NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12765, 5 February 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Councillor Adama informed the City Council last night that the City Engineer was working very hard upon the survey in connection with the proposed augmentation of the water supply. The undertaking was one of considerable magnitude, but Mr Smith was making very good progress. He (Ov Adams) had been over the ground, and he thought the report would be a favourable one, and the work one of very great benefit to the city. The Mayor moved a hearty votei of. thanks to Cr Adams for the assistance he had rendered the Engineer. The motion was seconded by Cr Lightband, and carried unanimously*

To-morrow evening at St John's Methodist Church the Rev, J. J. Lewis will speak to young men on "The Glorious Possibilities of Life," this being the first of the present series of his monthly lectures to young men.

The attention of boot buyers is directed to Messrs R. Hannah and Co's annual stocktaking sale, which opens this morning;

The men of Brightwater and surrounding districts are invited to assemble at Miss Arnold's tea-rooms at 6.15 p.m. on Monday, and after refreshment to cycle to Mr Woolcombe's meetiug for men to be held at Nelson. Other particulars are advertised.'

The annual picnic in connection with the Sunday schools attached to All Saints' parish will take place to-day at Snowden's bush, Brightwater. The party will leave by the ten o'clock train.

vWith reference to the statement -that 6000 cases of apples would be : sTiipped from this district for the Home market, we have been asked to state that thore has been some misapprehension with respect to this matter. The statement was made that six thousand cases could well [be shipped from the district to try the Home market, but, as a matter of fact, no arrangement has been made for such a quantity. The position at present is that Messrs E. Buxton and Co., Ltd., who have the arrangements in thand, must bc_ in a ! position to guarantee the shipping company 4500 cases, the quantity necessary to fill a cool chamber. The firm have verbal promises to the extent of the required quantity, but only one-half has been guaranteed by the growers. It is necessary before 'the final arrangements can be made that those growers who ihave made ; verbal promises and not yet complet- ! ed their paxt of the arrangement by giving guarantees, should come for- ' ward and do so without delay. It is a commercial arrangement, and -those responsible to the shipping company must ihave the co-operation of the growers. The fact that the Government will guarantee one penny per $lb net to the grower (equal to 3s 4d ,per case), and further assist by providing a qualified grader, should remove any disinclination' on the part of growers to make good their promii ses and give- the required guarantees. We cannot, however, think that there is any real disinclination on the part of these growers, but this is a matter where promptitude is helpful, and the growers should set the minds of the charterers at rest with tlie least possible delay. • i

Mr George Sutherland, of tlie Globe Hotel, informs us that arrangements have been completed for a match, £250 aside, between Arnst, the world's sculling champion, and Pearce, the New South Wales oarsman, to be rowed on the Parramatta river, Sydney, after the Arnst- Welch fixture, which takes place at Akaroa on April 2nd. Arnst will then be' en route to South Africa to meet Barry, the English champion, for the., championship of the world.

That quite new word, "pushful," coined for Mr Chamberlain, and now regularly received into the language, was, it seems, first used by an American. In 1896 (says the "Oxford Dictionary") Chief Justice Alvey (U.S.A.) wrote: — "Mr Chamberlain

. . . . is the present representative of that pushful spirit which makes England's attempts to advance her lines and extend her empire on this continent a subject of national sensitiveness."

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 tlie materials alone. Some are marked as low as 4s lid. Come in and see them. — Mrs Anstice, Trafalgar Street.*

Messrs Thomson and Co., of Dunedin, secured a gold medal at the Imperial International Exhibition, London, for their exhibit of carbonated waters and cordials. The firm's list of honours is now 20 gold medals and 32 first-class certificates.

Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. received yesterday a first shipment. of CorriGdale rams, to be sold at their annual ram fair on the r 2sth instant. This class of sheep, which is guaranteed true to type, is regarded as an acquisition to the district, and arrivals of the breed are keenly sought after. Further consignments are expected from the flocks of Mr C. D. Greenwood, which are guaranteed to breed true to type; and consignments should also reach this port next week from Mr E. Short, one of the most celebrated Romney-Marsh breeders of the Dominion. All the sheep may be inspected some timei before the sale. Among the wellknown local breeders selling at the forthcoming ram fair will be Messrs Thomas Hunt, J. Salisbury, W. R. Hunt, Philip Best, G. and A. Hunt, and J. A. Haycock. The exhibition of the sheep should be of interest to all flock owners of the district.

The Temperature. — At trree 'o'clock this uiornin^ tiie thermometer outside thi£[offio > registered 58|degrees.

If you require the highest grade butter made on the latest and most approved principles, ask for ''Vic.tory," which is sv/eet and paktab l^, and take no other.*

Tahunaiiui. Every lot in this popular township hasTSbon sold. The line dwelling house 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 are invited to view the house and the grounds surrounding it-*

"A good name is 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 lim: —

giich love as his, what tongue can

fitly teUi; .■:■;-:-. : ,#i Save he whoso heart has owned its . „,, magic spell; ;..; .:."'•• With heaving- breast, hut hope as firm as rock,- ■. He breathed that name, th' inspiring name of "Look." Straightway to. Lock's with little , .. cash, 'tis true,' x They wend their way, he looking rather blue. But wonders never cease (though quality of the best), . All was so wondrous- cheap, their , donbts were 'soothed to rest. They're married nowi and prattlers round them throng, . As happy in their home as summer / day is long; Yet oft in loving circle they tell that little flock, r How grateful still they feel to good old William Look, The Complete Furnisher.