NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12455, 3 February 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

- ". ■' ■ •'■' ''■'.-.* ** ';'■'" ' ■.i i■■■" ' .' The Wellington-Naples :mall despatch of ~ the 24th December arrived at London on the afternoon- of the 31st January.^ „: v ". ;>'? The -monthly meeting of- the Loyal Orange Lodge, True Blues, will be, Held to-nightj.. ■ , ;. ' * . ;. ' ■ . „~ - The_ time for the receipt of tenders for 'the erection of residence at the ■ I?qrt has-been extended. by.MrfHbulkfiv.''architect, to. -'noon on 'JPridayr Messrs F^ and IX JEdwards are offeringthe, Temperance, Hotel property^faafoimng Nicol' aiyi. Martin! s) , Bridge arid VGpllingwood streets for sale:l)y -terider,,. v;;. .'-.-■,-, . ■£•'.'.' ' Some time -ago % miner named ;' Neville - came', '."from" Waihi, arid went.'foi^work^ in the Collingwpod district; 'He passed .off as a single young man, and married a very respectable^ . .' . young woman - in ' Nelson. Then came the ; exposure that he had left a wife at.Waihi. At the time, of his : . arrest for : desertion, fiis victitn at : . Collingwopd -was • dangerously ill, J ..and '■• -subsequently died.This week' "the man*s ' wife has appeared 'before ' the Supreme Court at Auckland^to support her petition for a divorce,: and some fitnesses from Collingwood were obtained. A pri- , vate message states- that Mrs Neville has, been successful, and; has obtained af.rule nisi, subject lt to - the time of service of writ. ' ; - : ' j Fresentation clocks, just received direct from the best makers ; extensive choice. Our prices most reasonable, — Brow.n and Kerr.* FOR APPLES AND" PEARS.— The ravages of Codlin Moth can be avoided ,by the cheap and simple process of spraying thoroughly with Swift's Arsenate of- Lead. - ' See that you obtain ''Swift's." - The Temperature.— £i three . o'clock this morning the thermometer outside this office registered 57 degrees.