NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12494, 22 March 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

It is notified that aU rates not paid to the Waimea County Council by the 31st March next will be sued for.

Tlie report of the special meeting of the INclson Land Board, held at Westport on Tuesday last, appears on the first page of this issue. Subscriptions to the People's Terminating Building Sooiety are payable to-day. "The annual meeting of the Federal Hockey Club will be held at Mercer s rooms this evening. The Nelson Hockey Club's annual meeting wiU be held at the Camera Club's rooms this evening. The annual meeting of members of the Nelson Institute will be held at the Library Reading Room this evening at half-past seven. A full attendis required, and intending subscribers are also invited to attend, ; Persons qualified to vote at the approaching .municipal elections, who have not yet enroUed themselves, would be wise to do so as early >■*&'. possible. The roUs will close on. April 14th, fourteen days prior to the. election.

A man named William Cochrane was arrested on arrival of the, coach from Blenheim on' : Saturday, evening, oh a charge of issuing a valueless cheque •for £20. Accused will be brought before the Court this morning.

A sitting of the Juvenile Court will' be held this morning, when a lad who has been before the Court previously, will be charged with the theft of a ring.

' Owing to tho heavy rain onSatur'd^X morning, the senior. championship cricket match Kamura v. Brightwater, was postponed. The pennant bowling match between the Nelson and Maitai Bowling Clubs, which was to have beon played on the latter' s green, was postponed -for a similar reason.

The funeral of the late Mr M. E. Jackson took place on Saturday afternoon, when- there, was a large following of relatives, private friends. Foresters and Gp°4- Templars. Deceased's old shopmates from Messrs E. Buxton and Co.'s establishment acted as the pall bearers. A most impressive service was conducted at the house by the Rev. "Stanley Jenkiri, and at the grave the burial- service was conducted by the ReVs: ; C. H v Garland and S.: Jenkin. The funeral address of the Foresters .was. read by Bro. W. V. Salter, P:D.C:R./and:Bro Mears, Chief Templar, r Bro. R.. Watson,; Past 1 Chief .Templar^ an,d; Sister (Mrs) Watson, Chaplain, conducted the service-of the Good Teniplars.*

The privUeges f orthe Nelson Jockey Club's annual race meeting, ] t6-h& held at Richmond Park on the Ist and 3rd April next, were disposed/of at auction on Saturday by Messrs. Levien /and Roilet. The grand stand " bar -was brought in at £30, . and subsequently purchased by Mr H . Saunders ; the iuncheon room arid; tea kiosk were knocked down to. Mrs Wendleborn for £3 and £2 respectively; the outside licensed victuaUers! booth to Mr D. WeUs for' £7. and the oyster saloon to the proprietors of the Strand Cafe for £2 15s. . The refreshment booth was passed in. The privileges for tho grand stand bar and the outside licensed booth were sold" suhject to conditional license being granted by the Licensing Committee. v '

Miss Amy Castles, the celebrated Australian soprano, supported by a strong concert company, .will inaugurate the Australasian tour, under the .direction of Messrs J. and N.- Tait, in Melbourne,, in August next', to be followed by a short season in Sydney. The New Zealand tour will open in Auckland in September, and Mr A. W. Baptiste, Messrs Tait',s representative with the Royal Male Welsh Choir, informs us that a visit to Nelson and the West Coast will positively be included. — Messrs J. and N. Tait have also arranged for another Australasian tour of the Besses o' the Barn Band, opening in New Zealand in July 1910. . The Union Steamship Company has accepted, the tender of Mitchell and Khig for the erection of hew offices for the' companj' "hi Wellington. Tho contract price is over £40,000. - Quite a revolution in naval warfare is promised by the new torpedo of Engineer Lieutenant Hardcastle, of tiu British Navy. Thus far the possibility of being torpedoed at greater distance than 20(Xh yards has not bee.v considered, but the range of; the new torpedo is claimed to; be 7000 yards, or 2000 yards more than the latest type in use, while its speed averages 31 knots. ■_•.„■

The Hon. A. T. Ngata, conversing with a Gisborne "Herald" reporter on .the work of. the last Maori .Congress, held in Wellington, said that as a refsult of the congress two Maori cadets from the East Coast had been taken on at the State Farm at Hamilton ; the Native schools' in the Auckland district had formed an. associatoin on similar lines .to thei' Te Aute Students* Association; known - as.' She Young Maori Party, northern branch ; and the University-Senate, had made Maori a subject for matriculation examination,, and had approved the establishment •of a /chair of Polynesian ,m3'tholdgy. The Congress had undoubtedly brought . about < a better understanding among the Maoris of the land .settlement question, and there was now : a; disposition \to. subordinate the question of settlement of title to the settlement of land for farming purposes:' Furt^termorei it had certainly brought the younger Maoris forward, and reconciled the elders to the leadership of the ypjmg m ®U in many parts of the Dominion.

The Temperature. — At three o'clock this" morning the thermometer outsid" this office registeretf 56 degrees "■• •'■ Best Summer Drinks : Kops English Ale and Stout,' non alcoholic, and Kop' s Concentrated Ginger Beer. All Storekeepers.* Ladies 1 Why pay a price for a $lop . costume -when yop . can . get a first-class out costume and materials for a little^ more, at Harford and Daly's, Trafalgar Street. The Viotory Putter Jib made from j whole milk cream, the cream .; -being ! reduced in temperature by , the latest and most' -up-to-date . -soiontific appliances. The pnblio are guaranteed that this butter is free from all germs, is sweet and, wholesome -and can be had at the same price as other brand*.*

Mr William Lock had a very fine display of the wonderful Sun Lamps and everyone w*as pleased with the brilliant, steady light. Regarding these lights an American scientist writes: "The Coal Oil Lamp has taken a back seat and bows submissively to the triumphant advance of the " Sun" Incandescent Light. As soon asfiihat great Luminary which gives light to the Universe by day, gracefully drops .out of sight, below the western horizion, its namesake the "Sun. Lamp, follows in its- or bit, turning night into day, and shedding forth its beautiful incadescent radiance, not alone in the palatial residences of the affluent, .but just as bright on the unpretentious and happy domicile of the rustic. With the "Sun" light the pltizehs of small • towns . and villages are enabled tp enjoy the same privileges as far as brilliant ".artificial illumination is concerned, as their brethren in the large cities, and at the Bame time have no exorbitant, gas bills to pay for inferior service but have a beautiful white hydro parbon light of much greater brilliancy tfaap any other kind of illumination... It is not injurious. Jo tha eyes, but on the contrary-is a relief to the visionary organs and enables. all ; to: read with perfect comfort and- ease as though it were broad daylight." L'ppk is sole agent for %he6s Jainpp: