NELSON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 14 January 1916, Page 5

NELSON

HELPING HAND SHOP

The net receipts yesterday at the Helping Hand Shop (run in aid of the Red •Cross Fund) were £l3 16s 2d. Contributions were sent in iby the city, the Port, Wakapuaka. Stoke, Richmond, I Hope, Bright-water. The workers were Mesdames Kelling, P. Bond, W. Johnston, and Claude Hamilton, Misses Ewart, Ledger, Davidson, and Roue, and Boy Scouts. RED CROSS FUND. ' Received at the Depot:—Thorpe Red Cross Branch, 3 dozen and ten tea towels, face cloths, 4 dozen handkerchiefs, 14 pillow slips, half-dozen draw-sheets, old linen, pair of bed socks, and a lai-ge parcel of clothing to pass on to the Belgian Fund. Mr J. P. Haves acknowledges:— Wakefield Patriotic Committee, per Mr Ivo Tunnicliife, part proceeds of Boxing Day Sports, £54; Mrs G. Wastney, per Mrs Alborough, £2; Mrs Is. Whitwell, ss; Mrs W. Alborough, 2s; Hampden-street' January monthly collection, .per Mrs Melhuish, £1 8s; Thorpe Red Cross Branch, per Mrs YVm, £5: Richmond Avenue January -collection per J. Tomlinson, £3,35: Tadmor Patriotic Day final balance, per Mesdames P." Harford and G. "W. Fawcet, £46 14s Id. '.I Mrs W. Lock acknowledges :—Colling-wood-street monthly collection, per Mrs "V. H. Marr, £4 16s; MrsJvem'p.-.12 iug. '■covers: Miss Iva .Jenkins (Wakefield), 2 scarves; Upper Moutere and Neudorf Branch, per Mrs Beuke, part proceeds sale of goods, Now Year's Day, £35 ; .A Friend, 10 jug covers. LADY LIVERPOOL FUND. Mrs W.. Lock acknowledges :—Brookstreet School, Standard 11., 18 handkerchiefs ; A Friend-, books; Mrs Fair- , bairn, ss; Mrs Tibbie, books; Mr Richards, "books; Mr Dudley Win, ss;. Mrs Kemp '3 balaclava ■ caps; Miss Jordan, 1 pair socks; Wakefield Patriotic Sports ; Committee, first donation, £25 Is.

• During the course of his address- of welcome to the delegates attending the Master Bakers' Conference in -"Napier, the Mayor, Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P., expressed his disapproval of State-con-trolled bakeries, "sucK 'as had been ' established' in New South Wales. Thi| -was a matter In-which, the State should not interf ei'e, and he felt sure that thoss present would sooner have • competition among themselves than wijth the State. It was not fair for the State- to interfere trade such; as 'the" bakery trade —it tended to create'-a monopoly. 'Competi-. tion did not allow of monophes;" and there should, be no State monopoly.

"Small birds' are punishing all the "•rain crops severely," writes the South island correspondent of the Farmers' "Union "Advocate.". "Grain growers are he-ginning to realise that concerted action wiU have to be 'taken iby them in dealing with this pest. 'Perhaps the best way would be to poison simultaneously. It is 'verv difficult, I 'know, to get farmers to act in concert in • this, as in most other matters. In winter, thousands, yes, tens" of thousands", could be'killed by systematic .poisoning. v In my ' own case I thinned out the birds in fthe plantations by poisoning in the middle of winter/ They took- it readily after" a little feeding," and for a time scarcely a ibird was to be seen."'

• Wellingtbnians .and,-West Coasters residing in Wellington will learn" with regret that word has been received that ■Corporal E. C. Beresford-Wilkinson, ot the .New ' Zealand Eifle Brigade, was killed in action on Christmas iDay, says the "Post." • Deceased- was 24 years oi age and was the eldest son of Mrs M. Beresford-Wilkinson, 'of Beef ton, Westland, 'where his mother is still residing. His- on.lv brother, Mr. Arthur E., Beres-ford-Wilkinson, is now a, .gunner .in the 10t'h Field Artillery. .Corporal BeresfordWilkinson joined the Post and Telegraph ■Department in .his native town, and was later transferred to the head office in Wellington. Whilst there he was 1 , prominent in athletic circles, being a member of 'the Wellington Fool'ball Club; al«so ian active member of the Thorndon Amateur Swimming Chub, having won the championship l of that club for the season 1913-14, which carried with it the Ward Cup, -donated by Sir Joseph Ward. The deceased, was transferred to, the Justice Department in 1914. and was clerkof the Court at Paeroa, where he was universally esteemed tor his high (qualities. 'On* the outbreak of war .ho enlisted, but was unable to obtain leave. However, later he obtained leave and joined the Rifle Brigade, leaving for the some three months ago.