NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13647, 12 February 1913, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

•' The Wiell&i.gt3on^Na.ple^ dieis|«iich of mails on January 3, -arrived at London oir February .Bth/ ; ...•/;:, | . . ."," ■'~ j V'-f: ... At the,, Magistrate's Coujrt yefiterday M^ Frank -Rupert" Hallam.' of . Lower ;Motiter©/' was 'granted a-"land agent's lieehrie,.',/"."1 '•. *i';:[fi ..'.'.. v ;,- '.-■ :. ;; • '

,' ■ ißrarichea t oi'<■ ike ProgressiV« Liberal: League and' V>f Jthe'lles6rm lieague have been established at Weetport. ■

Councillor Mercer has given' notice of motion as';:fqllows Jfor the n^t meeting of ibte Gity Council t''Th^;^e; resolution T>&3sed:by this Council on;liie..l9th day'of^ July, 1912J ae^ follows; ■■■iabeT-.to. Hamjxlen' etreet. r7 -That^ pirovideol the owiiers'pf'tlie ■properties supply ; the pipes' for the ;;culvert the ditch be^ filled in-^cost aboiit £ls^--be and the same is hereby rescinded." . -> ,

"''There'-.is lin agitation in Qermariy; far'% fonh of; conscription law that shall .be applied \-sto women.': The .suggestion is that • tliey eliall go thorough one year's training rafter xeach-eT^t&-«hall..vin . hold; eco^offi^ airt/fof iijireing, :how to e^Wip'aiid'niainiaiu ; t'heii' iidtoes 'during;". tiniee of national war: " According "to ,a cable *rifessage"i» the Australian papers,; the 4eader&\of the movement advocate that no-rwoman shall be allowed to marry unl^s >he holds the proposed certifi-cates'l-.i . ■;.■.■

Enormous <$rowds> attionded the funeral; the other day of the traffic policfeman who. w&& killed by a motor'bus- at.Ludgate Circus, London,; reJfcentij, whiSjei directijag tihe| traffic. full of wi-eaths followed the hearee, one of the floral emblems being from an old1 woman, whom . the officer once helped across the' street.

Features that were ,^g dangerous as they' !were novel ;were introduced at a ball which, was given by a fashionable skating club in Rome the other night, and which, was largely attended by the aristocracy. Princess Radziwel made heriappearanc© in a chariot drawn by a lion and a leopard. * During ■ the evening: the beasts- became troublesome and, their unrulinese j&nally, became so threatening that they, Jiad to be forci- ; blyv removed. Princess Radziwell is>a| dau§hte;r of • \a. well-known Jaajsncan, imiffionaire^ I'sind lias deaie ;ajnumbet tbiiiaKre 3bhings:«foT "the 'jE^fconis^ment-and; entertainment of the jsniart /»et in. Ne# York sitpA Europe. ■ fv'f.-y :\'i'\.:'^'

At this time of the year great efforts are being made by some business people to induce trad©, and clearing sales, stock-taking sales, etc., are announced. The management of Lock's big furniture emporium fiave no occasion to resort tq any clearing sales —bogies or -otherwise. Nor do they need any catchpenny methods' to indue© trade. This firm keeps busy practically all the year round. Lock's, huge stock, which is all marked in plain' figures, is at the disposal, of their clients, and.splendid valu© |s ajlwaye given.1; It •' will be of special interest to raspberry and hop pickers, as well a« to the general public, to know that during the, next six' weeks a discount of ten/per cent will be allowed,off the low-marked prices on soft goods, arid five P^r cent off all cabinet work. TJiese,'isu.bfltantial concessions will be for cash only—and we recommend buyers not to'\miss visiting: Lock's emporium to secure the advantages offered.

. The legal oflices of Nelson and-Mo-tueka will bo closed to-day from 12 noon on account of the Nelson Trotting Club's meeting at Richmond.

Ono of the light-fingered gentry had a good win at the circiis at Dannevirke recently . The "News" cays a son of a well-known business man exhibited a well-filled puroe while getting change when purchasing his ticket, replacing it in an inside pockot. Later in the evening ho missed it, and was theieby tho poorer by between £40 and £50.

A big robbery was perpetrated on board tho Hamburg-Amerikan liner Cape Blanco during the voyage from Rio Janipro to Vigo. Upon the arrival of the vessel at the Spanish port it was discovered that £4000 in German gold coins had been extracted from the safe. The ship's officers have no clue to the perpetrators of the robbery.

It is reported that Mr G. van Schueren, editor of a Dutch paper, who recently travelled overland from Cairo to Johannesburg, claims to have discovered a race of giants in German East Africa.