NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13772, 8 May 1915, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The annual meeting oF the Nelson Croquet Club trill be held this afternoon.

Tho next conference of local branches of.the Farmers' Union will be held at Tapa'A'era on Friday, the 14th inst.

It is desired that an expression of opinion may be given to-day by those interested whether tho children's fancy dross ball in aid of tho Rod Cross Fund shall bo held. *

It'■■will be seen by advertisement that the meeting: of the Nolsou branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute fixed for to-day has been postponed till further notice, so as to give visitiug teachers an opportunity of attending.

In the Supreme Court at Wellington on tho 4th inst., in. chambers, on the motion of Mr E. B. Moore, Mr Justice Edwaids granted probate- of th-5 will of the late Eel ward William Mills to Mary Jane Mills, the sole executrix tamed in the said will.

A Wanganui correspondent reports that a Mr A. H. Ltwi<? met with a most unusual accident last ■week while traveling in a railway carriage. The glass bowl of the lamp fell from the roof and smashed on hi.s foot. He took little notice of the occurrence for some mintites, and" then," on glancing down, he saw-the floor covered with blood Ho discovered that an artery in.his foot had been cut The injury was attended to, but Mr Lewis will be incapacitated for souk- time.

■On the 4th inst., in tne Supreme Court, in chambers, at Wellington, on the i-ppltcation of Mr Cheek, Mr Justice Edwards granted letters of administration to. Cornelius Hebberd, the ■widower of Jessie Hebberd, late of Wakapuaka, mairied woman, deceased.

There will be a large gathering, cf school teachers in Nelson during the next fortnight for the courso of instruction in physical culture which is to commence on Monday, the 10th inst., under the direction of Mr S. E. Mooie. Tho schools affected have closed for three weeks' holidays.

To-day (and all next week, if any are unsold), at Trathen's, a splendid lot cf perfectly new Mackintoshes at big reductions. *

It k the intention of Mr John. Tait, teacher of singing, School of Music, to produce- in Nelson about the beginning of September a musical play, of which he \<Ms the copyright, founded upon Brow.ling's poem,' "The Pied Piper of Hanu-lin." The assistance of 80 boys and i.nls will be- required and Mr Tait will be glad to receive the names of those willing to take part in the production. It may be mentioned that the play was originally produced with great success ia 1906 by the pupils of the Borough - and County High School, Peebles, Scotland, where Mr Tait was music master for many years.

To-lay Trathc-n and Co. are showing smart new Millinery, Coats, Costumes, and Furs; Is in each £ casl: discount.* Attrition is drawn to Messrs Bisley Bios. advertisement of property sales to-day.- The firm are offering nine properties on behalf of Mi i Reuben Bird and the Public Trustee also residential property in Bronte streo"; on behalf of "th<» trustees in 1 he estat- 5 of the Rev: J. Ci'ump, deceased. 1 Freehold orchard proper Lies at Uppei . Mourere will ahc- offered. Prior to the hearing of an aißliatior L case at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, tounsel for the complainant askec that the pnblio should be excluded fron: the Court- during the hearing. Th< Magisiiate said he could not ordei tJiat 1o be .done unless there were exceptional circumstances; but it would be only prurient-minded individuals who would rerr.ain. The suggestion was made that. His Worship should dc as Mr Justice Richmond used to do, and ask "all ladies and gentlemen" tc Icavn tho Court There were no ladies pres'-Mit, but the Magistrate ssaid that iv thui'o were any. genvJemen present he felt n-ure they wouid leave. Two individuals took the hint, and left die Court, but a- number remained aud listeued to the proceedings. Cheap Waterproofs at Trathen and Co.'s. ' Ladies' Mackintosh Coats, . double quantity sent to us in error, must be sold. Usual prices 27s 6d, 35s Cd, 39s 6d 45s Gd,. 48s 6d ; now 18s Lid, 25s 6d. ?9s Od, 33s Od, 35s 6d ; all perfectly now goods.* A sergeant in the Irish Guards write?.: —"The other day., we took up our positions in the brickfield again at La bassee. We were told that the battalion which we were relieving had been dxiven out of the trench, which, if recaptured, would lead, to the Germans being driven out of the brickiield I was posted on a barricade whicn divided the trench between the Germans and ourselves. By lying on my back I fortified the place «o well that a private and myself held it until the following night, when it* was decided by our commanding officer to retake the trench. The time appointed was eight o'clock, and at half-past seven 1 commenced to take down tho barricade. After that we fired a few bombs to f-'ear the enemy back a piece. I then reconnoitred th^ trench by stepping over the dead bodies of Germans killed two nights before Having reported all clear, the platoon filed down the trench and fortified it, and so well was f'his done that the Germans knew nothing about it until daybreak. A great; fight with bomb? on both sides ended in about an hour with victory for as." Messrs Bislev Bros, and Co. wish to draw attention to the sale of properties on L-chalf'of Mr Reuben Bird and the Publ'.n Trustee, administrator in the estate of C. J. Bird deceased. This sale takes place this day at iionn, when nine freehold properties will 1.0 oiFeiv-d. The list includes property at Richmond of 86 acres, well known as containing some of the best fattening land in the district. Four "20-30ro blocks 01 land at Hope are- ako to He offered. This land is specially adaptable for anple growing, and i)eople gcirig_ in for this industry should, atterrl this sate. The remaining four! propo'tiey are situated in or near the city.* . | The Thermometer.—At threo o'clock this morning the thermometer outside! this '. ffice registered 36 dcgrc-D3. j For Chronic Chest. Complaints, | Woods' Great-I-'i-pnerminb Cure, Is Gd, i •2s (kl. * I Tho travelling publb are notified that1 Norman Emms has commenced a daily? moto!: car service Nelson-Mohieka-'fa-« kaka. .The cars employed aro luxuri-' ous 50 Ij.t>. Cadillacs. *.- Patrons can rely on. careful attent-on and .civility..*. -•■■ '. ' . ■ '' !

RELIABLE HOT WATER BOTTLES j that last for years, are manufactured i by the North British Rubber Company, ] and have their brand on'every bbttl®. Procurable all chemists.

Mr P. McGrath yesterday forwarded a clu;que for C5 to the treasurer of the Nelson Fire Brigade u< recognition of th.3. good work done by tho bVig.ido in subduing tht; fire tit his boardinghouse on Thursday night.

_Pri/ate Howard Nowton,'- who has died of wounds received in the Dar-dane.le-s 'operations, went to the front with the Wellington Infantry Battalion. His mother is Mrs L. Wise, of ■Wairaea road.

In many directions women ere already, proving their adaptability and skill;' Some "20 women are driving motor vans in-London to-day with perfect success. In one Newcastle shell factory the number of women employed lias risen from 600 to 2500> since the war. At one of the most august of London clubs the footmen have left in a body /for :he front and parlourmaids have taken their places.

Tho fourth division of the British Army now have the benefit of a cinemograph theatre situated just behind the firing-line, for the entertainment of troops'on their weekly two-days' rest from the trenches. So far there is .only one village at the front with this attraction, but the. filros sent are sufficiently popular to excite the wish for •cinematograph entertainments elsewhere. The show is a "four-hours' continuous performance of comedy and drama.

Mr Henry Wilding, .who-for twentyone years has been chairman of the Amur] and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals, and the Protection of Women and Children, was presented at the annual meeting the, other after aooii with a silver-mounted pocket-book containing a number of sovereigns. Tlk/ Mayor of Auckland, in Making ihe presentation, testified warmly to the excellence of Mr Wilding's judgment in determining upon the cases which were brought before tlie Court. In the course of his reply Mr. Wilding mentioned that-for twenty-one years, except when absent m England, he had not missed one meeting-of the society.

In s lecture delivered al the City of Lonoon College Mr Gilbert Anderson? a well-known importer of frozen meat from _ New Zealand, spoke of German fa food supply position, and suid that whereas in 1883 the cattle in her territory numbered 15,786,702, her sheep. 19,189,715, and her pigs- 9,206,----195, she possessed 20,904,258 flattie, |r",004,]90 sheep,: and 25.591,794 pigs lin 1913. The German supplies woiked out at 30 per cent, higher than the homo supplies of Groat Britain on a j population, basis But 374 per cent, of i Gferanny's meat was estimated to be ! pork from the 25 million pigs, and, as thos'"»- con Id only be fattened on grain and the like,, and that was not available, one oould quite understand the i order reported in the* pr.ess that pigs | were to be killed and cured. Germany j j could not be short of meat at present, I but dbe would be in the near future.

A'Nelsonian (Mi 1. J. li.-Akerst&n) writes to the "Pelorus Guardian":— "We read from day to day of the glorious deeds being achieved by oar troops in this groat war. and of the gallantry of our own boys at the trout who have pven their lives to the cause A thrill of priae must run through the most callous, and while we older members arc- wearing with I'rido tho ba rlge of the National lle-f-erve; there is. still one thing;.in it all ihat we seem to have forgotten—a most essential thought—and one that calks for immediate recognition; the one :vho suffers in secret witli anxiety at iio'iie, y-et bravely wean, a .smile and look of prick abroad—the Mother— who has given her sons, her heart's love. This, I hold, is the acme of pure ) eroism. Is it not right that the motlurs who have given their sons to the Ivmpire, and are helping in other and many ways, should bo recognised by mo Now Zealand Government with ft"Ba.'lgo of Honour, so that everyone slia.ii know them and salute them with honours. In some cases they hc.ve giveu their only one, in, others, their all. Let us strive then to give the mothers the honour they deserve."