LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 8 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Six building permits, valued "at £IOO7. were issued by the City Engineer' (Mr J..S. Littlejohn) during the fortnightly period ended May 4th. The monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held on Tuesday next. Tho "Southland Times" says:—"Gisborne persistently refuses to be dispossessed of its proud title as _ the champion birth-producing town in the Dominion. During the month of March, ■Gisborne and Irivercargill headed the list of towns outside the cities, with a total of 38 each. Wanganui came next with 28, while Palmerston North had ,26 and Napier was away down seventeenth on the list, with 19.'" > The Mayor (Mr C. J. Harley) expressed the opinion at last night's meeting of the City Council that too much work in the past had- been done in committee, and he thought that some alteration | should be made in this respect. Many of the matters referred to committee came back to the Council, and were usually passed without comment.. Councillors should be prepared to stay, at th* meetings until a reasonable hour, and .do as much business as possible -in open Council. The remarks pased; by-;, the Mayor evidently met with the general approval of Councillors. / The next conference of local, branches of the New Zealand Farmers' Union will be held at' Tapawera on Friday, May 14th at: 2 p.m. The Hon. A. T. Maginnity and Mr Hudson, M.P., have intimated their intention to be present. All farmers hi Ihe district are invited to be present. Saturday: Night Sale Specials (Women/s Warm' Woven Bodices for Is m, 3s 6d,,and 4s 6d.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*

Sale Specials : for To-night! Ladies'* Warm' Woven, Nightdresses, ,Jld* 5s lid, 6s lid, and 8s lid.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* ■ ■ .

A.moncr the recruits at .Victoria Barracks,, Sydney,! ,was a young man who had been an officer of cadets for some time-, arid who - did. .not anticipate „ any difficulty-in .being accepted.as. a private in the "Expeditionary, Forces. , .To. his amazement he was/Tejected;owing .to }an alleged' defect in, his,; eyesight., lit Jus indio-natidri he expressed himself, freely and" ldud'ly; " v"Wliat!"v he .jsaid;: "you. pass me out when I've passed,.such tests,, before,- and been- -in "the : h cadets .for months..: -Why; I know, ..- of two fellows; with glass eyes: who passed^last,week. .- He was "shooed'' out. of; the room, but a newspaper reporter - .had, heard him and his rerriarks appeared; in. print next morning. The Chief Medical Officer at once ordered a parade of- all the glass-eyed soldiers present alleged to be in Liverpool camp.

Showroom -Sale Special To-night Ladies' Stvlish new Blanket Coats—trill and three-quarter lengths—no two alike, —for 15s lid, 255, 305,,355, 40s, worth 30s to 60s.—The Auckland Cloth r ang and Drapery Co.'*

A valuable collection of trophies from the German cruiser Emden was landed from the steamer Montoro at Sydney recently, and created- considerable, interest. The relics were secured from, the wreck,' which is lying on North Keeling (Cocos Group). A marine on a warship engaged in the salvage- work states that his ship was at Coco's Island-for six days, and that he was aboard the wreck of the Emden every day. The divers were looKing for a torpedo. "I am pleased, he says, "that they got one all complete. We had a hard job getting it,out of the/submerged torpedo flat. ' There was a lot of dead German jailors down there, and when the divers stirred things up it was very disagreeable. We also got two of her guns. One is goiric; to England with the torpedo, and the-other to Australia as a curio. Another tiling we got was a searchlight, and 6000 Chinese dollars and some good sets of doctors' instruments. We had a cablegram from the Admiralty priasing us .for the work we had done. Our captain was so pleased that he gave us 36 hours' shore leave.

Saturday Night Sale Specials! Women's Warm all "Wool Black Cashmere Hose for Is, Is 6d, Is lid,, and 2s 6d, includmg the famous. '.'Jason'- Brand. —Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* >

j.ne usual fortnightly meeting of the Maitai Lodge, No. 15, U.A.0.D., "was held on. Monday evening in the Orange Lod<re Hall, and in. conjunction therewith the first of the series of winter evenings' entertainments. In addition to the ordinary business," the installation of P A Bro. H. J. Tihdill as District President of No. 12 district took place, the ceremony being conducted by P.D.I. Bro \V' Bray in the absence of D.fc\ Bro' T. French. The following officers were the recipients of handsome presentation Lodge collars in recognition by !the Lodge of the services rendered, by them in the interests of the Order:— P A. Bro. J- W. Hollyman; P.A., Bro. T." E. Preen; P.A., Bro. R. Alton; P.A., Bro. W. Trott; P. A, Bro HA. Eobbs; P.A., Bro. E. J. Chappell; 1.G., Bro. C. Stewart; Past Secretary, Bro. W F. Thomson, and P.D.P., Bro. ut. Crushek At the conclusion of the. ordinary business, the Lodge adjourned for harmony, and a pleasant hour was» spent, concluding with reireshments and the singing of the National Anthem.

Saturday-Night Scramble at Sale. Men's real ''Hydrotite'' wool-linedu-for 30s, 355, and 4?s ,6d; worth 45s and 555.-Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. . ■'• -i' Attention is drawn to Mrs Anstico s new advertisement on sixth page of this issue. _' ( . -. : ' . ' Saturday Night" Sale Specials ! Men's Strong Saddle Tweed Trousers for 6s od Clothing and Drapery. Co.* ."■"■ ■ ■■)-'■ v ■' Attention is. drawn to Mrs . Anstice s new advertisement on 3rd page of tins issue. '■■'"' •■'.'■

The monthly meeting or the W.0.T.U.. will be held In the Temperance Hall on Tuesday next, at 3 p.m.

It is expected that the Tnrakina will be despatched from Timavu early tomorrow morning, and will arrive at Nelson on Monday morning.

The Conciliation .Court will sit in Nelson on 20th May to hear an application for a. carpenters' award.

A parade of Cadets was held this af ; - ternoon, there being a good muster. The country lads came in by the 1.45 train, being met at the station by the town companies, and all marched to the Botanical Reserve, where exercises were carried out.

At Blenheim to-day Ernest \ Albert Stevens, alias Hodger, was committed for trial on a charge of pocket-picking. He was also remanded to Bunedin on if charge of stealing a cash hox and £9 10s,'the property of J. S. Hebb. —Press Association

It is the intention of Mir John Tait, teacher of singing, School of Music, to produce in Nelson about the beginning of September a musical play, of which he holds the copyright, founded upon Browning's poem,' "The Pied Ha/melin." Tho assistance of 80 boys and girls will be required, and Tait will be glad to receive the names of those willing to. take .part in the production. It may. be mentioned that the play was originally-produced with great ■success in 1906 by the pupils of the Borough and County High Schoo 1 , Peebles, Scotland, where MrVTaifc was music master for many years.

Interesting side lights on campaigning expenses were thrown by Mr H. Seaton, chairman of the Wednesday Half-holiday League, Wellington. Three canvassers and a secretary were employed in the Wednesday half-holiday interests : 20,000 small bills had been distributed' to shopkeepers, antT in addition 300 cards, 1 placards, and 10,000-' largo bills had been sent out, and £6O or £7O had been spent in advertising in the newspapers. By an examination of the polling figures, it had been indicated, that the working man, instead of being against the Wednesday half-holiday, had voted, for it in nearly all cases where the locality was, a working man's district. At wharf shed "U'," 'for instance, the voting for Wednesdayhad been very much in the preponder ance. Where the other, side had polled heavily was at "Wiadestown, Karori, and j Hataitai. Excepting the committee, apathy, of the shop-keepers had been astonishing. The legality'of Saturday ad-, vocates in distributing cards on the day of the poll was called into question, and the chairman state* that the opinion of Mr T. F. Martin, the well-known authority on municipal law, was to _ the effect that distributing cards showing how ; to vote on the day of the poll rendered those who did so liable to a fine of £2O, hut he did not think that this would upset the poll.—"Post."