NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13411, 8 May 1912, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

An old man «named Abbott was brought into the Nelson Hospital last night by tho Hina which sailed uj> Waimt?a street, negotiating College Hill etc.

__ A Melbourne cable states that tho Now Zealand passengers by th« Omrah include tho Rev. Mr. Hawdon, and 11 in the third class.

A first offender for drunkenness was convicted and fined 5s by Mr. J. S. Evans, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday.

All those who intend bedng present at the ballot, at tho Council Chambers this evening to decide the site for the erection of workers' homes are asked to notify Mr. S. Tyson (Inspector of Factories) to-day.

An application for a 'prospecting license over 100 acres at the Wangapewas granted to Alfred A. Grace by Mr J.S. Evans (Warden) at a sitting of the Warden's Court yesterday.

We understand that Mr. Philip Ncvwbury, tho well known tenor, and Madam Spada, the celebrated prima donna, and complete company will jjay us a visit in the near future. ,

During the next 12 months tho Melbourne Harbour Trust will spend, apart altogether from ordinary maintenance work, £254,000 on improving the facilities for handling daep-sea ships.

At Ballarat (Victoria) a bolting cabhorse ran on to tho footpath and jumped ovor &> go-cart which. Mrs. Corbett was wheeling, and in which was her infant. Tho horse struck the go-cart, but the child was uninjured.

The returns from tho stores show the following number of boxers of butter were on Jiand on April 30th: Auckland, 20,454 boxes; New Plymouth 10,000; -Patea 3.001; Wellington .15,116 ; Lyttelton 15,120; Dunedin, 1,149; total,' 54,840. A contemporary suggests that the price of butter should be lowered.

Special railway concessions to individual districts may be political necessities but the provision of an adequate number of trucks to carry the produce and merchandise of the Dominion is a business proposition of paramount importance to tho department over which Mr Myers presides.—Mat-aura ''Ensign.;'

Judgment for plaintiff by default waa given by Mr. J. S, Evans, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday in i.llO following cases: Mt. Owen Rising Sun Mineral Co., Ltd., (Mr. Houlkor) v. Patrick James Do ran, claim for £5, with costs £1 7 S 6d; William Stott^Mr Atkinson) v. George Cornell. c]^> Tor £5 10s, with costs £1 16s 6d;.Henry Wright (Mr. Wise) v. Arthur Scott, c aim for £9 Is 6d, with costs £1 3s 6d. The hearing of the action,, Effie Newbiggen Richardson v. Walter D. Thompson (Mr. J P. Hayes) a claim for £113 lls_ lOd, cost of fencing erected in the Maitai Valley, vras continued.

_ We are disposed to believe that there is a real shortage of farm workers at the present time, and it is obvious that such a condition .of affairs must retard tha extension of our most valuable industry and so inflict loss on every member of the community. But the Government naturally will want to know all the facts before they enter upon a largo scheme of assisted immigration.—"Lvttelton Times." -

A ono-legged man named Richard O Bnen. alias Richard Sheehan, alias •Joo Edwards, was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., with using obscene language in Bridge street on tho. previous evening. Accused, who elected to be dealt with summarily, said .he-was drunk at the time and had no recollection of what had occurred. Evidence was given by Constables Townsend and McGregor and Mr. W. J. Doyle.. Sergt. Mullany said the accused, who was an ex-industrial school boy, had a very bad record. In 1906 he was convicted of assault at the Hutt, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment. However, he cleared out to Australia bofore the warrant could be executed, and had only recently returned to the Dominion, In Westport.in March last he was convicted under tho name of Joseph Ragg, for assault, the Magistrate making some very severe remarks as to his conduct. _ He hadl been going under various aliases since he returned to New Zealand. Accused was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. On a charge of damaging a hat the property of William J. Doyle (who assisted the constable in.arresting accused, who was very violent) accused was ordered t© pay 8s 6d, the value of the hat destroyed.

A meeting of thoso interested in Mr. 1(. h. Peterson's One Dip Reservoir Nib patent was held at the Industrial CoOperative room on Monday evening, when there wa s a representative attendance, Mr. T. A. H. Field (tire Maynr) presiding. Mr. Peterson demonstrated tho utility of his invention, and the great saving of time resulting from the use of tho pen. The pen attachment lias been patented in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and patent rights have been-applied for .in the United States of America and Germany. So sanguine are those having an interest in the pen that it has been decided to register the Company with 750 shares instead of 1000 as originally intended. * cry flattering testimonials have been received a s to the excellence of the invention, which consists of a reservoir, in the form of a cylinder of fine metallic gauze, fitted into the lower end of the nib holder, and extending beneath the nib, the reservoir having a smal] nozzle opening, at the lower end. Pages upon pages can be written with a single dip of the pen into an ink-well. At the' meeting the provisional directors were elected as follows: Messrs. T. A. H Field, W. Rout, W. Dee. R, W. Stiles E. T. Taylor, N. A. McLaren and E! Gibbard. Mr. John Sharp, junr., is associated with the inventor in obtaining patent rights.

The selection of tho Right Hon Sir Joseph Ward as the Empire Trad© Commissione.r for the Dominion will be hailed with great satisfaction by all classes of the people. It is said that the Opposition will be delighted if Sir Joseph will be out.of the Dominion during th<* next session of Parliament. We are pleased to say that Lock's furnishing warehouse continues to give the utmost satisfaction, and the people are' de-lighted-with the bargains they obtain in furniture, linoleums, pianos, organs, carpots, curtains, ranges, and tho marvollons . Atlas . sowing machines, etc. Lock's Emporium is one of the most extensive and up-to-date concerns in the Dominion. It contains no old fashioner! stock ; it is the place where the most modern goods are sold, and where satisfaction is guaranteed and value is unsurpassed. Then go with the crowd to Lock' 3/'