NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 1315, 11 July 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A meeting of the Nelson Kennel Club will be hold this evening.

An entertainment by the Sunday school children v ill be given in the Piesbytoiian Hall this evening.

Tile monthly meeting of tho South"-. em Star Lodge of Freemasons takes place this evening.

It is notified in tho "Now Zealand Gazette" that Parliament wi 1 meet for the despatch oi business on Thursday, 27th inst., at 2.30 p.m.

A list of teachers holding certificates ol- licenses under the Education Act, 1908, is published in Inst week's "New Zealand Gazettes"

iifes Oriinlcy, the Tcmperanci speaker from Leicester, will speak at th e Port Mission Hall this evening. 'I ho chair will bo "taken at eight o'clock A collection i\ ill be taken up.

Tl'c grO*s takings in Dlincdin by the SheffiJd Choir at the-three concerts and matinee; were £2250.—Press Association.

It is understood that Mi-. E. G; B. Mops will be a wiudldats for the Parnoil seat jit tho forthcoming Parliamentary elections. He will come.out as aii OppQsitionist.

At Wellington on Friday last a young man. .charße'd with having failed to register; linUer tlk> .neiv Defence Act, who objected on conscientious grounds to compulsory military training, was fined £4 with costs 7s or in default twenty-one days' imprisonment. Two other defendants, who registered after the issue of the summonses, were convicted and discharged. An information, the first of its kind in Nelson district, has been laid against a local resident for failing to register.

The Hon. It. McKenzie, Minister for Public Works, wjll address his ttinstituents at Mqtiieka this evening.. Tomovrow evening the Minister will deliver an. important political speech, at Wakeficld, when Jie will reply to the criticisms ,of tlie. Leader.of ±he Opposition, and Mr, Herrieg, M.P;,"ftriiti it will, Be remembered spoke at Wakefield some weeks ago.

~ Thp sub-enumerators who are taking tlie electoral census in Nekpn, comnKniecd their dntioa yesterday hiorili:ig. A housf to house canvass is to be.made,- and any person refusing to answer the necessary inquiries which the enrolment officers .ire authorised and renuired to make, is liable to a fine of £o.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Nelson Accountant Students' Society will be held in the Chamber of Commerce room to-morrow evening, when Mr. W. Vernon Rout will.deliver i. lecture on ''Bankruptcy Law." Those interested in the subject are cordially invited to attend.

Yesterday, at the Magistrate's Court, a first for drunkenness was connoted and discharged by Mr. J. S. Evans, .S.M., who advised him .to got dvi of the : tnwn forthwith.; as h? had been annoying Jx iuimliei; of people by his. conduct. Abraham Turner, on a similar chargs, was convicted and fined 10s;

There is now no time.to be lost by intending visitors, to the Wellington Industrial Association's Exhibition,1 for.it will positively e'.ose on Saturday 29th July. The attendance has kept up remarkably well considering tho bad weather that has been encountered by the promoters. The attendances so far have reached 114,000, and. the losson of supporting New Zealand manufacturers by insisting on having goods made in New Zealand by Now Zcalanders, thus keeping the Mnonej in tho country, has been well dri.eii home. The executive are anxious, however, tliat country visitors shall take full advantage of the excursion fares to see this remarkable display oi New Zealand industry, ere it closes.

A remarkable tale of tile sagacity of a horse was told by Mr, \\, H. Zouch, inspector of the Christchurch centre of tlie Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the society's last meeting. A shoeless horse, apparently drawing towards the end of its life, was turned adrift on the roads during the recent- heav.> rains, and after wandering several miles, found it way back to a former owner, a cab-driver, who had parted with. it about twelve years before. The. inspector stated that he hud oxamined tlie Horse, and did not consider it/ to be in such a condition as to warrant, its condemnation. He had tried to find someone to take the horse, but had great difficulty in getting anyone to do so for some time, though he thought that he had at last found a home where it would be treated with the reSpect due to an old and faithful servant.

Gold basket fiandps. Something quite new. Designs exquisite. Prices right at Louis Kerr's, 109 Trafalgar street.

Presents! Go to Louis Kerr, watchmaker and jeweller, 109 Trafalgar street. (Note No. 109 carefully).*

Dave Smith, ox-champion middle weight of the world, and A. Kelly,' his sparring partner, at present with the Jock Willis Caledonian Co., were yesterday each fined 10s and costs, for engaging iv a boxing contest at Palmerston North without complying with the provisions of the Police Offences Act.

Mr. Alfred Gould announces that the auction sale of Mrs. Perrin's furniture and effects, advertised for next Wednesday, is unavoidably postponed for a few days. Also that the date of. the clearing sale at Spring Grove is fixed for Thurscday, the 20th inst., net tho 17th inst., as advertised on Saturday.

Messrs. Bisley Bros, and Co. will hold a stock sale at Richmond to-mor-row ; on the 18th inst., they will hold a c"ear;ng sale at Brook street, on account of Mr. James Newport.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will hold a stock sale at Richmond to-morrow".

The Temperature.—At three o'clock this morning, the t)tera>cn>eter outtide this office registere.l 45 degrees.

Combings mounted, 2s 6d per ok. Every description of hair work. Only best hair used. Match perfect. Large stock of pads, including natural Hygenic Hair Pads, 14 inches, 3s Gd ; j.B inches, 5s Qi; all around full pad, 7s 6d. Post free.—Mrs. Gaw, Tatton's Buildings (Upstair) Trafalgar street.*

For Children's Hacking Cough at uight. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, U 6d, 2s 6d.

It is generally agreed that Sir Joseph Ward has worthily represented the Dominion at the Imperial Conference, though some are not pleased at his accepting a baronetcy. Wo are unable to find much to complain of in the Right Hon. gentleman's speeches other than that he omitted to say that a factor in the progress of the Dominion was the celebrated Atlas Sewing Machines sold by Lock, the Universal Provider. These machines are light up-to-date, will work backwards or forwards without changing the stitch, practically last a lifetime, give every satisfaction to the users, and are sold at about half the price of other machines. Mr. Lock is a'so solo ac<?nt fof the Wonderful Sun Lamps, Mmo r nnrl Zonlandia open-firo ranges, etc. Lock bns the largest show rooms In the Dominion and holds a huge and up-to-date stock of furniture and furnishings, which he sells at the lowest price Everyone invited to iusjKct tlic furnitiue, linos., carpets, pianos, organs, and everything required to make the home comfortable and attractive,