NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12400, 16 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

♦ Mr W. Jaques, the Government canning expert, is at present on a visit to Nelson. This week he will be in the Motueka district and the following week in the Waimeas and Nelson".' y Mr Jaques will" also be at the A. and P. show. • Persons requiring information are. invited to communicate with Mr Jaques through the office of the Department of Agrw culture at Nelson. The funeral of the lato-Mr E. Leon--ard Hoult, of Wai-iti, took place- on Wednesday at the Roman Catholic Church, Wakefield. The burial service was conducted by the Rev Father Smith, of Nelson, in- the presence of a very large number of friends and relatives. The late Mr Hoult, who was but a J'oung man and lately married', was' very popular in the district,, especially in musical circles, (writes our. correspondent) . He was ill, but a short while and the sympathies of the settlers are with his widow and relatives. " '. " N A fluid supposed to bo" good for replating silverware is being hawked round -this . district and sold at an exorbitant price. Mr W. F. Worley, who has analysed some_of it, informs us that this is a mercurial compound, which will certainly make* the silVer look very bright, but will in a short time remove all the silver from artioles to which it is applied. The tsuff is also a strong poison and ought- hot to bo used on auy article likely to come in contact with food-