THE COLONIST. Published Daily – Mornings. Nelson, Thursday, November 22,1900.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 9963, 22 November 1900, Page 2

THE COLONIST. Published Daily - Mornings. Nelson, Thursday, November 22, 1900.

Held Over.— Owing to a pressureon our space our leading article and other matter are held over. - ... Public Hall at Motupko. — We learn that the inhabitants of the Motupiko district consider that the place has advanced sufficiently to have a public hall, and that a. meeting will be held in the Motupiko Schoolroom on Saturday evening, to form a committee to forward the proposal. Proposed Carnival. — The adjourned meeting in connection with the proposed carnival will be held at the City Council Chamber this evening.

Storms at Tophotjse. — We learn that during a storm at Tophouse on the night of the 29th ult, a large birch tree that grew at the back of the accommodation house was struck by lightning, and shattered to pieces, pieces of splintered wood being thrownmany yards away. Some of the windows in the accommodation house were broken during the same storm. , Early this month snow storms were experienced in the same vicinity, and for some days ten inches of snow were lying on the ground. Fbcit and, Pboduce Consignments. — In this issue Messrs H. C. Harley and Co., cf Greymouth, produce and general agents, announce that they will be glad to receive consignments of fruit and produce for sale on commission. Prompt account sales are promised by the firm, the principal of which, Mr H. C. Harley, is well and favoi-ably known in this place, of which he is a native. The Greymouth market is considered a good one by shippers, and no doubt Messrs Harley and Co. will be well supported from Nelson. Disxbici Coubt. — Yesterday, before Judge Bobinson, the appeals in reference to the granting of two special dredging claims on the Wangapeka river, byMr Warden Heaps on October 3rd,came before the abovenamed Court. The cases in the Warden's Court were fuliy reported in our columns on Oct.. 4th. Mr Harley appeared for the appellants (Drummond Bros.), and Mr Maginnity for the respondent (Frederick Arthur Boyes). On the case being called, Mr Maginnity raised two preliminarj objections ; first, that no final judgment or order within the meaning of the Act had yet been given on the application ; and, second, that the Court had no jurisdiction, and no power to review the decision of the Warden, seeing that the question of title tc land was involved. He principally relied on the second objection, and addressed the Court at length upon it. Mr Harley expressed surprise at the objection as to the question of title. As Wardens' Courts had no jurisdiction in regard to title, Mr Maginnity's objection clearly went to show that the Warden had decided something that he ought not to have deoided, and he (Mr Harley) would raise that as a counter objection. Mr Maginnity replied that he did not contend that the Warden's decision had been wrongly given, but that the appellants had appealed to the wrong Court ; seeing they had raised the question of title, they Bhould have appealed to the Supreme Court. After some consideratipn, his Honor decided that the question of title was involved, consequently the Distriot Court had no jurisdiction. He dismissed the case, and ordered each party to pay his own costs. Mr Maginnity considered it was a hardship to his client not to be allowed oost3, as he had innocently been brought there through the appellants appealing to the wrong Court. His Honor adhered to his decision. The appeal case of Drummond Brothers, Alexander Drummond, and John Tinline v. Charles Young was similarly dealt with, it being on all-fours with the previous case. The Court then rose. The Suteb Abt Gallebt. — Attention is directed to an advertisement which announces the entertainment to be given in the Theatre Boyal on Tuesday night next, j 27th inst., in aid of the funds of the Suter j Art Gallery. The arrangements are in the | hands of Mrs Topliss and Miss Nina Jones, I and it may safely be said that the entertainn: ent will be well worthy of patronage on its merits. Tableaux will form a strong, feature of the entertainment, and members of the Amateur Operatic Society and others will assist with marches and songs. The: orchestra will be under the able direction of Mr Trussell. The eminent Erasmus Wilson, F. 8.5., of England, says in a paper read before tha London Medical Association in reference to ' the hot air and vapor bath : " The Turkish bath cannot give cold if ordinary precautions are taken, and if these baths were in public use, the inhabitants of every large city would live as healthy immured within city walls as amid the fields and meadows of the country. His bath would be to him in the place of his country home or horse. It would give him air, exercise, freshness, cleanliness, health, and life. This bath cleanses the inward as well as the outward man. It is applicable to every age, adapted to make health healthier, and alleviate disease, whatever its stage of severity. It deserves to. be adopted as a National Institution, and merits the advocacy of all medical men, of those whose especial duty it i 3 to teach how health may be preserved, and how disease may be averted." — F. C. Pettit, Waimea Eoad, is agent for the new style square Quaker Folding Turkish Bath I Cabinet. Prices 303 and 355.

A pen of first prize balfbred hoggecs sold at Christchurch at 26s 6d each. A mob of draught horses taken from Canterbury to Westland, realised between £50 and £60 each. Judge Edwabds refused at Wellington to receive a telephonic message from a juror to excuse his absence. A PECUMABirr in connection with the awards in the merino ram classes at the Christchurch A. and P. Association's Show this year is that a ram which coat 25 guineas has been awarded the champion medal in front of another which cost 500 guineas. Coming down the Queensland coast on her way to Sydney, H.M.S. Torch was signalled for from Percy Island. When a boat was sent ashore, the inhabitants, to the number of about 20, were found to ba nearly starving, their quarterly provisions being three months overdue. Nine of the men were attached to the lighthouse, and they, with others, had been living for months entirely on what roots could ba found on the island. The Torch sent an ample supply of provisions ashore. Db. H. B. Deake," Portland, Oregon, oays :— "I use Sander * Sons Pure Volatile Eucalyr Extract, principally for diseases of the a cavity, throat and larnyx, and have found it very efficacious as a local application as well as an internal remedy. Since I became acquainted with this preparation I used no other fofm of Eucalyptus, as I think it by faU the best.— Dr. J M. Cormell, Kansas City, Kansas, sayg : — " I use Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract frequently as an antiseptic and for neuralgia, and it has given ac great satisfaction Care has to be exercised not to be supplied with spurious preparations, as done by my supply druggist. "--Insist getting Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oils.