NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12722, 18 February 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

In the- Supreme Court' at, Wellington, on the 10th instant, Mr Justice Sim, on the application of Mr E. B. Moore, granted ' probate of the will of James Gribble, deceased, to James Gribble and Mary Gribble, the executors named in the will.

Mass Will be celebrated on Sunday at VV'ainiea West at 8 a.m. and Wakeneid at 10 a.m.

A general meeting of members of the Nelson Rowing Club will be held in Mr Stallard's room-s, . Hardy street, next Friday evening, to consider matters in connection with tne forthcoming bazaar and fancy fair.

A special general meeting of the NeJson College Old Boys' Football Club will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Friday evening, to consider proposals to alter the Club's uniform and to raise the subscriptions. ■

Ihe Trustees of St. Andrew's Orphanage desire to thank the Rev. J . Lewis, St John's Methodist Church, for the generous gift of fruit and vegetables to Alldridge's Home, Maitai Bank. The gift coming unexpectedly was none the less appreciated and enjoyed.

Last night's "Gazette" notifies that the deer shooting season in the \Vairarapa .district is from March 24th to Aiay'lJ:th; in Marlborough district from February 24th, to April 23rd ; and in the Nelson distiict from February 26th to April 30th; says a Press Association telegram."

Messrs E. Buxton and Co., Ltd., agents for the New Zealand Shipping Company, have been advised that the s.s. Wakanui leaves Oamaru on Saturday at midnight for Nelson direct. She wjl|, leave here for Auckland on Thursday evening.

The annual inspection of the Nelson, section' of railways took place yesterday, the inspecting officers being Messrs T. Ronayne, general manager, J. Burnett, chief engineer, H. Buxton, chief traffic manager, K Benzojii, district engineer, and T. S. Edwards, district traffic manager. The .party travelled over ..the wpole section, making a thorough'examination of the lines and general struct tures, returning to the city by .special traiii last evening. To-morrow an inspection will be made of the PictonBlenheim section.

Tho Anchor Company announce an alteration in the running of the s.s. Koi. She will leave Motueka for Nelson on Sunday next at 7 p.m. instead of on Monday morning, as picviously .advertised. The alteration is necessary' to allow of the steamer towiug in the s.s. Wakauui on Monday morning's tide.

Messrs W. Rout and Sons notify that they nave engaged Mr J. G. Rutherford as land salesman, whose whole" attention will be devoted to the land agency branch of their business.. ■•;:

It is understood that tlie £10 bequest of the late Mr Robert Snodgras to the Nelson Institute 'has been paid into .the Post Office Savings Bank to the credit of the Institute building fund.

At a meeting of the North Canterbury centre of the New Zealand Athletic' Union last evening (says a Christchurch telegram), the following motion was passed: '"That the centre being of the unanimous opinion that the action of the executive of the Union in delaying the signing of the agreement between the Union an,d the League of Wheelmen is unwarranted, and inimical to the best interest of sport, respectfully requests the executive to take'immediate steps to bring about tlie adoption of the agreement submitted by the League, and failing prompt measures being taken by the executive, this centre will consider the advisability of taking such ' steps as it may doem fit to protect the interest of athletics in its own district."

In Russia photographers are in the habit of paying out any customer who refuses to pay up by hanging his portrait upside down in a conspicuous portion of their shop.

To-morrow at 11 a.m. at Tadmor, Mr Lock will hold a sale of drapery, c'othing, groceries, etc., on account of Mr R. D. Martin; and on Tuesday next on tlie premises, Hardy street, he will sell, without reservo the stock of clothing, mercery, etc., belonging to Mr J. Bennett.

Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. announce tlie following sales: — To-mor-row, at 11 a.m., palace car, horses, harness, eto; Tuesday next, stock sale at Motueka ; Friday next, annual ram (fair; and stock sale at Richmond. The printing plant advertised to be :»old to-morrow has been withdrawn.

The money-saving opportunities in tho show room alone at .Anstice's Summer. Sale make it well, worth your irliile to be there. Ladies and children's ready-io-wear costumes, dresses, blouses, coats, etc., show, large reductions indeed. Mind you, tnese ■arc just the goods you need now for summer wear that are offered at such genuinely reduced sale prices. No one should miss these bargains.*

The Tbmperature. — At trree o'clock this morning tlie thermometer outside this office registered 50 degrees

If you require the. highest grade butter made on theHatest and most approved principles, ask for "Victory," which is sweet and palatable, and take no other.*

All things must come to an end, and the Summer Clearance Sale at Mrs Anstice's is drawing near its close, but though this .sale has been such a huge success, there are crowds more lines to clear, so we've marked them down still lower in price, and you've. still another chance to, make real worth-while savings by buying now. Get in to-day and see these latest bargains.*

"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 him : —

Such loVe as his, what tongue can .'■ fitly tell! . l Save- he whose heart has owned its

magic spell j. With "heaving breast, but hope as -firm as rock, He breathed ■ that name, th' inspir-

ing 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 round them throng, As happy in their home as summer

day is long; Yet of t in loving circle they, tell that little flock, How , grateful, still they feel- to good old. William Lock, '•■■'■ The Complete Furnisher.

Possum hunting is a fairly lucrative employment in New South Wales -In six months a Casino bushman secured 1960, and the skins realised him £148, so that he earned nearly' £6perweek.

Dr. Daniel D. Jackson has declared before the New Jersey Sanitary. Association that if all the house flies in the United States could be exterminated two years would be added to the average life of Americans. :