NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12493, 20 March 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

It has been reported that the cargo ofbaltic pine brought out from Sundswall by_the barque Ophelia for Dunedin^and Lyttelton is ; the first direct' cargo that timber landed in New Zealand. A "Lyttelton Times' " reporter was informed by an "old timer" : in shipping "circles that such, is not the case, although the mistake is quite, excusable. The first direct earin .1866 or 1867, probably, in a vessel in 1866 of 1867, probably ia a vessel called the Helgaj and there were one or two previous similar importations. final match for the senior cricket championship will be played at Trafalgar Park to-day between the Kamura and Brightwater teams. ■ . A brief sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday morning, 1 Messrs Lock _ and Moller,, Justices of the Peace, presiding. The only business was an application for a prohibition order, but as the applicant did not appear the case was struck out.^ The Nelson Acclimatisation Society are inviting "all qualified persons will* ing to. act as guides to sportsmen to register their names and addresses with the secretary of the Society, Mr R.Catley. All information with regard to remuneration and other details will be furnished by Mr H. B; Walker at Messrs Wilkins and Field's, Limited, or the secretary. . /..

j News has been • received in Nelson of the death! at Pretoria, of Mr John Jickell, elder son of Mi- and Mrs S. Jickell, of Palmerston North, and formerly of Nelson. Deceased served his time at the Anchor Foundry, and during the Boer war enlisted with the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, remaining" in South: Africa after the war. While in Nelson, where ho was very popular,: Mr Jickell took a; keen interest in amateur .. theatricals, >and was also 9,. prominent' footballer, playing for the Nelson Club for several seasons; Mr and^Mfs' Jickell will haVe the sympathy" of a large number of friends in their bereavement. "'.'■