NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13096, 3 May 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The time for receiving tenders by Mr. W. Rout, for the assigned stock of boots and shoes and plant of Mr. T. Vercoo, closes at noon to-day.

The local corps of the Salvation Army has received to date,£3B9 towards the building fund.

The- annual meeting of the Nelson Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held in the new refreshment room at Richmond Park this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.

The first general meeting of the Wakefield Literary and Debating Society will be held at the Sunday school room to-morrow evening.

The Gommitee of the Richmond Horticultural show advertise thanks to all those who assisted to make the show the success it was.

Mr. T. Bel, who contested the recent Harbour Board election for the Richmond Borough seat, expresses his thanks by advertisement to those who supported him.

Three candidates, Messrs W. H. Alborough, J. Corder, and A. Dodson, the necessary number only, having been nominated for the Suburban North Road Board they have been declared duly elected.

Judgment for plaintiff, by default, was given by Mr. J. S. Evans, S.M., ,it the Magistrate's Court in the case of Griffin and Sons (Mr. C. R. Fell) v Robert Benlo. n claim for £11 17s lid, with £1 10s 6d costs. In the judgment summons carp Charles Knoebone (Mr. C. R. Fell) of Hawera, v. James Sydney Milner (Mr. P. B. Atkinson) for the payment of a. debt of £9 ]3s 2d, the judgment debtor, examined by Mr. Fell, stated that since the end of January he had been earning £2 10s a week. He paid £1 a week board and was now paying £1 towards tho support of his wife »md two children, who wore living in Masterton. In reply to Mr. Atkinson he said that with the balance he had bought a pair of boots and was paying for a suit of clothes. The Magistrate declined to make an order. .

During the past four months New Zealand has exported (states Press Association) 136,026 ounces of gold, valued at £545,300—a decrease compared with the corresponding period of last year of 16,746 ounces, valued at £58,598. The export of silver for the first four months of the present year was 379,775 ounces, valued at £37,965. or 156.403 ounces, of the value of £15,777 less than for the corresponding period last year. The quantity of gold exported last month wa.s 18.081 ounces, valued at £74,659 ; or 20,715 ounces, valued at £78,059, less than in April, 1910. New Zealand aho exported 31,516 ounces of silver, valued at £3305.

The Georges' gift to the King is attracting some attention. It is stated that a list of the names of the donors, but not the amount given by <--ach, will be presented to the King. The proposal has only just come to hand, leaving but a few weeks before the subscription list is closed in June Ist. Time is thorefore so limited that it does not permit of any arrangement being suggested in the nature of an effective organisation, throughout the different districts of New Zealand. All those who may wish to join in this movement must send, with their name and address, their' subscription to the "Georce Fund," Bank of New Zealand, Wellington. The fund will close, and th-? results will be cabled Homt, on the first of June. Subsequently a li«t cf nil donors, with their addekessos in Now Zealand, wi'.l be forwarded to his Majesty the King.

The jubilee of the pioneer miners of the early goldfields, to be held at Lawrence to commemorate the Gabriel Gully Rush of 1861, will start on the 20th of this month, when the committee expect a busy week. A large gathering of the old pioneers, as woll as a great rufih of people from far and near is expected to witness a sight they have never seen before, and will never see again.

Messrs Bis'.ey Bros, and Co. will hold a stock sale at their Richmond yards to-day.

Mr. A. Gould will hold liis usual weekly sale to-morrow, at 2 p.m., and in the evening will sell a collection of books; on Saturday next he will sell freehold properties situated at Collingwood.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. will hold a stock sals at Richmond to-day.

To-morrow at 2 p.m. Mr. W. Lock wi'.l sell, without .reserve, the contents of his auction room.

Messrs J. H. Rankin and Co will hold a clearing sale at Ngatimoti on Wednesday, 17th inst, on account of Mr. J. E. Salisbury.

The Temperature.—At three o'clock this morning, the thermometer outside this office registered 42 degrees.

Ladies aro beginning to feel tho need of warmer blouses these chilly days. At Mrs. Anstice's, will be found some charming new blousings in all the season's new colours and designs, and the over-popular cream materials. These beautifully warm and good wearing materials are shown at all reasonable prices, and you're bound to find something to suit your taste exactly here. Call in and see these new blousings, it will pay you.*

There has been a good deal of criticism in regard to the water supply and municipal administration generally, but it is satisfactory to note that considerable interest is now being taken in Council affairs. There is great diversity of opinion as to the merits of candidates for the Mayoralty and City Council, but the public are unanimous that Lock's Emporium is the best and cheapest place to furnish happy homes at. Lock holds by far tho largest and most up-to-date stock of furniture and furnishings in Nelson and buyers can rely upon getting the best value for their money every time. A poet signing himself "Wordsworth." sends us a poem from which we give two verses as follows: — We are proud about our cfty, And its progress and the rest, And we always swear its people Are the heartiest and best; But the best of all good fellows Would be lost, the people say, And the city suffer sadly, Were our William Lock away, What is home without a mother, Or a table or a chair ? Half the homes about the city Own our William's tender care. If you want for cash or credit Anything on earth below, William Lock is sure to have It, He's the man you ought to know.