THE COLONIST. THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED DAILY-MORNING. NELSON, TUESDAY ,JUNE 11,1907. COMPARISONS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11958, 11 June 1907, Page 2

THE COLONIST. THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED DAILY-MORNING. NELSON, TUESDAY ,JUNE 11,1907. COMPARISONS.

The tables issuod by the Government showing ■'■ narisons between the years 1896 uuJ 1906 well repay examination for they are full of in terest. and convey more than one lesson. Within the deoade mentioned the population of the Oolony, exclusive of Maoris, has increased by 194,564, and numbers 908,726; but during that same period the imports into the Oolony, exclusive of specie, have increased in value from £7,035, 379 to £14,303,170. While the population is less than a third greater the imports have more than doubled. The expenditure on imported goods was greater last year than ten years- ago by £7,267,791,"; and this was rendered possible by the increased value of the exports of New Zealand 0 produce, which advanced

from £9,177,336 in tbo year 1893 o £17,840, 346, or by £8.063,010. Tbus fl it appears that last year the ex- \ ports exceeded the import? in valuo j by £588,927, but that wa'3 a v»ry . much smaller msrgin than in 1898 <n when t.h--. exports exceeded the iin- *! ports by £2,040,010. The fact that r we nir iv-; -.v *>pen<li'!_j so much in outsi.-'o markets presents ample food ' l for reflection, and if. is evident thafc s if the C.">loi_y udps on ns it has been going a bad time is io store. Tak- ] ing the importations of apparil ni.d 1 slops, boots and slu cotton pi ■:-.. j goods, drapery. !... .crUshory. hats . and caps, iiuSie;-v, liven inan;?ic» j tures, milinery, silks, woollens, and i other textile fabrics, wq find that ' in -the ten years their value increas- j ed by £1,429,104 to £3,328,577/ Of . cutlery, hardware and ironmongery, i rails, railway bolts, etc., iron, steel, wire, etc. , machinery, nails, railway plant, sewing [ machines, artificers' j tools, brass and tin, the value increased by £1,780,857 to £2,923,022. OE sugar and tea the iocrea.sa was only £91,681 tho total being £080,675 but on beer, spirits, tobacco and wine the expenditure showed a vftry much larger proportionate increase, the value of these imports in 1896 having been £386.555, whi!o last year it was £735,281, an increase of £348,726. The imports of paper, printed books and stationery showed an increase of from £315.5-19 to £590,066; specifi3d miscellar.feous articles, such as arms, automobiles, bicycles, candles, carts, chinaware, coal, drugs, fancy goods, toys, floorcloth, furniture, glassware, musical instruments, oils and timber, were imported to the valuo of £3,166,235 last year,or £1,756,135 more thao in 1596, and the unspecified miscellaneous exports last y. nr were valued at £2,872,714, as aaginat £1,291,943 in. 1896. The detailed figures indicate that the increase in importations was largely in Vesppct of articles of luxury. For instance, the value of the imported furniture more thau doubled, and amounted to £78,820, and so did that of musical instruments, etc., which increased from £55,434 to £134,212; as well as Gaits! and carriages, which advanced from £28,051 to jeß'7 v tlt. Amongst articles of every day use we may take boots and shoes, which were imported to' the value of £127,985 tett years ago, and to the value of £300,134 last , year, while the value of apparel and y slops imported increased in the de--5 cade from £370,516 to £685.1^5. In spite of- -jvp pv.i^'Hive duties, we are encouraging outside indus-: tries to an alarmingly increasing extent instead bi buiiding up local markets for the consumption of produce by providing employment with in the Colony. We have money lyiug idle, and industries are not advancing, and what is the cause? We cannut help feeling that it is largely because "people are apt to depreciate local productions, though to some extent the cost of labor is telling 11 against our home industries. Ir.the '" people are wise, however, they will 8 determine to put a check upon im--1 poitations, and will seek to build up 4 local industries.

H Battery Bazaar. — A ni- I.1 '. ting of the Committee of iho f-.beve will take\place at the Drill Hie! tbis evening at eight o'cl.t •. Masonic— Meetin s X the Soul!:---em Star Lodge, No. 735, 8.U.. and Victory Lodge, No. 40, will be held at [their respective Lodge rcoms this evening. Property Sale.— Messrs W. Soutj and Sons report having sold lot 15 ."WaiDui Estate" to Mr Henry Olson, of Nelson. j Presentation oi Medal.— We learn that the presentation of the" Stand" medal, awarded to Staff Serwt. - Major Eedmond for conspicuous bravery in a coach accident at the Collins river some time ago, will be made at an early date by the Mayor (Mr J. Piper). A Very Sad Case.— A woman, who has a sick husband, gives way to the drink crave, and yesterday morning she appeared before Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., charged with being drunk on Saturday, she being a prohibited person. She was remanded to see if tbe Good Templars and Salvation Army can do anything in tbe case. Those who obtain the liquor for tbo unfortunate woman are monsters in human form. Jubilee of the Church of England in N.Z. —The celebrations of the jubilee of the Church of England in New^t Zealand commenced in the country districts last night, when Rev H.^iN. Baker, of All Saints', gave a lantern address at Wakefield. To-night Mr baker will deliver an address at Brightwater. The jubilee will be celebrated in Nelson at the School of Music on Thursday evening, and all those willing^ to assist in the choruses are invited to attend a rehearsal in the School of Music this evening. Hockey.— On Saturday afternoon the hockey match played at Richmond between the Nelson A and Richmond teams resulted in a win for the former by three goals (scored by Anstice (2) to nil. Mr R.Neal refereed.— The ladies' hockey match St. John'? v. Thistle played on Saturday, after an interesting game, resulted in a draw, neither side ingPresentation. — A very pleasant function took place on Saturday last at the Royal Blue House, when the employees of Messrs J. P. Cooke and Sons met to make Mr Davies a present on the occasion of his approaching marriage. Mr W. Chisholm, in presenting Mr Davies with a very handsome silver-mounted eggstand, snoke in the highest praise of the good feelings and respect existing between him and the other employees, and he asked him to accept the gift in the spirit in which it was given Mr Davies feelingly thanked them in » few well chosen remarks, which were highly appreciated. On behalf of the firm, Mr F. H Cooke then presented Mr Davies with a large bevelled mirror panel suitably framed. He endorsed all that had been said of Mr Davies by the previous speakers, and wished him every happiness in his married life. What is Theosophy?— Miss Browning? gave the first of a series of five lectures dealing with the fundamental teachings;of Theosophy on Sunday in the Oddfellows' Hail. She claimed that Theosophy was a restatement' of the truth underlying all religions, and therefore it was the friend of all religions, and consid ered that every revelation of God was necessary to .suit souls in different stages of growth. She stated that the three fundamental teachings were (1) the creation of the Universe by God from a portion ox Himself, and therefore we were essentially sons of God, and could develop our higher powers; (2) tbis development takes place in a series of lives on this planet; (3) that every action a man does is bound tr> produoe its result, whether for good or evil. Theosophy was not antiChristian, but was tbe means of bringing raany back to a belief in Christ. After the lecture questions were asked and answered by the lecturer. Notice was given of a conversational meeting at Mrs Saxon's on Wednesday evening.

There has reoently been put upon the market in France a new translation of the Bible "par I'Abbe N. Orampon, Edition revisee par des Peres de la Oie de Jesus, "

The Anchor Company wish to draw .Mention to an alteration in f.he _ ime of the sailing of the Koi from dotueka to-morrow morning. She 0 a to sail at 8 a.m. instead of afc 9 c is was originally arranged. This a Iteration is made to enable the teamer to reach here in time to to* . >ut the barque Peru on to-morrow noming's tido^ The Butchers and the Abattoir.— i V meeting of the Nelson butchers _ vaa held at Mercer's Rooms last ivening, when the following firms .ere represented: — Messrs Tra_.k 3ros., Fairey Bros., Bird Bros., tfilkie and Oc, Delaney, Coleman, - Jarraclough, and Bird, jnr. Mr E. . L\-«_tk was voted to the chair. Tbe 'olio win" resolution was proposed I judcartied: — That a deputation of r ;hose present wait on the City ; Council re the unsatisfactory arranßements at the Abattoir. A aumbei of grievances were noted, md it was left to the Chairman to . arrange time acd date to ineofc the Oouncil. ( A Change from Olden ' Daya— A j party of delegates from the Surrey £ Congregational Unioa who recently j paul a visit to the Primate of All . (England at Lambeth, was very cor- • lially received by Archbishop David- , nn, who sug esfced, at th'<_ close of j I'm*, interview, that as a soul of the , unity of spirit between them they , should have a short prayer together, and the Archbishop led them in prayo <•. Animals at Soa.— A naturalist has made some interesting .observations as to the way various animals behaze on board ship. 'The polar bear, he . says, is the only ono that takos to ' fche Sea, and is quite haiipy when aboard ship. AH others violently resent a trip on water, and give vent to their feelings as long as 'they are able. The tiger'sufferS most of all. Inventive Shoemaker. — A New i'ork message to the LondonTelegraph says that John Ellmore, of Altcons, Pennsylvania, an inventive shoemaker, is credited. to-day with discovering a secret whereby it is claimed that one ton of coal will do the Work of four*. Six parts of ashes mixed with oneof coal, and treated with his Compound, produces, ifc is said, a fiercer heat than the bust bituminous coal. This shoemaker , is undoubtedly of an inventive turn of mind. He has confcrrived, among other things, a compressed ail 1 automobile, a pocket firesscapej and a device to stop the spreading of railway metals. J.\Vo tGaspoonsful of EllmoVe's Compound, costing one shilling, ' dissolved in throe gallons of water, a7re Sufficient, it is claimed, to treat »k re. -quar ters of a ton of ashes mixed with a quarter of a ton of coal, and will produce more heat for a longer period tb«.n one ton of pure coal, bituir.hous or anthracite. Ellmoi_, who still works at. his shoemaker's bench, has secured local backing, and hopes to see the formation of a syndicate to push thr discovery. Education-.— Professor Jordan, of the Stanford University, in a lecture at Sydney the other day; said: "Never were there such opportunities as to-day fot good men, and if tbe doctors were all good ones, the more the bettor. "The same with other professions. He instanced teachers, amongst others, arguing that it was in the schools of to-day that the future of any country was wricten. The most important thing in Australia was the schools in the aggregate, and the best way it could spend its money was in making these schools just as food as they could possibly be. There cannot., bb too many educated hieri in any communifcyif they are educated in such a way as to make their lives effective. " Largo Incomes. —Jean de Reszke durin . a recent season averaged £180 nightly in Nevv York ; Madame Nordica's fee for each appearanue under Mr Conried's management, in the same city, was £230; and Melba, Bembrich,T aiid Calve rarely sin; in the United States for less than a thousand dollars a night ; while for four years,, after Mr Grau gave up tiie Metropolitan Caruso sang for Mr Conried for a nightly fee of £220, r\ sum which has since been raised !o £500. Paderewski has averaged over £30,000 each for his many visits to America, and a single recital at Carnegie Hall has often produced £1000, four-fifths of which is clear profit ; while a few years ago Kubeilh was receiving £100, and Josef Hofmann £60, for each recital in the States. By the Type of their Faces. — In his opening address at the conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia afc Sydney the Rev. Dr Fitchett (the retiring President) had something to say respecting the progress of tbe Church and the character of its men. 'If I dropped out of a balloon," he said, "into a gathering of Baptists, I could tell at once who they were by the cut of their hair" — (laughter)— "and if I dropped into an Anglican Synod, I could discover my ecclesiastical whereabouts by thoir collars— (laughter)— but if I dropped from the sky into a Methodist Conference, I would discover who the representatives were, not by the cut of their hair or the shape of their collar, but by the type of their faces. " The Church, he said, made faces of strength and power, which could not be mistaken. From Small Beginnings — Giving evidence in the Arbitration Court in Sydney the other day, Mr J, N. Grace, of Grace Bros., said that twenty-four years ago he landed in Sydney from London with £25. For a couple of yeara he worked, as a shop assistant at £2 per week. He then launched out for himself, and hawked goods about in a cart. Then in*lßßs he opened a retail shop wifch his brother, who was also a shop assistant, with goods to the value of £256. part of which were paid for in casb. The business had grown gradually ever since. Now there were 669 employees, nofc counting the hands engaged iv fche factory. Salaries amounting to £37,752, premiums £7164, and bonuses £1767, were paid per annum. She Knew he was. a Yankee. — On the humour of the Americans, Dr Forsyth has much to say. He told an interviewer one little anecdote as a taste of their quality. Two young medical students from a northern State were travelling in the south, and on reaching a large city wished to see the hospital. They asked thafc they might be shown over the premises by the prettiest nurse on the staff. Iv her company they spent an agreeable time, and on parting one of them said, "If ever lam ill I'll send for you. "' The nurse replied demurely in the peculiar aweefc drawl of tho south, "That shows you're a Yankee. A Southern man wouldn't have waited till he was ill." (2" Passover biscuits" is the guise in which smuggled rifles find their way into Tangier. Ladies and Gentlemen, — We stock everything in good class materials, and give tbe best style and workmanship at moderate rates. — Harford and Daly, Trafalgar-street. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails, ls 6d and 2s 6d. The public are informed that there is plenty of Victory Butter obtainable at 1/1 pei \t>. Ask your grooer for this choice brand. Encourage local industry, and take no other. Selecting an Organs — We understand that recently a committee of musical gentlemen was set up to make the selection of an organ for the West Oxford Anglican Church, Canterbury, and that they unanimously decided to recommend one made by the Carpenter Company. These organs are being sold in this city by Mr Lock, who receives them direct from the Carpenter. Company, U.S.A. The makers claim that for the styles of organs there are no better instruments in the world to-day, the tone quality' especially being unsurpassed. Mr Lock is also importing some really up-to-date and stylish pianos from some of the leading London and Continentalmakers, which he is selling at low prices and easy terms. Mr Lock has also just to hand, direct from the factories, 600 pairs of curtains, and a shipment of the wonderful Atlas sewing machines. An immense stock of furniture is also on sale, Tm Temfejratuke. — At three . o'clock this miming the thermometer outside this ofl/<w registered 32 degrees.

Messrs Bisley Bros, and C 0.,; will hold their usual weekly auction salo to-morrow, Wednesday, when the^ will offer 250 four, six and eight-tooth crossbred ewes, 40 Shorn ewe hog.ets, and 60 shorn wether hoggets. J

Oh Thursday next, at 2.30 p.m., Mr W. Lock will sell, on account of whom it may concern, two full trichord new pianos by Cramer and Co.* London, also one upright grand piano by Eberstein, Dresden.