NEWS OF TME DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12756, 31 March 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF TME DAY.

i The annual meeting of the Nolson Hookey Club will be held to-morrow . night.. •__■■--' „ . . k "- • '■'■■. ■ ■;.; .. ■ '.-'■■ ,;■■■. • ...• .-■ "The schedule committee of the Nelson Horticultural Socie.ty-. will ..meet ' ..this evening; ■:.':• " The Nelson Golf Ghib have an announcement in this issue with regard to the visit of Mr Gilbert Martin, professional coach. On Saturday next, the Christ • Church and Wood Sunday Schools will . hold their annual picnic at Tahuna. I Last night there wasa.good and representative gathering of citizens at the Chamber of Commerce r.;om, when, those present resolved uiemselves into a- committee to for the return of Mr T. Pettit at the forthcoming election for a Mayor. Mr Pettit and several other, gentlemen addressed the meeting. .;,.. lt. was decided that Mr Pettit should address the ratepayers in the outlying pbrtibrs of the city, and the dates°of the'H-eet:-ings wjll be duly advertised. A sub- ■ committee was formed to carry out necessary arrangements. The promised support encourages the committee to believe that Mr Pel :it's candidature will be successful on the polling, day." ~* . Thecßhiff correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times" states that he has reliable information from Stewart Island regarding the state of the red dicer herd liberated there for breeding purposes. ■ They are thriving well, and spreading rapidly. '. While cycling to Woodville on Good Friday, Mr. Edward Rosenberg, of ! Wellington, met .with a serious acci- '■• dent, causing concussion of the brain , and a fractured skull. He is now ly- ,- ing in a critical condition at the / Thorndoh; Private Hospital.' , Deepsea fishermen at ;Timaru . -ire oatching largo numbers of at 1 the present timeV and nearly every day , about 30 barrels, full of groper are sont to Christchurch. One day recently thevwhole fleet of oil launches se- , - c cufea c the>jreoqrd;;oatch ---for the porf, ; totalling -no feweif tKan;7oo fish, - The whole of the survey staff in Tonga have resigned. ' The- suiveyprs were, greatly hampered by having t native Ministers to deal with, and looked forward hopefully for the new Consiil to. put things-on a -more businesslike footing: Apiparently he has no<: done so. In the present state of affairs Mr. J. W. Davis^strongly advises New Zealand ;, surveyors to keep away from Tonga. '■ : - ■ ' '■ '' ' ' ' ' , .*■■*< The, T*.mpeTature.-^At t>Tee ivrlock t^is V'f'rninßr, r'.ip t>ierniomHto- oticsido ' this office registeied 52 'leprees . ■ The G reat Ctearinp; Sale which is; now in full swing at Lick's Furniture Emporium, is affording the best oppoiiiinity ever presented to tho Nelson public of securing roliablo, up-to-date 'furniture and furnishings. The lvhole of the enormous stock is marked' in figures at very .low prices (in*ihany Gases we are assured at loss than, cost price). As happy, homes can be : completely furnished at such sniall cost at" this 'great jsale, the matrimonial iauestion^is abound to be influenced, and no douht marriages will be on the increase as the v- result of bhe bargains offered. The stock is ■ ono^pf the? largest in the Dominion, -and- comprises everything required to furnish the hqmeTtincluding . carpets,. rugs,' curtainsj p^iariosj Morgans, sew--1 ing ;^inlaoKinSßrli^'^ crockery, >- ranv 1 rbs. dining arid drawing'rpom as well Ia? kitchen f urnitnre,- etc; Don't fail i , -to ' visit Lock's; Binpprinm.*