NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13486, 4 June 1914, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annual general meeting of, the Nolsou Bowling Club will bo held at the club-house on Wednesday, June 10, at 7.30 p.m.

The annual statements of receipts and expenditure of the Nolsofi Acclimatisation Society appears in an advertisement in this issue".

A Press Association telegram from Timaru state:; thaib the Rev. A. B. Todd yesterday resigned the charge of the Geraldine Presbyterian Church.

. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that two scouts of the Kelburne. Corps, Corporal Jasper Baldwin and Scout E. W. Platts Mills, have been awarded silver crosses with certilicates, for rescuing Scout Donaldson from drowning at tho Wainui camp at Easter. The Mayor made the presentation last night, before a large gathering of scouts and friends.

Up till last evening no trace had been found of Mr J. A. W. Dick son, who has been missing from his home in Mount street since Saturday evening. _ Friends searched the hills above Toi Toi Valley and other parts .yesterday, and the harbour was dragged by the police without result. At the time of his disappearance Mr Dickson was wearing, in addition to his other clothing, a long blue top coat and a tweed cap. Mr Dickson. is a man about the average height, and has grey hair and a moustache.

Rather a sad case of a woman afflicted with kleptomania came before the Wellington Magistrate's Court recently. Florence Grace Ward, a young and tastefully dressed woman, of good parentage, who had previously been before the Court on similar charges, admitted the theft of three umbrellas, valued at £1 Us 6d. She had had several chances before, but they were unavailing. Accused was sent to prison lor seven days.

A special meeting of the Plunket So-' ciety was held on Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Duncan's residence. Mrs Buchanan presided, and twelve members were present. A letter was read from Miss Campbell, Karitane hospital, in reference to. obtaining an assistant nurse for Nelson, which it is hoped will shortly be done. The principal business of the afternoon was the discussion of remits for the general conference to be held next month at Wellington. The following resolutions were also passed: "That a letter be sent to Dr. Truby King, asking him to visit Nelson at his earliest convenience";. "that the officers of the Nelson branch bo empowered to insure the Plunket nurse" ; "that •the Nelson branch be represented on the Central Council." Nurse Morgan's monthly report, as usual, showed that much good work had been done, 251 visits having been paid ° and 46 received. There are now 90 cases on the books, and 78 •• under treatment. Nurse Morgan reports all the babies under her care, with one exception, are mak- ! ing very good progress.,

Mr-G. W. Russell, M.P., replies to the Hon. A. L. Herdman's remarks regarding the Trust Office: "Mr Herdman in his Hawarden speech never approached my charges, which were as follows:—(1) That Mr Herdman suppressed and withheld from Parliament the annual report of the Public Trustee because that report successfully vindicated the establishment of a legal branch which had been condemned by a lay member of the commission; (2) that Mr Herdman, in his pUice in Parliament, unequivocally denied that such a report was in the possession of the Government, when as a matter of fact it was in print ready to bo, laid on the table of the H ous©; (3) that, at the instigation of the Wellington Law Society, Mr Herdman eliminated from the Public Trust Bill of last year, prepared by the Department, all the clausas objected to by the society, and which members of the House never had an opportunity of passing udgment iipon.1 These charges are clear and specific," said Mr Russell, "and no amount of wriggling can extricate Mr Herdman from the pit he is in."

A farm at East Takaka is advertised for sale by Mr Charles Allington, Takaka. M

The Thermometer.—At .three o'eJ^oek this morning the thermometer outside this office registered 41 degrees.

Mr Mumbles, who has been away from this city for about ten years, said he couldn't see much improvement, but was pleased that 'Arry Hatmore was member and the People's Bill was Mayor. But his good wife said: "Lor bless yer, Mumbles, I sees a lot o' improvements —new harbour, church steps, memorial gates, to say nothing of new pubs, business places, and "movies," but what strikes me most is the wonderful growth of Bill Lock's (I allus called him Bill) Furnishing Business. I reckon his show is one., of the sights of the city—reel up tor date as enny in Noo Zealand. Lock alius # kept a good stock of furniture and tilings ter make the home comfoi'table. Ho sold cheap, and gave a better "square deal" than Bill Massey's Government. I oughter know as five o' my family when they got married furnished their happy homes at Bill Lock's. They have alias been satisfied with the quality of the furniture, and the splendid value the? | got at Lock's.* !

For Chronic Cb^.st Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

The fame of Moutere apple lands has spread from one end of Hew Zealand to the other. Those interested should not fail to read the announcement in the advertisement columns on page 8 regarding the Ruby Bay Estate.*

Arrangements are being made for the fourth sub-division of Tasman,which is now known throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion as the leading apple-growing settlement. The remarkable wood and fruit bud growth in the numerous and extensive orchards at Tasman prove the adaptability of the land for producing ideal trees, which it is now known will bear fruit unsurpassed for quality and quantity. Intending purchasers would be well advised to inspect the new subdivision before purchasing elsewhere. Further information may be had on application to Mr. Arthur McKee,, Pitt and Moore's Buildings, Trafalgar street, Nelson,*