LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 26 April 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ralph Myers Snowden, aged .67, clrof engineer of the steamer Inga, new in port at Greymouth, dropped (load from heart failure on Tuesday evening whilst visiting the signal station at the tiphead. Deceased belonged tu Sydney.—Press Association. A resident reports that while at the Cemetery yesterday afternoon he ;V>\v two young girls take vases off a couple of graves and put them in a bag . Ho went to see if this was legitimate, but the girls, evidently having stolen the vases, showed a keen pair of heels and got away before they were interrupted. He, however, had a good view of them, and desires to give them a warning that if the vases are not replaced there will be further trouble.

Efforts are being made to raise sufficient funds for the purchase of a piano for the Haven Road school. An instrument is urgently required for the training of the> infant department. Mr Surrell, of the Empire Theatre, has given a matinee towards the fund, the proceeds of which, with Government subsidy, amounts to £2O. Further con-" tributions from the public are asked for m our advertising columns.

The sale of poppies in Wellington on Tuesday realised close on £IOOO, says a Press Association wire.

The football dance at Wakefield tomorrow evening promises to be a great success. An excellent floor is being prepared and the hall decorated. Ladies are asked to bring a basket. "New Zoalanders are the most polite people I have ever met," said Dr. Armstrong Smith at Palmerston North. "If one- seeks the aid of a New Zealandcr to roach his destination, the latter not only directs but actually goes out of his way to put him on the right track, and even when one is returning and happens to meet the same person, he kindly inquires, 'Well, did you find the place all right?' " It is not often that the seagull develops the tendencies of the kea, but such would appear to be the. case on a farm adjacent to Levin. Lor some Jays a large grey and white guU has been a frequent visitor,, and afterwards sv.ccp have been found wandering; ibout minus their eyes. The owner killed some of the unfortunate animals, leaving one unburied with poison applied to .the sockets. Next day the gull was foui.d not far away, a victim to its own greed.

Those interested (in the sale on 25th May next of Jersey cattle unci imported Shetland ponies, on account of Mr Charles Goulter, Hawkesbury, :uo notified that catalogues can bo obtained at the local branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co .Ltd.

Mr A. Gould announces an auction sale of a freehold residential city propert yto be hold at the rooms, Hardy "Street, on Saturday, sth May. at noon, bv order of the Public Trustee, in the estate of the late Mrs A. C. M. Morley. A fascinating figure is yours, madam, provided von throw away that stooping washboard slavery habit and let. 'NoRubbing" Laundry Help do the washing, thus preserving your own natural beauty, grace and elegance.* DAWSON'S, Eeefton, the leading Hotel on the West Coast. Patronised by H.R.E. the Prince of Waieo.—Francis B. Stallard, Proprietor.* Emms' a mail cars leave Nelson for Motueka, Takaka, Collingwood, Rockville and Bainham daily, from the Booking Office, 29 Bardy street (,'phonS 527), at 7.30 and 8 a.m., arriving in Takaka at 1 p.m. Leave Takaka for Nolson at n ak „'rv, «nH ATnfnekft for Nelson at

lii connection witli (ho Nelson Academy of Music a concert will be given in St. John's hall on .Saturday evening at S o'clock by representative pupils assisted by members of Mr Tail's Madrigal Choir .and Miss Laura Osborn, violinist. Tlie programme will include a short piano recital by very young pupils, piano solos and duets by more advanced pupils and students, and vocal items by several new pupils who are singing for the first time at these concerts. '" Two part, songs will be sung by members of Mr Tail's Madrigal Choir, and Miss Laura. Osborn will make her first concert appearance in Nelson and will play Leoncaralo's "Serenade/' and Mlynarski's "Mazurka," two popular violin solos. Miss Osborn studied for some, years under the late Mr Herbert Bloy, Wellington. The admission is by programme, price sixpence, procurable at the Academy rooms, Hardy Street.

In the- recent intermediate examinaions held at Sydney, says a cable message to-day, only 35 per cent of students passed in Latin, compared with an average of 70 per cent in recent yavTS. This led to a great outcry ai'.'cng the scholastic institutions and parents, with the result that the Minis! e.- now" announces that more passes A\ill be allowed for late examinations •jnd tho system of examination b'c revised.

While a horse attached to a vehicle vns tethered outside the Post Office this morning, the jaw of the animal by somo means caught in the iron ring on the post. Before the horse could be released tho ring had to be savored with a file.

At tho Wellington Magistrate's Court, to-day Allan Saunders, in the employ of tho Tourist Department, pleaded guilty to the theft of £B, the. property of the Department. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. >.

A complaint has been made regarding tho holding of the Town Schools Committee election in the "Education Board room on the grounds of insufficient accommodation. From inquiries ir is learned that the Board decided to hold the election in the Board room on account of tho small attendances in recent years not warranting tho hiring of a special hall. Only seven were present on the last occasion. It is pointed out that the Board-room will accommodate between 60 and 70, and that arrangements have been made to adjourn to a larger building should the attendance prove too largo for the Board room.'

Ratepayers arc reminded that poll for election .of members for Harbour Board, closes at 7 o'clock to-iQght.; Do not; forget to vote. I am a candidate, Ernest E. Trask.* . Attention is called to the annual meeting of All Saints' parish, which will be held in their school this evening.