NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13648, 13 February 1913, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

'. The annual meeting of " the Nelson District A.O.E. will be held to-day. In the evening visiting delegates will be present "by invitation at the opening of the, new Foresters' Hal! at Wakapuaka.

. Mr. A.. Kiiigsford, of Christchurch, is the successful tenderer.for the erec■!tion'. of cottages at Arthur's Pass, eta!tipn;.on ,tJie-:Mxdland railway; at'a cost jot"£da7v:*xkii.. ." -■■-■■■ ' •■■■- ■ ■ •

X'- DiirliV^'the bearing of the defence pro6ecutipn3 at; BrightNvater yesterday, one of tlie defendants pleaded that he.; had been "residing at west ;Wanganui, one of-the. exempted, districts,'; whirh ,<^Taße^';^ei/Ma''gißtirat«. to "remark •. thut these \Vere; like'; sancMUiirieei. lor .Mck's'tn^^ict'*no:fc want^o-be ehot. ; ■jK---- ■■-•■tt-' i.*:.>-.--■. ':■?: ,■'... ?.:->i.-|.>vv.-. :v? ■' ;. -v ■

■ fi^laci: by! ;the;hame olMpli ; Peggi : -met ; with'a■misforttiiie yesterday, morn- ; ing.;;:' Pie had just1 purchased a horse:..and i Vehicle^ and was launching out. for him- • ieelf m"a fruiV/and vegetable 'deliTery "'bttfiin&se a«^ ; ;,means-,of■ making;a liveli-. , ihopdi.;:' On hie opening v roriHd"yesterday ! morriing he calledaail&t il& local 'residence, 1 aiid tied his ' horse vpr, apparently securely. The animal, ;n his* absence, -became ".; restive, broke away;_ capsized jand;.Bniashed' the cart; and injured it-'seW'-ferih'e/eittent' that it ;has becbrrie ; lame.! That the lad should .receive such ,a severe 6ei back 'at this early,: stage ilias ■ cpmpeUeVi the sympatliy of a. num"bfer' of local people who have promised ■morietary assistance in his troublei Mrs. J. S. Eyatiß has opened a sAibscripfibn list, and has already received the en ru of £2 56. This paper ha« been asked to open a list, and any who have a desirei.to assist^Pegg may leave their gifts at this office.

Out of the profits made by the magazine issued by the late Primitive.Methodist Church j over £1000 has been-voted to tne.hqnie^mission: fund of the.church to aid work in the back-blocks.

The hostile feeling that prevails in ; .England against the Mormons, continti<S9 to manifest itself- The latest ! deirionstration. against tho sect is re- ■ ported..fromjpswic,!!, in Suffolk, where 300:lMbrm6n teachers,' who had just ■arrived from -London; had a lively ex-perience-recently; They: were holding a meeting in one of the local halls, ;when , the: building, was invaded by a hostile croAi'd, and th^ gathering broken vup. The chairs and all the other furniture were .'ruthlessly .'smashed, and the was also . wrecked. The ■missionaries themselves were mobbed, and it was only by the aid of police protection that "they finally managed to make, their escape. >

] VTbe "Pelonjs Guardian" of Tuesday •states: *■'■■'Fire's^bave been raging on the :eastern I'side of tlie.Wakamariritt for the ; past 'week-, arid owing to the dryiiess of ;tlie season,.some g<>od burns have bes-n tlie result. On Friday .and. Saturday ■ last,' However,' a fir<> passing through Mr Gardiner's property at Mountain /Camp, swept-up the Valley with great rapidity thro.tiglii.tHei. fine bush at pre:;6erit being wofkod; by Mr : : ¥... 3mart, •: aawmiller. ■ C/6nsid^rable dani age ■. was /done to the tramwaythrouglv the bush,, sjaiid s, bridge; creasing Mountain' Camp "Creek ,was '■/. burhod, Mr Smart estiMates" his :Idss^/'at i "between £200 and £300. ;In "the. Tiniittangi and Flat| ;Creek" districts-fires have been in pro-j gress for ,the past few; daj'S. On Fri-| day the hands at the lla.i Dairy Factory were called upon to check a fire which! approkched too near the building to' be' pleasant.' In about an hour all; danger Was over, but it was hot work i while it/lasted. ,

At tin's timo of the year great efforts i arc being made by'&aino bxisiness people to induce trade, and clearing sales, , stock-taking sales', etc., are announced. The management of Lock's big furniture emporium hare no occasion to resort tq any clearing sales —bogies or otherwise. v Nor do tliey need any catchpenny methods to induce trade. This firm keeps busy .practically all tlieyear round. Lock's huge stock, wliicli is all marked in. plain,figures, is at the disposal of their clients, and splendid value is "ailways given. It will be of special interest to: raspberry and hop pickei«, as well as;to the general public, to knoAV t,liat during the iiext sis weeks a dificount <ii^teia per pent will be allowed off the low-marked prices on ■ soft goods, ■and five per! cent off ■all cabinet work. •iTlieed: substantialviteonoestsions will; bo f^or;.casli diily—^aind :% we' recommend buyer s not tolmiss ;yiei^j^Lock r s emporium: to/secure>

iV. •■:AS M^iMrx tele^iram , states that the :;- ■E.':";:;'Ma'ssey :- • dr new' schd^them; yesterday, and received dopuMti.oiie re-local'matters. He made no reference to general politics; v

The Nelson are now working'at .'high pressure to; bop© with ■the increased number of sheep coming to hand, and the company could dp with a :few extra butchers to ; expeditel the wo^k on the■ bq&rds. The ordinary rate prevailing at present in the Dominion, 2© 6d per 100, wiU; be paid. : ; A sensational five occurred the otiher night at the Ursuline Convent in Brentwopd, Essex., The nuns, clothed in only tiheir nightdresses, got all the children out of the building safely, and then pluckily set about attacking tho flames, whidb they finally subdued. Mr Norman Angcll, the well-known author-journalist and peace advocate, has been engaged to deliver a series of lectures in German universities on the 'general problem of the relations between the great nations of tlhe world.

Mr Howard Butters, managing director of the Maymorn Estates, Ltd., a company which is at present erecting a big Canadian gaw-milung plant at Mungaroa, arrived in Auckland from England on Sunday. The capital of tho company is £60,000.

After having been paralysed from the waist downwards for five years, a man in Nottingham suddenly recovered the use of his legs. He awoke the other morning, and something suggested to him that he should try to walk. He made the attempt, and was astounded to find that h© could get about with perfect ease.