NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12407, 24 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

To-day being a half -holiday, gas accounts paid, not later than noon tomorrow will be subject> to the usual discount. The sixth spring show of the Waimea Horticultural Society will be held at Wakefield on Wednesday, 2nd December. Entries close on Saturday next. The twelfth annual sports meeting of tthe Waimea Athletic Association will take place at Wakefield on Boxing Day. December sth is _ the date fixed for the closing of entries. The opening service in . connection with the Diocesan Synod will take place at tho Cathedral to-morrow evening. Holy Communion will be celebrated on Thursday morning, ai;d in the afternoon, at the Diocesan Library, the business session will commence. . Long white kid and suede gloves 5s 9d and 6s 6d. Trathen's.* • . ■ ( We are requested to statp that in the schedule of the prizes of trie A. ad P. Association's Show, .in Class 2nd, item 25 should read, Vbest delivery cart for competition, horse, trap, aud harness ; Ist prize 4 9 5, 2ad 215." \ At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., a first offender for drunkenness, who was arrested on Saturday morning, and detained in the lock-up, for 48 hours, was convicted and discharged. The Government offices throughout the Dominion will be closed on Monday next in celebration of St. Andrew's Day. - There was a runaway in Hardy ' street yesterday afternoon. A horse 1 ' attached- to Messrs Levien and Rol- : let's express, galloped from -lower ' Hardy street, and on turning into Church street came to grief ! against the wall of the Nelson. Seed Company's shop, sustaining '. severe cuts aboui the knees. . Show visitors. We are selling 400---gallon square iron tanks, painted or galvanized, at very low prices.— R. 1 Snodgrass aud Sons.* , i:-;-;-- -' "'■ Two horses attached to a "lorry owned by Mr W. McLennan bolted . from opposite the Cash Drapery Com- - pany's premises, in "Bridge streei, yesterday morning. ..The ; animals took to the footpath by the: Salvation Army Barracks corner, and- careered for some 'considerable- distance, strange. to say, without coming into collision with, either the shop -.fronts '" or verandah posts. They~ eventually ; pulled up on the eastern side of Nor- ' manby bridge, without any damage being done. Country customers note, money returned if goods unsuitable. Tra-lih-en's.* The Mallinson song ' recital is announced for Tuesday, 15th December. The box plan will be open for guarantors to-day (Tuesday) and for the general public to-morrow . (Wednesday). In a- report of one of the recitals given recently at Wellington a contemporary; has • the ' following :— "Mrs Mallinson has a delightful stage presence"; Entirely free from affectation, and with a really charming smile parting the lips, she has tie hearts of her audience with her even ■ before she begins to sing. Suddenly ; her beautiful voice flows . put, and .. soon the mind ; of the listener is oblivious to everything but the glorious music of voice and piano. Into the blue eyes "of the singer comes the light "of the triumphant artist ; over her face spreads an almost rapturotfs smile; and the voice of the singer is full of almost all the feeling that a soul is capable .of. Then a pause. Presently the singer breaks into the touching little song 'Baby.' Her head bends forward, and all the -glorious, feeling of motherhood seems to be in her voice. It is not actinjz ; it is the soul of a great artist laid bare." Country ordersTeceive prompt attention, posted per return. Trathen's.* . .. . It is stated in some of the Southern exchanges that Mrs Harrison Lee (the well-known temperance advo.cate) was married the other day to Mr Andrew Cowie, who is a prominent settler in the Winton district, Southland. Condensed Telegrams. — The Feilding "Star" suggests that the ' Hon. R. McNab be called to the ,Legislative Council.— At Blenheim: yesterday Mr Miqhael Higgins, a farmer, dropped down dead. Supposed to be a case of heart disease. — At Gisborne, a man named John O'Grady had to pay a line of £10, or go to prison for two months, for supplying a prohibited person with liquor. — At Auckland James Macarthur was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling £185 from the New Plymouth Sash and D9pr Company. — At Mount Somers, Roger Keane, aged 57 years, was found dead in his hut yesterday. He was a single, man, "and _a brother is said to live at Waihi.— At . -Wellington, John Wilson, alias Kieliey, .^was sentenced to:. seven . years' imprisonment for bigamy. He had : previously been convict ed of bigamy.— The executive of the National Djijry Associar tion is r protesting against the;!registration. fees proposed to Be': charged under the dairy regulations .t— The wife of he Rev. J. K. Barklie, of Geraldine was thrown, ou.t of a ; gig on Saturday afternoon, and she died on Sunday night.— The death is announced o£ :Mr, Alexander ; V; Mcßeth, ■a , prominent farmer; of the Marton-dis-trict!. He first introduced sheep into that district.— At Dunedin yesterday Percy Johnston, who ■ is only- 18 .years of age, was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment- for- a serious, assault on a girl. The Judge remarked, "It was better for society that persons, convicted of such crimes should be kept away for as long a- period ■ as nossible." „ . , • ' Ladies bathing costumes 5s 9d, 6s 6d ,• childrens' 2s 6d> 3s 6d. Trathen's.* On the 19th November instant, in the Supreme Court in Chambers, at Wellington, on the application of Mr Harley, his Honour Judge Chapman granted probate of the will of Alfred Roland Smart to Clara Smart, tho sole executrix named in the will. The photographic studio and residence of Mr W. 'Cameron, at Winton, have been destroyed by fire. The insurance on the building is £325 in the Commercial Union office, on furniture and stock £300 in the Alliance. The loss is estimated at- £300 above the insurance. Smart blouses, belts, sunshades, costumes, just in. Trathen's.* A Gisborne telegram states that' a man named William Harvey has been very seriously assaulted. Harvey alleges that another man, named James Jackson, a wharf labourer, with whom he had been drinking, went to his house, and without provocation attacked him with a wool hook;' The police arrested Jackson, whd was charged at the Court with assault and causing bodily harm. Harvey was not in a condition to appear, and the; case was remanded till November 28th. At "Ashburton, Charles Nolan has been convicted and fined £10 and costs for selling a bottle of whisky. The evidence'' showed .that the .defendant: gave the purchaser whisky worth 8s in exchange for a watch valued at 30b.