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Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12018, 20 August 1907, Page 2

The High Commissioner for New Zealand has cabled to the Department of Industries and Commerce, from London, as follows: — "Hops are very firm, with a hardening tendency. The crop is very backward, small, and of poor quality. Owing to the bad season prices are advancing." The monthly meeting of the Southern Star Lodge of Freemasons will take place this evening.— The Victory Lodge, No. 40, will hold a lodge of instruction this evening. °It is notified in the "New Zealand Gazette" that the services of the Westport Garrison Artillery Volunteers have been accepted. Recently it will be remembered, the I Battery, with headquarters at Westport, was disbanded. 2 The Harmonic Society's concert is announced to take place on Thursday next, and it is notified that the final rehearsal has been fixed for this evening, when the orchestra will meet at half past seven, and the chorus at eight o'clock;. A fuil attendance of performers is specially desired. It is understood that the new school on the Wangapeka Estate will be opened this vveeir. Already some of the settlers have ploughed portions of their sections, while others are only waiting for teams before breaking up the land. The Secretary of the Neleon Hookey Asaooiation (Mr George Stewart) has been advised that the Marlborough hockey representatives will play the Nelson representatives at Nelson on Saturday afternoon next. The match will take place at the Botanioal Reserve, and in order not to clash with the interprovincial football match, Marlborough v. Nelson, will commence at 1.45 p.m. We must apologise to our readers for the poor quality of paper which we are at present compelled to use or printing this journal. Owing to strikes in the Canadian mills supplies of our regular paper have been intermittent for some time past, and have nowfceased, hence we must use what we can get in the meantime. The contractors for our supply hope to have matters satisfactorily ar-^ ranged shortly. The cost of a medical education on the best lines costs one thousand pounds. The monthly inspection parade of all corps will take place at the Drill Shed to-morrow evening. The presentation of a shield won by the Waimea Rifles will also take place. The ballot for the Glenroy block of 13,127 acres, which has been subdivided into forty-five sections varying in size from 25 acres to 630 acres, will take place at Murchison on Thursday next. The land is being opened for lease for twenty one yeais, with right of renewal for a period of twenty-one years, under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands. The returns for the egg laying competition for ducks now being held at Greymouth for the week ending August 17th are, telegraphs a correspondent, as follows: — Knight 21, Williams 21. Kuben 29, Spiers 23. Cuff 24, Smitfaiers 25, Kitching 27, Kearns 15, Lucy 26, Gage 8, Dothwaite 21, Hahn % 25. Woodward 18, Gibbons (Nelson) 31, Scott 19, Penberthy 28, West 14, Knight 30, Savage (Nelson) 22, Butler 9. Total 436. Highest totals, Lucy 258, Knight 244, Scott 219. . Yesterday, before Mr"~H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., George Carpenter, draper, was charged with a breach of the Factories Act, in having exposed for sale a shirt on which there was no label indicating that it had been made elsewhere than in a registered factory. Mr Richmond Fell appeared for" the Inspector of Factories, and Mr Maginnity for the defendant. The latter pleaded guilty, and Mr Maginnity urged that defendant had not knowingly broken the law. Mr Fell stated the woman who had been employed was paid 7.£ d for a man's shirt, and 6d each for chemises and knickers, and had to cut them out and find buttons and cotton. The defendant stated at Dunedin 7s 6d per dozen was paid for making men's shirts, and 6s per dozen for boys' ditto. He had an offer from Wellington to make shirts, men's 8s per dozen, and boys' 6s per dozen. He could produce a witness wbo would state she could earn Is per hour at the prices he had been giving. The Bench inflicted a fine of £1, with £1 10s costs ; a heavier penalty would bo inflicted in' any future case, j X _<S Tenders are invited by the Official Assignee at Christchurch for the purchase of a lease in perp9tuity of 458 acres, situated on the. Sherry river, -Tadmor Valley, about 40 chains from Manu and the railway. Particulars of this valuable property may be obtained from the Deputy Official Assignee at Nelson. Wm. Wood, cycle agent, advertises a sale of bicycles in these columns, at prioes to suit the people. Mr Edward Gibbard notifies having bought the interests of the partners constituting the firm of Gibbard and Co., drapers and clothiers. In the Supreme Oourt, at Wellington, on Friday last, in Chambers, before his Honor Mr Justice Button, on the motion of Mr Maginnity, letters of administration of the estate of Mary Kate Brown, deceased, were granted to Thomas Bailie, of Westport, as attorney for the next of '. nin. — Op the 16th inst., on the ap- > plication of Mr Hayes, probate of < the will of the late Elizabeth Mil- ] lion was granted by His Honor Mr ' Justice Button to W. R. Parmenter, J tbe executor therein named. 'J

-»--.«»---____.M^____M«M__MM_iMB The Rev. C. H. Garland will deliver a lecture to-morrow (Wednesday evening at St. John's Schoolroom, on "The Poetry and Philosophy of Common Words." Mr Garland is noted as a lecturer, and no doubt there will be a large attendance. The admission will be one shilling each. The following return shows^the tortartnet expenditure c «* 0^' ne j, üb . LLC worKS Funtl for repairs and buildings at eaoh Mental hospital in the colony from July Ist, 1877, to March 31st, 1907:— Auckland, £105,---433; Wellington, £29,351; Wellington (Porirua), £120, 7 f 3; Christchurch, £115,096; Seacliff, £145,104; Dunedin, (The Camp), £3913 ; Waitati, £320; Napier. £147 j Hokitika, £3,465; Richmond, £1096; Nelson, £17,075; total, £541,805. When i speaking of Fashions and Materials for up-to-date Clothes, customers should call arid see what, we h^ve i tpypffet'.. We follow fashions closely ior ' ladies and gents. — Harford & Daly, Tra-falgar-street. A Nei_sonian. — The following paragraph is taken from a contemporary: — "A Universal Provider.— ( LoGk . ' is a name to conjure with in the Nelson district, and the huge emporium in which his business is conducted is quite dri<_ of the sights of the city visitors first make for. In this issue Mr Lock has an attractive advertisement wherein are epitomised several of the leading features of this extensive business. Mr Lock claims that he has one of the largest stocks of any house in the colony, and for value he Cannot possibly be surpassed. He furnishes everything to iilake the home happy and Comfortable, Among his numerous agencies is the Britannia Air Rifle, a wonderful English invention." We can only add that there is not the shadow of doubt that at Lock's you get the best choice, easiest terms, and entire sat'sfaction, and " Go to Lock's" is a hous .hold word. The Temperature.— At] three o'clock this hitrhing the thermometer outside -this o__o. registered 36 degrees. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co., will offer on premises corner Trafalgar and Bronti streets, on account of Mr S. P. Stevens, who is leaving for Christchurch, household furniture and effects, no reserve. On Tuesday, September 3rd, at Belgrove, on acoount Mr A. C. Burr, who has sold his property, will offer 700 ewe hoggets, 8 horses, oattle, implements, household furniture and effects.