NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14154, 17 April 1916, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho annual meeting of All Saints' parishioners will be held this evening.

The resuscitated congregation of Baptists on Thursday laid the foundation of a new church at Timaru. Mr. C. Cathie, president of the Union and visitors from Christchurch were present.— Press Association message.

The Anchor Company notify that owing to the Easter holidays the s.s. Kaitoa will nob leave here as usual for Wellington on Thursday eveniug next.

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The railway timetable for the Easter holidays appears in our advertising columns this morniug.

The sanitation of the city is to have the serious attention of the Health De-

partment, particularly in regard to the disposition of rubbish, opor. ditches, and drainage into the 'Vlaitai. Tho recommendations for improvement are to bo brought before the City Council.

The new bridge over the Conway on tho coast load to Kaikoxira, may now be used by motorists, although tli© bridge has not been officially opened, nor the approaches quite finished. A Ohristchurch motorist, who has just been over tho. route, states that the whole read is in good order.

In the Supreme Court at Wellington on the I.3th inst.. on the application of Mr W.'Vernon Rout, probate of the will of Eliza; Webb,'of Nelson, deceased, was granted .by His Honour Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, to Walter €hris'topher Webb, the sole executor named in the will.

]$&w Goods just opened: Tea Pots, Sugars, Cream Jugs, Maymalades, Jel•lieSj Mustards, Peppers,"' and Salts. — Louis Kerr, Direct Importer.*

A petition asking the Government to introduce legislation for the closing ofhotels at six o'clock during tho duration of tho war is being circulated in Nelson, and is being largely signed. After service at All Saints' Church last evening a number of the congregation remained behind to sign their names to thie petition;

A somewhat serious disturbance took place in the canteen at Featherston last week, owing it is alleged to the charges made for certain' articles, which the men considered exorbitant. A number of windows and skylights were broken, and quiet was not restored for nearly three hours. .

Fruitgrowers and all those interested in tho industry are reminded of an important meeting to be held at Stoke to-night. Mr H. G. Hill is giving an address on the past, present, and future of the fruit industry, while the Government vine and wine instructor, Mr A. H. Mazure, will address the growers on the question of cider making and other mean.s of using what is now waste fruit. Our readers need hardly be urged to attend in large numbers.

Since tho beginning of the year 86 cases of scarlet fever nave been reported in the city. Of 59 school children attacked, 24 were from Tasrhan Street School and 25 from Hampden Street School, the remainder being from the other schools. The mild nature cf the disease is believed to be responsible for the spread of the epidemic, owing to tho complaint not being recognised and not receiving medical attention. The Tasinan Street School has been closed for some days, and thoroughly disinfected, and the Hampden Streat School is now closed Both of* these schools will remain closed until after Easter.

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The Shakespeare Festival of Mercy send a copy of a letter which has been issued to the press of the United Kingdom, signed by the Lord Mayor of London, the Earl of Plymouth, and Sir George Alexander, in connection with the proposal of the British Empire Shakespeare Society, that every man, woman and child should wear a medallion of Shakespeare on and from April 23rd to May 3rd, thus rendering universal homage to Shakespeare, and at the same time benefit ing" three great war funds viz., the British-Red Cross Society, the National Committee for Relief in Belgium, and the iLeague-, of Mercy. The medailion will "be in two or three shades of sepia on stiff cardboard, with a pin attached,.so--that it can be worn on either a coat or a gown. In addition to this general proposal, it has been decided to set aside May 3rd as a special day for children and students, so that, all young people can i'eel that they are specially considered in this tribute to Shakespeare's memory.

Sleep is impossible with one of Louis Iverr's Alarm Clocks, just; opened. Big Bens, Sleep Meter®, Winners, Buzzers.*

A copy of the first issue of "The Mi> seydonian Stretcher," the official 'monthly journall of th{j No. 1 Now Zealand Stationary Hospital, published at Salonica, has been received. It contains a full account of the torpedoing of the Marquette, and mentions that the story of tli© nurses refusing to go to tho boats, and cheering the men while they did so, saying "Fighting men first," is absolutely untrue. The paper .states: "When the disaster occurred all feh in .it their respective positions. The nurses bore up quite bravely, and before any of the men were thought of were hurried into the beats without a murmer.

We trust all oar readers will give the story a firm denial, if not in the interests of the surviving members of the unit,many of whom bad difficulty in ever gaining the deck from the hell belo-.v, certainly for tho sake of those who have gone. The nurses behaved splendidly in that they carried out their orders in perfect calm, and it was extremely unfortunate that the 'boats were so badly lowered, thus causing such a comparatively large percentage of losses." Tho journal is brightly written, and contains much interesting information.

Something of a record in quick work was established at the Recruiting Office yesterday, says the Christchurch "Star" of l Thursday. Three brothers came in shortly after midday, and first one and then another enlisted, after thinking it over. They said the third brother cottld not enlist because they had a fiVi cart and a horse which he would- h«ve to 10,6k after. However, after a short consultation they rushed out. and in about ten minutes were back again, and the third brother signed'on. They did not vouch any information on the subject of the cart and horse, but they had evidently disposed of them satisfactorily. They were, soon under the medical examiner, all three passed fit, and all three put in an appearance at the barracks that night and left for camp. That is surely a day's record for one family.

The annual meeting of the Rival Football Club will be held at Opio's rccms this evening. ,

The sacred concert, given at Port Nelson by • the National Reserve Band yesterday afternoon was listened, to with evident enjoyment by a large number of people.

Oii Saturday afternoon, while crossing the Maitai River, which -was in Hood, near "Wainui," a horse, attached to a. baker's delivery waggon, belonging to Messrs J: M. Ooucher and Son, ef Richmond, came to grief through +h© animal stumbling in the ford. The horse was reloased from the waggon, but it was drowned, and the body was washed down to the Ha'ifax street crossing. No damage as done to the waggon, and the bread was saved.

Mr R, P. Hudson, M.P., lias just completed a tour of the northern portion of his electorate, where he had an opportunity of meeting the Takaka and Collingwood County Councils and c?s- ---: cussing the various proposed applications for'grants for-presentation during the coming; session of Parliament. A well attended meeting of the members of the Bainham Farmers' Union also received Mr Hudson and laid before him the most urgent wants of their district. By special invitation he addressed a large and representative gathering of residents at Rockvilie on Wednesday evening on the political situation generally, finishing with a stirring recruiting speech and an earnest appeal to all young men to do their duty, whilo making it clear that he congratulated Rockville and the adjoining districts on their already tine response. Members of the Rockville Recruiting Association met Mr Hudson and brought a few matters before m* rotice. He hopes to visit trie central districts of the electorate during the coming week

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The annual migratory flight of mutton birds past the Ocean Beach has ben watched with interest by St. Uair residents this week. Millions of birds must have been travelling. -They fly in order, mostly about four or five abreast, sometimes six, nev.er less than three and the ranks seem to be fairly evenly spaced. Hour after Jour nearly all the week, the winged host has streamed across, neither the front nor the rear in sight. These birds have a sense which is denied to human intellect.

\ New Zealand. trooper, writing to friends in Masterton from "somewhere" in Egypt, says:—"We have unearthed an old Egyptian temple, only a few chains from our tents, it is supposed to be of great antiquity, bo far the archaeologists have discovered some granite "blocks and a stone tablet, ■sith old Egyptian figures and writing on them. The Romans are supposed to have invaded all the country we are camped, upon."

An amusing story is going around iust now (says the "Taranalu Herald"). At a country dance recently a vountr man noticed a girl sitting m a corner of the hall looking very lonely. She appeared to be gazing at the floor, and the ' gallant young knave went along and asked if he might have the pleasure of the dance with her. She made no reply, neither did she look up. Thereupon, in louder tone, "May I liavo the pleasure?" asked the young man. The girl stirred slightly, and mumbled . something in effect, "Get over Rosey; come out of that Darky." It was then discovered that the girl was asleep, and appar^atly dreaming of her work in the milking-shed.

One of Rongotea's best-known business premises, the old post office store, with dwelling attached, was co?npletely destroyed by fire the other night, with heavy loss to the proprietors, Messrs. J Proctor and Co. The fire was discovered at-11.30. and so strong was its prip on the building that Mr. J. Proctor and Mr. A. A. Clements (his assistant), wlio were the only persons on the premises, barely had time to escape. They hastily donned a few garments, and made their exit by the bedroom windows, from which smoke and flame were to be seen' issuing a few minutes later. Not a thing was saved, either from the store or dwelling, and in a very short time a few smouldering ruiiis alone remained of a prosperous business.

"Recruiting meetings are fast becoming quite hopeless," declared one of Dunedin's eight recruiting sergeants on Monday. "Take tjra demonstration at the Oval on Saturday afternoon as an instance," he continued. "Despite the large crowd there, I am confident that there were not 20 fellows of the class we want to get hold of present. They avoid such places, and we simply have to go around and dig them out. The other day we went around some likely places, and in one hotel signed on five men within 15 minutes. They all passed fit thc_ same night," he added, with a smile of satisfaction. Saturday's parade certainly did not draw many apparently eligible young men to the Oval, and, \vhat is more, one could not heln noticing that only o handful of Territorials turned out. — "Otago Daily Times."

According to a Canadian nurse, who writes from experience (the "Nursing Mirror" states), she did not find Lemnos an ideal spot for a hospital, especially as that hospital was _in tents, which blew over in a tropical storm. Water was difficult to pet, conditions in the autumn especially were not sanitary, and all stores had to coir.c by ship, as nothing; could be obtained on the island except figs and tomatoes. The nurses were o_bligcd to wash their own linen; every drop of wnter for drinking; had to be boiled, with very inadequate conveniences: the only light at night was a candle; and at meal-tiuie the flier, covered everything, so that eating was a misery, to be not over as soon as possible. But she hns nothing but praise alike for the gratitude mid the bravery of the Australian, New Zealand, and British soldiers under her charge.