LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 9 April 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the meeting of the local body delegates held in connection with the proposal to set up an omnibus area, -Mr F. \V. Grecnslado, chairman of the Tahunanui Town Board, said his board had received a number of complaints alleging dangerous driving by 'bus drivers. It was feared that unless action was taken serious accidents would occur.

Owing to the late frosts hi Canterbury having greatly depleted the local I'mit '.Tops arrangements have beer, made by Messrs Park, Davis and Co., of Chri-i----chnrch for the steamer Kukn to carry consignments frevr Nelson and Motueka ( . Chrt-:tchu''ch. The Kii'tu will leave Mot.uoka and Nelson on Saturday next, 12th April.

Children's ready-to-wear felts,- in all shades. 8/0, !>/ll," 10/0 at McKay's.*

In I lie course of his address at the conference of State l/prest .Service executive officers yesterday afternoon tho "llou. W. B. Taverner, Commissioner of 'State Forests, in referring to the fire menace, said it was largely a question of educating Llio public, and getting that viewpoint so desirable. Some areas were so vast and isolated thai individual action was only possible to a limited extent.

The large pond at the Queen's Gardens is being cleaned out at present. A number of eels have been taken out of the mud.

The Lincoln College Hoard lias receir ed Irom Mr Job Osborne, a pioneev fanner of Ellesmero, a gilt of £SOO to found a scholarship (enable at Lincoln College.—Press Association.

"Let me give; you a little fatherly advice," said the .Mayor (the Rev. J. K. Archer) speaking at the opening of ihe St. Albans Tennis Club's new courts in Cliristcliurch. "1 hope you will slick to lawn tennis for many years U> come. The most disgraceful tiling in sport as far as Chr'slcliureh is concerned is Ihe large ami increasing number of young men who are playing bowls. There ought lo be an. unwritten law that no young fellow should start playing bowls until he is a little bit older than I am myself."

At the present lime New Zealanders were spending two million pounds more outside tho Dominion than" the outside overseas people were spending in New Zealand, said a witness in tho Arbitration Court at Wellington. In Switzerland they received from tourists seven to eight million pounds per annum, which paid most of. She rates and taxes, ■and stopped a large amount of unemployment. We had as good a country in New Zealand, as they had, and more varied, and tho largo community of private hotels in Now Zealand should get every latitude as to hours of smarting and stopping. Writing to Mr W. Lock from Chicago on 6th March Mr Percy Graham, the head of a hirge manufacturing concern, says: "The page from the Nelson 'Evening Mail' giving an account of, the trip through the north of the Island to hand. The account of the travels of the commerce train party is surely very interesting, and sometime I would like to make a visit to New Zealand, but the map on the wall before me as I write shows the little Dominion about seven thousand miles away from our western coast. Business has been bad for some time, and it is hard to collect money. The banks are hardly loaning out a cent, even to their best borrowers. They were all hard hit in the stock market slum]) a few months ago, and many are holding paper of less than half its one-time value, on which two-thirds of its value was loaned. This has piled up a lot of frozen assets, and many banks which haven't got under (small institutions) arc hanging on the verge of disaster. To return again to the article in 'The Mail' which bears the heading 'ln the Far North,' this makes Chicago readers feel that von are referring to some place as far north as Greenland, and even the northern part of Greenland. But expressions like this are relative, and of course whilst it seems incredible in a country sq far south there is a far north oven in New Zealand. But when we read of tho Far North we are generally reading of explorers trying for the North [Pole."

A sunfish, a very rare visitor to these shores, attracted much attention yesterday on Wellington's waterfront, where it was brought by a fishing launch from the Marlborough Sounds. The fish was caught in Palliser Bay yesterday on a fishing line by the launch Lobra, and is believed to be the first sunfish ever caught in that locality, as it is usually to be found in the warmer waters of the North. The "Post" states that the fish is 10 or 12 feet in -length and nine feet in breadth, and weighs about one and ahalf tons. It has a head as big as a whale's, eves as big as a man s fist, and underneath has much the same appearance as a chicken's breast. It has a huge dorsal fin, and a big fin underneath and a very short tail. Some time ago a sunfish was cut in half by a steamer near the Heads. The sunfish. however is very seldom seen in the vicinity of Wellington. Two valuable records of early Australia are in the nossessior, of Mr J. B. Merre!!, a New Zonlandor, who arrived in Wellington from England by the lonic on his way to Melbourne. In a bookstall in London he found a copy oi Stockdale's account of the arrival of the first fleet under Philip at Botany Bay. The volume was published iwo years nfter the first settlement of Sydney and it is considered a rare treasure in Australia. The other discovery is the original letter patent appointing Dr. Parry the first Bishop of Melbourne. It consists of three s-heols of jrirchmen'. waled by Queen Victoria, .mcl dated two days before Dr. Perry's consecration at Cambridge. The document was apparently dispatched from London by coach, t) be in time for the ceremony. Dr. Perry look the papers back to London after his twenty years in Victoria, and they found their way tr. a book sale. A bookseller kept them in a collar for years before thejir discovery by Mr Merrett. The relic will be presented to St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.— Press Association.

"I was tremendously impressed by the enormous expanse of your glaciers and by the huge areas of perpetual snow,"' said Mr Casey, of the NewSouth Wales Tourist Bureau, when interviewed by a "Tiniaru Herald" reporter on his way back from Mount Cook. "Kosciusko is quite without snow for eight months of the year." According to Mr Casey, however. Australians are nothing if not resourceful. TJiey make the most of their winter "nows. To do so tliev build their hostel nt an altitude of 5000 feci, and as if this is not high enough a new chalet ;s put up 6000 feel above th<- sea. When the snow is heavy visitors I" the rhah't must use Ivaclor-drawn sledges >i else make their way on skis. The ■halct. apparently, is a rather luxurious Bail llu!. There is accommoda'.ion for 40 people in two large dormitories. A common livingroom and the 'sit '.lion oeeupy the lower Hour, and the dormitories and ba'hvooms (hi. up per The whole is Ileal ed by a cmiral heating system. About the Mount Cook liuls," Mr Casey was enthusiastic, lie though the region offeied a wonderful opportunity to the experienced ski-er, and the huts were a guarantee nf good snow. They made everv part of the district accessible. "As for summer," continued Mr Casey, "the outdoor sports and Ike climbing make Mount C'icik unique."' Mr Casev has left to tour the North Island before returning to Sydney. The Brightwatcr Flower Show will he held next Friday ami Saturday in Hie local Sunday school. The secretary of the show has received a large number of entries in the various classes, which include flowers, industrial, fruit, vegetables, pot plants and cooking sections. A good display is assured. As usual patrons will be able to obtain afternoon tea or supper at the show tea rooms. On Friday evening an excellent musical programme will be supplied by Mrs Bnsch's Nelson orchestra, and on Saturday evening the Brightwater Band will enliven proceedings with well known selections. For the younger generation there will he various comnetitions and games, such as skittle alley, nail driving contests, etc.

The Nelson Rowing Club's weekly dance will he held in the Rowing Shed on Thursday night.

Id connection with a consignment of export apples lliiit was so disfigured by steam mill soot while being railed front Richmond that tlic inspectors would not accept tlie casus affected, it is learnt that llio grower concerned was put to no extra expense through the return of tho fruit to the packing shed and roconsignmont to Port Nelson.

A Grcymouth paper states that tho bad statu of the bar has had its effect in the llokitika district where tho big Kanicri-llokitika sawmill, with a largo order of white pine for Australia, has closed down owing to being unable to get tho timber away. Owing to lack of orders, Malfroy and Co.'s Three-milo Mill has closed'down indefinitely, throwing 35 men out of work.

Throe hundred and three new members Were elected at'last meeting of the Wellington Automobile Club. Of these, 247 were brought in by the service officers. The chairman (Mr E. A. Batt) slated that in the two and a half months that the patrolmen had been on the road close on 1000 new members had been enrolled. The club membership now stands at 4050.

The trustees and matron of St. Andrew's Orphanage desire to thank the following for gifts of various kinds for (he use of the institution: Mesdames M. Field, J. Black, and A. R. Dyson, .Messrs A. V. King, Marshall, Cook, Neale and Haddow, Vienna Cake Shop, and the Motor Traders' Association. In a farewell letter in the "Church News" Bishop West-Watson comments on tho fact that the country parishes are likely to find difficulty this year in balancing their budgets, (particularly where their dependence has been placed on a few big subscriptions. Ho advocates small contributions through an envelope system. The Bishop considers that the Church is feeling the results of the failure to make religion a real factor in the lives of its young people, and should concentrate morn on its youth work "At the same time," continues the letter, "we should realise that new discovery and knowledge have carried people a little off their feet and created a vague wonder whether religion is not 'optional.' and not a necessary part of man, or whether there may not be some more up-to-date form of it than orthodox Christianity. I think people will discover that the root problems of conduct and character are very little affected by the growth of knowledge.

It is the confident expectation of those concerned with the fruit-grow-ing industry that Marlborough will export 55,000 cases of apples this season. This (states the "Express") is easily a record, the previous best figure being 32.000 cases, and it constitutes a noteworthy advancement since the first export of 3000 cases ten years ago. At a conservative estimate the fruit is worth Ss a case on the wharf at Blenheim, so that growers will receive £ 22,000 from their exportable produce alone, without taking into account what New Zealand sales will yield. Rcturns from the Xew Zealand market are difficult to compute, but this year it is pretty certain that some thousands of cases will be sold, a particularly good field being available in Canterbury where late frosts this season caused a serious depletion of the crop. On export figures alone, however, it will be seen that the province's 450 acres of commercial orchards, mostly located on the Wairau Plain, are now producing an average income of just under £SO per acre. Thesj! figures are of particular interest, since it is only a few seasons ago. that the industry was not a payable proposition and growers were only able to subsist by means of a Government subsidy or guarantee.

I The Wellington Automobile Club will present the following iemits at the halfyearly meeting of the Nbrth Island j Motor Union, to be held in Wellington on Friday next: "That the North Island Motor Union endeavour to put into 1 force a universal sign to stop, in cases of urgency, the motorist travelling immediately ahead, and, if thought necessary, to apply to the Commissioner of | Transport to have same embodied in the motor regulations." "That it be made ' compulsory under the regulations for ' motorists to give a signal to the traffic travelling in the same direction, when moving from a stationary position on the left side of the road." "That a recom--1 mendation be made to the proper auth--1 orities that a universal method of park- ' ing be adopted, and it be made compulsory ior local authorities to put down white lines, indicating where cars can j be parked parallel or otherwise, to the footpath." "That all speed limits be •abolished." "That the North Island Motor Union protest to the Minister of Transport against local bodies remunerating traffic inspectors employed by them on a commission basis from fines secured by inspectors from motorists for offences under the motor regulations or local bylaws." "That, in the event of any accident occurring, the cause of which is the method frequently employed of grading . loose shingle, the North Island Motor Union support any action taken for damI ages against local bodies or others."

"That licensed private motorists be allowed to attach trailers to their cars, under the car license, without extra fee, .subject to complying with the Act or regulations as to rear red light, number plates, and length of trailers."

The man who doesn't smoke cannot understand why anybody else tfiiiould want to smoke. It's just the same with chess. 'J hose who have never learned to play ran form no idea of the fascination of tht! game. But excellent as tobacco is discrimination should be exercised in its choice. Some sorts are deadly owing to the quantity of nicotine fhov contain. Any doctor will tell you that, lie will tell you also that the constant smoking of tobacco heavily charged with nicotine is sure to result in shattered nerves, or heart trouble. The world's purest tobaccos are the toasted sorts now so popular in New Zealand. Toasting robs the leaf of all its poison and tnases it safe to smoke,' even if you indulge to excess. There are four brands of toasted—Riverhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut and Cut Plug. These are positively the only toasted tobaccos manufactured, and they are each and all famous for their delightful bouquet bouquet and unrivalled flavour. They don't burn the tongue, and will smoke to the hist shred.*

For matrons! Large head fittings in smart ready-to-wear felts, l"»/lj, 17/0, ]!>/(•> at McKay's.*

Easter Eye Openers in the Showroom. Read "The .Auckland's" Half-page advertisement this paper for details.* For young ladies! Nobby little skull fitting felt hats, very smart. Popular shades and only 11/(! at McKay's.*