THE COLONIST. Published Every Morning. Tuesday, November 17, 1908. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12401, 17 November 1908, Page 2

THE COLONIST. Published Every Morning. Tuesday, November 17, 1908. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Lake . Station, the property of the late Mr John Kerr, has been subdivided into two small grazing runs .which are now for sale. We have been asked to state that the hand painted mirror,, at the Garrison Band bazaar, was won by ticket No. 4925, not 4295 as stated in yesterday's issue. The Nelson Amateur . Swimming Club will open the swimming season in the Marine. Baths this afternoon' at 2.30 o'clock. A really attractive programme has been drawn up, in- ; eluding a water polo match, "diving, plunging, ana life saving competitions, and in view of the small 1 charge for admission, sixpence^ there should be a large attendance of the ' public. The Club has been put to heavy expense in cleaning out the baths and the proceeds of the sportß will go towards this. The baths are now spotlessly clean. "Ample seating accommodation will be provided. The following will represent the Town in the polo match: Allan, Pettit, Bush, /Emersen, Cootej, Wat--son and ! Hufst ; emergencies, Batchelor and Spear. . . Smart Silk Blouses, 6s Ud 9s 6d, 12s . 6d, 15s, 17s 6d, 20s, 25s each.— Trathen's.* The armour of Hongi; the earliest Maori chief to arm his' warriors with muskets, has been , unearthed by Dr. Pomare, with tho -.assistance or the Native sanitary inspector at Pukehika pa; opposite' Jerusalem, on the Wanganui river. For about half a century its whereabouts were unknown, except to a very few . The armour was given to Hongi by King George IV, when tho. chieftain made a visit to England. The helmet is still missing, but Dr. Pomare states that he knows where to locate it. The armour: will be taken to Wellington and exhibited in the Dominion Museum. A telegram states that Mrs A. Mclntosh, of Invercargill, who was on a visit to her sister at Gore, went to bed apparently in normal health .on Friday and was discovered dead on Saturday morningT ' She had been attended by an Invercargill medical man for affection of the heart. ■ A Dunedin telegram states the Commercial Property and Finance Co., one of the oldest established financial institutions in Otago, is going into voluntary liquidation. The Chairman says that this step is due owing to the extreme tightness of the money market, and the fact that assistance is not foychcoming. The bankers and depositors are fully protected. Ladies' Handkerchiefs : Plain, 2d, 3d, 41, fid each. Fa:.cy, 3d to 2s each.— Trathen's* i ■ ' ' - ■ I A Christchurch telegram states I that the attendance at the show on i Friday was 35>00Q, a figure which has never been reached before. The gate money was also a record. Notwithstanding the tremendous number of people in town, the cases of drunkennoss were very few. The police, say that they were a minimum for People's Day— and no cases of robbery or pocket-picking ' were reported. All places of entertainment . were crowd-' cd, and all. the hotels.. were full,, passagos being utilised for shakedowns • but the town was never more orderly nor the crowds better behaved. ,' A Feilding -, telegram states that a petition: is being ; largely signed at Cheltenham and Feilding, districts asking the Government to resume the Riddiford estate ,of 1,600 acres, at Cheltenham. It is pointed out tho area is, eminently suiiable for close settlement, and is right opposite to the Cheltenham, butter factory. ;"■■'.■.'■/ 2000 Ladies' Handkerchiefs, jost arrived from Belfast, Ireland ;' beautiful goods.— Trathen's.* At a recent trial in Scotland an elderly spinster was called to the witness box to be examined.- "What is your age, madam F" inquired the counsel. • "Sir," answered the witness, "I am an unmarrit :womari, and dinha think it fight to answer that question." The judge interposed and told her that she' should, answer. "Oh, weel, then," she said, reluctantly, "I am fifty." "Not more than fifty?" questioned; the- -counsel sternly. "Weel, dinria fash, yersel'," she'replied. "I am sixty." -The inquisitive lawyer stil further asked if' she had any ho]»s of -getting married, to which Miss Jane replied : . "_Weel, sir," I winna tell a. lee j. I hinna lost hope yet" ; scornfully adding, "but I widna marry you,' for I am sick and tired of your palaver already." Correct styles in smart Sunshades,' • lld, ; ss6d, 6s6d, 9s 6d, 13s' 6d> 15s.— Trathen's.* The Citizens Band will, . weather permitting, give the first of their popular evening cnocerts at the Botanical Reserve on Wednesday evening under Bandmaster Mockler . A Press Association message states that. Dr Hosk'ing has offered to give £500 towards 'the erection of a- swimming bath for- girls and women at- Masterton. Mr Hesketh Bell, Governor of Uganda, was organising a Marathon race for; j'jbh'e King's Birthday.. .The Uganda men frequently ran 25 miles pulling rickshaws without a ■■/stop. The course was to be to, Entebbe from Kampala and -the finish at the Industrial Exhibition. . i To Mr-!.. 5 .' Oates history ascribes the honour ;of having 'wheeled the first wheelbarrow over the 'Rimutakas (says the "Dominion"). -Its • freight was a 1001 b bag of - flour and its arrival opened a new era m the domestic life of the district. ./ Mr Oates had wheeled' it from Wellington, a distance of over 50 miles — and he did it in two days ;-■;. ; Fashionable Striped ; Zephyrs, Cambrics, eto., 7jd and isyardya^Trathen's.* Tanks.— We have 400-gaUon tanks,both painted and galvaniaed, "for: sale at low price3.-^-E. Snodgrass & Sons.* : ;-, Our readers were no doubt pleased, to hear that Nelson's. "Universal Provider" was once more: amongst-Vthem. They will be still more pleased When we tell them that whilst in the State of Ohio Mr Lock visited Canton as the guest . of • the Sun Vapour . Light : Company, whose representative he is for the Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington and West Coast districts. The Sun Vapour Company manufacture lamps which burn- with a brilliancy that outslrines -acetylene or electricity. The lamps are made' in.. all styles to suit the hall, church or home: Clients should order- early, . as the present domanj exceecls -the stlpply. During his tour Mr Lock visited most' of the great manufacturing centres and has made arrangements with the. manufacturers and others for the_ supply of various goods for his furniture warehouse, so that he will be able to supply the public cheaper than ever with, the very latest -and most up-to-date goods direct from the iactones. Sole agent for the celebrated "Atlas" Pianos. 'All are invited to inspect. •