NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13454, 27 June 1912, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A mooting of tlie Committee- of the Nolsori; Horticultural Society- will be held in the Chamber of Commerce room this evening to ftx thedatos of the-.bulb and sweet poa shows.

In this issue there ' appears.an advertisement dealing with the subject of linoleums. Messrs. G. Fleming and Sons have a large stock of new designs on hand which should suit a great many tastes.*

Tho Nelson Coal Fields. Limited, with a capital of £5000 has been registered.1 It is the intention of the Company to proceed immediately to bore fo,r coal on the foreshore in the vicinity of tho Stoke" Freezing Works, for which purposo the Government diamond drill has been obtained. Mr A. ii. HounseH, who has worked assiduously to promote the Company, is to be congratulated upon 'tlie success achieved.

Tho attention of State school teachers is drawn to the special meeting of the local branch of tiier New Zealand Educational Institute to be held on Saturday next at 2 p.m. at the ■ Boys' School for tho purpose of considering matters to be forwarded to the Education Commission 'at its Wellington ting. ; A telegram • .received last night states that the Commission .will not visit Nel&ou, but that matters -submitted in writing wiL be considered when the Commission meets in Wellington in about ten days' time.

The report is officially confirmed that the Kaiser -and Czar will meet on tho coast of Finland in tho early part of July. It is said that the two Emperors intend to discuss the situation in the Orient, and that the meeting will be one of great political importance.

A tradesman at Woodville was handed a cheque- to pay an account of -a few shillings, and after glancing at it gave change as for a four-pound cheque. On being invited to look at it again, ho found that it was for £4000, and .remarked that he did not have the change in the till just then^

Thero: is a great dearth of boy labour in Auckland -at present. An employer informed, a reporter the other day that in Auckland alone, there, were vacancies for severe 1 hundred boys in different trades, and it is believed that a ■ similaj' position exists in other centres in the Dominion; The principal difficulty appears to be experienced by manufacturing firms who require boys as apprentices, but the scarcity of oihoe bays is also acute.

A letter-received by an Auckland resident states . that the plague of caterpillars is very much in evidence in Queensland. It happens, pretty often," says the writer, ''that trains come to a standstill through the line swarming with .caterpillars. It is a serious visitation to many, and I dare say there are a good few in Queensland to-day who are sorry they were ever tempted to leave New Zealand." ,

Claude Lonsdale, 28,. a-farmer's son, was out shooting near Longford (Tasmania) with a companion, when darkness overtook them, and Lonsdale, losing his way fell over a cliff 30ft on to the rocks beneath. His companion summoned aid, and Lonsdale, unconscious, was carried half a mile, but died from a fractured skull before reaching the hospital.

Fashions in pets are as changeable as fashions in hate. Not iong ago the marmoset was a favourite among Society women, while others had an affection for infant bears. Tho dog, of course, holds his place, and probably will always'do so. Now .some Eastern women of Sociaty are carrying bantam cocks.