NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12770, 16 April 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The "NorthTotago Times" says that one fortunate potato, grower in the Oamaru district took £56 worth of potatoes off a single acre. Fortune a-fceljr for -tile- potato growerß Hig bli^lit is not BQ bad aft In other places where thei* has beeii a greater rainfall: Tile gotJU crops of North Otago make good the devastation caused further north by the disease. There is a proposal on foot to establish municipal baths at Manaia. An estimate of cost is to be furnished' to the next meeting of the Town Board. Mmo-. Lydia Lipko'wski, Russian prima donna: now in America,- has joined the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union, and will take an active part in'tho "Votes for Women" battle in the United States. The Otago wheat yield this season is of excellent quality, especially in Southland, where much of the. grain is quite phenomenal, but the quantity will be less than was expected. The yield was hot more than 30 bushcJs. An affiliation case was called oj? at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Mr Harley, who appeared for the complainant, stated that the defendant through his solicitor, Mr C. R. Fell, had acknowledged paternity, and agreed to an order being made for six shillings per week. An order was accordingly made for 26s per calendar month, to be paid until" the child attained the age of fourteen years, defendant also to pay one guinea solicitor's coßta. The Austrial cargo steamer Georgia, which berthed at Wellington the other day, has a crew of rather .irixed nationalities. There are tweiv^-lcu-Austrians, four Italians, v throe E <glish,'three Greeks," and a German. . A gruesome discovery was made while repairs were being effected to a residence ;at Paraparaumu, near Otaki, lately. Upon proceeding to coTjdit..c repairs between the ceiling and toe roof the workmen were surpj-ised to find; a skeleton. No further particulars in regard to the discovery are given. The "Wanganui Herald" says that "the explanation of Mr G. P. WaKe, the Eltham solicitor, seems .to' show that a great deal of unuecessr.ry heat has arisen in hie fellow practitioners anent liis recent remarks to Mr Grt-«7a-field, "S.M.i." Mr Wake stated at first, and now repeats., that he intended no discourtesy to the. Magistrate, but that he deemed it necessary to protest against the Government, which retires Magistrates at the age of 65, imposing on the. good nature of an old gentleman of 80 by' asking him to fill, even if only, temporarily, a vacancy which it has, neglected to appoint another man to. There doesn't seem to be in this any reflection on either theprobity or the ability of Mr Greenfield, and, so far as his attitude to-; Wards the Government's action is concerned, Mr : Wake is entirely, right. The Government which insists' oil the private employer treating his'Cinployees decently :has often enough, and with good reason, been accused of giving its. employees too much work, and too little pay, 'in other words, of sweating them. And the Government seems just, as willing to sweat Magistrates as it does railway hands';. Apropos which,, it would seem a far.. thing for the Government to relieve the Wanganui S.M. of a good portion of his district. An area" reaching from Wanganui to Marton,and up the Main Trunk: to Raetihi, is too large for any one. man to handle to say nothing of the inevitable congestion of the country's business which "results theretherefrom." . A most fortunate escape from serious accident befell Mr R. M'Lennan early the other morning, writes the Rae's Junction correspondent of the "Tuapeka Times." He had been engaged in the carting of rabbits from Miller's Fat to Edievale for Messrs. White and Co. His daily .trip to and from the Flat is very, long, and results in much loss of sleep, and when going through with about 1200 rabibts on Saturday morning the driver, who had fallen asleep in his seat had a rude awakening oy the complete overturn of his waggon at a turn, adjacent- to the Junction School. M'Lennan, who was half ■ buried in "rabbits, crawled but tb find himself; luckily, .with only a few -bruises on hand and foot:; ''. The four horse's, un-scratched;. and unperturbed, wexeion the roadside with the front carriage. To his oversight in not having put.in the key of the kingbolt he heowesi his life, 1 * for, had the horses': got down, it is more than probable that he could never have safely emerged from underneath the waggon. The waggon suffered damage to the extent of a few pounds. . . Messrs Bisley Bros, and Go. will sell on Tuesday next 500 sheep; at Richmond, on Wednesday, 400 lambs., 3oo ewes and wethers, and 30 head of cat^ tie. On Friday next, acting under in-structions-from the Public Trustee, the firm will sell the two properties previously owned by J. W.vClaridge, deceased, and afterwards hold a clearing sale of all live and dead stock thereon. Also on Saturday, 23rd April seven valuable properties on account of Mr J. Taylor. / Ge«rg» D'avies, euit specialist, Hardy street* begß-fco advise his numerous oußtomerß and the public geiler.allv that he has moVed to more commodieuß premJßes next t» Grahtßros., forwardias agents. Gall *nd «cc the latest suitings, •vercoatings, and fancy vests patterns. Save money at once and -give me your next : suit order.* The Temperature.— At tVree ..'clock thiß uiornin? the thermometex outside thiß offic* registered 41 degrees -The season. is now fully developed, and it will pay every woman to, visit Mrs Anstice's, where magnificent displays of beautiful dress fabrics, new dress finishes, exquisite millinery, etc., are shown. And, as so many of; the Nelson women know, the prices for these goods are the lowest possible for goods of such quality and style. A visit of inspection is always appreciated here.* „ For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2j 6d. ■ The Great Clearing Sale which is now fn full swing at lock's Furnitures Emporium, ;is affording the best opportunity ever presented to' the Nelson public of securing reliable, up-t°-date furniture • and .furnishings. Td« whole of the enormous stock is marked in plain figures at very; low prices (in many cases we arc assured at less than cost price). As happy homes can be completely furnished at, jjuch small cost at this great sale, tbeV matrimonial question is bound to be influenced, and no doubt marriages will be on the increase as the result of the bargains offered. The stock is one of the largest in the Dominion, and comprises -everything^ required to fnrnißh" the . home^including carpets, 'rugs curtains, pianos, organs, sewing machines, linos., crockery,, ranges, dining and drawing room as well as Kitchen furniture, etc Don t fail to visit Lock's Emporium.*