NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14877, 27 September 1918, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

At the conclusion of play in the telegraphic chess match on Wednesday ni<j;ht,Nelson had 5 wins and a draw and Blenheim a draw. For the Nelson club Griffin, A. P.SAllport, Kemp/ A. V. Airport and A. Clausen had wins, and Bennett- a draw. The other games m several of which the Nelson players have good positions, go to adjudication Mr Baggs was the operator on Tuesday and Mr Whelan on Wednesday. .Refreshments were provided each'evening by Misses Kemp and Adnmson.

The entertainment in connection with the ,Loyal Temperance- Legion, to be given in Wesley Hall, Hardy street, this evening, starts at 7.45. A good programme of-music, *oii£. and story has been prepared, and a pleasant concert is anticipated.

A dance will foe hold in St. 'Mary's Hall this evening.

Japanese-Crepes in every wanted colour in.both single and-double-widths We stock the kind that give satisfaction in wear and wash.—Trathen's.*

Labour organisations of Jkinds in France have been putting forward' demands for-higher wages or higher war bonuses. The ■ railwayman asked that tliew. war bonus be merged in their permanent wages. ' ' •

Ihe three Wellington daily papers are all supporting Mr Hildreth", the National Government candidate for Wellington Central. . , •

A young wpman was arrested by Constables Berthclson and McGregor last night on a charge that at "Wellington, on the ,11th. inst., she unlawfully abandoned a child under the a"-c of two ( years. The child referred to Tn the charge was ■ found alive in the grounds of a 'building in Wellington.

Tobralcos.in Stripe, Spot, and Plain Patterns, including Navy, at Tra then's.*

A petition is in circulation praying the Attorney-General to issue a permit for the incorporation of the company that is to carry on the proposed solar salt-manufacturing works at Now Brighton.,

War has been brought to a fine art, writes a Nelson soldier who got up from his linotype to grip a rifle. He apparently came to tms conclusion becauso when recuperating in a back area in France after -a long spoil "in the trenches he was able to "enjoy a game of tennis when he had finished the lig,ifi duties required of the convalescent.-

Ihe Nelson-College Cadets, who have been m barracks since Tuesday wjll De inspected ! by Colonel N. p.. V^ams C.M.G. YCamp Commandant at Jeatherstoji), -i ns afternoon, after whii-Ji they •will give a display-of trench raiding and an exhibition of physical drill and the■ -physical games which form ap art of the training in the Expeditionary *orce camps. The college authorities cordially invite, the public to witness the proceedings.

Dainty fancy Muslins at Trathen's 3lT%r| rJ6tyS10KlS' y

The Tasmaman correspondent of the Australasian Insurance and BanHnoRecord" c says:_< 'The difficulty of disposing of the fruit crop has, to a groat extent, been overcome; 300 000 cases of fruit have been evaporatedthe balance has been disposed of on the Australian market at a profitable price It is apparent that to hold the market m. future the quality of the fruit exported must be improved, and to secure this a Bill will be introduced for the standardisation of apples."

Mr Ernest Lilly, chairman of the City Schools Committee, said the other day that the Auckland headmasters strongly resented Bishop Aver ill's description of the schools as "one of the worst sources of immorality,", and the reference to conditions that would shock the public mind; "If the Bishop has, any such information," said Mr Lilly, "it-is his duty of the public to state candidly what the .nature of the canker is, and where it is to be found. We know quite well, however, that no such immorality exists. But if the Bishop desires the good .of the community, and the interests of morality, ho 'should make his charges openly and specifically. Then . tho conductors of education will be prepared to meet them."

Dress Voiles in new and distinctive designs are in great variety at Trathen's. Prices Is 6d, Is lid, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, 4s Gd yard.*

j A. brave boy named .Philip Laurence | Hunt was honoured at the Thorndon School this week for a. < brave deed he did-in December last year in attempting^ £o;Tescu^>&;faariyfr^ 3ia;i^r anga V': ■; Tk a iEiS^^jin&^i^^mp&^l i^yfroTn: a^lfeat an>st{irniy -| distance v cfrbm ;■ the shore;'' aiid^bne p.pi, ] them ;got into^ifficultites^ ihmid^pting'i to swim ashore. Hunt went but io 1 help the" man, and 'actually -su'eeoeded j jiri getting him to land, but unfortunately the man was dead. To face a rescue in such water was an act of greatest bravery, and the Humane Society awarded to Hunt the silver medal of tho society. The medal was presented by Captain Hall-Thompson, Naval Adviser to tho New Zealand Govern-1 ment, and the decoration was pinned on the boy's breast by Mrs Hall-Thompson.

The cost of living in this country was a reproach to all of us, for we were individually and collectively responsible, remarked Mr Hornsby, M.P., in a presessional address at Carterton. We permitted the Government, he continued, to delegate its power and as a result we had the worse than wicked subterfuge of a Board of Trade and Select Committees of the House. If a controller had been appointed, and he had been supported by legal enactment, we should "have ended the nefarious practices of the profiteer. The speaker then went on to give examples of the desperate plight of the wage-earner today, .in vthe - I)bm iriiofi'^' The/'^a%ev JUch■ardf: John: SeMon. had.- what , opponents' xalled a. ■*•'rongh^ajid-ready way.' '.- lt&s,j antt':he-was successful: in' curbing1 the-agreed !of'cfer Jain - people - Witness his. method with ';■■ the; : ferry steamer^ business :-;- Wel^ ilington arid OLyttelton; his handling of jthe.\fish supply monopolists of Christchurch; his proposal to do in England ; what the Americans have long since done—control their own depots for meat, cheese, butter, and other products. We needed someone strong enough to take hold of the shipping ring, the coal ring, the meat ring j and the merchant ring, and the cost of a great many, of the articles so necessary to the co'nifort and well-being of Tour people would come down with a. run.. There was no use in mincing ntaifiers"';we wore in the grip of a merciless set of profit-mongers, and when we;asked for relief we were treated by the .Board of Trade to a learned disquisition on politico-economics.

A National Pride.—This is no idle boast. Smokers throughout the Empire unanimously agree that State Express, the famous all-British Cigarettes, are absolutely unequalled in quality, purity, and high-class methods of manufacture. ObtainHbTe at all High-clasn Tobacconists throughout i;he Dominion.*

The Thermometer.—At 3 o'clock this morning the^ temr>s*ature outside this office registered 43 degrees.

Where to stay at Murehison.—Commercial Hotel, J. Thbmason, proprietor. Stopping place for Newmans' cars.*

Visitors to the West Coast will be pleased to_ learn that Mr and Mrs F. B. Stnllard have resumed control of Bawson's Hotel, Keefton, the leading and acknowledged house for tourists and commercial gentlemen.*

Influenza take Woods' Great Vpperiaint Cure. Never fails. 1/6, 2/6.

Where to stay when ie Westport, 3RAND HOTEL, opposite Rank of New Zealand.*

Emms's mail cars leave Nelson for Takaka from Jones's Postcard Shop at 8.a.m., arriving in Takaka at 1 /vm. Leave Takaka for Nelson at 7.45 n.m.j arriving in Nelson at 1 p.m. Car« meet- in. Motuaka zt 10.15 a.m.*