NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12519, 22 April 1909, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

On Thursday evening next the Nelson Harmonic Society will give their nrst concert of the present year, when Cowen's "Rose Maiden" will be rendered. .

The next ingleneuk of the Nelson Provincial 'Scottish Society,' to "be held in the Druids' Hall on the 30th inst., will take the, form of a dance..

During a hockey practice at the Botanical Reserve yesterday, afternoon one of the players sustained a blow from the ball under the eye, breaking the cheek bone and; causing a severe contusion. Some very fine samples of grapes, grown at "Hillcrest," Richmond, have been forwarded to this office by Mr J. P. Smallbone, fruiterer, of Hardystreet. They are of.. the variety'known as "Roscommons," and are very large and of particularly -fine Jlavour. The grapes from "Hillcrest" vineyards are famed throughout the district, but these are about the best. sample we have seen this season. • A match was played on the Nelson bowling gre,n yesterday by rinks from the Nelson and Maitai Clubs, skipped respectively by the Presidents, Messrs Cresswell (Nelson) and E. Richards (Maitai). Victory rested with the Maitai bowlers, the scores and bowlers being :— Maitai : E. Hounsell, Reynolds, Lamb, E. Richards (s) 15. Nelson: J. D. Brown, Mansford, Tacker, Cresswell (s) 10. One of the butchers at the freezing works at Stoke fell on a knife oh Tuesday afternoon, wounding his elbow joint and. severing a tendon of the large muscle of the arm. He was -^taken to the Hospital for treatment, where he is progressing favourably.

A demonstration in favour of the Wednesday half holiday will be made in the Theatre Royal this evening. The Mayor will presffle, and' prominent citizens will address the meeting. Opponents of the movement will be afforded an opportunity of addressing the meeting, and relevant questions will be answered.

A farewell gathering will he held in tho Commercial Hotel this evening to bid good-bye to Mr George Stewart, senior, who is leaving for Canterbury.

Por variety and good value in Dress Goods try Trathen and Co.*

The first match of the_ season for the ladies' hockey championship \v.>s played at the Botanical Reserve y. sterday afternoon between the "WainiM and St. John's teams. A wa'.l c ■> tested game was won _by the fur.i.or by one goal to nil, Miss Stewart obtaining the score. Mr W. Batchelor refereed. The members of the Wainui Club provided afternoon tea, an innovation which was much appreciated. There was a largo attendance of spectators, who took a great interest in the play. The splendours and terrors of Ngaiiruhoe in eruption have attracted numerous parties to its assault during the past ten days, says the Auckland "Star," and most of them, whether successful or not in attaining the summit, have come away thoroughly impressed with the grandeur of the burning mountain, and: with the thorough ' worth while of having essayed to. scale it. Another .Auckland party, which returned recently, - reached the lip of the crater, but found c it well nigh imof dust and smoke and steam, which rushed upward with a whistling, roaring noise. On the mountain they found a heavy deposit of dust/ but_ no signs of stone or boulders having been thrown out and no lava, All the country around was coated with a grey dust; while the = streams were also greatly discoloured with it. So far as the mountain's interior was concerned the convulsions and roaring that marked last week were practically absent. After Ngauruhoe the party ascended Ruapehu, the grand view from which was considered by one of the members aa being superior to the celebrated view to be had on the route from Lake Te Anau'to Milford Sound.

Mr 0. Horton, butcher, of Bridge street, met with rather a serious accident yesterday morning. He was driving in a delivery cart in Trafalgar street, near the Post Office, when his horse shied at a large boat that had been left standing on the road, on ffs way- to the Maitai river. M" Horton was thrown out of the cart against aiamp post an 4 sustained ed injuries to his back which will Keep him confined to his house for two or -■fcnree weeks., ~ ■ Best makes Colonial Flannels 111/4 d, 1/6, 1/9. best in town.—Trathen's.* . .A sale of work in connection with the N.Z. Church Missionary Association, organised by Mrs Hunter Brown, wa^s opened in the Diocesan Library yesterday . ofternoon, when there was a large attendance of ladies, and excellent business was done. At the fancy stall, there was exhibited for sale a varied assortment of curios, jewellery, and fancy goods, including opal brooches and silver bangles from India and Ceylon, cushion covers, and beautful ; inlaid, boxes from Japan, silk and embroidery from China, samples of African'metal work, and pottery, etc., from Belguim. In addition ,there was a produce stall, laden with locally : grown fruit, vegetables, etc., and afternoon tea was dispensed. The stallholders were as follows : —^Fancy stall : Misses L. Hunter Brown, Fell. Atkinson, Mears., Scaly, and Mrs W. S. Lucas : produce stall. Misses Kempthorne (2) and M. Maginnity;. afternoon.. tea, Misses Jones, Richmond, : . and j Tomlinson. The sale was continued again in the evening, when there was- again a large attendance.