NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12408, 25 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The monthly "meeting of the L. O.L. No. .will be held tbia eve Ding. . ;The following notice of motion has, beßn.'givnn by Councillor Pettit for the fortnightly meeting ot the Nelson f City Council on Friday evening next:— "That the resolution passed by the Council on the :• i3tb November, 1908, appointing Mr ;A.> E; Mnnsford. as Returning Officer ■=' for the City of /Nelson, be and the same is hereby rescinded. " J '".' Visitors to the Show will find an inspection of the stocks at Stafford shire Hotise one of tee best shows in "the Dominion.— X. Snddgrass and j sons.* :: ■:■.■■•" : ' . '■;■•: '^'. : - . ■/■; ' ■ ; A Sydney lady, writing to a Mel-.* I bourne journal, " ; states ■"-- that ; the • matrinipnial'epidemic has -.raged now * for many months" in Sjrdpeyj rand [ there is'no apparent signs.;, 6f things' :'. alt.arsng in tnatraspec:. Last month, saw a large number of brides and = from alt accounts there will be just as many luring the next few week?, ltis ratber striKiug . that in nearly every case the bridegrooms come from other lands. She heard someone remarking the otber day on the fact that there are very few mter- : iState marriages, -and was struck wi th th ) tru tn of the remark. Ifadiesji'bathing costumes 5s 9d, 6s 6d ; childrens' 2s 6d, 3s 6a. Trathen's.* ■■?-.:. v :-■;/; :■■, * ■ s■; :- ;' ' ■" " '' - ' ' ■■' > ' ■' ' i -- ' ~ 't', ''■' -■ - >r . r ' ; A good- motor carruD was made frpin Blenheim on Monday afternoon A party of four left Blenheim tat a quarter to two o'clock, and arrived . at Nelaoi at a quarter past '■,.'. six, several short stoppages being made on the. way^ ' The party consisted of Messrs Scott, Meehan, , McCon way, and Lane, and the car was" ttie : 14 ' b. -p. Argyll in which the Prime Minister made his tour of the West Coast and Nelson in May last. . silks, " all colours, splen- . did value, ;ls yard. Trathen's.* . '