NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12466, 16 February 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

EntriesT for J the Nelson ' Rowing Club/fours, which are to be towed at the latter end of March, cloee to morrow at live o'cloou. .-. The annual meeting of the Sut.i Art Society 'will he held in the Ar! Gallery next Monday afternoon, a1 half-past foiir o'clock. I-' ' ... ' , Tenders are invited by the Mine? Department for the supply aud delivery of maohinery and plant fot the State colliery. Among the candidates who passed in five subjects m the Senior Civil Service examination was Mr Edmond E. U. Boyes, of Nelson. § Fine weather is being 'experienced by the H Battery, now. undergoing their annual training at the Botani cal Reserve. There is a good 'muster of all ranks, and useful work is being done. Sergeant Peterson has been instructing gunners in. gun' laying by direct' and lndirect methods, and fuse setting and battery' control generally. Bombardier Somerville, who brought from Wellington eleveitiorses for the training camp, has beeD instructing the drivers. Sergeant Peterson is also instructing a squad of signallers, and range finders. Field. sketching is being taugbt by Gunner Heap, of the U. Battery, who is Very proficient in this branch. Barades are being teld morniDg and evening, nnd-there was an extra parade on Sunday forenoon. Subsequently the drivers went, out for tiding drill, and skeleton drivlog drill -to Almond Tree Flat under Sergeant-Driver .Richards. .Captai'. Ric&ardson, chief instructor of ar tilleryV and .Staff . Sergeant-Major Wilson, who are at present attending the annual training camp of the A Battery, at Auckland, are expected this- week. Tbe annual service practice will be held at Redwood's Valley on the 27th and 28th insts. The following is the list of winning . .owners, , with the amount of stakes won, at the Nelson Trotting Club's races .--on- Saturday: — - A. Emms £38. F. Barnes £34," S. Bennett £33, C. J. Ruffell £12 and lady's bracelet- (value £12), W. Coleman, junior, £17, V. Alborn £8 W. J. .Chisnoll £3. G. G. Win £3, J. T. Moore £3i C. M.Laugblin £2. . Attention is di rooted io Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co.'s list" of stock and other auction sales forthcoming. To morrow, at 2 p.m. sbarp; Mr Wm. Lock willsell without reserve the. 'superior ,; and practically new furniture and effeots of -Mr A.E. Wi il tarns. '- The- goods will /be Jon vie w at the } auction rooms tbis'-evehing f rom * 7.'30 V-to *9V. Puller particulars are/advertised. On- Saturday, at noon, Mr Lock will sell by order of the Publio Trustee land and dwelling in Totara street, in the estate of the late Mr J. ' Warnock. The Temperature. — At three o'clock this morning the thermometer outside this office register** ., 55 degrees . Best Summer Drinks : Kops English ■' Ale" anfl Stout, . non alcoholic, and Kop's Concentrated Ginger Beer. Alt Storekeepers.*, .7' FOR APPLES AND PEARS.— The ravages of 7Qodlih M°th can be avoided by : the cheap "and simple process Of; spraying thoroughly with Swift's Arsenate of Lead..- : See that you obtain "Swift's," . ;. Ladies I Why pay a price*' for a slop costume when you can get a first-class cut costume and materials for a Uttle moro, at Harford and Daly's, Trafalgar Street. The Victory Tutter is made from whole milk creara, the cream being reduced in temperature by ' the latest and most -up-to-date scientific appliances.^ The public are guaranteed that.: this butter is free from all germs, is sweet and wholesome and can be , had. at • the same" price as other brands.* The Harbour Board elections were exceedingly tame. ." Sonic think the works are a big success, and; only require, the ''finishing touches," whilst others think the Board has^nwde a poor show for their /five" years' dredging and- expenditure of .'.£70,000. /Not being engineers, we do "lot '"wish to express an opinion on ' the matter. But we are pleased to be able to give/ah uuquahfied opinion regarding Lock's" great Furnishing Emporium,: that, it'is /at «H times /the'Vcheapest and best place • to furhi'sh'at. Lock's value' is unsurpassed,'his stbpk is the largest ahd most up-to-date, andjby 'purchasing at Ldck's' v Em'porinni you' 'can 'be asiinredpf •getting satisfaction. These ' are the reasons why Lock does the bulk of the furniture trade.*