THE COLONIST. Pdbltshbd Daily—*MorSihg. Nbi^on, Saturday, Mar. 30, 1907.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11897, 30 March 1907, Page 2

THE COLONIST. Published Daily-Morning. Nelson, Saturday, Mar. 30, 1907.

San Francisco Mail— The Penguin, with the Nelson portion of the mail, will arrive from Wellington to-day.

Dance in the frruids' Hall— The Druids will hold one of their popular dances on Easter Monday evening from Bto 12. Miss Fowler has been engaged to supply the dance music. Light refresh me'ntß will be supplied as usuaJ, Further particulars will be gained from the advertisement iv this issue.

The Nelson Cadets -The contingent of cadets from the Nelson, Motueka and Waimea schools, who have been visitiag the Exhibition, arrived on Thursday morning, highly delighted with their outing,recollections of which will linger in their memories for many yearß to come. Owing to the bad weather the Koi has been detained at Nelson, and the Motueka School Cadets have been in Nelson since Thursday. They leave for their homes this morning*

Condensed Telegrams— Fruit growing at the Momohaki State farm has proved a failure.— The Presbyterian Synod, sitting at punedin.bas passed a motion protesting against' the attrocities in the Congo State. — A proposal to rate on unimproved values ja the Mataura Borough has been rejected.— lt is proposed to erect a children's ward at the Timaru Hospital as a memorial to the late Premier. — Repairs to the mains providing Wellington's water supply have been completed.

Death of a well-known Horse Trainer — There passed away at the Nelson Hospital on Wednesday last a horse trainer well known in various paits of New Zealand and more particularly on the West Coast of this Island. Walter Hugh Fergus, better known as "Wattie," who was 52 years of age at the time of his death, was in his younger days a very fair horseman and a capable trainer, and during his caieer owned a few decent performers, including Cheque (by Cocksure), Seabreeze, Millstream. etc. Of late years" Wattie" Ijas been occupying the train-ins stables erected on the Rabbit Island by Mr H Redwood, but fortune had. not smiled on him for some time, and an, attack o"f agastritis of only a fevf days' duration ended fatally, as stated. The Nelson Jockey Club was represented at the funeral, whioh took lace oo Thursday afternoon, the Rev i J P Kempthorne, of the Church of En A land officiating at the burial service.

A Narrow Escape— Once again the necessity for the immediate reinstatement of the bridges has been demontrated. On Thursday afternoon the Maitai river, after the previous 24 hours' rain was in flood, and a party while endeavoring to pass the Hardy street ford had a narrow escape from serious accidesb. Mr Dolamore, of the Maitai, with bis wife, a lady friend and two children, were proceeding from town to the former's home in the Maitai Valley, and intending to proceed homewards by the Nile street crossing, drove to this ford. Finding that the river there was running very swiftly, and j the horse not being a powerful animal, they drove to the Hardy street ford. This appeared to be safer, and it was deoided to attempt to cross, Mrs Dolamoro and one of the children leaving the vehicle and walking across the footbridge. When the middle of the stream was reached something went wrong with the traces, and the occupants of the vehicle were in imminent danger ul being swept down the stream. Loud shouts for help attracted the attention of neighbors,and of the driver of a lorry (Mr Grant), who was passing the Botanical Reserve at the time, The lorry, with its two powerful horses attached, was taken into the stream, and the work of rescue commenced, the horse being first liberated from the buggy over the floor of which |he waterg was running.

¥ne occupants of thu buguy were ibhen extricated from their awkward predicament, and afterward^, with the aid of a rdpei the bo^gy *43 pallid to ihe banfe. Great credit i§ UrXdotibtedly due to Mr Grant, and to these who assisted him,for the manner in which the rescue was effected, and happi Ly no serious coDsequencea resultsdv Tbe iDcidinfe, howefen as ifcattod. aßp«ei M6te the iirgent fieebßtjity for the reconstruction of the Normanby oridge, for while it may be said that tbe driver should have proceeded t) the other aid© of the river by way o? the jiaßially tearricaed O6llingwdbd street brid^<», it must be taken into considerat o.i that Mr Dolamore has . X* cross tbe , rir ; *« g^veial # times before fe&csbing <As home, and was therefore anxious to reach his destination before the river rose to svtGh a height as to make this impossible. This is the second accident which hag occurred at this ford during the past few weeks, and it will perhaps be onl7 after a fatality has occurred that the Council will realise wbat their tardiness has meant.

We follow the Fashions aud Seasons, and keep Goods to meet every condition. See the latest, the Designer's Art, in Browns and Grey mixtures — Harford and Daly, Tailors, Trafalgar Street. &K Ask your grocer for Victory Butter — one of the best and pur^3t butters made in the Colony . .

llqp- Picking will soon be over, and it is earnestly hoped the growers will realise satisfactory prices. The pickers all know that lot anything requried for their homes Lock's is the place where they get the best value and satisfaction for their money. If it is a piano or drgan, Lock has it;, also couches, chairs, 'tabieuj chests, duchesses, linoleums, tia roots, etc., in the latest designs. Prams and go-carts in new art shades, pale grey, green, or blue; The Zealandia arid MSuer ranges cannot be excelled, and last, but not least, the famous Atlas Sewing machines, all at bedrock prices, and easiest terms

The Temperature,— 'At thtee" o'clock this] horning fhtf tilel-mometer outside \his office registered 58 degrees.

Londou Wool Sales — Messrs E Buxton and Co, Ltd, report having received the following cable from ther London agents this morning — "Sales firm; four thousand bales held over. -Market Shows no material change." -■.•■■ -■