NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12763, 3 February 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

It has been decided by the authorities of the Salvation Army to hold the i annual congress meeting in five of the i capitals of the Australian States. Thefirst series will take place at Perth in March next. The Adelaide meetings will be held in May t and the Sydney and Brisbane meetings in June. The .concluding congress will take place at Melbourne in July. It is stated by the ' "Westport Times" that there is a probability of the New Zealand Federation of Miners putting up a candidate for the Grey Parliamentary seat at the general election. As an outcome of the. receait strike among the shearers employed on. the Mount . Nicholas Station, seven men have been cited to appear before the Magistrate's Court at Queenstown on February 25th, for a breach of the Arbitration Act. • ' It is notified that the Technical School will resume on Monday week, the 14th instant. Several additional classes are provided for this year, including electric lighting and wiring, hand railing and stair casing, , domestic economy, etc. It is anticipated that there will again be a large number of students in attendance at the school. The day classes will open on Monday next, 7th instant. Copies of. the prospectus giving full particulars can be obtained from the Technical School, Education Board office, and the local booksellers. 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.* A rare opportunity to secure a really stylish and useful dress skirt, ready-to-wear, is afforded by Anstice's Summer Sale. Well cut, good fitting skirts for ladies are selling here in black and navy, serges and stylish tweeds, for less than you would pay for the materials alone. Some are marked as low as 4s lid. Come in and see them. — Mrs Anstice, Trafalgar Street.* On February Ist the railway by-2aw restricting th© weight of wheat, oats, and barley to be carried by railway in any one sack waß cancelled, and the following by-law was substituted for it, and is now in force: — "The maximum weight of any class of cereal or other agricultural produce contained in any one sack to be carried by railway shall be 2001 b. Any sack .of any class of cereal or other agricultural produce containing a greater weight than 2001 b, shall be charged for at four times the ordinary rate pi freight." Law argument in the case of J. Sharp, junior, v. J. Langley Adams, a claim for" £62 14s 6d, as an indemnity in respect of a judgment obtained iii the Supreme Court in the case Baiting v. Sharp, for breach of contract in respect of shares in the Big River Gold Mining Company, was taken at the Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr Evans S.M. Mr C. R. Fell appeared for plaintiff, and Mr A. T. Maginnity for defendant. Before entering upon the argument on the main point as fco the defendant's liability, Mr Maginnity raised certain non-suit points, one of which was that the plaintiff could not claim indemnity in the Magistrate's Court unless he proved payment by himself of the amount claimed (McKerrow v. Tattle, N.Z. L.R.). The Magistrate upheld the last point named, and Mr Fell elected to-be non-suited on tlio whole claim. The plaintiff- consequently was non-suited with costs, £3 2s 6d. The hearing of argument in the case, W. E. Brown v. Turner and Earl will be resumed on Tuesday, when Mr Maginnity will appear for the plaintiff and Mr Hayes for the defendants. Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. an*nounce the following stock sales: — February 11th, Tapawera, yards; Wakefield, at an early date. The Temperature —It tbee o'clock this morning tUe thermomettt outside this office registered •' 9 iegreea. If you require the highest grade butter made on the latest and most approved principles, ask for' "Victory," which is sweet and palatab'e, and take no other.* Tahunauui. Every lot in this popular township has been sold. The line dwelling house with 8£ acres of land, is still unsold and should meet with a ready sale. The house is continuously open for inspection ami the public are invited to view the house and the grounds surrounding it.* "A good name ia better than great riches," and Lock, the Universal Provider, has a good name for giving first class value and for fair and square dealing. We append a portion of a poem sent to him : — Such love as his, what tongue can fitly tell! Save he whose heart has owned its magic Bpell; With heaving breast, but hope as firm as rock, He breathed that name, th' inspiring name of "Lock." Straightway to Lock's with little cash, 'tis true, They wend their way, he looking rather blue. But wonders never cease (though quality of the best), All was so wondrous cheap, their doubts were soothed to rest. They're married now, and prattlers roTmd them throng, As happy in their home as summer day is long,* _ Yet oft in loving circle they tell that little flock, How grateful still they feel to good old. William Lock, The Oompleto Furnisher.