NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12473, 25 February 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

■ Lodge of , instruction in connection < ivith the Victory Lodge will be held f this evening. ~ . ' The monthly meeting of the Harbour Board will be held on Tuesday next, instead of Monday, as the annual stabutory for the election of Chairman ivill be held on Tuesday. Mr" John Sraham returned from , 'Wellington yesterday after interviewing the Minister.for ' Railways in regard to the hedging at the wharf , ' The official opening of the Nelson freezing works will take place pn Monday next. A guaranteed special train will leave town at 1 p.m. for tho \vorks, returning at 3.30. ■ In .the svening a dinner will be held in the Iheatre Royal. .': Yesterday the scholars attending the Boys' Central, Tasman 'street, and Brook street schools held their annual picnic. About three hundred children and one hundred and fifty adults left by the ten a.m. train for Foxhill, Waiiti, and Belgrove, and a very pleasant day was - spent blackberrying, the large party returning by the evening train. To-morrow the Girls' Central school the Hampden streer; and Haven road schools will hold their annual picnic, and it is expected that six hundred children, with tHeir parents and- friends, will make the journey by rail into the country. .■ ' ■; .'; ; '■- ..'...'. . „,. •.. The Chief. Postmaster -informs us that the following local firms have had stamping machines;for the prepayment of correspondence installed at their business premises: Wilkens and Feild Hardware Coy, Ltd.,. E. Buxton and Co. Ltd., S. Kirkpatrick and Co. Ltd., Lucas and Son, and the- Anchor Shipping and Foundry Co., Ltd. A sacred concert will be held in the Botanical Reserve on Sunday evening by the Citizens' Band, which is .proparing a good programme for the occasion; and magnophone items wul also form part of the programme, lha collection will be in aid of the Band s contest expenses. The Nelson College Old Boys' Football Club are holding their annual general meeting at the Chamber of Conimorce Rooms, Hardy-street, on Wednesday next. All members and intending members are requested to attend. The death is announced of Mits Dora Karsten, who was greatly esteemed by all who knew her. Deceased was for a long period _ connected with the first school which was established in Nelson in- the cany. days of the settlement by the late JUi M. Campbell, and was carried on in a brick building, which stood nc;u where the present Suter Art Gallery is now situated. The school for mai':j years served two, purposes — for t" we-ak days secular education was imparted to those of the early, settlers who desired it, . evening classes being held regularly, while on Sunday religious instruction and Biblical knowledge were imparted to the children. There are still plenty of retidents who have a kindly remembrance of Campbell's School and its faithful band of workers for the good of. the community. After Mr Campbell's death, Miss Karsten, at the head ct an energetic committee carried on 'the Sunday School until^he-property passed to the Nelson Education .Board. Deceased was for many years a member of the Cathedral Choir, and was connected with the Sunday School up to the day of- her death. On Saturday last she attended the "Sunday School picnic, and on the following day surfered from a stroke, which brought to a close her energetic and useful career. Her brothers and sisters will have the sympathy of many citizens. We have received from Messrs Allan and .Co., Ltd., Melbourne, a copy of the Australasian music book, No. 80, a new number, consisting of twenty six popular Irish songs, including the well known, favourites : "Come Back to Erin," . "Dear kittle Shamrock, "Kathleen Ma vourneen," "God Save Ireland," "Dermot Asthore," Cockles and Mussels,"' etc. The music is clearly printed and the book is an ad-mirable-shilling's worth. Mr T. Shaw Valentine is at present showing moving pictures in the country districts before leaving for the North Island. Since he was here last Mr Valentine has added a number of new films to his already large collation, also, new illustrated songs. xUr -Valentine's entertainment is. well and favourably known throughout the ci:<itrict. For-dates see advertising. < olumns. , ; The programme of -the Masterton Racing Club's autumn meeting, to _be held'at the Opaki racecourse on the Ist and 2nd "April next, appears in this issue. Mr Blackwood, representing George Davies, -the well known tailoring-spec-ialist, has arrived in Nelson with, a large range of new season's suitings. During the next, few days customers will have am opportunity of inspecting Mr Blackwood's samples at Grant Bros sample rooms, Hardy street.* ■ The Temperature, — At three o'clock this morning the thermometer outsid" this office registered 50 degrees Best Summer Prinks: Kops English Ale and Stout, non 'alcbhol-.c, and Kop' s Concentrated . Ginger Beer. All Storekeepers.* Ladies I Why pay .a . price for a slop 1 costume ;when "you get a first-class cut costume and- materials for a little more, at. Harfdrd and Daly' Sj Trafalgar Street. The Victory Tufcter. is made from whole milk cream, the cream being "reduced in temperature by the latest arid 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.* : _; ,■'- To have' retained after. 30 years; public test- -the premier position an 3 the public favour, is a record nevei ■equalled in Australasiaj and seldom iri -England. This lias been achieved bj • Nelson Moate. and Co., ' Ltd., who, bj blending tea in a scientific mannsr, ' have throughout 30 years maintaiuod ' the foremost position irt the tea trade -in Australasia. -One of the great :idvantages the public derive from usiug this :' up-to-date firm's tea, is that no matter in what part of New Zealaii.l."r Tasmania it is bought the tea js sl- ' ways of the same .uniform quality. Nel- •: son Moate and Co., Ltd.; have nume-- . ous imitators, but none have eqaaUe-l their teas, which command by tar tjii) largest sa.le iri "the" Domixiiori- Maliy attempts have been made to Mbt inferior teas on the public by- rep -osaniI ing them as "Nelson Moate'3," and I s-j.the public should-be careful and see that the name of Nelson Moate and Co., Ltd., is on the packet or box, as none are genuine without it. . The Harbour Board elections were exceedingly tame. Some think the works are a big 'success and only _r% quire the "finishing touches," whil-it i others think the Board has made & poor show, for their five years' dredg- ! ing and expenditure of £70,000. Not i being engineers, we do not wish-, to express an opinion on the matter. But "wo are nleased to be able to give an "unqualified opinion regarding Locks great Furnishing Emporium, that it is at all times the cheapest and best •place to furnish at; i: Lock's value '■ is unsurpassed, hisstock is 'the .largasj! : and most up-to-date, andby purchase / ing at Lock's 1 Empgrium you can be assured of getting.satisfaction. J iw.se are the reasons why Lock goes the Jiulif orthe : furhit»re4rade,*>-. -