to £ls.

A young man named Claude ,Lm<sd/sort of Mr Wm. Lines, of the Sher™, had the misfortune to have a leg Isroken yesterday afternoon. He was engaged in harvesting, and fell from a hay cart. The injured man is being brought iri\to the Hosoital. v . ,

The Nelson Harbour Board's neto . tug Gordon made a satisfactory trial trip this morning. The engines ■ worked smoothly, and the little vessel • steamed at the fate of about 8£ knots per -hour. The Government Inspector of Machinery, Mr D. Hood,' was on board., and expressed himself as being well\ pleased with the tug and her machinery. -

A curious photograph was shown, .by Dr Francis Ward, in the {course of a lec- » ture on fish photography, at the Cajheia Club. It represented a brown trout with its mouth widely open! as. if;- in, the act of yawning.. The .fish had' been-given a meal consisting of .100 .worms, artel ; had flatfen them all with avidity. • * Then* ; it yawiled for two* hours, evidently raiaurin'g the pangs of indigestion. ""'./

Violet 13uhler,,a girl of 15, who/is destined to cpme .into a great vanished from Chicago on November:.2s. She was found in New York Workiiig as a domestic servant under another name.. She has £25.000 in'her own right; ami said that she was .tired of beiiig toadied, and wanted to-. experienbC."-TOO sensation of working, for a livelihood. Broueht up at the Children s girl said- she had gratifipd her airtbition and would return to her foster-mother, 1 ;

The following has .fc'een perpetrated; by a West Hartlepool s'cHopl.boy ! sSWJr® was a king. He was Kirtg of the /Banco. H~ brought aftHe shut 124 Deople in .a only one. window in,it. .When hp',lpokM next, morning 'there was.only..;Z-+;'"V All" the;tether' people cause tliev" could not get- tneiri bteath. When Clive heard the news lie marched quickly with 30C0 natives to -Bannockburn. A battle was fought, and Canute was killed." • * \

During the heariny of a case at iShorcdttch County Court it was, that if a 'p.evsori ordered a, • Ohcsterfiil^'Tilfthogany suite <jf furniture, ,only- v t : chairs would be. made of, that t?® the other articles being made>ol (;bircJi» Counsel stated that"this av:'s the trade," whereupon Judge , marked : "What do I care About customs of the ftirnituivj'trade? If I order.aflla hogany suite I expect to K et • , I |^," ters not' to me whether a custom furniture trade is honest or •dishoifcsu ,

A Scottish butler Vn service well-known American family resident;-!** Paris lias had an unexpectedwindfall by winning £4OOO in.'the of. the so-called "Million butler acquired tho winning ticket:,'lJ ll £ o bv chance. His wife, 'a Frenchwoman, whil e : taking th«ir.dog; for a . walk ill the Shampfe-Elysee's one aftei-noon,, \Vaj . approached by'a stranger, who asked lier if r «ho wanted to buy an I.Bs ticket v an tho ''Millionl-Lottery?' *JHe,-. ut J e , r ® H consented, and ticket, which has now'won £4OOO.

Mr Rudyarcl 'Kipling'^ftoetri,; There Was," has caused. Miss Amelia Stiihl, of Newark, Now J«weylc> , Mr Jacob Klein, a wealthy £2OOO for breach 'of'" Amelia declares tliat toVe. lift until one evening Mr ,Klein took a dramatic performanc^of... Mr ■ ■ &}Pliiig's famous poem. Aftey ho was plunced in deep study all the way .home", and then" and there he broke tho enjrageriieilt. the vampire woman in the play caused Jacob's Ardour' 1 to cool'.Without I'cason, and e h*e demands that he pay .for eecming to liken her to Kipling s lady.

Dr Fletcher, a well-known Artievican dietetic expert, who has been 'residing at Copenhagen for some time pnfet, a few weeks ago completed a two-months diet of potatoes and margarine, proVmg that a man can l,iye and work' reasonably well on a- potatoe diet, plus a small amount of nitrogen oi* protein. For-two months Dr Fletcher, who lived, m ..the mo =b fashionable hotel in Copenhagen, limited his daily food to from - two • to four pounds of .and 'IA . yuiifces to 4, ounces of marßarihe, and his only drink was water. He 6&ys that he never felt so well, and lie will now continue the same diet.

A novel social, diversion was a whoopin« T -cough party given recently in New York by Mns Katheriti e Gloor to . an even d«zen of ' whoopers." Miss Gloor is twelve years old. Four of her/ybung friends were "whoopers," and she discovered Feven others, six girls, find a. hoy, all of them poor. She sent., her father's limousine, with two trained nurses, and the dozen were taken her big hom c at 5724 'K-enmore Ayenue, Chicago. "It was so lonesome to 'whoop' alone," she \ said. "and® I thought how nice it would be ;to. naye a. whooping party. 'The Poor children were wrapped in warm blankets .and (••hnwls. Freddio HegeiiiSch," the only boy, bronchi along . Bowser, his dog. Bowser whooped and couglied too ', a little." Miss Gloor. cave h£r guests, a biv dinner, with favours for ...all. * .-Then followed dancing and iramcs..' No-one cculd sine . because of the whoops. Bowpov expressed his Gratification in something between a whoop and a bai^k'. Messrs Bislev Bro.s and Co..will'lio'd stock sales at BelgroVe to-morrow ; >.Korere Friday ; and pn Thursday.- 14th inst., a rlwarinp sale of live' and dead stock will be held at Golden Downs.