NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12460, 9 February 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Work is evidently none too plenti- p C ful in town just now. Last week a local, firm advertised for a man to er drive a car, and next morning 38 ap- cr plicants rolled up after the billet. . €I ■ A poll was taken yesterday for m the election of three members to re- ki present the- Waimea County on the ns Harbour Board. The result of the t« election was not available last night. 01 Tnconio tax payers are reminded • that the 12th inst., is -the last day on n< wliich income tax can be paid without the addition of 10 ncr cent. f, 1 .;.. ■ . . ■ ■ . " ■ • ti A meeting of the Nelson Builders' oJ and Contractors' Union of Employers w will : be held in" Mercer's Rooms to- ir moTrow evening. ' ■ , p ,-The montlily meeting of the Re- o j tailers' Association' will be held to- p morrow evening. - . & \ The secretary of the Nelson Cit ; - P zens' Band forwards a photo postcard, .taken by Mr F. N. Jones. (jun ) a . of the' giant drum-major of the Kil- J ties' Band, and the/smallest member * ( of the Citizens' Band (Bandsman n Craig, a rising cornet player)." The » contrast in the height of the bauds- P men is striking. , • Killing will commence at the Nelson g Freezing Works on Monday next, and li the' official opening ceremony, will take place on March Ist. .. ■ .w -■ Tbe public are reminded of the 1 concert to take place to-morro'» c evening at the Foresters* Hall in aid j ofthe Encounter. disasterAiund. It appears that of -the' lSVpo'or "fellows who so suddenly lost their lives, t several have left aged parents and fi others who were dependent upon w them, while in one case there is a y young widow and a child left. Tho 1 programme to-morrow, will be a good. S ■one,: as several of the leading ami-: y tear vooalfsts and musicians bsve kindly given their assistance, ■, doubtless there are a number of li 'ciizens who! would ■ desife to icroniri'- -a bute to so deserving'ta cause, Mr \V. « S. Mear9, of "Manchesteir House, ": Bridge street, has kindly cocsent^d to receive oonfcnbutioiis "towards the c fund. . ';. ;■'■■ : ( Lieutenaiit-Golonei Joyce; ' officer- J commanding the "Nelson and Marlbor- { ough Volunteer districtj .has .recei-sed a telegram fjom Colonel Davies, In- £ spector General, of the Forces, order- j ing^a parade of ' the corps iii • the j ■vicinity of Nelson for March 6th, and ] a parade of the Maryborough companies at Blenheim on . March 11th. Colonel Davies will bee present' on \ both occasions. . . \ A very pleasant gathering 'oi j-ar i rents ". and children was held- in the f Ranzau Schoolroom on Wednesday i evening last to tender a farewell ho- t cial to Miss Gilbert (teacher at Rr.n- f zau), who is: shortly leaving the district. 'In the course of the- evehir.g, the Rev. T. Meyer, on behalf of the ' congregation of the German Luther- > an Church, presented Hiss Gilbort ' with . a handsome silver-mounted 1 craet as a token of their apprecia- ' tion of her services" as organist. A ■ presentation was also made, by tho Chairman of the Local School Com- ' mittee, Mr F/W. Smith, on belialf ! of the Ranzau School children. Tin's : took the form of two pairs of hand j some vases. Mr Smith, in the course ] off his remarks, spoke of the import- ' ance of a sound primary education, ! mentioning that those who laid the " "foundation in our primalry schocls \ often received' little commendation as j compared with those who, in later years completed the education just begun. Miss. Gilbert had endeared herself to' the scholars, and had obtained excellent results, the school at ; the last examination being classed by." the Inspectors as excellent. A number of friends journeyed from ' Richmond to assist in the musical • portion of the entertainment. After a bountiful supply of refreshments had been handed round, a very pheasant gathering broke up after n:idjnight. Acceptable Gifts. — Butter Knhes, Jain Spoons, Bread Forks, Real Greenstone Ornaments, the very latest, at Brown and Kerr's.* Captain Bollons, of the Hinemoa, brought back from the Antipodes Islands this trip evidence in refutation of the story told as to the depot by the master of the President Felix Fa'ure, wrecked in March of last year. The complaint was that the French sailors found "the provisions of the depot uneatable. The Hinemoa 'went down to reprovision the "depot, and when Captain Bollons Returned he reported that the complaint had no ': foundation in fact, there being tins and cases of food left- untouched and all of" this perfectly sweet and sound.' The Majriborough Chamber of Commerce wants a daily steamer service between Wellington and Picton. At presentthere is on an average a boat oh five days; of the week, both to and from ' Picton. The experiment of a daily service was tried some years ago by the Union Company, but the results Were .by. no means encduraging to them. The February issue of the "Review of Reviewsfor Australasia,'-', just .to hand, has a number _ pf- ; interesting features. An exceedingly readable article is entitled "Do We Sleep Too Much, or Do We Sleep Too Little?',' It' is a "symposium of 'well-knoWn"nT^n —who have worked hard. The -Rev. L^ M. Isitt, one of the leaders of the no license movement in New Zealand, writes on the recent local option poll. In ;the; section- devpted to the review of leading magazines of the world there -is food for thought of the most inspiring kind; The . section notes^ the march of current thought! and events, and . the reader gets at' a glance =the sight, of moving civilisation. / - - A start has been made, again at the New Alpine- Mine, driving north and south on the* reef track on the 20bh ult., at .4 p.m. thejootages .driven being lift north and 13ft south. Thi6 is less than raiglii ;haye v been expeete4, ' reports the manager^ owing to having to clear up an accumulation of mullock,: bailing, etc.; occasioned by the month's etoppage. . Going north, we have the reef in the back of the drive for the last Bft and lft to 2ft .6in wide. The ; reef .ys striking north at an angle : of 40 degrees, and has not reached, the bottom of tbe face yet, but -should do so with the next round of holes. In the south end there are so far only small leaders, with an occasional boulder of stone. I think the reef in the north ' end will prove to be a continuation of the reef sunk upon No. 12 level m the middle, of the winze. The new hoist at No 10 has been installed, and has proved successful, ana though some trouble has been experienced with the Peltons, this is a . minor matter and is being remedied, and the saving in compressed air eifected by this reform will enable the battery and mine work^ to; be run at fuU capacity when crushing is begun. Other works about the mine are well in" hand. " The Temperature^Ati^Kree^ o'clock this morning the tiiermpmetop ootside -this office registered 02 degseW/. ' .-''■" ■ ' " .' " - - 9 - . ■ ■ '