THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911 NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13097, 4 May 1911, Page 2

THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911 NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr, W- H. Herries, M,P. for Tauranga, will deliver a political address at Wakefield this evening,

The annual meeting of the Richmond Brass Band will be held to-morrow evening.

As the result of an explosion of gas in a gas stove about five o'clock lass evening, Mrs. Claridge, wife of the licensee of th e Ship Hotel, was rather severely burnt about the face. Her injuries were attended to by Dr. Johnston.

A man named William Stone was brought up from the Oroixelles by the Waihi last evening, and admitted to the hospital suffering from severe pruises on the back and shoulders, caused by a tree, which fiad been fellec| and slipped down the hillside, strik T ing hjm Ibefore he could get out of the way."

As a large proportion of the pictures now on view'have to be forwarded, to Auckland in time for the Society <jf Arts gsjiihitjon there, it will be necessary to elope the, exhibitjoi} a| the Suter Art Gallery on Friday at nve o'clock in the afternoon. Those who have not yet visited the gallery should not fail to do so.

A fireman on the steamer Rosamond named Patrick Dean, was brought before Mf. if. S. Evans, 5.M.,,.at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, charge^ with ' assaulting $i© chief engineer of the. vessel, Walter D. Tayjor, while on the high seas. Aiooused was convicted and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment in the Nelson polipe gaol, with hard labour.

Ladies are beginning to feel the need of warmer blouses these- chilly .days'. At Mrs. Anstice's, will be found some charming new bjousings iQ aU tfa© season's new colours and designs, and'the ever-popular cream materials. Ttesei 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-blousjngfl, it