NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14155, 18 April 1916, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The quautity of butter m cool store at the various gazetted grading ports throughout the Dominion on April 15th was 98, DOS) boxes.' Tho-total in'store j on "April lF.th, 1915, was 57i286, and! 1914.' 72,211 boxes. —Press Association. Entries for the Nelson Horticultural; Sociotv'w autumn show, to- be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next wei>k,, will be received at Messrs tkransell and j Co.'s on Thursday, the lH>th iiist. ; at Mr Bolton's shop from 7 to 9 p.m. ovi Saturday evening; and by post roac'iin<v the "secretary on Monday next lhc cchedule provides classes for pot plants, cut flowers, decorative competitions, fruit vegetables, and preserves. It is hotied that ccur.trv growers will make o-ood entries in fruit and vegetables esneohllv so that the show will be worthy A a, district which ranks so highly in horticultural. matters. There, is serving- at Aldershot a young soldier of the South. African Infantry, Private F. F. F. Ividson who stands 6ft Biri. His father stood Oft lin, and served in the Zulu war. His mother, now with the family hi Johannesburg, is 6ft 4iin, and there are three daughters all over 6ft 4in. Three are married, with husbands respectively 6ft 4in, 6ft 2in, and 6ft lm. Kidson belongs to a platoon of tlnrt> Tsix men, e|ll of whom are over 6ft. He is anxious to meet a giant Hun. 4. meeting of ladies of the Archdeaconry of Waimoa is to be hold .in the Diocesan Library to-morrow afternoon for the purpose" of making arrangements for the annual Home Mission Festival, which is to be held m the Drill Shed «n June 7th next. A unique event in the history of 'vral Arch Freemasonry took place ?;i ' Christchurch last week, when a ooni was opened in the new_ Masonic 7;li and was especially dedicated to hp purposes of Arch Masonry. The ■-•!.■) I which had been carefully com- -<! by Most Ex-Gomp. >S. C. Bingliani, was of a most impressive nature. Outside of America- the ceremony^ is believed to be the only one of the kind on record. There was a record'attendance of over 70 Arch Masons. Qunr term aster-Sergeant Dentj a returned soldier, speaking at a recruitins: meeting at Wellington, gave an example of" what he considered was a "shirker" of the worst type. A man well set up, and in the pink of condition, went to Buckle street to enlist. He filled in his papers, and on exam.ination ib was found that, although the man knew that infantry recruits were wanted badly, he stated in his rja-pers that he was prepared to go into camp with the Army Service Pay T)p'oartn\ent with the Twenty-third Reinforcements. The Thermometer.—At 3 o'clock this [iiorning the thermometer ouWio this office registered 50 degrees. For ..Bronchial Coughs, take • Woods' Great Peppermint Cure The travelling public are notified that Norman Emms has commenced a daily motor car service Nelson-Moiuska-Ta-kaka. The cars employed are luxurious 50 h.p. Cadillacs. Patrons can jrely on careful attention and civility. I Book seats 'phone 39. Private address !No 14-"VYainwi street, 'phone 527.*

There is no shortage of Winter Drapery at Traihen's. «Our stocks ure greater than ever before* We still give- Is in-each £ discount for cash.— Trathen a*id C«.*

Lost ye Forget! We will be open for business all day Wednesday and until 9 o'clock on Thursday night.—Trathen and Co.*

Splendid Stocks are now showing it Trathcn\s in Ladies' Costumes, Winter Coats, Raincoats, Winter Underwear, Dress Materials, Furs, Hosiery, etc. We give Is in each £ discount for cash.*

.For the, convenience of the many shareholders in and around Motueka in the C.D.C.j Ltd., we have opened a branch business in High Etreeti, for Easter' Week, -under the supervision of Mr F. Willoughby. Samples and stock of the .best quality drapery, furnishings, and clothing1 arc'being shown at town prices."* ';

Passengers will note that there will be no Union Company steamer from Wellington to Picton and Nelson ron Wednesday and Friday this week. Tho Mapourika sails for Westport only this morning, returning here on Thursday, the 20th.*

Should ladies play golf on Sundays ? This question was '-involved in a discussion'which took place ax :> " e }»eeial meeting of the Witiora Golf Club, New Plymouth, when members met to decide whether the privilege of Sun-day-play should be granted to lady members or not. After some discussion it >yas decided by 11 votes to 8, that ladies should bo allowed to play ■on Sunday mornings.

"No, I don't want to be submarined again," said Mr. Ashmbad Bartlett on Monday, referring to his experience * when H.M.S. Majestic went down. "Thank heaven, we had no .women and children on board, so it was sauve gui peut from the start. We had six and a-half minutes to get clear —the boat sank in this tin-e-^----and 1 think I was off in the first halfminute. I' was in pyjamas. My life-belt was not blown up. I did think of blowing it up, but decided that I would not waste any wind on | it—^thought perhaps it would keep me j afloat inside me as well as inside the ] belt. So I got over the side without anything." Good swimmer? Mr Bartlett was asked. "No; but I reckon I could have' • swum the Channel that scorning";" Nominaiions for the Reefton -Jockiy Cluo's autumn meeting, to be held on Wednesday, May 3rd, close to-morrow, ovening at 9 o'clock A revolutian due to the war is takinp; place in the gas industry. Gas companies in England are now distilling crude coal tar. with the object of !extracting the oils required for the 'manufacture of aniline dyes. It is now proposed that the companies in tlie various areas should combine to establish dye manufactories. A record head, said to be the finest j ever obtained in the Dominion, has been secured in the Otago Central ;eer forest by Mr. Theo. Russell, of Oam'aru. It is" a twenty-two pointer, nit-h a massive'trunk and a beautiful spread. It was secured in maiden; country toward Mount Aspiring, about! vX)ft above sea level. The stag was of enormous height and in magnificent condition. 'The Helping Hand Shop will .'bo open as usual this "week." Owners of motor cars are. asked to -help occasionally by driving "out the collectors to the country districts. "What is this child doing in Court?" asked Mr. D. G. Cooper, S.M., at Wellington the other day, when a young girl was charged with drunken- ! ness. The defendant (states the "Post") certainly did not look much more than a child. Despite her juvenile appearance, however, she was stated by Inspector Hendrey to he a married woman, whose husband is at the front. On Monday she met_ a stranger in the" city—another soldier —and according to her own story, the pair went to the Botanical Gardens. The soldier produced a.flask of whisky and induced her to,partake of the liquor. She had a drink, but does not| remember what happened .afterwards.] She was subsequently found alone, and she was arrested for drunkkenness. j She was convicted and discharged.

This is Kaiser Bill's true and accurate yortrait painted by Martin Luther! A great man was Martin! He, too, was a German. Furthermore, he was n first-Kjlass German reformer of the high-explosive order, who seldom s^uck at trifles and never did anything by halve*. But lower down in his hymn he states: "His doom is writ." £o readers of this journal need not worry about 'Kaiser Bill—but on no account should they miss the genuine bargains now offered by "Novelties," 42 Hardy street.