NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12750, 23 March 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

At St John's MetliGdist Church on Good Friday evening the sacred cantata "Olivet to Calvary" will be rendered. Admission will be free but a collection will be taken up. The annual meeting of the Nelson Rugby Union will, be held at Stallard's rooms this evening. ■ Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co., agents for the Clan line of steamships, t are in communication withvtheir principals with a view to seeming a steara- | er,to convey another shipment oi fruit from this- district to London. - v 1 Those members of the Chamber of Commerce who- intend to visit Mur- ' chjsonAt Easter in company with the Pre'sidentj.Mr T. A. Field, should hand in -their names not later than to-day, so that arrangements can be complet«4:- '.■;■'■■ .- " ' The Anchor Company wish to draw attention to the alteration in the timetable of the s.s. Koi. The vessel .being required to attend on the Paparoa this evening her departure for Motuefca.has been postponed, from. 4.30 until 8 p.m., \yill leave Motueia for 'Nelson toimbrfow at 0 a.m. in )lace of B. p.m. to-day. Passengers desirous of reaching Motueka* early, this evening are; advised to 'take advantage of the Njkau, sailing at 3 p.m. ,By the . Pateena yesterd ly Mr Thomas Hunt, of Highfield. W. .kefield, shipped to Mr J. Bradey, a we) I known breeder and flock owner in tie Wellington district, a choice line c f fifteen stud Romney Marsh ewes and me stud ram, which were., bred at B ghfield. The slieep are to form the ni 3leus of a stud stock,, and should be an acquisition to the stud flocks of the North Island. . . J The Nelson Freezing Comp: ny lias prepared storage at its works' at Stoke for six thousand cases of apples. This will enable fruit growers who desire to do so to keep part of their output in cool storage pending a favourable market, and it is anticipated that extensive demands will -be. made upon the convenience. Messrs E. Buxton and Co^ Ltd., local agents for the New Zealand. Shipping Company have. been advised i that the. Paparoa, which will convey the firs£ shipment of fruit from Nelson'to England, will arrive here at 6 o'clock this evening. Aucklanders appear to be still very , sore over the- Knyvett case. The "Herald" states that one member of Parliament, a Government supporter, "is prepared, when Parliament meets, to move a want of confidence in the present administration, -unless, in the meantime,- the "matter has baen satisfactorily settled, and justice done to Captain Knyvett." Yesterday afternoon a .horse belonging to Mr T. Pottit, of Waimea street, iwliile standing near tho shop, shook off its bliiikcrs, and ran away. When near Messrs Cock and' Co.'s warehouse, an attempt was made to stop the animal, and it turned" into Vanguard street , ultimately stopping in Mr Christian's yard. An examination disclosed that one of the horse's legs was broken at the fetlock, and the animal had to be destroyed. ;The injury was probably caused by the horse turning suddenly on tho asphalt -footpath. The animal was a valuable one, and Mr Pcttit intended exhibiting it at the next A. and P. Show. Candour regretfully compol^the assertion; that as a body of .Labqrites we Nejv Zealanders are in : political practice, if not in intelligence, behind our Australian compatriots. We are too parochial j we are too insular in our leanings. We need organising into a concrete body, with our little Little Pedlington ideas — mainly due' to: circumscribed environment-—elimi-nated and broadened so that the general body will strive for" the welfare of the whole Dominion, and more often cease quibblings over minor afJairs which, as isurc as night follows day, must be righted when we enlarge our outlook and work as sug'gested.—"Wanganui Herald." Sir Leopold McClintock, tho Arctic explorer, was once giving an account of his experience amid the icefields of the North. "~We : certainly would have (travelled much farther, he explained, "had not our dogs given out at a critical moment." "But," exclaimed, a lady who had been listening very intently, "I thought that the.Eskimo dogs were perfectly tireless creatures. . Sir Leopold's face, wore a whimsically gloomy expression as he replied: "1 — er— r speak in a culinary sense, miss." The average New Zealander would be surprised at the amount of wealth wrung from the soil by the careful methods of the patient Daiie. That country possesses a total area of only 15,000 square miles, with a population of 2,500,000 people, as compared with New Zealand's 104,000 square miles and million inhabitants. . Yet Denmark managed to take from its ■restricted area of cultivable land in 1908 a harvest valued at sixty-three "millions sterling, as against New. Zealand's £17,000,000 sterling worth of exports. That is from one-seventh of the area Denmark produces twice as much by means of^the dairying and agricultural industries as New Zealand. Making all due allowances for the disparity in population, it,is very obvious that New Zealand lias'iiot by any means reached the limit of its productive powers. There, is still plenty or scope for development on .Danish lines. The Wellington "Times" of Saturday states: "Saturday was. a. great day for the Boy Scouts. The day be-ing-fine, and with two bands leading the Brooklyn, Kelburne, Miraniar, Kilbirnie and Mount Victoria troops joined tlte Institute- troop in a procession tlirough -the principal. streets to the Botanical' Gardens, where the fete for the -Boys- Institute; was being held. .Arriving at the Garden's the Sqputs soon # fell to . doing good ; turns by selling- tickets, acting as guides, etc. A very important work was done by the Scouts' signals, who kept up communication between the treasurers, who were in Mr. Glen's house, and the .secretary's tent, which was & little way <fS. The. Scouts also formed a circle round the Highland .dancers, by means of clasping staves. Two troppfe. marched back, and three buglers distinguished themselves on the march. About 150 Scouts were present." . : To-day, : at 2.30 p.m., Messrs Bisley Bros.: and Co. will hold a stock sale at Richmond yards. . A visit ! to vfche showroom of Mrs Anstice's, j where the complete showing of autumn and winter millinery is now displayed, will prove of absorbing interest to every lady who is interested in lovely new things. Each one of" these hats, from the simplest to the most dressy, is a study t in millinery art, for the new shapings and colour 'Mendings' are truly tasteful. You're •: invited ; tp call in soon and -see sthese becoming hats.. You 11 I find tho prices most- moderate for ! such lovely millinery.*