NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14395, 24 April 1917, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

An address by Mr E. Webley to City Council electors will be found in this issue., ■ ■ '"■'■■';■': '■. . ••■ ■■'' >'v ■ ■ •>•,->'"

The secretary of the Marlborough Racing Club advises us that, the club's race meeting fixed for May 2nd and 3rd, has been abandoned.

Entries for the Nelson Horticultural Society's autumn show, to be held in connection . with the Ived Gross Fete, close to-day, and may be mad© at Messrs J. B. Hounsell aJid Oo.'s, Trafalgar street, up to 6 p.m., and at Mr S. Bolton's shop from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mr E.M. Field, in an address to the electors published in this issue, sets out some" of his views on Harbour Board matters.

Sitting as & - Commissioner of the National Efficiency Board yesterday, JSlr J. A, Frosticic tpok. evudence in cafhefa ■from^witnesses ': interested. - in ; agricultural show's, picture theatres, and •■'racing: -clubs.'. ■■.■"..-■•'■ '■"'-\.. : "■■• ,-■..'•■'■■..". ■:.•"'•■■

[ .Donation?, of cream are solicited for tlie O Stall in -connection with the Alphabetical Red Cross Bazaar. Donations majr 'be left on Friday and Saturday mornings at Mr Emmett's shop in. Hardy street.

Extension of time for s dra\yiug ,nas been granted to the committee "of, itiie Marlborough. iand art uxrion," ■ whicfc ■is being, run in' connection .with, the ■jVlariborough Patriotic Fund. The committee has also been granted ths right to advertise in Nelson and. on the West Coast. -

There .promises to bo a good house at the Provincial Hall on Thursday nest, when the Mayoress's Flag will be sofd by auction by-Mr M.. Bisley in aid of the lied Cross Fund. A good musical programme has been arranged, 'comprising orchestral selections, songs,, and re. citations. Tlie best! Limericks that l-ave been sent in for competition will be read put by the Bishop of Nelson; wno has kindly consented : to. preside. ■'•

When Mr Malcoum Nicco), grand secretary of-the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons, was in London at the time of the outbreak of the war, ho had the misfortune to be the victim of a theft when travelling on the underground railway, whereby he was deprived of a valuable gold watch presented to him by the Freemasons of Dunedin. Mr. Niccol has just attained the jubilee of his admisvsion into Freemasonry, and occasion was taken recently by a number of his Masonic friends in Auckland, in celebration: of, the event, to^ present him with another gold watch, similar to that stolen from him.

Constable Lowry, of To Awamutu, had an unpleasant experience one afternoon (says the Waikato "Times"). He .was crossing the Pun-^i river on horseback, and missed the ford. His horse was swept off its feet and the rider unseated, one foot being hung -up in the stirrup. The horse was carried some 50 yards down stream, dragging Lowry with it before it scrambled 1 ashore, where it stood quietly, and the constable was able to extricate himself from his precarious position just before losing consciousness. '

The numbers of people who have visited Thos. Horton, Limited's, fine display of apples opposite the Union Bank-- Hardy street, are loud in their praises as; "to the quality and. quantity of the exhibit. ■Everybody welcome.* . •

A young man named Alfred Ernest Harle, of Kaikoura, was charged at Blenheim on Friday, before Meesrs E. H. Penny and J. J.W. White, Justices of the Peace, with having asi-aultea Thos. Renwick at Dumgree by pointing a revolver at him ( says" the '"Express"). He admitted the offence. The accused went to the Dumgree Station on the night of the 17th inst.,. and had an altercation with a "man against, whom he had a grievance. Mr Renwick1 s attention v&s attracted by the row, in which the accused was roughly handled, and he proceeded to turn Harle off the place. It was then that thfe accused produced the revolver. Sub&equentlv the man was arrested by Constable" Williams. Mr-C. H. Mills appeared for the accused, who expressed regret and undertook not to go near Dumgree again. The accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when .called on, and the revolver was confiscated.

No one visiting Nelson from the country districts, etc., should miss seeing our splendid exhibit of apples and pears opposite the Union Bank, Hardy street. We will be pleased to give any information about any variety tabled and show visitors samples of our fruit trees. —Thos. Horton, Limited.*

A trial shipment of venison is being sent Homo for distribution among the military hospitals (says the "Star") thanks to the patriotic action of members of the North Dunedin Gun Club, who offered to procure it. The deer (fallow) were shot in the Blue Mountains, and as they are reported to be in good condition, will no doubt be greatly appreciated by our nen. .

The Thermometer.- -At 3 o'clock this morning the thermometer outside this effioe 1 registered 54 degrees.

For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Curo. 1/6, 2/6,

Where to stay wben in Westport. GRAND HOTEL, opposite BankTof New Zealand.*

On and after January Ist, 1917, Emms's mail cars will leave Nelson for Takaka at 8.15 a.m. (instead of 10 a.m.), arriving in Takaka at 1 p.m. Leaving Takakk for Nelson at 8 a.m., arriving in Nelson at 1 p.m. Cars will meet at Mft&dbt for morning x*** ai