NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13824, 22 September 1913, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

To-day being Dominion. Day, will be !observed as a holiday, by tho banks, Government offices and legal-offices. The publio schooJs' will also be closed. As his Excellency Lord Liverpool and party left tho Alexandra/Home on Saturday, the old people assembled and gave the visitors a hearty cheer. A concert in aid of the Girls' Friendly Society will be hold in the Diocesan Library on Wednesday evening. As Mr. Cawthron drove up to the Church,- Steps on Saturday morning, accompanied by his sister (Mrs. Wright), and Miss Wright, he was accorded a hearty round of applause by the assembled spectators, which shows that the public are keenly appreciative of tho benefactions made by "Nelson's Grand Old Man,"-as Mr.' Cawthron was aptly termed by the Mayor. The citizens' address presented to his Excellency tho Governor on Saturday was engrossed by the Town Clerk (Mr. G. T. Edmonds) who deserves the greatest c/edit for the skilful and artistic manner in which he executed the work. A word of praise is certainly due "to .th© ..police, under Sergeant Barrett, lor the capable manner in jwhich. they controlled the crowd in the vicinity; of the Church Steps on Saturday morning. Th© spectators were'kept off the I hill, and no damage whatever was done to the newly laid turf and plants. The concluding day of the Presbyterian bazaar and flower show was well attended. The side show conducted by Messrs Hollingsworth, White, Webley, and Black was well patronised. The flower tent was a popular attraction. The prize for the champion bloom in the show was awarded to a specimen oj the trumpet variety in ''We&r.-lale Perfection," staged by Mrs A. R. ■ Ritching. This bloom was as ueir: perfection as it would be possible to get a flower, having size, symmetry, colour, and texture—an absolutely flawless bloom. The financial result was good, a substantial amount being realised. In the Supremo Court at Wellington. on the 18th inst., in Chambers, on the motion of Mr E. B. Moore, Mr Justice Sim granted probate of the will of thf late Stephen Starnes to Thomas Stephen Briggs Starnes and Frederick Wil liain Starnes, the executors named ir tho said will. , The presentation made to his Excel lency the Governor by the footballers was unique and appropriate. It tool the form of a polished rimu casket silver mounted, with a (silver plai< bearing the inscription "Presented t< Lord Liverpool by the representative! of the Nelson Rugby Union, the Gol den Bay Sub-Union, and the Motuekf Sub-Union, Nelson, Sept. 20, 1913.' Inside the casket were 'photographs o.i the Church Steps and Mr'. Thomas Cawthron. The casket was the worl of Mr. William Moves, of Trafalgai street. ■ TheVNew Zealand Farmer," in s recent issuo says:—'.'One of the mosl important sales of Clydesdale stallion; this winter has been that of the foui year old Eclipse (1411, N.Z.S.B:), b;j Glenlie (901), dam Springbrook Rost (2759), who has been sold by his breed: ©r, Mr/.W- G. Mclntosh) of the Springirook stud, Springston, to Mr Thos, Greig, of Spring Grove, Nelson. Thif is a particularly massive colt, as he combines the weight and substance sc dear to layers of the old type of Clydes dale with the flat, flinty bone anc splendid limbs and feet, and. the supert activity which are so much appreciated by all admirers of the modern horse, His departure will be a distinct loss tc Canterbury, but it may well be that his arrival in Nelson" will;-mark ;the beginning of a new era in draught horse breeding in that province." Whilst touring in '.South Africa witl; the "Smart Set.,". Mr. Edward Elliott and his mechanical ■ friend "Sunshim James" who have made themselves popular in Nelson, visited many kraals far away from civilisation, and upon ono of these trips a photograph was takon showing the natives listening i:c the mechanical figure "talking." Thf natives were always alarmed when "Sunshine Jamea" was taken out oi his basket—and when with the. aid of Mr. Elliott—he started to talk to them —'introducing; pieces of their own language, they flew as a body into their huts, arid refused to com© out until the "white devil" was ;safely locked away again. After much persuasion a native youngster was induced to sit near enough to the figure to allow of a • photograph being snappod,, but immediately after, when "Sunshine- James" smiled at him, he fled screaming and trembling, and was? not seen again. Incidents such as these livened many weary hours of trekking that the "Smart Set", undertook between certain towns, when for hour after hour nothing was to b© seen but dust and1 rocks on every side. A general meeting of the Nelson Horticultural^.Soe.iety<::'.waß-:-;Held'vat"the Institute on Friday:evening,:the president (Mr. B. H. Mollor) in th© chair. Ax splendid display of bulbs, was made by members. A sum of £6 5s 6d was received from the cake guessing competition, and Mrs. Wastney, the donor of th© cake, was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The cake was won by Mrs. G. Crawford. The meeting proceeded to discuss th© bulb schedule, and1 many suggestion for alterations and improvements were noted. It was decided that the latest /classification1 y£ th© Royal Horticultural Society for narcissi be adopted and that the characteristics of the various divisions be printed in the schedule for the ,guidmce of exhibitors. Another decision irrived at was that,in all cases 'a lefinite number of blooms b© asked for; :o avoid any possibility of confusion is to intention, and also because a fix>d number would place exhibitors on i.n even footing. The meeting was dis^ iinctly in favour of- named variety slasses, and a resolution instructing ;he committee to add several more of ihese classes to the schedule was car■ied, it being a further instruction that ,he named classes be decided on at the iext committee' meeting, and published forthwith in order that exhibitors night-be able to makel purchases of )ulbs' of th© varieties^selected, a-nd riant them next autumn for flowering n tho following spring., "The, City of Stinshirif," as Nelson s often styled is becoming widely ctjown throughout th© Dominion, not inly,through its climate, t)h<v proposed olar phvsies observatory, and the Cawhron Park, but also its educational nstitutions which hold their own with tie best. Tli© city also has an attrafive and permanent exhibition in /ock's extensive furniture emporium. Tbis is an ur>-to-date establishment, nixing ovor ,-13,000 feet of floor space, lome builders by purchasing their ,oods at Lock's can sav^ money besides aving a very wide rang© of goods to elct from. The.furnishing of # the home ? an -important matter, fspecially when ou are «em barking on it -;for- the. first ime. There *re many details to be onsid©red. and the money question ften'dominates everything.. Th« furniure must be good and reliable, and i* lust afford the utmost possiMo value fir the monoy spent. Lock's cash rices ar© absolutely th© lowest —you an obtain everything required for the *hoe, and the firm guarantees satisaction.

A. rehearsal of r -the principals and chorus ef the Operatic and I>ramatic Society takes place this. evening. .'• Mr/Edmund1 Clark; >«f the;Cnlidren'e Special Service,. London, advertises'a children's holiday gathering on tho Sands, at Tahuna. to-day. A meeting of the provisional directors of the New Zealand Poultry Industries Ltd. was held on the' 17th "inst at , the Hotol Cecil, Wellington, when it was resolved to register the company forthwith. The objects of tho company are not merely to foster tho poultry industry, but also to assist the retailers of oggs and the public generally by supplying them with eggs of guaranteed grade,.and quality, "■ , It is evident that some of our city i'athors, and others who accompanied them, are unused to motoring, as they failed to provide themselves with dust proof, coats for -the drive with his Excellency on Saturday; and their ap-: pearanee on their return to Trafalgar Park, smothered, with dust, caused much amusement. Some of the councillors wer"e quite unrecognisablo, and the desirability of having a swimming bath for Nelson was no doubt impressed upon them. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Liloy, of Waimea road, an ex-Army veteran, who vyas wearing the Turkish and Crimean medals, was presented to his Excellency the Governor,' who chatted with him for a few minutes. Although well advanced in years, Mr. Liley still takes an interest in bands, and-on Saturday acted as bass drummer for the Citizens' Band. Two lambs were found dead on the Stoko Orphanage property on Saturday, and bore evidences of having been killed by_ a kea, as a bird answering its description was seen in tho vicinity. Kea-s have been very destructive : at Kaikoura among the young lambs this season, and it is to be hoped that they have- not migrated to this district. At the special korero of the Kelson i Savage Club held on Friday night to ■entertain members of the "Smart Set Company, opportunity was taken by Chief Savage Diinant to present Savage it. Gilbert, thehon. secretary, with > a salad bowl on the occasion of his , marriage. The presentation was made i in a very happy speech, and the recip- . lent suitably replied. The Thermometer.—At three o'clock this morning the thermometer outside this office registered 44 degrees. ; For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never falls. Is 6d, 2s 6d. \ The fame of Moutere apple lands has fP reaf, from on« end of New to the other. Those interest^should not tall to read the announcement in the advertisement columns on »aae 8 re- : garding the Ruby Bay Estate!*