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Colonist, Volume XLVII, Issue 11336, 19 May 1905, Page 2

Caution. — - The City Council cautions persons against using, without authority, or damaging, the building erected on the Quarantine reserve as a temporary hospital.

Disqualified Jockeys —It will be remembered that at the Nelson races the Jockey Club held an enquiry into the running of the first hurdle race, and resolved to disqualify for twelve months two jockeys, McConnen and Lag, the riders respectively of Magnificent and Valkyrie. The Greymouh Jockey Club, as the Metropolitan Club of the district, has endorsed this decision, being upon a question of fact, and expressed the opinion thut the disqualification should have included the horses as well as the riders.

Social and Dance, Richmond. — The Waimea Football Club will hold a social and dance at the Oddfellows' Hall, Richmond, on the 2Gth inst.

Public Works.— Tenders have been accepted by the Public Works Department for the following works: — Nelson Post Office, A. Cooper and Son, Wellington, £6840; Waihi railway station buildings, W. M. Hay, Waihi, £1764: Pungarehu (Taranaki) Post Oftice, Boon Bros., £498.

The Garrison Band.— The visit of this band to the Hospital for Mental Diseases last night attracted a number of -visitors. The excellent music provided was much appreciated. Mr Chapman thaoked the members of the Baud for their kindness in giving the inmates of the institution such au eujoyable treat, and also adding a nice sum to the recreation fund. He hoped the Band would shortly pay them another visit. Mr McMahon and his family were alsc thanked for their contributions to the evening's programme.

A Supreme Court Action.— A Supreme Court writ has been issued by George Holland, of Foxhill, hopgrower, against his son, Edward Moses Holland, praying that a deed of gift of his property made in November last in favor of his son be ordered to be delivered to the Court fcr cancellation. An interlocutory order on behalf of the plaintiff was made by his Honor the Cbief Justice in Wellington on the sth instant directing that, on the ground of old age and infirmity, the evidence of the plaintiff be taken at Foxhill on commission before the Registrar. In I pursuance of this order, Mr Eyre Kenny, Registrar, proceeded to Foxhill on Wedesday, and was engaged \

the greater port of tho day in taking the evidence of the plaintix \me statement of claim alleges that the plaintiff,- who is a raan ; qf e,ighty-one, years of age. jyns \n a ?ehble state ol health * hen tho deed of gift was executed, that the purport of the deed was not properly understood by him, and thnt he did not receive sufficient independent advice as to its intention. Mr Maginnity appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fell for the defendant.

Nelson Hop Crop.— So far as the quality of the crop ia concerned, the hops harvest at Nelson is reported an as the beat for a number of past pears, although the crop is below the average in volumei being estimated at about 3800 bales. Of this j quantity abbut 2000 bales will be ; used by Now Zealand brewers : the ; balance will be exported to Australia 5 and England. The market price is Is 3d \o Is. 4d per lb f.0.b., accord- j ing to quality, and the price paid. to growers was from Is to Is ld;.per lb. The cost of picking, which is done by woman and children, amounted this season to between £10,000 and £12,000. Growers state that the cost of labor, cultivating, etc., and. putting the hops on the market, amounts • to about 8d per lb. Th 9 crop averages about Jocwb to 20cwt to the I acre, and every year sees ah increase in the area devoted to the cultivation of hops in the Nelson district.— "N.Z. Times," May 16th. The Hospital for Consumptives;— ! M r Snodgrass acknowledges the re- ! eaipt of £1 from Mr J. S. Wrafct, [ through Mr Trask, and of Ins 6d ; additional from Riwaka, through Mr! Horatio Everett, in aid oi ! the Hos- ! pital for Consumptives. j Prospecting i'or Copper. — A prospecting warrant over 1000 acres of land in the Rangitito Block No. ], i D'Urvillo Island, Nelson Land Dis- 1 tries, has been issued to three applicants. The land is situated near the south-east corner of D'Urville Island, and was somo years ago prospected for copper, with the consent of the native owners, but without much succoss. The present applicants intend to prospect the ground thoroughly, and if the results aro i satisfactory mining operations will | proceed with as little delay as possible. ! Dredging.— Last week the gold dredges on the West Coast yielded as follows i —

Scene in a Court.— On Tuesday a domestic quarrel gave rise to a scene in the Gore Court. Blanche Russel had sued her husband, ' Captain" John Russell, for the maintenance of herself and her two children. Tbe defendant was in the box giving evidence, £and after describing the trials he had experienced upon the troublous sea of matrimony, he ventured the opinion of his wife that "she was no angel. " Mrs Russell, whose dignity was becoming visibly ! milled, said she did not pretend to be an angel, ' and gave her spouse a Roland for his Oliver by calling him "a liar." Her wrath continued to rise at a rapid rate, and she approached within a couple of yards of the "Captain," picked up an inkpot from the solicitor's table, and projected it at his head with considerable force, missing her mark by a few inches only. The ink splattered gushingly over part of the Magistrate's bench, and ornamented the walls behind the witness stand. When he had sufficiently recovered from the surprise induced by so unusual a spectacle, Mr Cruickshank, S.M., committed the indignant matron to the custody of the bailiff, and ordered that she be detained in the witness room until the rising of the Court. The application for maintenance was refused. Misadventure. — The matron of the Kumara (Westland) Hospital, writing to a friend in Auckland, gives the following account of a remarkable case:— 'We have bad a most wonderful patienfc admitted. An old woman of seventy fell over the face of o claim, a drop of 40ft to the tailings, on Wednesday night, and was not found uDtil Monday morning. Ie was raining the whole time — five nights and four days — except for one night, when it froze hard. She broke several ribs, and she is still alive to tell the tale; in fact she is on a fair road to recovery." Reef ton Saleyards. — Messrs McMahon and Lee, theßeefton auctioneers, have erected commodious sale yards at Reefton, and now hold regular stock sales, reports of which duly appear in our commercial intelligence. Attention is directed to the firm's notification in this issue. A Cigar Story. — A good story was told at Blenheim (says the local "Express") by the Hon. C. H. Mills, in his capacity as Minister in charge of the Customs Department. The " occasion was the reception at Port Chalmers of some New Zealand troopers who took part in the South African war. An effusive individual on board the steamer returning to Dunedin exhibited great generosity in handing round a box of cigars. Mr Mills was prevailed on to take^a couple, but declined when the box came to him again. Bending confidentially down to the Minister's ear the hospitable one urged: "Take some, mon, take a dozen : 1 had the de'il's own job to get them through the Customs." Harford and Daly, merchant tailors, have commenced business in premises immediately over Huffam's Music Warehouse (side entrance). Fit and style guaranteed, with moderate charges. 1108 Puponga Uoal.— Ask for Puponga. No Soot;. No cleaning of Ranges. Fires wilt not go out. Best Household Coal on the market. 1145 TRAFALGAR BUTTER— Be anre and ask your Groaer for Traf -Jyar Suiter. Pure and delicious. It is gratifying to know that the hop-growers are obtaining a fair price for hops this year, and had there been a little judicious combination among the growers the price would have been higher. But if they do not go in „ for the "Takeout" system, but purchase their Furniture and Household Goods at Lock's, they will be compensated to a great extent, for there is no doubt that Lock's have one of the finest stocks in the Colony, which is sold at less prices tnan at "Clearing Sales." Furniture, Bedding, Car- ! pets, Curtains, Linos, Ranges, Crockjery, Blankets, Pianos, Organs, and i everything to make the home comI fortable and attractive, including the | wonderful Atlas Sewing Machines for caßh or on Lock's Easy Terms. Mb Gbeenwood, dentist, New Surgery, opposite M, SI. Webster, Trafalgar-street Collinqwood, May 9, 10, 11; Motueka May 23, 24,25. The TaanpKOAiUßS.— At thvet o»oloafc Mbi* morning ttie thermometer oatsitffthis ofiioe ragtstared 39 degrees For Bronchial Coughs take " Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la Oa

Messrs Rend Bros.; tho well-kno.wn Waiiganui land and estate agents. ptt'erVn exceptionally choice dairy lease far pale fct a v.ei-y tempting price. To anyone wishing to gtaf't in tbe dairy industry this is a chance that should not be missed. 1589

To-morrow, at 10.30, at the Exchange" saleyards, Messrs Bisley iJrog. and Co. sell general merchan- ' disc, drapery, scores, etc. ; Tuesday next, at 1.30, at their salerooms, furniture on behalf of a gentleman leaving Nelson ; Wednesday, next, at 2.30, at the Richmond stockyards, special entry of 925 fat and store ewes) wethers and lambty pigs* ptc.

oz dwigr Blackwiter River .. .. til 17 0 No Town Creek .. .. 5i 0 0 Pactolus, No. 1 . . . . 40 4 (V Pactolus, No. 2 .. .. 39 0 0 New Feddersen's „ . . 38 0 0 Callaghan's Creek . . . . 28 0 0 R-eves* Proprietary No. 1 25 5 0 Nelson Creek .. .. 23 0 0 Amikite» ■> .. .. 22 0 0 Kohikohij .. .» .. 18 5 0 Three Mile Greenstone . . 18 0 0 Believue 14 » 0 AL, '.. 12 10 0 Moonlight 5 3 0 Total 399 13 0