NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15059, 30 April 1919, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr Fred Fairey received & wire yesterday from Feilding stating that at a sale of cattle there a Hereford bull bred by Lord Rhondda fetched 2220 guineas.

A concert by the Nelson Junior Choral Society, assisted by senior members, will •be given in the- Methodist Hail, Hardy street, to-night" at 7.30. The first part of the programme will be sustained by the junior members, and will consist of part songs, recitations, etc In the second part a selection of part songs will be sung by the combined societies. Pianoforte solos' will be contributed by Misses Mione Dayman and Ella Johnstone, and songs and solos by Misses Elsie Cass, oean Martin, Kath leen Stapp, and Mr A. G. Thompson. Mr John Tait will act as conductor.

Letters received yesterday from soldiers on active service indicate that r good *deal of discontent exists over demobilisation. One man, writiaji irb'th France in February^ giving the namej of a^number of men who joined the Division after the armistice was signed, states that 'these people are being sent home before men with several years' service,'* and-contiriues; "but it is in'keeping with arm y fair play." He further states that there is about three times the amount of red-tape and muddle in demobilija*lon lS there was in joining the army." Another man, writing from Brccton' Camp in February, states: "The latesfc! news is that we are likely to still bo -n tins country next August. The excuse tor this is on account of the strikes that are taking place among the shipPmg -people." He further says "it js! paintiil to be compelled to waste so muchi valuable time." I

Last Lot! After a record run, Tratiien s Sale of Drapery and Clothing Stock purchased from Mr Jas. A. Wallace, of Motueka, is about to finish, llare^ Bargains during nest 3£ days—flU day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, ?? d t l!1 1 P-m- Saturday, when Trathen's Hardy Street Branch positively closes down.* , J

_ With the cold "and wet season coming, boys and girls will be giving over wearing sandals for a pair of strong Boots which will wear and keep children healthy. You'll need see Dee and Sons' big value.*

Oiir soldier boys are streaming back to us. God bless them. Industry is forgetting the feverish days of war, business is returning to natural -activity ; plenty of coal for the furnace, plenty of sugar for the coffee, plenty, of good clothes for everybody at Dee and Sons.*

It's the quality more than quantity that should concern buyers of boots. Dee.and Sons keeping first in quality and second to none in variety; our prices are right and comfort footwear for everybody.*

: r #iy^^unday.mormng a fire occurred at DevauchelleU Bay, Akaroa, the Qo^u9°™?s Chambers, Post Office, .«?£,*a. private reftdence being destroyed! people were sleeping in all three buildings but scaped unharmed. Man y valuable hooks and maps were destroyed. "A young lady, Miss Sybil Davies, who was rescued; from drowning at Brighton Beach, Sydney, on March 25, regaine-1 consciousness after eight days' insensibility. Doctors regard fh e dase as a moat remarkable one.

Before the Industries Committee in Napier, evidence was tendered concerning the tobacco industry. Various witnesses stated that Hawke's Bay and Nelson grown tobacco was excellent, and it would pay farmers to grow the crop. Government help should be given to this new industry. Mr A. B. Fallover manager of the Hawke's Bay Tobaccc Company thought that the compam was entitled to a return of the duty paid on tobacco. A Southland soldier, writing from Cologne (Germany) to a relative in Invercargill, states that the men had a very fine time in the enemy's country and several New Zealanders had actualh married German girls, while Canadians and Australians had also taken Hun Avives to their bosoms, fie states thai the men -were given strict instructions not to allow close intimacy to arise between them and the Germans but the) did not interpret this to mean that thej could not marry their hostesses.

The medical fraternity continues to I search frantically and futilely for a pre-; ventive or cure of the influenza, writes & Sydney correspondent. Hundreds of thousands were inoculated—at 10s Gd per time, by private doctors— but that is now recognised as having been quite useless. Then the doctors urged inhalation, and inhaling chambers, where sulphate of zinc was atomised and breathed in, were installed everywhere, particularly by firms with big staffs'. Now the doctors' council have reversed their decision, and inhalation is now taboo as harmful. So we are left with the wretched masks, which many doctors are already condemning as useless. It all emphasises the helplessness of the medical fraternity before this new disease.

A casualty list reports that Trooper Ernest Bailey Oliver, of the Wellington Mounted Rifles (next-of-kin, W. Oliver, Woodville) was accidentally killed on the 25th inst.—Press Association.

In another column it is announced that Mr E. Cholerton M.P.0.C., the well known eye specialist, will again be visiting Nelson next month.

Extra.Special Value! Double "width Black and White Check Dress material usually 3s lid for Is lid a yard at Trathen's Closing Down Sale of Hardy Street Branch.*

The Thermometer.—At 3 o'clock this morning the temperature outside this office registered 39 degrees.

For Bronchiel Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure

Speight's and Harley's Beers drawn on the counter direct from the cask. Good' accommodation.—Exchange Hotel, next. Empire Theatre, Nelson. —J. D. Moriarty, Proprietor.*

'Where to stay *t Murchison.—Commercial Hotel, J. Thomason, proprietor, Stopping place for Newmans' ears.*

Where to stay when in Westport, GRAND HOTEL, opposite Bank of New Zealand.*

Emms's mail cars \«ave Nelson ior Takaka from Jones's Postcard Shop at 8 a.m., arriving in T&kaka at 1 p.m. Leave Takaka for Nelsen. at 1.45 a.m., arriving in Nelson at 1 p.m. Oaid mefct in Hotuek& at 10.15 a.m.*