LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 12 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tiio Abattoir manager reported at last night’® Council meeting that the. following stock were slaughtered at the Abattoir during the fortnight; Cattle, 79; calves, 5; sheep, 579; lambs, 111; pigs, 25; total 799. 'One sheep was condemned. Mr. E. H. Short acknowledges the following for the distressed family concert fund-:—Friend, £1; Friend, Ss; Friend, 2s 6d; Friend,"'ss; Friend, 2s 6d*. / Four steamers will shortly lift over .two million feet of timber at Greytmouth for Australia,, says the .Dunedin Star. The Inga, will, load 500,000 feet for .Sydney, and the Joan Craig 200,000 feet for the Marne) port. The Malaita will load 400,000 feet, and the Kaituna one million. The Salvation Army olllccr acknowleiisres the -mm of £2 9 S trorn Hr. and Mrs. F,.'J. A n ’ U towards th« ceserving. case..'.: , The attention of Richmond readers is drawn to the advertisement animuncing the special .sing-song service -., d ihe Parade of ihe Roys’ Service p.,he 'hCd in the Richmond wd-ffef Church to~mori'ow evening, .at 7 o’clock. The .subject for the evening faddress is a A Real Boj.

Ten building permits for works valued at £l9l 10s were issued by the City Engineer during the past fortnight.

The .Nelson Operatic Society lias decided to stage a Pierrot entertainment a.s a preliminary to the production ol an opera. With the talent available in the Society, something of a very high order may be looked lor.

,-v. sharp shock of earthquake wan felt in Nelson at 8.35 last evening. The tremor was accompanied by a rumbling noise, similar to a stick being drawn sharply along a. corrugated iron fence.

Jt was reported by the City Engineer in Jus report to the Council last evening that the Venturi meter at the reservoir had been removed as directed, Pressures were taken ou the Monday preceding, but the weather conditions on the. Monday following were unseasonable for taking the second series.

Farther increases in freights on coal firings the price to the City Council at 46s 3d a ton into the carts and sss 6d ex the gasworks yard.

An invitation has been extended to the Mayor and City Councillors to attend the Presbyterian Church at the morning service to-morrow, on the occasion of the 71st 'anniversary of the church. The Council decided to thank the session clerk for the invitation.

Mr 3V. I l ', Harding, an old student of spiritualism, announces his intention* of giving a scries of lectures on that subject at the Oddfellows’ Hall. One portion of to-morrow’s service will be given to relieving pain from anv sufferer present by the laying on of'bands. Mr Harding invites anyone- afflicted to eotne forward for treatment, and states that be has relieved about 209 people at services held in the different towns lie has visited.

Tim High Commissioner advises in a cable dated 9th Juno; “The official nvieo of gold to-day is To os Jd pox ounce. None is available for shipment.’’—Press Association.

The accounts in connection, with the visit of the Prince of Wales had been gone through caroffully, 'stated the Mayor* at the Council meeting last evening, and the total cost would be under £IOOO. Tire Government would give a £ for £ subsidy up to £SOO, so the cost to the city would be under £SOO, ms the sales of material, etc., together with £291 from the sale of ball tickets, would reduce the total amount to be found. The approximate expenditure was made up as follows;— Ball. £565 (less £291 from sale of tickets]; afternoon tea., £80; street decorations, £4OO (less amount anticiwated of material): and miscellaneous, £205; a, total of £1286.

The celebrations in connection with -aim 71st anniversary of Trinity Presbyterian Church will he commenced to-morrow, when special services will he held. The preacher lor the day >s the .Right Rev. J. A. Asher, D.A., Moderator of the General AssoinMy whose visit h<is boon 1a expected for some months. The choir v ill render special music, and special nfi'ertovies on behalf of the church hinds will he taken at all services. Iho The Rev. G H. Gibb, B. A., will.assist at the various services, and as minister of the Church, extends a very cordial invitation to all Presbyterians In make a point of attending the anniversary services on tjiis imyiortant occasion. On Tuesday, the 15th inst., ilm anniversary soiree will be hold, coueeming. which further advertisement will be made in Monday’s paper.

The cable steamer In’s, while leaving the Wellington wharf" this mom injv. collided with tin- Philomel lying at the- next berth-! it is understood the Iris, which , was to repair cables in Cook Strait, is rather badly damaged. No particulars are available. .There was a heavy fog at the time oi the collision.—Press Association. The Wakefield branch of the Y.ALC.A. commence -their operations in St. John’s Sunday School Hall as It'inporarv premises, on Tuesday uikht. They are looking forward to a pleasant evening' and a successful start to their regular work. The Wairnea Football Club will hold their monthly dance in the Oddfellows’ Mali, Richmond, on Tuesday, 15th hist., at 8 o’clock, A dance will be hold in the Bowing Club Shed this evening at 8 o’clock. The services in the Baptist Church will bo conducted to-morrow by 'Mr. V. A. Dickson at 11. arid by the Hov. Laird at 6.30. There will be a baptismal service in the evening, and an'address on “Baptism as taught and practised in the New Testament.”

1 In a letter to the City Council requesting permission to place a rain gauge in Any.ac Park, the Director of the Meteorological Office stated that tlie sunshine recorder had been placed in charge of Captain Collins, and was now being fixed on the roof of the Harbour Board’s office at Port Nelson. .Mr A. Gould will conduct tluv- follow lug auction sales :—Monday next, ati 1 p.m., in the estate of A. Grecnbcid, <jecd. i Wednesday next, at 1 p.m.. at Richmond, on account Air IHawksworth; Friday next, at 1 p.m., at HLdummd. on account Airs W. Suck ; S.iturda’V next, at noon, at the rooms, Hardy-street, residential property with furniture and effects in the (sl ate of Mary Ann Wilkes, deed. ; Tuesday, 29 th.‘lust., at 11 a.in., clkuiiu>- sale at lirightwator, on account Alt Walter Colt; Wednesday, 30th iust., at 1 p.m., clearing sale at Wakapuaka, ou’aecount Air J. B. Collier.

Attention is drawn to uuv advertising columns, in which tho 'announcement 'appeal’s of two lectures to be delivered- in tho Theatre Royal, the first on 'Sunday afternoon, and the second o n Monday night. Tho subject of the lectures is the delusions of modem spiritualism. The speaker is Mr, T. Whittle, evangelist. Correction; Tho following sentence appeared in Friday ”s advertisement by mistake ; _“T. Whittle, Sec., N.Z. Psychical -Association.” The Wellington Evening Post in a recent editorial says; “Visitors “from the Anckland-Waikato district comment on the increase there of sawmilling operations among the Finns Tnsignis groves. Small travelling sawmills go from farm to farm, cutting out the once valueless Prims, Insignia with sufficient profit to enable tire miller to pay the owner of the land an. average of about £1 per tree. Supposing you had planted out a few thousand when a young man, *yhat would they ho worth to-day? 'lt >sn t too late vet, I sell the trees. VN rite for illustrated Booklet with interestin 15 information. Post froc. H. G. Kingsland, .Forestry Specialist, Wakefield, Nelson. . Emms’s mail cars leave Nelson for Takaka daily, from his booking office, 29 Hardv-streot, 'phone 527, at 8 a.m., arriving in Talcukn at 1 p.ni. Leave Takifka for Nelson at 7.45 a.m., r'riving in Nelson at. 1 C&vs meet in Motuoka at 10.L5 a.m.* All .'■grocers are requested to follow the crowds to Stewart and Co. s for “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish. Price 6d per tin. ’ Beat for all leathers; but be sure and ask for “Keep Smiling.

'Ou completion <,!' her present voyage to - Vancouver, the Makura will go to San, Francisco, where she wil] be converted into an oil-fuel ship. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin star telegraphs :—lt is understood that 50 recommendations have heeu made to the Prime Minister for consideration of Cabinet when making now appointments to the 'Legislative Council before Parliament meets at the end of the present mouth. There seems to a lull in the effort for a continuous telephone service. Tito names of the required number of subscribers was obtained, but -a« some had not given written consent, the matter was held up for their signatures. Nelson is a long way behind the times in not having a continuous telephone service, and it is hoped that those responsible for the requisition will complete the necessary details so that the service -may be inaugurated on July Ist, 1920, The streets decoration committee in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales, made a proposal to various school committees that they .should contribute £3 towards the cost ol an obelisk around which the children from the particular school should be grouped, and bearing a streamer with the name of the school represented. >Several school committees notified their willingness to agree to this, but Mapua. Committee was the only one to forward the amount asked. At last night’s meeting of the Council, Cr Morris brought forward a recommendation from' the streets decoration committee to the effect that tbe £3 he refunded to the Mapvui Committee, and that the streamers bo presented to the various committees. 'This course was agreed upon. Cr. Morris referred to the excellent work done by the City Eu-nneer and the Town Clerk in connection with the Prince’s visit, and it ivas resolved that their services bo recognised in some suitable manner. On Sunday evening, in St. John’s Methodist Church, Rev. E. I>. Ratcbett will give bis monthly address to vonng men and young women on '‘'Bartering the Birthright of Youth.