NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12105, 2 December 1907, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

During the month of November there were registered at Nelson, births 21, deaths 10, marriages 11. The fortnightly pay day of the Terminating Building Society falls to-day. A meeting of the combined committees of the Horticultural Society ! will bo held this evening at the (Dresden Building. A full attendance iis desired, as important business will come up for consideration. It is understood that the special committee appointed by the Nelson Education Board to consider the question of control and management of the Nelsoo Technical School will, meet in the Board room to-morrow' and Wednesday evenings. Evidence; is to be given by the instructors employed at the School. : An arrest was made on Saturday night for drunkenness, the only one during the week — a good record for; sobriety, seeing that last weefe was^ Show weefc \ ! The Waimea Swimming Club has decided, owing to there being a Volunteer parade next Saturday, to postpone their swimming sports until New Year's Day. Entries will be received to December 28th. On Wednesday next the Nelson Swimming Club are holding their first sports meeting, at the Port> in the Marine I Baths, The programme" includes polo matches, long and fancy diving-, ..and ! several handicap faces. A good after-' ttooh's sp'<srt is assured. It is r6j>ovte'd that Couglan and party have stpiiek payable gold in tljeir claim at Eoss. A number of claims have been marked out.- - From a West Coast, as also from a colonial point of view, the uncovering of tlie Blackwater reefs is a matter of great importance. It means, at no distant date, employment for a -large number of men on the lease, and directly and indirectly the development of other industries in the district and the Dominion. The palmiest days of the Coast lie apparently before, not behind us.— " Westport News." The prisoners engaged in tree planting at Waiotapu are to be removed to a new camp on the Galatea road,near Kotorua. Mr MeNab has decided to employ discharged prisoners in planting 600 acres i by contract on land situated soiiVe dis- 1 tance from the new camp, near Waiotapu. Only men who have had good conduct prison records will be employed on this wort. • A sensational incident occurred at Wirth's Brochars' circus at Mel- j bourne. After a matinee porformancej a baby elephant suddenly attacked n man named Scovil. Aft<\r rippiag Open Sco v i I ' s noc k w i th Its tr u n k, the animal soiled the unfortunate, fellow and hurled him against the galvanised iron wall of the building with such forceftnat a sheet of. iron was displaced, and Scovil found himself bruised, bleeding and breathless outside. The man had to be taken to the Melbourne Hospital. It is said that he had been in the habit of teasing tho elephant.

A successful experiment was made last weeU at Whangarei by Mr Trevor, in the presence of the mayor and other leading townsmen, of extracting illuminating eras from gum swamp soil. After half an hour'q application of heat to a retort a steady, bright illumination was produced. Toe process, it is claimed (says the "New Zealand Herald"), seems to offer a prospect of revolutionising lighting by gas. All the raw material is procurable cheaply and in illimitable quantities. On Thursday, October 11, the s. 3. j Kia Ora was successfully launched at the yard of Messrs Workman. Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast. The new ship was built to the order of the Shaw, Savill and Albion (Jom-pany'^-bondop.for-tbeir New Zealand trade, and is a very fine specimen of the shipbuilders' art. The Kia Ora, as she wafa named, has a length of 4G4ft., a tonnage of 6800, and a deadweight capacity of about 10.000 tons. Sho will be completed as rapidly as possible. The Hon. Wi Pere startled the Upper House by stating that a Maori member of the Lower House had bad his pockets nicely tilled with £3000 in connection with the Te Akau Block land transaction. "I feel belittled by that man," added Mr Wi Pere, "and I would feel ashamed if I acted in that manner at any time of my life. " Some large fish have been cauebt in the '.Vaitaki, Canterbury, "recently. Messrs W. Duncan and Sinclair each caught lish weighing 181 b, while others have caught numbers of less weight. Messrs Bißley Bros, and Co. will sell at their Richmond yards on Wednesday next 100 fat sheep and 24 head prime fat cattle. On Tuesday, 10th December, Jon the premises Woodstock, on acourit the Trustees in the estate of the late W. Turner and Mrs M. Lammas (the property having been sold) they hold ■i. clearing sale of live and dead stock, implements etc., including 300 sheep (ewes and lambs and wethers. Sale starts at 11 a.m. Luncheon provided. The Temperatcre. — At tliree o'clock ;hig miming the thermometer outside ;his ofl.C} registered 53 degrees. Messrs Brown and Ketr, jewellers, ;o-day call special attention to new ewellery— both imported and locally nade— suitable for and Hew Year gifts. 4049 Speaking about Spring and Summer foods for this season, we have just landed ome of. our English supply, and will npply our patrons with the best obtainble. — Harford & Daly, high class tailors, I'rat'algar-street. Consumers of butter will he pleased to tear that the Bright water Factory is now >pened for the season, and those who wisely insist upon having nice, sweet, irholesome butler, should demand " Vieory," and use no other, thus also ennnraging local industry. 380S The Land Endowment;— The Governaent's decision to reserve one million eres will, we understand,- he prejudicial o the best interests of Nelson, and it is obe deplored. But it is satisfactory to now that- Lock, the Universal Provider, cheapest 'House Furnisher, and Leading Luctioneer, will still continue to couiiletely furnish: out happy homes, and ffer his immense stock of Furniture and furnishings to the. public at the lowest irices and easiest terms. Mr Lock reorts to no catchpenny device to obtain rade, but relies upon the merits of his oods and fair and square dealing. Harvnd's celebrated TManos, the Carpenter >rgans, the wonderful Britannia Aitlines, Atlas Sewing Machines, ami tire [j'nei* Ranges are splendid lines, and >ld only by the Universal Proidc?v ' : . ■ ■ ■ V