LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 5 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.Nominations will be received up to Friday, the 13fh inst.. of candidates for the directorate of the Permauent Building- Society of Nelson, in place of Messrs .Leaner, Mercer, Snodgrass, and Thompson, who retire by effluxion of time, but are all eligible ior re-election.

A boy named Xoel Hast, aged 16. <on of Mr John East, while riding;.along the Hocks Kb ad yesterday ran into a telegraph post, and was rendered unconscious. He was taken to the' Hospital, where lie recovered consciousness. lie is still at the institution. .Messrs Branturd and G. Glover discovered the hoy in an unconscious state on the Rocks Road, and carried him to Mr J. Brown's residence. Mr Brown then conveyed him to the Hospital in a car.

Tuesday's was the last meeting of the Nelson Harbour Board as at present constituted, and at the conclusion of the business the Chairman (Mr 11. R. Duncan) expressed his appreciation of the assistance he had received from his fellow members. He was sorry a more progressive policy had not been carried out, but owing to circumstances over which they had no control the Board had not been able to do so. If returned, with the other members he hoped to work with a single purpose—the benefit of the whole district. Mr Duncan again thanked the members for the manner in which they had treated him during his term of office. Mr H. P. Washbourn said the members had every reason to be. satisfied with the Chairman, with whom it had been a pleasure to work. Mr T. Bell endorsed, and moved that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded the Chairman for his services. This was seconded by Mr I. Timi>ich'fi" and carried amidst, applause. (This paragraph was inadvertently omitted from yesterday's issue). v

At the meeting of the Advisory Board of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund Society last evening, several cases of Motueka men. who had been passed ana been rejected on reaching camp, we-e brought' up. In one case the prospective soldier had ma if. r.rrangemen s *Y-r the disposal of his property and .Token up his home. In anoi.Fier case the mv.i had disposed of.ids :>;■•;■?• s. wl. Ie another instance ais cen of .-. man suffering from a motive, who had been railed .ip, only to '-.e rejected.

Messrs Wilkie and Washbourn are arranging a museum in connection with the Jtsd Cross fete at tiie end of April. The Committee would be vejy pleased if anyone having curios and objects of interest would kindly lend them for this purpose, and thereby assist in procuring funds for our wounded soldiers. Every care will be taken of the exhibits. " The last museum ot this descripfTon, whiTn was undertaken ny Messrs Wilkie and Washbourn, was said to be one of the finest collections of this kind in New Zealand.

"The Y.M.C.A. has my money every time," said Mr C. Y. Fell when questioned by a. Mail representative this morning regarding methods of assistingsoldier*.: During his stay in England Mr Fell had special opportunities of observing what is being done in.this direction. "The good work the Y.M.C.A. is doing," continued Mr Fell, "is beyood belief. Previously many people thoughtit was a sort of goody-goody institution, but they do not think so now. It is absolutely the best administered body of the sort in the Empire, and it gets right there every time. If effort had been concentrated on the Y.M.C.A. alone it would have meant the saving of an -mormons -sum. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of well-intentioned waste, but you can take it from mo that people can't go -wrong in providing comforts for the men in the trenches through the Y.M.C.A. .Just to mention one instance of what is thought of the organization by those who know : Mrs Fell, while in England, was desirous of giving a sum oj. money to the troops, and inquired ■it the Agent-General's office in this con>ie"iion. The official at once suggested the Y.M.CA. as the best channel for the contribution."

A meeting of the directors of the Permanent Building Society was held last evening for the purpose of receiving tatements of accounts for the half-year's transactions, ending 31st March. The audited accounts showed that the Society continues to make steady progress. The'total amount now on loan is £112,S2S. with a reserve fund of £2850. The half-year's transactions showed a profit, ifter providing for interest due to depositors, of £1636 16s Ad. It was decided to declare profit, at the rate oi 5 ner cent, per annum, which absorbs £1305 0s 3d. this sum being distributed iraoug shareholders by addition to value of shares; and of the oa.ance . £331 16s Id it was decided to add £2oo to re--erve fund, bringing this fund up to the remainder, £Bl 16s la., b<\ing carried forward. It was .further resolved t hat the secretary be empowered to pav out maturing shares (CO. series, with a value of £2O 7s per share absorbing £2650), and give releases where necessary.

To-night!! At the Money Saving Sale ' ! Ladies' Soft Warm oven Bodices at Is. 9d, 2s Hd, 3s lid, 4s lid, and Ss lid: Ladies' Grey Woven Bl = era— fleecy lined—at 2s 3d.—Auckland Clothing 'and Drapery Co.* To-night!! At the Money Sale ' ' Men's Dandy Black Cashmere Sox at 4 pairs for 2s 6d.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* attention is drawn to the train arrangements for the sports at Tapawera on Easter Monday, 9th inst. To-night!' At the Money Saving Sale ' » Men's Splendid Rain Coats—all samples bought at 45 per cent discount —at. 255, 30s, 355. 40s, 455, and 50s.— Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* "No Rubbing" Laundry Help is our special favourite .for washing silks, muslins, prints, woollens, and mechanics' overalls spotlessly clean, -without rubbing or injury to the hands or fabric. WeTgive the famous Thinker Note Book free with every Is packet of "No Rubbing."—T. Usher and Son.* To-night! At the Money Saving Sale ! Ladies' Stylish Tweed and Navy Serge Costumes at 29s 6d and 42s 6d each.— Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.* To-morrow .morning, at 10 o'clock, a •olomn Good Friday service will bo held it All Saints' Church, when short addresses o» the "Words from the Cross" vill be delivered. The evening service will bo at 7.30, when Canon Lucas will nreach. To-night! ! At the Money Saving Glace Silks at 9d yd.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*

A first offender was brought before Mr V\. I;ou( this morning and fined ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment.

To-morrow morning, between 50 and 60 delegates are expected to arrive in Nelson to attend the annu.nl Convention of the Welling! nn Sunday School Union, commencing at 6 p.m. with a devotional meeii:i.. .'. ;i interesting programme of paper s aim addresses will be given. The Convention will conclude with a garden party, to b c held at "Fairfield," tho ro-ldence of Miss Atkinson, which hasrcen kindly lent for the occasion. 'Special meetings to bs held on Easter - Sunday will be advertised in Saturday's papers.

While engaged in handling cargo for the steamer Hina yesterday afternoc-i a. wharf worker named William .Robb, an elderly man, had his left hand badly mangled through its being caught in the block, of a derrick while tightening a sling. Robb was taken to Dr. Lucas, who ordered his removal to the Hospital. The shock iu a man of JRobb's age was Considerable.

Tho Chairman of the Waimea CountyCouncil (Cr. li. Everett) to-day, in advocating that the Council should donate £lO towards the cost of the r&plesentat.ion of Nielson at the National Apple Show, remarked, incidentally, that the Cawthrou Trustees recognised the importance of the fruit industry to Nelson, as the great bulk of the Ciiwthron bequest would be devoted to research work in connection with fruit.

Attention is called to the amended notice calling for nomination of members to represent the City of Nelson on the Nelson Harbour Board. Nominations close at noon on Tuesday, the 17th hist., and not on Tuesday next,-the 1.0 th instant, as previously advertised.

In connection with Red Cross Apple Day Messrs Dee and Sons are making a display of apples in their shop windows. Some ol" these were grown in young orchards at Tasman, and others are I'rom Stoke growers. The varieties include the- brilliantly-coloured KingDavid. Jonathans of rich lute and other well-known sorts. Labels indicate that the a_pple s are samples of those to be sold on Apple Day.

•Good Friday in Richmond and Stoke parochial districts are advertised in this issue.