NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12769, 15 April 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annual meeting of the Wakofield branch of the Farmers' Union I will be held on Tueeday neprt. The, annual meeting of the parishr ioners of Christ Church will be held on Monday «veniag next*. .-. .'. . . la the Supreme Court at Nelson on the 12bh instant, Mr Justice Cooper, on the application of Mr E B Moore, granted probate, of the will of Charles Teece. deceased, to Ann Forman Teece, of Upper Moutere, widow, and Ihom-. as Hewetson, oi Upper Moutere, tanner, tb.e"e»xecutors therein named. - Tiie annual meeting of the Reiere#»' Association will be held this ev'emng. ;■■■;;■ • Mr Foster Fraser says, that he used to thiuk the American people the most touchy people on the face of the earth, but they »re hardened and cal""" alongside the New Zealanders Ihe latter would ask him what he thought of New Zealand. But ho quickly discovered that all they wanted was for him to -praise, the country. He £lso state! that "th» modem New Zealanders look to Psrliftment to obtain for them what their sires obtained for -themseilves with taut smewa and the sweat of their brows.' Mr W, J. Beach, the WellingtoiL inventor of an aeroplane, will leave for Australia on Friday night under arrangement with a; syndicate, to build an airship to compete for the £0000 prize offered by the Commonwealth Government.— "Times." The Oainaru Woollen Factory is being seriously hampered by the difficulty in getting sufficient hands to do the work. . The Blenheim "Express" of Wednesday states that Sergeant W. Boyce, of .^the^jMounted. Rifles,, met. with. a senons 'accident whilst returning home from parade the previous night. When . opposite Mrs Jellyman's House at Upper Spring Creek, his horse swerved through an open, gateway.. His thigh came in contact" with the post, and he was thrown, sustaining a fracture of the thigh. Mr Boyce. lay for four hours before anyone knew of 1 is mishap. Dr. Bennett was sent ;'or immediately, and having made his patient as comfortable as poss: ile the latter was conveyed to the hot .htal in the ambulance.

The following are the monihly selection of new books for the Nelson Institute Library :— "Tho North West Passage" (Ronald Amundsen) ; "Principles; of Psychology" (William James): "Aunt Jane of -Kentucky" (Eliza "Calvert Hall); "Romance, of Michael Trivail' ' (Joseph Hocking) ; "The Tenderfoot" (W. J. Sheppard)j "The City of Beautiful- Nonsense" (Temple. Thurston); "The Laird of the Golden, Trade" (John. Lang); ' 'Everybody' s Secret (Dion . Calthorpe);- "The Castle by the Sea" (Harriot Watson) : "From I Jail to Steam". (A. F. Mahan) ; "Seme; Ladies in* Haste' r (Robert A. Cuam--bors)r "A Set of Six" (Jose.)h CJonrad);"The Path ofHonom ' (Sydney Grier) ; "The Lost Viol". (M. P. Shiel) : "The Lackey and tho Lady" (Tom Gallon) ; "Seymour Charlton"'CWTB. Maxwell); "Northern Lights ' Gilbert Parker) ; . "The of Kings"- (Marmaduke Picktha^); "Stradetta" (Marion Crawford) j "Studies iv Wives" (Mrs Belloc Lowndes); "A Deal in Wheat (Frank Norris) ; "The Makuig of _ a Novelist". (Christie Murray); The Red Room (William Le Quex) ; "Ihe Great Gay Road" (Tom Gallon) ; "Ihe Strayings of Sandy" (Mrs Dorothea Conyars); "Christmas at Poverty Castle": (Tom Gallon); and many others by. well known authors. Mrs Drummond, a well-known member of the Women's Social and Political Union, was recently the means of having the first "human: letter" sent through the post in Glasgow. She was in the. city with her boy, and, desiring to send the child home, she resolved to "post' 'him. When Bhe made her de-sire-known to the officials -at the Post Office tMey were surprised at the unusual request," and indicated that they had dojibts as to whether 1 such a transaction could be carried out: Mrs Drummbnd;'however, was able to;conVince them by a reference to the rules, and the Officials undertook to despatch the fcoy.; A form was. filled up and given to a telegraph messenger, who took charge of the boy and conveyed him to the address given, the messenger obtaining a receipt on delivery. -Cromwell Dixon, an American boy aviator, Seventeen years old, has made more than 275 successful flights in his home-m^de dirigible airship. ■ Arrangements are now being completed by the Commonwealth Government (the reports) to afford opportunity to a dozen or so of Scottish farmers to visit _ Australia, and acquaintithemselves with the possibility of th<j%nd available, for settlement an thiß cVuntTy." Communications have been passing for -some time between, the' Deparfcmeht of Exterrial Affairs' and the |mperial.authoritieß, with the result that the 1 Secretary /of State for the Colonies is now *ettling^the. details of a- journey of inspection 'for ten or twelve farmers from Scotland. These farmers will probably reach AustraQia in August next, and in the meantime the services of the State Governments are being enlisted so that every information and assistance can be afforded to the land-seeker's upon their arrival. The visitors will, be given ah, opportunity of examining agricultural land in the various States, and will be provided with all particulars. which may assist them in forming an opinion on immigrants' prospects in Australia, •and expressing it to their fellow countrymen on their return to Scoifland. On April 10th, General Booth entered his 82nd year. At an age when most men are either exhausted of settling down in "the winter of their discontent," this extraordinary man (re-, marks the ''War Cry") undertakes exhausting and long-sustained campaigns, addressing crowded.assemblages, writing voluminous despatches, busied with multifarious duties. Day and nightY he knows little respite, but stands out from the ruck of ordinary hvunanity^afi a stimulus to zeal, a spur to activity, an emphatic attestation to a militant religion, and a supreme example of a boundless compassion for the miserables of misfortune. Since the irregular warfare in Whitechapel, in 1865, What. hath God not wrought! Forty-iive' years, and lo r a militant force spreads over the face of the earth, working in 56 countries, preaching in 32 languages, possessing 8574 corps and outposts, 904 Social institution. 512 day schools, 13,; Naval and. Military Homes, 16,244 officers and cadets, employing 6269 persons withr out rank, whilst the children's work is looked after by .58,867 local: officer*, arid the music for meetings and marchel i» «ujjplied by 21,081 bandsmen. Then that : mighty medium for spreadi»a'cleari and healthy literature, the press, published 78 periodicals, with a total of copies per issue: of 1,083,966. All thii from the humble beginning. The well known firm of Mrs Ansiise i* offering spj«cial"r«ductions for tiiose who are in town after the-hop fieking, and all are incited and adrise^ to call! -in and see the fine : displjiyV' in. every' department, "and if you .'should wish/ to purehaseV you'll &ni; i &ip)>6fTciitctiona are" well, worth while. . tdu can-depend upon every article youi find in . this 3 store being thoroughly} reliably in' quality, - and correct :in" style. Come in anyway and I«pk MRindi* - : Georfi- DaTtM, toft specialist, B*rdy itre«t, b«se t» adrise his nuni'ercTis eu»tiitn9f» v»d ihe puWiogener-: •11t that he has hjotW to more commodions promisee »exi>t» Grant Bros., forwarding agents. Call and, see th« Utest tuifingt, ♦vercoatings, and fancy resti patterns. Savp- money at once and ■ gir« m© jour ' next fait" •'■. : -' ■■':'-. : .■■"■'"•■■ '■'''■: ■■