NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13382, 3 April 1912, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A large number of business people notify that their premises will be dosed from to-morrow evening until Tuesday morning for the Easter holidays. The annual meeting of the WakHield Electric Governor Propeller Syndicate, Ltd. will be held in the Co-operative* room's this evening. Not content with entering upon the ! fruit business in.. Christchurch, Ghinai men, it is said, are- to open a fancy | goods and Eastern arts emporium. It is stated that the shop.will he equipped on a gorgeous scale; and the attendants will bo attired in the Chinese national dress. - Tlk> Anchor Shipping and Foundiy Company. Ltd. advertise in this issn'1 tii ( > running of steamers to and from -Motueka for the Easter holidays. Th-^ excursion faro has been fixed nt hvcsliilliimK for return tickets, :wiihblr from Thursday evening to Tuesday afternoon. What might have proved to be a *"rions j'Cfidont is reported to li.°.vo occurred last week. Whilo descending Jenkins' Hill the brake of a. waggon, with .'i pair of horses drivi'ii by Mr T. W.-it.T-house. of "Wii-iti, gave wn.v. wihh ibcremit- that th.° linrf<*s. ; i^el ::iu' th" weight oi tho'waggon at tljo b'-k of thriii, got oiit of hand and ii un-j^l through the Jipdgo into 2Vir O'lJtil-u's property at Bishopdale, wh.cro thy unggOii capsized. I«'ortunatc;y \Tr Vvt.t-er-hou&c escaped without injury -md very lit+.'e dajnag© done U> -^lthor tl.'o hoisos, harness or waggon. /