NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12748, 17 January 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Attention is directed to the advertisement on page three of this issue regarding Messrs Begg and Company's pianos. Mr Martin (successor to Mr T. Blake Huffam) is the local agont. A Dunedin wire .states that the Hon Thomas Mackenzie," Minister in charge of the Tourist Department, is visiting Lakes Tei Anau and Mannuouri m the interests of his department. The fiords of Te Anau, according to the Minister, are really a fresh water duplication ol tho Western Sounds, and it is hoped that the present visit will result ui improved facilities for taking tourists to the head of the lake. A man weighing about 13 stone attempted to clamber through an open port of the Mararoa at the Queen s ! wharf last night as she was leaving for Lyttelton. He got his head through tlie port and then a constable helped him ashore. Reports continue to be received of caterpillars and birds having done considerable damage to crops in Canterbury districts. It. is stated that farmers who are threshing from the stook are finding grain yields disappointing (says the "Lyttelton Times"): Many of the paddocks are whitening off,- with a consequent decline of yield and. quality. . At Wellington on Thursday morning there were nine large steamers occupying berths— the Ruahine, 10,758 tons; the Tongariro, 7600 tons; tlie Oron, 7207 tons; the Karamea, 5563 tons; the Neiehana, 6533 tons ; the Clan Maefarlane, 4823 tons; the Falls of Nith, 4712 tons; and the passenger liner Marama, 6437 tons. . The Golden- Bay cement works about to bo. erected at Limestone Bay, Nelson, will, according to a Press Association telegram' from Dunedin, be driven electrically throughout. A contract for, a complete nower plant (£1500) has been secured by Messrs Turnbull and Jones, electrical engineers. Tliis will be the first cement works in New Zealand to instal its own private electrical plant for driving cement making machinery. _ A movement is on foot, says a Wellington journal, to establish chairs.of military science at the four university colleges in New Zealand. Matters have so far advanced that it is hoped "by those who are interesting.themselves in the project that the Victoria College Professorial Board (among others) willhave'formulated a proposal on the subject to submit to the Senate at its coming meeting. Blouses Is lid 3s 6d, 4s 6d, etc., also a large stock of skirts and under skirts marked at prices to clear,. — Mrs Anstice, Trafalgar street.* : The Hon: R: McKenzie, Minister of Public Works, who has been on a visit to the West Coast, accompanied by Mrs McKenzie, and Mr Poison (private secretary)^ arrived at Foxhill on Saturday evening. Mi" McKenzie came into town and- returned to Fox- . hill by tlie 10 p.m. train. The party, left the coach at the Buller road, and the Minister inspected the railway works beyond Tui. " Good progress is being made, tlie formation now being within a. mile of the road. About one hundred and forty men arc employed, and it is expected that this portion of the work will be completed, in about fifteen months. To-day "Mr McKenzie will formally opon tho new post ofiice at Wakefiekl; and to-morrow morning will leave for Wellington. Special showroom reductions are being made at Mrs Anstice' s sale in order to clear out stock. All millinery greatly reduced. A visit will mean money saved.* Messrs Bis'.ey Bros and Co announce tho following sales: — To-morrow, at 3 p.m., hides, skins, wool and tallow; Wednesday next, stock sale at Richmond ; January 29th freehold property at Spring Grove; 2nd February clearing sale of live and dead stock at the Lake Station. , Dress materials reduced to ls, Is 6d, Is Ud, etc. Worth double the money. Mrs Anstice, Trafalgar street.* . Attention is directed -to an advertisement in the auction columns regarding a clearing sale on the Tangoio estate, Napier, by Messrs Wenley and Lanauze, Ltd. --Three hundred pure and grade Angora goats aro included in the stock. If you require the highest grade butter mado on the latest and most approved principles, ask for "Victory," which is sweet and palatab^;, and take no other.* Tahunanui. Every lot in this popular township has been sold. The fine dwelling houso with 8J acres of land, is still unsold and should meet with a ready sale. The house is continuously open for inspection and the public mre invited to view the house and the grounds surrounding it.* The Health Department has givon a most condemnatory report on the drainage works, which has practically paralysed the City Fathers, who would put the blame on anyone but themselves. About £70,000 gone — a ten-penny rate to be paid — the Skeptic Tank a failure, more money to be spent — and a lot of unpleasantness to oome. However, wc are pleased to say, „*at Lock's Furniture Emporium is giving great satisfaction to its clients, who have the widest choice of the best made- furniture in the city, and besides, they get their goods at Lock's at prices with which no other firms can compete. At Lock's you can make your home comfortable for a few pounds. Among the huge stock are linos., carpets, blaukets, sheets, quilts, suites, stoves, ranges, pianos, organs, Atlas sewing machines,and the marvellous Sun lamps, the cheapest and best light known to science. At Lock's you can get on easy terms, if required, anything from a frying pan to a piano. In Russia 900 persons are killed by lightning yearly, "I don't hold for a moment that you can thest anybody's capabilities by examination ; the. wholo thing is humbug!" — Professor Hunter at the Educational Institute Conference.