NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13020, 8 February 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A special gwierxsl meeting of the New Zealand Society «[' Accountants will be held in \Vollin;^t;■ :i od Bth b March next for tlm purpose i;l' amends ing the regulations. x To-moitow evening ;in open air concert will l<:> held in tf:t> Krcrration Ground, Hic)uiK);;il, in aid <:-f the im:d.s . of the local brass band. A splendid pn>--2 gramme of \ oeal and instrumental items has ly.vn ai ranged, and a. pit'is- ' t ant evening may he anticipated. ~ Mr F. M. Edgar, who is well and f favourably known throughout the Tikuka (lit ti ict, mitiiies in another toluinii that he has taken over the Xii Ora Teinperauee Hotel, Takaka, which 1 is repkite with e\cry modeni conveui- • ei:ce, and is located within onu jninute's walk of the post office. Coaches to a.:id fniiii the st?a;i:i'VK pa.':s the d:;;ir ' a::d traveller?; ard others are .assun-d c! condortablc: quarters. At the Magistrate's Couit, before If J. S. Kvans, S.M., a man nan^d Arthur Alfred Xuwsou wis i-imi-gi ;| with fo:niuittihr ivh iuuiatu:-d ofioKc.. at Tadmor oil 18tli January last. After 0 hearing whirli oci-upiwl tho whole d".y, accused was committed for trial at the Suprcfiiie Court on the 27th inst. .Hail was allowed, .accused in -CX)!) all d one surety of f2'A), or i;\ ti Kiireticy Ilir that amount. Mr A, T, Maginnity appeared for accusedi On the arrival of the Palft-u.a at Wellington fmm Nelson and I'ic't'in on Satiwday night a man was hamhd over to the polic-? on a chargi- of b^ing a stowaway. Following are the results of tho weight guessing competitions, held in connection with tho Golden Hay A. and P. Association's show, held at Takaka last week:—Kat beast (cimwl weight 5201b5), P. Kiley, Collin.--wood, ii-OHss, 1; J, JlcC'oi-matrk, .jI}] lbs, 2 ; A. Thompson, Awaroa, 5181b*, 3. T-lmv sheep (coirect weight 1G()-.', lbs), AY. N. Chant, Motueka, lC()lln=*, 1 ; P. Best, Applcdy, IG2l!js, 2; James Scott, Takaka, loSlbs, 3. Weight of wool shorn from above shepp: Lincoln hogget, _lll)s; Lincoln lamb, 7!bs; Itomney ev,-o, loillls. Total, 43i 11 ik ; H. Sparrow, .tSJll)^ I; F. AY, Greenslade, 4311)5, 2. Sir James Mills, interviewed by a "Dominion" reporter," stated that'arrangementsfor the installation of "wireless", iiistruiueiits on all the Union Company's passenger steamers wore far advanced. Nothing would be finally settled r-ntil the Now Zealand Government had decided clc.iinitoJv upon what system they would adopt at the stations which aro to be erected shortly around the New Zealand coast Probably the Union Company would,' to a great extent, be influenced Ijv what'tho Government were goiii"- to do in tlio, matter. The above scheme will enable vessels to coiiimimicata with each other, and tho coast stations at any time, and will no doubt be-of great braeiit to the travellin.' public as well as business people fu the Dominion. So far the only vess-1 in the intercolonial or New Zealand coastal service fitted with '•'ivirelcvr;" is the Huddart-Parker Company';;, sk-ainer Uhmaroa, a.nd som<; excellent results have been, achieved on the latter vessel since its inception. Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. «r----nounc-e the following stock sales :— To-morrow, at Thorpe; Friday next, at Tapa-wera; Tuesday next, 'at Belgrove; Wednesday ,noxt,at Kichmond--I.6th instant, Kiwaka and Motuok.i • I.Bth instant, at M.urchison ; 24th ml stant, pedigree stock, etc., at Richmond. On Saturday next the firm will oiler freehold properties. It is said that poets aro born, not made, .there are many budding poets in tho Dominion, who only require as tho waiters in the United States say a little encouragement" a ■!"> velop their latent talents. Byron sends us a poem, from which we quote two versos. Tho poem extols Lock s Great Furnishing Emporium, which undoubtedly is the cheapest and l>est place to purchase furniture and urnishings. Lock continues to "ivo big bargains. "If tables and cliairs you are lacking .fa range or stovo you desire, "' Lock's will-chosen stock's at your service, Ho has always the thing you require; If a sewing machine's your ambition' Tho Atlas is just what you need. And you'll find the old proverb is truthful, For Lock's is a friendship indeed. "You may journey to Sydney or London, To Melbourne, Chicago, or Cork, You may ransack the houses in Paris, Or the marts of Berlin and New York; But you won't furnish better or cheaper, Nor find any house that can shino With William Lock's ATarehouse in Bridge street — He's the King in the Furniture Line.'-'