NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13979, 8 January 1916, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

It is notified that the Good Templars have resumed holding their weekly meetings. ■

The em-renti issue of the "War Cry '[ is largely devotod to aiding the crusade against impure literature.

The Board of Nomination of "the Nel-, son dioceso will meet <>n ; Tues<lay r : the 18th iiisfc., io consider vacancies in the 'parochial district of Takaka and the parish of All Saints'.

The Defence Office received a telegram yesterday afternoon stating that four returned soldiers will arrive in Nelson by tlie Pateena this morning.

At the inquest on the body of James. Tait, County Clerk at Collinepyood," who was^fouml dead in his office on Tuesday with his throat cut, a verdict,was returned of suicide while temporarily insane. '

Trathcn and Co.'s sale is now on. Millinery, Costumes, Ready-to-wear Dresses, Blouses, all at keen cut prices.*

Tho Thorn;ometer. —At 3 o*«?ock this morning thfi thflrmometer' outside this office registered 52 degrees.

It is hoped to make arrangements for a public reception to all returned soldiers during the forthcoming visit of tl;e Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister for Public Health, to.Nelson. >

The Pacific Cable Board announces the temporary suspension of the deferred system. Traffic for the United Kingdom at the deferred rate is not being accepted via Pacific in the meantime.

A prohibition order was issued by consent against a local residom. over 80 years of age, by Mr. J. S. Evans, 8.M., at the Magistrate's Court >est«.-r----day.

A resident of Washington Valley has been subjected to annoyance on. two occasions lately by some individuals throwing stones ■on .the roof of. his house during the night, to. the alarm of the inmates. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, and the offender, if discovered, will bo proceeded against. '

Attention is drawn to the preliminary announcement of tho formation by Mr John Tait, A.R-.C.0., of an institution on modern lines for the teaching of singing, pianoforte, organ, violin, etc.. to be named tliei A Telsou Academy- of Music. Mr Tait^will bo assisted by teachers of experience, and some novel |features will be duly announced.

Trathen's Sale for Bargains in Cotton and Woollen Dross Goods, Towels, Quilts, etc.—Trathen and Co.*

The contradictory and inadequate- information as to the movements of soldiers recently returned to New Zealand has called forth a protest from the Mayor of Wellington, who telegraphed to the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister for Public Health, on the matter. Mr. R UPS-ell, in reply, disclaimed any responsibility, stating that ho had only control over the men after they had been delivered into public hospitals, and suggesting that a copy of the telegram of protest should be sent to the "proper quarter."

An elderly man named Charles Henry Harris, employed as a farm hand at Clarkville, Canterbury, last Tuesday lost his life through the destruction of his whare by' fire At four o'ciock in the morning another farm hand found the smoking ruins of the whore, and a search revealed the. body of the okl man under soir.e sheets of iron.

The body of a. man namde Al'n-rt Johnston Green was found last Sniwljty in the scrub near Chapman's lip:k\ Ohiwa, with all the pockets ■tm-rird <ntt as if they had been'searched. There was a. heavy bruise over the eyes, and another at the. back of the lioad; A, small bottle was lying alongside the body, but there was no other hard subs banco "near which could have caused the wound on the head.

There was an exciting incident at Kaiteriteri beach at high tide yesterday. A large number of people are camping there at the present timei, and fouilittle children wiere playinß in a boat close to the shore. A sudden gust" of; wind drove the boat away from the beach, and it was taJsen farther out by a• current.-- :Th© children-1;who -shad -no oars with them, screamed for help. M. Askew and L. G. Duncan secured another boat and went to the rescue. They, came up with the drifting boat about half a mile out, and brought the yonhg ( folk eafely to land again".

A soldier who fought at^Mpns, and is now discharged through -disablement, was to have been married at Bo'ness, Firth of Forth. Over a hundred guests assembled, but the bride failed to, turn upv;v-;;.T^o--;;giri friends there and; then >}'fiH*Jthe ( ';.breia;ch,';,an<i as a re!stilt': there;; wat an' aciuaP toes, 'up lias to'j which one" should become the soldier's bride the next week. The winner was' an old sweetheart of the soldier. j

■:* The- Rotoxua. "Chronicle"-■< states, that a deputation of leading Ngatiwhakaue chiefs has been appointed by the Maori War Association to meet Judge J. W. Browne, president of the, Waianki Native Land Board, regarding an offer of a section containing 500 acres of land, with a view of getting his consent and assistance towards obtaining Ministerial permission to hold an art union whereby the section may be disposed of. It is surveyed, partly bush and partly open country, well watered and situated about three miles from the township of Rotorua. The winning number would get the land transfer title direct from the Waiariki Land Board, the money forthcoming to be devoted to the Maori Patriotic Association.

Now that a steamer servieo on the Waikato river, is ... being built up between Mercer and Hamilton, with every prospect of increasing business, the "Waikflto Tirites" is urging that it is the duty of the Hamilton, Borough l^uncib^'encpiirage 'trade by a substantial wharf in the vicinity of the traffic bridge. When the steamer Tawera arrived last week, vrith 6XX3 cases of benzine and \ many tons of general cargo, the consignment/had to be unloaded across a single plank on to an uneven bank. Since the recent rise in railway freights the river traffio haa materially, increased, and it is proposed early in the New Year to run a weekly service between the two places. Many years ago, there was'a regular and busy steamer service up and down the Waikato.