NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13109, 18 May 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A pub'.ic meeting convened by the Mayor (Mr. Jas. Hunt) will be held at Richmond this evening to consider the steps to bo taken to celebrate the Coronation of King George.

Dr. Rupert Hosking, of Masterton, is suing Mr. Grove, of Auckland, for £1000 damages for alleged slander in connection with matters at the Cook Islands.

The Anchor Company wish to draw attention to an alteration in the timetable running of the s.s Koi for Saturday next. She will leave Nelson for Motueka *it noon, and leave Motueka on return at midnight.

To-day, at 1.30 p.m., Mr A. Gould will sell furniture and effects at Spring Grovo, on account of Mrs Maule; on Saturday next, at noon, he will sell freehold properties situated at Collingwood, at his rooms, Hardy street.

The Temperature.—At thre3 o'clock this morning, the tlermcroetir ouUide this office registereJ 39 degrees.

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 tho 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 the 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 timo. A poet signing himself "Wordsworth." sends us a poem from which wo give two verses as follows:—

We are proud about our city, And iis progress and tho 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 tlie city suffer sadly,

Were our William Lock away,

What is home without a mother,

Or a table or a chair P 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 th» man you ougkt to know,