LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 9 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Replying to a question asked by Cr. Harley at last night's meeting, the City Engineer stated that the big dam was showing no signs of leakage. The first Greek to leave Auckland for •the purpose of returning to. the land of his birth to defend it in lime of war was a passenger by the Main Trunk express for Wellington, en route for Athens, on Wednesday. The new Chief Post Office at Auckland will :be formally opened on Monday, 18th November. 'TlieGovernn:enit will be represented by the Prime Minister, Hon. W. F. Massev, and the Postmaster-Gene-ral, Hon. R. H. Rhodes.. During the past fortnight nine building permits, to the value of £755, were issued by the City Engineer (Mr J. G. Littlejohn). A contractor in the Eltham district on Tuesday complained to a Stratford "Posit" reporter of the difficulty in getting labour, even at lis a day. He said if he could' not get men he would have to sell out. A motor car will leave the Crown Stables for Murchison, Westport, and Reefton at 8 a.m. to-rriorow. The Golden Bay "Argus" understands that it is the intention of the Department to discontinue the Takaka to Motueka mail service.

The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held on Tuesday next at 3 p.m. Miss Macgeorge will give an address.

An application from Messrs John Fuller and Sons for permission to use the old Salvation Army Barracks as a picture theatre was granted by the City Council last night. The name of the building is to be changed to the "King s Theatre."

"Children's Day" in connection with the St. John's Methodist Sunday School will be held to-morrow (Sunday). The Rev. W. Baumber will deliver an- address at the morning and evening services, and the Rev. \V. J. Oxbrow in the afternoon. Special hymns and musical selections will be given by the children. At the afternoon service the infant school children will give a number of action songs under the cond.uetorship of Mr. W. Tiller. The distribution of prizes l .will take place on the following Wednesday. '

A sacred concert will be given to-mor-row afternoon in the, Botanical Reserve by the 'Citizens' Band, who have prepared a special programme for the occasion. They will be assisted by Mr Jones' fine phonograph, the magnophone, which will render a programme of sacred songs, quartettes, etc. Given fine weather there should be a large attendance of the public.

Mr R. B. Jackson, director in the Waihi Paeroa Gold Extraction Co., a company formed. for the purpose of treating the tailings from Waihi, reports that for six months 6300 ounces were derived from 18,000 tons. A dividend of Is has been declared.

The Nelson Horticultural Society's summer show will be held at the Drill Hall on Wednesday and. Thursday next. Entries close on Monday—at Hounsell and Co.'s up to, 6 p.m., and at S. F.' Bolton's shop from 7 to. 9 p.m.

The oath was being administered to a rather vacant-looking youth, when the magistrate, observing the vacancy, asked him : "Do you understand the nature of an oath, my boy ? Do you know what \t is to swear?" "Oh, yes, your Worship," answered the boy, "I learnt it from yourself." "Learnt it from me," thundered, the • dumbfounded luminary. "What on earth doyo.u mean, boy?" "Why, don't vou know me. your Worship ?'" asked t> e boy in a_ surprised tone of voice. "I'm your caddie."

The four-masted schooner H. D. Bendixsen, 570 tons, has been chartered to load timber on the Pacific coast for New Zealand.

.Some specimens of Australia's national flower, the waratali; -are to be seen in a window of Trathen and Co.'s establishment, Trafalgar-street. The blooms, which were picked in Sydney eight days aao, were brought to Nelson by Mr. Tratlien's sister, have attracted much attention.' :

It should be pointed out, in order to prevent any misconception of the true position, that the remarks made by Cr. Everett and the County Engineer at the last meeting of the County Council in reference to the removal of a fence in the Maitai Valley encroaching on the public road referred "to a fence on town side of Sharland's Creek which a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce asked to be removed. It is satisfactory to know that the action of Mr Gibbs in removing a portion of a fence erected on the road near Fold has had the effect of the County Council promising to preserve the p.ublic rights to the road. ,

For what purpose the -quality of the gas' had been reduced from 21 to J-b randle power, was a matter inquired into by Cr. Kershaw at last nights Council* meeting. The Mayor pointed out that the Gas Engineer (Mr Hookey had previously informed the Council that the lower candle-power was best suited for the requirements of consumers. Cr. Hampson remarked that the production of gas manufactured per ton had gone up from 9,000 to nearly 12,000 cubic feet. While on the subject of gas, Cr. Tasker referred to the system of automatic street-lighting, stating that he had been informed that the installation in Westport had been a rank failure. On his motion, it was resolved that' inquiries be made, from Westport as to the facts of the matter. "A perfect voice is a gift, my hid — anvone can warble." J.tist you listen to the Versatile Villagers at the Druids Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 13.* iMr Alfred Gould will hold a- sale of household furniture and effects on Wednesday next, a-t 1.30 p.m., on account of Mr. Macdonald, at his residence, Washington Valley We know Warner s Rust-proof Corsets to be thoroughly reliable as regards shape, comfort, and service—in fact, we are prepared to guarantee every pair not to rust, break, or tear. Lo'cal drapers.* Warner's Rust-proof Corsets, Roslyn Unshrinkable and Hoyle's Prints in strong demand.*

The "Sydney Shipping List" forecasts ,', the early •establishment of a new cargo ■ _y?i st-3an:or lino b-twicn Australia- and ■ British 'Columbia. i

Tlie Taihiti is to take BCOO boxes of. i butter and 76 tons of hemp from .Wei- ■ iiugtjjii to San Francisco shortly.

A movrrrent is oil fooi, to intrcduc?- ; to New Zealand the national game of'" ' tiie United States of Amc-riea—baseball. I

Eleven years a.go on Thursday last tha j State CoalminessAct was passed. \

The number of telegrams handed in in ■ Wellington .equals those of Christchurch j and Dimedii* combined, and is much in j excess of the Auckland total. I

Indications suggest that this year's , tourist season, will be a very successful, one. There is every prospect that ther-a-will be a. large influx -of Australian, visitors to the Dominion this season. This is the more likely as there will be no outstanding tourists' attractions at Home this year.

It is evident, that sair e of the officialsof the GHrls' Friendly Society are most,, enthusiastic in their work. One of the ladies who gave an address at AucKTanct spoke at length on the woi'k of pertain branches, and became so worked,up that •slip concluded •esctatically. ''l 'feel—oh, >I feel that I want to put my arms around everything and anybody!" .

In, giving evidence before the Imperial Trade .Commission. Mr. -James Powell, chairman of the leather section of the London Chamber of Commerce, estimated that Australia lost nearly £1,500,000 annually because of. the damage caused -to hides ,by fir* branding. .. .

On Thursday evening next,, a "Japa-. nese" concert will be given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Richmond, in aid of the school piano fund. The whole of the per-; -.-X. fox-mere will appear in Japanese costume. .<' and a delightful-programme has been .arranged.

Fred Jones, editor of the Oamaru "Mail," was charged with publishing the .; investments on the totalisator at a -re-' ': cent trotting meeting. The plea was .f. the figures got in the paper by^n-istak.- 1 . j The Magistrate convicted, but. imposed iJ no penalty. ; • , . '

Interesting bits of-flotsam-and jetsam are of ten picked up on the little strip of ■coastline between -Manu/ka and Raglan, and on Sunday last Mi\ T. McGuire a bottle near Te Akau, which hud been thrown.. overboard from the steamer lonic when 180 iriles from Hobnrt, on October llj 1911, and which -contained a message .requesting' the fihder to Tetarn it to' an address in Leicestershire, England. The .finder intends complying with the request. ■...•.

.Up to 15th August 1547 sun-mpns'es had been issued. 1109' cases, had been dsalt with by the magistrates, and y?5 actual convictions recorded, 439 cases had been withdrawn by the department'', arid five .persons were in prisoit for the' .first'. . time (none for the second time) for, non- , compliance with the provisions of,. Defence Act. Detailed. - reasons" sivsn under 32 headings Icr thft Avi^fe;.-!I''*' 1 ''*' drawal of the 439 cases. Of these'lv complied with the Act, and IQB wer«;'|£iS? ~ "reasons not stated." . ' '^ : r| ; :':* :'■'■%

In vindicating the Ulsterman against f^: v ■the charge of having no sense of * the Rev.. A. -Sims told a story, at th« sixth annual banquet of the Ulster As- y sociation in Sydney' last week. TKfire .' we're two Ulster'butchers in con:petition. _, one of- whoni exhibited his "very; best*' sausagp-s at 8d per lb. against the other's "gocd'' atfcd. The former retaliated with the announcement' : _ 'that* ; 'tiis sausages "as supplied to the King" would be sold at . 10d per lb, whereupon . his rival posted a r.icket on his waiv-s reading, u Gc4 Save the King."

The sp.cond Esperanto."Oor>- - grass, which, took place a fortnight'ago at Melbourne, was a. .great' success. '■ The Lord Mayor gave the esperantists a. civic . . reception, And afterwards entertained them to afternoon tea., About 200 mejmbers attended the. congress, and severaJ - - interesting meetings were held, and two •esperanto plays were acted with great success. A service was held wholly iu esperanto; a well-trained choir, ably rendered several well-known 'hymns; aiid'-an eloquent serriibn >Va's enjoyed by„a. con- , gregation of about 300.' • '■..'"""■

The interest rceanbers of 'the Stoke .Musical Society have' taken in. the practices should ensure a fine interpretation of "Daniel." Part of the Savage Club" orchestra are assisting, and Mr. T. Houikev is undertaking the part of tha King. An- enjoyable evening may' be looked forward to. Mr. Rutland's drag; will Jea.ve for Stoke the night of the concert, if seats, are booked in'advance. The Society, is repeating the- concert at Wakefield on Friday, November 15.

At a very enthusiastic and largo public •meeting last night, says a. New Plymouth telegram-; it was decided to form, nxx association to" further, the interests of New Plynrouth .and the. district, bring under the notice of tpuristsi arid holiday makers the'"unrivalled sceiiici'features of the town, >Mt. Esmont, and the Mokau river. Over £3O towards *ho expenses of outside advertising was. -subscribed in the room. It is iii'tended toconduct a vigorous newspaper advertisement campaign, together with the issue of literature, the appointing of a central tourist bureau, and a permanent secretary. ' / ' ~--■ - ..-' '•• .„•

Detective Hollis, of Auckland, .arrest- ' ■ed a young rran named Ray Oliver Taylor, alias Reginald Taylor,"at Frank-ton, on a charge of the theft of a postal packet, registered, was delivered At. the K'araka, near Runeiman. The accused was in- the employ of. a man named' Hill, •at Karaka. In January last a . postaJ packet, registered, wa sdelivered at the house addressed to Ray Taylor. Accused,, it is alleged, got possession of this, which contained a bangle, a £1 note, and:* letter. Ho disappeared : shortly. afterwards, and'was arrested afier l 0 minutes' li/berty. The ,-accused appeared at the (Court yesterday, and was remanded to, Auckland. »

Evidently the Gas Committee of the City Council have been adopting, a course of masterly inactivity tor some time. Cr. Fell inquired at last, nighjt's.' Council meeting what had become of tb.e Committee. He was not' a member himself; but it seemed to him that no report had been made to the Council for about four months. Councillors, while leaving the technical part of the business to the Gas Engineer, said Cr. F6IL- / should take an iptelligent interest in the gas department. The Town Clerk said that a meeting had been called oh one occasion; but no one had attended. Cr. Snodgrass was exonerated from a lapse of duty/in not attending the meeting., he being out of the district at the time. "How it all happened." told in sorig: and' storv by the Versatile Villagers in .. the Druids' Hall, Noy, 13.* . ; v . . Messrs J. H. Rankin and. Co., live stock auctioneers, Motueka, will hold a sale of live stock at Motueka on Wednesday next, partieulai's of which, am advertised. ■•'.-, "I aint agoin' ter rob Britannia of"er > 'elment;" at the Druids' Hall;.Nov.'l3.* The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile

Agency Co., Ltd., and reduced., and Dalgety and. Co., Ltd.. will hold a stock' sale at JNgatimoti, on Tuesday next; also at Tapawera on Friday, 15th inst.

The auxiliary schooner Huia leaves Wellington- on Monday for Nelson.

The Union Company's training ship Dartford, which is shortly to be turned into a, hulk, is expected to leave Newcastle shortly coal-la<len for Wellington.

The following vessels will be within wireless range to-night : Wimmera, Victoria, Rotdrua, YVarrimco, Kiaora, Rui hine, Moeraki, Manuka. Mcana. -and Tahiti.

Senior Cadets cf companies 50 ar.d 52 are notified in an advertisement -as to daylight parades during the next iv.o months.

Richmond intends putting Nelson in the shade in regard to lighting. The Government electrical expert has been examining Mr Eiiis' proposals, and has reported favourabiv tnereon, and states that he can go on with the work immediately. This will give Richmond a fine electric light service. There has been a. dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over the borough in regard to this question for some time past, but this the expert's report has dispersed like mist l>eiore the morning sunrise.

A circular ha-s been issued by the Wellington Catholic Education. Board to the Ronan Catholic community of the city, inviting them individually to cou tribute annual donations, payable either monthly or quarterly, to the cans? of primarv education under the new control. The" objects of the Board as set out in the circular letter are:—"l. To provide for the maintenance of all the Catholic schools in the city. 2. To eulist the support, moral and financial, of every Catholic in the city. 3. To establish a fund which will enable the Board at some future date to abolish school tees and throw open cur schools free to a.ll Catholic children. 4. To make the lives of our devoted teachers happier antl less hun-iliating, ar.d to show by our practical sqpport our deep appreciation of their grand self-sacrificing lives."

In his address to the Girls' Friendly Society Conference last evening. Bishop Crossley touched upon the question of newspaper reports upon immoral cruses. He said that however painful some subjects were, it was necessary that they should have publicity. There was a species of publicity which could not, l>e escaped from, and the public hr.<l a great deal to -:hank the press for in its judicious handling of certain :ratter. The public had to know of these things, and the suppression of then; would not be for the public welfare.

Ecclesiastical censorship of ladies* drees (says the "Christian World") is a dangerous and doubtful undertaking. The Pope has. issued a f.ulmination on the subject of recent developments of dress —perhaps shrinkings is a more suitable word. In response to the Vatican pronouncement the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice has taken action. He noticed in St. Mark's a lady- wearing an openworb blouse. He stopped the service, and sent a prelate to warn the lady that he could not continue till she left the church. The lady began to argne, pointing out the pictures in the church of exiguouslv-clothed angels and martyrs. The prelate insisted on her leaving, and she"~went. A priest in Malta also undertook a crusade against dress .unbecoming to ladies, but a ladv whom he called upon to leave his church in consequence of "smart" attire sued him in the courts for putting a public atfronfr on her. and he has been fined 50s and costs.

■Criticism of the medern woman was indulged in at the annual conference of the .Ccno-rea»"-rcnal Union :n Sydney last week, Mrs A. P. Campbell, in a paper entitled "Femininity and Christian Womanhood," said that the trcdern woman was seen daily with her South SeaIsland head-dress, her bared neck and arms scantv skirts, and gossamer stocKings—an -understudy, as a visitor had said of the dema-monde of Paris. She mi<*h> read anything she liked, and the nrodern bookseller kept a class of d-s- - for "quite nice women and Kirls" to read. She said she must have life, and, although perhaps she oid not. •break the traces, she .-unharnessed herself of a few more buckles and straps than did her type of former years. She might to ; anvwhere for amusement alone at night.' "Quite nice girls," the speaker had heard a wonran say recently, "can go to the theatre now in ones and twos — one sees them at the races, too, quite often." Evidently the male protector their grannies thought necessary was a ghost of the past.

Messrs Bislev Bros, and Co. will hold a stock <=ale at Richmond on Wednesday next; and on Thursday, 21st inst., on the show ground, annual sale of show and pedigree stock.