NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13057, 17 March 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Dovedale Sports Committee invite entries for competitions at the sports meeting to be held on &\<ul 7th.

Notice is given of the bankruptcy of Alfred John Hulme, butcher, of Collingwood.

A meeting of teachers will be liekl in connection with the N.Z.E.I. on Saturday, 25th inst.

We learn that a deputation is to wait upon Cr. A. A. Grace to request him to become a candidate for the Mayoralty. A signed requisition to ex-Counciilor C. J. Harley is also spoken of, and the name of Cr. Field is freely mentioned as a possible candidate. "

A collection is now being made throughout New Zealand with the object of defraying the expenses of a team of athletes to uphold the reputation of New Zealand. Any subscriptions from Nelson district may be left at the "Colonist" office, and it is hoped that the appeal for funds will meet with a liberal response from Nelson. The total amount collected will be subsidised £1 for £1 by the Government, and all subscriptions must be in by the 20th. inst.

"Now that the season for dipping sheep is at hand," reported Mr \V. H. Zouch, the inspector to the S.P.C.A., at Christchurch, the other evqiring, "it is hoped that the authorities will not have the necessity- to compel sheepowners to dip their flocks at a period of the year when great cruelty is inflicted. Through negligence in complying with the Act it frequently happens that sheep are dipped- in mid winter, instead of at the proper-period the autumn months, and offenders should be brought to book for cruelty as well." It was resolved to draw the attention of the Government to the period for both dipping and shearing sheep.

The lack of education in many of the sons of farmers was- commented on by Mr Justice Denniston in the Supreme Court at Christchurch last week (says th© "Lyttcdton Times"), when Mr Stringer, K.C., offered to call evidence to show that a certain farmer's family had worked on the farm and had lost the advantages of education in consequcaice. His Honour remarked that he could quite believe such evidence. In a good many cases that came before him of farmers worth £5000 or £10,000, the farmer had made the money out of the earnings of his family, and it was perfectly well known that the children in such cases worked until they were grown men in the hope of know-ledge-that they would recciive money from their parents. He had in mind a wealthy man who could neither read nor write. Mr Stringer added that he had been astonished to find in tlic< case before him that an otherwise intelligent man could neither read nor write.

"Whom I was a young man I had been reading that a fellow should never marry into a family where there was a taint of insanity. So, for the sake of future generations, I decided that whatever my heart urged mo to do, my mind should be on guard. When the lady of my choice said "Yes," I dutifully sought the father. Maybe I was toojjrecipitate. At any rate, this is what I said: 'Your daughter has "promised to marry mb. May I ask if there is any insanity in your family?' The old man looked at me keenly. 'There must be,' was his emphatic answer."—Cleveland "Plain-dealer."

The Temperature.—At three o'clock thi3 morning.J the tlermcireter outride this office regt3terei 62 degrees.

At Mrs Anstice's you'll find some very choice moirette underskirts. Each one of those garments is beautifully cut and made m many handsome, plain and dressy styles, and you'll find the prices^ temptingly low. These are worth your inspection.*

It is said that poets are born, not made. There are many budding poets in the Dominion, who only require, as the waiters in tho United States say, a "little encquragemont" ole refop their latent talents. Byron sends us a poem, from which we quote two verses. The poem extols .Cock's Great Furnishing Emporium, which undoubtedly is the cheapest 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-chosen stock's at your ser-

vice, He has always the thing you require ; If a sewing machine's your ambition, The Atlaß 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 bouses-in Paris, Or tho marts of Berlin and New

. York, - , But you won't furnish better or

cheaper, Nor find any house that can shine With William Look's Warehouse in Bridge street— He's the King in the Furniture Lino."