THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY MARCH 7 1911. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13048, 7 March 1911, Page 2

THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY MARCH 7 1911. NEWS OF THE DAY.

In another column Mr S. F. Bolton, near Tlieatrc Royal, announces tliat ht> has for sale new sweet pea novelties, bulbs, etc. A first offender was brought before) Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., yesterday, charged with drunkenness, ami was fined five shillingstincl costs. The annual meeting lof the Nelson College Old Boys' Football Club wiJl he liorlcl at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to-morrow evening. Intending members are invited to be present. An instruction meeting in connection with the Southern Star Lodge will be hcitd this evening. Some fine specimens of apples grown in the Redwood Valley side of the Moutere Hills have been brought to this office by Mr T. C. Yorke. Ono liouvah, picked from a tree two .years' old, which was an average specimen, measured ILV inches in circumference, while the Northoi.n Snys were also large. This is only a further demonstration of the suitability of the Moutere hills for fruit growing. A notification appears in another column regarding land to be taken at Wnngapeka for road purposes. At the Magistrate's Court, Auckland recently, a hotelkeoper admitted not keeping a proper wages and overtime book. Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., said this was a serious matter, and hr, was surprised that a hotelkeeper <litl not enter his wages book up properly. Defendant would be convicted and fined £10. The law provided for £50, and lm would be entitled to impose this. "If these breaches continue," said his Worship. "T will have to goon increasing the fines until the high water mark is readied." Costs amounting to £3 were given against defendant. Timn and wages books as approved by the Labour Department may be obtained from "The Colonist" office.* At tho Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning" Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., ordered William Barr Kraig, journalist, to pay £1 12s Gd pej- calendar month towards the maintenance of his wife, Lottie Lizzie Kraig, together with £4 4s rolicitor's costs; also to find security by bond for £40 (two approved bondsmen), or in default until the security is found, six months' imprisonment. Similar orders wero made in respect of John Shrimpton Kraig (aged 15 months). Rosa Marian Kvaig (ageel 3 years), Christina Nellie McQueen Krnig (aged 4 years), and Andrew MacCullam Kraig (aged G years), The race for the Nelson Sailing and Power Boat Club's challenge shield was not sailed on Saturday owing to unfavourable weather conditions. The race will be sailed on Saturday next. At yesterday's meeting of the Harbour Board Mr J. C. Mercer referred to oyster beds in the Board's property, which he said would be a valuable asset if looked after. They should be closed for a year or two. On'his motion it was resolved that enquiries be made as to the powers of the Board in regard to the matter. The Temperature.—At three o'clock this morning, the thermometer outside this office registered 52 degrees. It is said that poets aro born, not made. There are many budding poets in tho Dominion, who only require, a3 the waiters in tho United States say. a "little encouragement" o de relop their latent talents. > Byron sends us a poem, from which we quote two verses. The poem extols Lock's Great Furnishing Emporium, which undoubtedly is the oheapeet and best place to purchase furniture and furnishings. Lock continues to give big bargains. "If tables and chairs you are lacking, If a range or stove you desire, Lock's will-cliosen stock's at your service, He has always the thing you require; If a sewing machine's your ambition, The Atlas is just what you need, And you'll find tho 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 mart? of Berlin and New ¥ork : ' But you won't furnish fyetter or cheaper, Nor find any house that can shine With William Lock's Warehouse in Bridge street— He's the King in the Furniture Line."