NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13731, 20 March 1915, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

It is understood tihat Councillor C. J. "Harley will b© a candidate for the Mayoralty at the coming election.

A general meeting of members of the Nelson Croquet Club will be held on the ground this afternoon, to revise the championship' rules. c

A sale of work and display of pot plants and dahlias will be held in the Presbyterian Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, the 24th and 25th insib., and a Scotch concert on the.Thursday evening.

A notification appears in another column concerning the technological examinations of the. City and Guilds of London Institute, and science examinations of the' Board of Education, London.

Admiral Jellicoe, writing from H.M.S. Iron Duke to acknowledge the receipt of a cupy of the January number of "Under the Colours," the Salvation Army's magazine for service men, stated: "The Salvation Army has done an immense amount of good in our country and in the world generally, and I wish every success to the magazine, which is published in the interests of the men of His Majesty'® Services,, who ow© so much to the work of the Salvation Army."' \ '

The programme for Hamilton Hedges' concert in the School of Music on Monday is advertised to-day. Complete change of programme for Tuesday's concert.*

Special anniversary services will be held in St. John's Methodist Church tomorrow morning' and evening. The Rev. C. Eaton, of Richmond, who is shortly leaving for Dunedin, will be ]bhe preacher in the morning, and the Rev, W. Baumber in the evening. The annual congregational social will be held in the School Hall on Wednesday evening.

Private Philip Jessop» a member of the Expeditionary Force at Samoa, who had been invalided home, died on his way to the Hospital yesterday evening. He had been staying with his sister, Mrs. B. Stratford, at the Croixelles for the benefit of his health.' As he did not improve, it was decided to bring him to the Hospital, where he had previously been under treatment. A nurse was sent down on Wednesday, to accompany him, and he reached Nelson by launch yesterday. He was in a critical condition, and died in the ambulance at about 7 o'clock, before the Hospital was reached, it is thought from heart failure. The deceased was a son of Mr. Ebenezer Jessop, of Hope.

In these days of sordid professionalism it is pleasing to find sport being followed for sport's sake. A striking instance of this was given at the recent Tolaga races, when a lady owner whose horse had been running without success at the meeting was so overjoyed at winning the last race on the last day of the meeting that she rapturously embraced the secretary and several prominent oflicials of the club in full view of the crowd on the lawn. The novelty came so unexpectedly to all the gentlemen concerned that they blushod most /becomingly, and their embarrassment was highly enjoyed by the ciowd. —Exchange

V c invite your inspccf'on of our new styles in costumes and coats for .winter wear. Special show this week of all the newest. It's really a remarkable collection and no lady who wishes to see and buy the best should miss on any account.—W. McKay and Son, Bridge street.*

Maoriland once nearly captured a Belgian comnrunity (says a writer in the "Sydney Bulletin"). In the early '80's p;ay King Leopold conceived the idea of exporting surplus population biannual drafts, and accordingly sent a prominent business man of Antwerp, Emil D'Haarven, to Maoriland, charging him to investigate the prospects for expatriated Belgians. Hercules Robinson, Governor of New Zealand at.that time, was in favour of the scheme. The Government of the day regarded it favourably, and the Belgian emissary was handed over to Edward Wakefield, a well-known pressman at Timaru, who made a hobby of plans of this kind. The two men drafted a scheme, and together inspected many localities in search of a suitable one for tho experiment. Eventually they decided upon a tract of fertile land in tho Hakataramea Valley, and the Government consented to this lump of country being handed over. After spending a year in Maoriland D'Haarven returned to Belgium to report to the King. He wag too late. Stanley had just persuaded the old man to demote all his surplus cash and energy to tho Congo Basin. So the Belgian surplus was pushed out to the Congo to earn dividends, and Maoriland just missed some much-needed settlers.

During the sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday an onlooker was seized with a fit, during Avhich his struggles were so violent that it took the combined efforts of two constables and the Court orderly to hold him down in order to prevent him from knocking himself about.. It transpired later that | the individual Avas a defaulting Terri- [ torial who pleaded medical unfitness as a ground for not reporting himself .to the Defence authorities.

Money saving o'pp"ortunity ! 10 per cent, off all purchases.—Tasker's.*

For the first time in the history of the Rangiora salejards, pigs were sold last week at so low a price as Is per head. . *

Easter.discount of 10 per cent, allowed off all-purchases.—Tasker's.*

A newspaper called the "New .Zea-* lander" is being published at the New Zealand court at the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. It publishes the latest New Zealand news and other New Zealand items of interest to Americans. The business manager of the paper has written to several local bodies in New Zealand offering to publish daily a certain amount of information about their respective towns for a certain sum.

An idea of! the response given to Lord Kitchener's appeal for men may l>o gained from information given by Mr A. Fairley, of Whangarei. In the last issue of his old school's magazine appears a list containing no fewer than 190 names of old boys who have joined the active service forces, and more names wore still coming in. Of these 18 were in the London Scottish and no doubt took part in that glorious charge at Ypres. Besides this thosa old boys who could not leave England 'formod themselves into a corps for home defence, and at one meeting of the oJd boys, held at the school, 150 joined this latter corps en bloc. The school referred to is Alleyn's College oi God's Gift, Dulwich. London.

A Berlin message st-.i-o.s that German Archbishops a.nd Bishops have issued a, manifesto, in which it.., contended that the present war is a unishment from God upon all the pec. .-..* who are taking part *in it, and \..at its purpose is to clear an imi. ~ul atmosphere. "Germans are innocc.it of this war," says this document, but in Germany as well the war h:;.-. revealed great moral defects and a ■ rious falling-off in ethical and religio,. - life."

- Great interest has aroused in! medical circles at Petrograd by the easel of a young soldier who fought in East Prussia and is now a patient in hospital. Every morning at exactly nine o'clock, the patient falls into a deep lethargy, which ends on the stroke of noon. During this time his body losfes all sensitiveness and becomes inert. This phenomenon began when the soldier was in the trenches. His comrades, thinking he was shamming, tried to rouse him with needles and bayonets.—English paper.

The residential club for Auckland members of the New Zealand Trainee? Nurses' Association is to be erected at the cost of £3000,

A very fine return of wheat has been secured by Mr J. G. A. Ruddenkkvu, of Alma, 57 acres having yielded a trifle ovoi- 62 bushels to the acre, mill tally. The wheat, states the "Oamaru Mail," is of tho Dreadnought, variety and is a. magnificent sample. Last year the Dreadnought yielded .Mr Ruddcnklau 5S bushels, so'that it will be seen that the dry season has not affected this variety, which promises to come into popular favour.

Tho Allies' "!orms of ]M';u-e have more than once boon stated. They comprise tho restoration oi: Belgium's integrity, with compensation ior at least her financial loss ; the security of France against future attack, as well as reparation for tho wrongs so far done her: and the abolition, root and branch, of Prussian militarism.—Dunedin "Star."

Five teachers from New Zealond, interviewed by the sub-committee of the Education Committee of the London County Council, a few weeks ago, said that they were working in London schools for far longer hours and at almost half the salary they earned »t home.

It happened on one of the SydneyAuckland steamers, states the "Observer." One of the "doncherknow" variety was, as usual, holding forth ate the expense of everything so, beastly colonial-all, but he never suspected he was to meet his desserts. Everything was rotten, the fellow passengers were bores. He and a small knot of those of similar- kidney was seated on deck chairs when our friend called loudly: "Styaard!" Poor buttons had suffered long. "Some wine, styaard!" "What sort will you have, sir?" A brand was mentioned which is not obtainable in Australasia. When politely so informed he cried: "What! Not cot it? What on earth have'you got in these beastly oount<ries-ah ?" 'Undesirable immigrants" came in loud tones across the intervening space froman officer who could control himseLP no longer. Buttons roared and the little coterie lapsed into oblivion.

The semi-official "Cologne Gazette1 * recently made this remarkable admission :—-Circumstances often compel us to 'swerve from the right path and to answer lies by lies. This is the onlyway to siknce the liars. When our soldiej's' strong arms have prevailed we ■shall be glad to return to our habit of strict frankness.