NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13412, 9 May 1912, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annuaL meeting and the first korero of tho Nelson Savage Club will be held in the Masonic Hall on Saturday week at 8 p.m.

Tho meeting called for last evening of the applicants for workers' homes^ was adjourned until Wendesday next, pending further information from the Labour Department. In addition to the sites already offered, Mr. W. de Castro has offered one in Mount street.

Alderman E. R. Hartley, who is touring New Zealand under the auspices of the Now Zealand Socialist Party, delivers an address on the Biibject of "Socialism" at the Druids' Hall, this evening at 8 o'clock.

A prosecution tinder the Licensing Act will come be%)re Mr. J. S. Evans, '9.M.,, at tho Magistrate'^ ■Court .to-1 morrow. - ■. •

A horse attached to a wood and coal cart belonging to Messrs. Tasker and Levien slipped and fell on the asphalt surface of Hardy street yesterday morning. Some slight damage to the harness resulted, and the driver ©scaped probable injury by jumping clear of the cart.

We have received from the secretary (Mr. B. L. Salmon) a copy of the annual report and balance sheet of the New Zealand Football Association. This shows that the "soccer" game (which is not played to any extent in Nelson) is flourishing in other parts of the Dominion, theire being altogether 285 teams playing Association, football. The balance isheet shows the finances to be in a healthy condition.

Send for a pair now! Shop by mail. Right now wo are celling South Canterbury Blankets, all wool and very large for 19s 6d and 24s pair. We pay postage.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Company.*

Soinq thousands of people witnessed a thrilling feat by a professional aeronaut named -Morton at Venice (Gal). From an aeroplane that had soared to a great height Morton made a descent by means of a parachute. It is estimated that the machine was at an altitude; of 2600 feet when Morton, made hi& risky leap.

An. authoritative statement from Geneva says that the Swiss National Bank anticipating the possibility of an outbreak of war in Europe, has just finished printing £1 200,000 worth of 20-franc war notes. Tho action taken is in accordance- with the Swi&a Federal law, which permits such an emergency _ circulation in extraordinary circumstances, and was also the result of a report from one of the bank's directors who recently mado a careful investigation of the relations existing.among the Great Powers. The notes are not to be issued unless war is declared.

A farmer near Toulouse was buried alive recently. The funeral procession was moving away from his grave when somebody heard a faint rapping which seemed to come from under the mourners' feet. Everybody set to work to unearth the coffin, and it was opened. The body had turned over and was still warm, but all efforts to revive the man were useless.

We pay. postage! We want, to sell you blankets. We are soiling big, warm English blankets f«or 10a 6d, 15s 6d, and 19s 6d pair. Send for a pair now. Enclose cash with order, and we'll send them by return mail.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Company.*

A unique- sort of gathering will .shortly take place at Bucharest, Roumania, where a congress of convicts is to be held for the purpose of forming an international association among me*i w ho have been in gaol. The promoters declare that society is cruelly unjust to men who have had to suffer for their crimes, and it is to "remedy this state of affairs" that tho conference is projected.

No collection of Irish repartees is complete without mention of Curran. To Sir Boyle Roche, who boasted in his presence that a baronet had "given mo his eldest daughter in marriage," Curran said: "If he had had an older one you would have got her." "Do you see anything ridiculous about my wig?" a dandified barrister asked him. "Nothing except your head," said Curran. On his death bed the doctor said to him one morning: "You are coughing very badly to-day." "That's very odd," Curran said, "for I've been practising all night,"

A penny brings us to your door! ! We pay postage to any part of! the district. We have big warm bush rugs for 2s lid, 3s lid, 5s 6d, 7s 6d, 10s 6d, and 12s 6d each. Get ono now. Send cash with order, and we'll poet one straight to you.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Company.*

Tha TmiviAisunve. —At three o'clock this momii,^, ifco thermometer outeise this office (■)..»isture 48 degrees.

For Children's Hacking eo'ight at night. Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d,

Waloomethe coming—»r>ee<l the parting guest wi^li Marteir* Brandy.

Jasmin Creme.—Perfect for keeping the skin free from all roughnesß, and tan and 'sunburn during tho hot sum--mer months. Pric© 3s. 6d. post free. Mrs, Raw, Trafalgar Street, opposite Municipal Buildings.*

The selection of the Right Hon Sit Joseph Ward as the Emmr©. Trade CJommissioiier for the Dominion wil] be hailed with great satisfaction by all classes of the people. It is said that the Opposition will be delighted if Sir Joseph Trill be out of the, Dominion during the next session of Parliament. Wear© pleased to say that Lock's famishing warehouse continues to give the utmost 'satisfaction, and the people are delighted with the bargains they obtain in furniture, linoleums, pianos, organs, carpets, curtains, ranges, and the marvellous Atlas sewing machines, etc. Lock's Emporium is one of the most extensive and up-to-date concerns in the Dominion. It contains no old fashioned stock ; it is the place where the most rr.odern goods are sold, and where satisfaction is guaranteed and valuo is unsurpassed. Then go with the crowd to Lock's.' ■' '