LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 19 December 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The last organ recital of the series will be given by Mr Tait and his pupils in- the School of Music to-night. Organ solos, songs, a duet, a trio, and part songs will be included in the programme. The collection which takes the place of a charge for admission will go towards the Empire Defence Fund. The .following candidates are among those who have passed in- a section oi the accountancy professional examination or qualified for the bookkeeper's certificate. The number of subjects passed by each is given:—Nelson, C. Mackley (4), G. Winter (3). —Press Association.

Special musical services will he held' at the Baptist 'Church to-raonwv. Collections will be in aid of the Belgian Poor Relief Fund.

Members, of the Nelson Defence .Rifle Club and several old volunteers paraded at the Drill Hall last night, and were given useful instruction by LieutenantAdjutant Il'arlcy and Sergeant-Major Jamiesen.

A parade of Territorials, Cadets, Defence Rifle Club members, and other units is being hekl this afternoon.

The special committee of the. City Council, set, up in connection with the extraordinai-y water supplies and metering ordinary services, recommended to the Council'last night that consideration be deferred pending further information being obtained.

A brief discussion on the removal of restrictions of the use of the hose took .place at the City Council meeting last evening. On the motion of Cr. Harapson, seconded by Cr. Mercer. It was resolved that the Committee be recommended to remove the restrictions at present imposed, pending the pleasure of the committee.

Christmas services will be conducted bv the Rev. W. E. Lambert, in the Nelson Baptist Church. Bridge-street, tomorrow. One of the features of these services will be the special Christmas «incrin L r bv the choir. It has been decided to take tip a self-denial offering at both services on behalf of the Belgian Pool Relief Fund.

It is notified that permission is granted to use the hose for watering and othei purposes at any hour until further notice.

The matron of the Hospital (Miss Mnrrav) acknowledges with thanks the followins; contributions to the -patients Christmas celebrations-.—Miss Marsden £l, Mrs B. Harrison 10s, Mrs Black 10s, Miss Reeves ss, Mr Ancell 5s Mr P.B Adams £2 Mr A. Knvvett ss, Messrs fcnodgrass and Sons, pipes, vases and fancy lights. Mi' Thorpe C.D-C, 5 pairs socks and handkerchiefs.

The Mailai Lodge. L.AO.DL, will be visited bv D.P. Bro. French uv his official capacity* on Monday evening next At the conclusion of the installation of officers, a social hour will be spent- by the "brethren.

Prior to breaking up for the Christmas holidays yesterday afternoon, a authoring* took place at the Hampdenftreet School. The chief feature of the occasion was the. presentation ot the prizes siven in memory of the late Mis* G. F'/'-Sunley. The examination foe- these prizes was conducted bv Mr Vevsev, of the Boys' Central School staff. There"were twenty competitors, ten boys and ten "iris, the possible number ot marks obtainable being 200. Among the bovs, Wilfred Jeakings headed the list with 189 marks, Dudley Moore, with 173 marks, came second, and Neil Hood came third with 170 marks, Rosalie Jetfrevs headed the girls' list with 17b marks, Catherine Bray made a close second with 175 J. marks, and Cecelia Burt came third with 1744 marks. The Rev. J. H. McKenzie presided, and addressed the children in his usual stirring manner. Additional interest was given by the presence of Miss Sunley, sister .of the late Miss G. F. Sunley, who presented the prizes, and who, in doing so, expressed her pleasure at being present.

- The Centenary of Christianity m ZSew Zealand will be celebrated m the Congregational Church to-morrow, when special sermons will be preached by the Rev. T. C. Butler.

Heaving been approached regarding the exact position in connection with the Government guarantee for fruit exports, Mr T. A. H. Field, M.P.-elect for Nelson, has obtained the following information from' Wellington: —"The Government has decided to again offer for the coming season a guarantee of one pennv net return on all apples and pears exported from. New Zealand to new markets,, and to renew the offer of one penny per lb net.return, with, a maximum 0f..£150. payable thereunder, on peaches shipped to North". America.. There is no limit in. qonnection with, the guarantee on apples and pears. ' Both guarantees are . offered on the' same terms as applied last season.

The milk received by the Elthaih Cooperative Dairy Factory Company dlur-. ing the past month totalled 3,243,0581b, producing 222,8741b of butter fat, and 7815 cheese. The total progress payment for the montli was- £11,144, or. at the rate of Is per lb of butter fat. The payment on butter was fixed at lid, and totals £355.

The defeat of Sir Walter Buchanan, in ' Wairarapa is now definitely announced (says the Christchurch "Press"). While | we* regret that tliis leaves tlie Go.vern;ment with a majority of two, instead of four, -we still more regret the loss, to parliament of one of its worthiest members. Sir Walter has done far more than most nien for the country in which he settled -with no capital save his in- \ dustry and- perseverance. By sheer hard work he won his way to Kia present position; his possessions are the fruit of toil and sagacity. He made for himself the means of assisting very- materially the growth of the great primary industries in the southern part of the North Island, and l happily his experience will not cease to assist these interests now that he is once more a privajte citizen. He has given liberally for public causes. and he deserves fal" better of the Wairarapa district than to. be by Mv Hornsby. In retiring from politics, the veteran will take with him the regard of all- his fellow-members, and he leaves behind only an honourable and useful record.

Master Haydn Beck,.the yoiing Wangarmi violinist* had been studying with 'Cesar Thompson in Brussels for 18 months prior to the outbreak of war, and when tho city was threatened he had some adventures in making his escape from Namur, where he was spending his vacation with his friends Mr and Mrs Ellis I at Hotel Citadelle. Writing to Wanganui, he says: "I saw the bridges on the Meuse being blown up at midnight. The Hotel Citadelle stands on the top of a hill 2000 metres above the level of the river, and commands a view extending from 15 to 20 or 25 miles in every direction —an ideal position. The Belgian Engineers made an awful row fixing up a wireless installation c.i the tower of the hotel. The tower was blown off with dynamite bv two German spies in the hotel. The night before a Zeppelin tried to drop a bomb on it, but the forts had a say in the matter, and frightened tho Zeppelin away." Master Beck escaped from Namur with a little music and such odds and ends of clothing as could be carried in a, handbag. He arrived in London with twopence in his pocket, and is now residing with Dr Greenish (senior harmony professor at the Royal Academy of Music), Thousands of housewives are using I Gamp Coffee. Everyone should use it for convenience, for economy, for health. Usable to the last drop. Waste is ixuknewn.* Mr Gould will hold a clearing sale of boots and shoes on account of Mr F. Gaze on 'Thursday nexi. •When in doubt, use "Camp" Coffee for breakfast and sr-'-tv. Quickly audi easily made, refreshing and' wholesome!*

An .amusing incident connected with the departure of the Rotorua detach meat of the Maori Expeditionary- Force was revealed bv the Rev. T. A. Bennett at the. Auckland Town Hall. An old rangatira was fa-rewelling the young waiTiors, explained Mr Bennett, and in doing so remarked that he had heard the fiermans were in sore straits fo' food. "I hear they are often reduced to eating grass. Now let it not be said that, "vou ever ate grass," exhorted the old warrior to the departing Tana. "If vou have nothing better than grass to eat follow the footsteps of your noble ancestors.'' The grim allusion to the practice followed) by those ancestors, of eating their enemies on occasions was no doubt made in all seriousness by the fierce old raneatira, but the Pakeha audience in the Town. Hall enjoyed the joke hugely.

.Speaking at the brcaking-up of St. Hilda's Collegiate School. Dunedin, Dean Fitehett was" scornful at the expense of "intellectuals" who despised the Church (reports the '"Otago Daily Times.") Thev were bad citizens, he said; their iniluer.ee at this time of national crisis was bad : ho would shut them up with the Germans on Soames Island. 'Continuing'thc Dean said: "The self-styled 'intelluctual' is perhaps an expert in .some single subject. In my experience the mere expert is usually a profound ignoramus. If he knows one subject onlv he doesn't even know that. Tilings in this universe are intimately and intricately related : you cannot know anyone thing 'by itself. And certainly the man knows nothing aright who does not know the essential value of religion in human life. 'lntellectuals.' forsooth! There are stupid, clergymen, no doubt; but there are also stupid lawyers and stupid doctors. Of this lam confident, tliat in broad views of life and its destinies, in knowledge of men and things and human nature, of languages more than one, and of literatures more than one. the Church could give the professions points, and. win- hands down. The man who thinks it the mark of the intellectual to despise the Church is precisely the man to be despised by every well-'bred and rightly trained woman."

A smart capture "was made at an early hour yesterday -morning by Constable Tricklebank, who is stationed at Lamb-ton-quay, Wellington, says the "Post." It -was reported to the police on Saturday morning last that several houses in the vicinity of Fitzherbert-terraee,_ Thorndon, had been entered the previous night and that various articles of jewellery, food, and clothing had been taken. The same occurred on Saturday and Sunday nights, with the result that Constable Tricklebank was detailed for special night dutv. After the first.night . out he went back to the station . emptyhanded, but when he returned just before 1 o'clock yesterday morning he had a different story to tell. He was accompanied by George-Slavisch, described by the police as a Servian. He reported that he had caught his prisoner redhanded at the dwelling house of Mr A. Grabham, No. 30, Tinakori-road, Slavisch appeared before Mr D. G. A. Cooper S.M., at yesterday's (Thursday) sitting of the .Magistrate's Court, charged with attempting to enter the premises mentioned,'.with the intention of committing a. crime. He was remanded to " enable . C.hief-Detectiye Broberg to have further enquiries made. Constable Tricklebahk's superiors speak very highly of his excellent work.