NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15243, 3 December 1919, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The vital statistics for Nelson for November were as follows:—Births 20, deaths 10, marriages 6.

Mails despatched on October 18th arrived In London on November 29th.

There will be a general meeting of the Nelson Returned Soldiers' Association on Wednesday, the 10th inst.

Notices to Territorials, {Senior Cadets, returned soldiers, ana otliers, in connection with the presentation of decorations at tne JJriM ixall on Friday, the sth inst., are published in this issue.

The Pacific Cable Board notifies: — "Heavy tramc congesting cables, tostiimated delay homewards <S6 to 48' hours ; outward from United Kingdom between three a.nd four days."

It has become a custom in the Ngatimoti district to hold an annual saie of work-in aid of Dr.. Barnartio's Homes. It is not necessary to emphasise the worth.iii.ess of tne object. xuc liarnardo family comprises 7'Z'6B children. The liarnardo boys who fougnt on land and sen in the Great War numbered 10,715. 'liie sale this year will be held at tiie Peninsula, JSgatimoti, on Wednesday afternoon next, the lOtn inst., and it is hoped that there will be a large gatnering The promoters will be specially pleased to welcome any visitors from town. An advertisement appears in this issue regarding the sale.

Mrs Kineton Parkes spoke at the Port Mission Hall last night on "Liberty." There was a fair attendance, and tho Rev. \V. W. Bedwell occupied the chair. The- lecturer referred to Madame Roland's message, "O Liberty, j what crimes are committed in thy' name!" and went on to say that if we interpreted liberty to mean doing what wo liked then Prohibition might infringe it, but she would like to interpret it as the free exercise of the divine right of sacrifice. Prohibition did not aim at taking away what was precious, but endeavoured to give to men and women all the advantages of healthy freedom and vigour. She said it was wonderful how I persons in every profession were coming out on the side of the Prohibition movement. In Christchurcn all the medical men and women with the exception of three had signed a manifesto in its favour on the ground of health em'ciency. in a reference to the liquor question in Jtllngland, she said it was not State control but the operations of tho Liquor Control Board that reduced the consumption of liquor during the war. Through the work of that board, drinking was reduced 72 per cent, and crime 70 per cent, throughout England. If so much could be accomplished by closing public-houses for a few hours a day, what could not be accomplished by ciosin<>- them altogether ? A hearty vote ot thanks, proposed by Mrs Blomiield, and seconded by Mrs C. Y. Fell, was accorded to the speaker.

A striking medical article in the "Times" entitled "Tho Death of the Middle Classes," points out that exorbitant taxation, high prices of food, and difficulties of housing are bringing about a new pressing national proolem, and putting a premium on bachelorhood with the "inevitable consequences^ or venereal disease and prostitution. Iho present marriage rate is 13.8 per thousand the lowest ever recorded. ■ I lie birth-rate likewise continues rapidly to decline from fvho same causes, and is »nw 15 9 for the whole kingdom, compared with 27.2 for the period 19CG-1910. Statistics for classes are unavailable, but overwhelming medical testimony favours the theory that the decline is most marked amongst the middle classes, where many young couples are marrying, and openly seeking preventive advice, on the grounds that children under present conditions are not a comfort, but a privation and a drudgery.

The Rev. Father O'Connell, -Mr I*. D. Hoskins, of Wellington, and Mr L. Bourke, of Lower Htttt, have returned to New Zealand from Melbourne., where they attended tno Irish Race Convention os delegates from Mew Zealand. Thero were over 2000 delegates present at- the Convention, representing every State in Australia as well as: Mew Zoar land, and it is stated that the proceeding were marked by the utmost enthusiasm in supporting the self-deter-mination claim of the Irish people, m accordance with the result of the Irish o-eiieral election. Mr T. J. Ryan, exPrime Minister of Queensland, presided, •md the principal motions were moved by Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington. Archbishop Redwood, who,is the oldest member of the Catholic Hierarchy m Australasia, will not return to Wellington until this week, as he remained tor the iubileo of Bishop Gallagher, of (.*oulliurn, who is the next oldest member ot the Heirarchy.

"Don't blame us" if your boot bill is too hign! Just be reasonable, and investigate our knock-out prices. You will never pay excessive prices again. —Healy and \Son.*

Memo, to the Ladies Only: 25 pairs of the 6s lid fashionable cut White Canvas Shoes left, 4's and s's only. Send order before too late. — Healy and Son.*

On again, off again. Off again, on again! But always the same, in our new season's Court Shoes. —Healy and Son,*

the Thermometer.--At 3 o'clock this aiornu-g tho temperature outside this office registered 37 degrees.

. (Cmlay's mail cars l«ave Nelson for t'akaka from Jones's. Postcard Shop •it 8 a.m., arriving in Takakf: at 1 ;.s.m. Leave Takaka for Nelson at .43 a.m., arriving '-n 'Setsoi. at I p.ns ''!ars' meet in Motueks at 10.16 a.m.*

Where so ettij &l Maroxtiaou. - Oom £.ivji«;3ai HofceE, J. Themason, propi Aster. Stopping plants for Newmans 5 care.**

"A good deal of interest will be taken in the party issue/ sou Mumbles after reading 'Arry Atmore's speech, with which he seemed pleased. "But," sez I, "there's one thing certain —that is the Reform party i.sn't much good to the workers or tho district. Didn't they take away the rails and trucks, and stopped railway works which were being carried out by the Liberals. Though Tommy said this .was imagination, my friend Bill (not Ivlassey) said the rails we tit away right enough, never to come back any more, as the savin'

is. Though they called thoirselves the National "Ass., they had cutmgJi 'serse to look after themselves and the Fat Man, and gave more spoils to their supporters than any Government over did,' .md they said it was very wicked of the- Liberals to do it ii a s^sall way

—'Satan reprovin' siri,' as the savin' is, but worse." Mumbles sob all. fie big wealthy men and tlic sn-bs' support/ "Reform," but se% I, ?>lnry J. Woodsor Mumbles is a Liberal, find out for tlie people against the classes and snobs every time. There \v\l\ bearcat diversity of opinion upon the incidence of taxation and general prilitiYp. bv.t itis a good tiling to find the people so unanimous about lack's bin; Furnishing Warehouse as being the- best and cheapest place for Furniture. You get the largest and most up-to-date stock of .Furniture, Linos, Congolcum, Baby Carriages,-Sewing Machines, and everything required for a happy home. Just opened, shipments of English and Scotch Linos, direct^ from" tlie factory. All nice and cheap.*

j The Telegraph Department advises 1 that the steamers 'lutanekai, jkararoa. iuaori, Pateena, Westralia, Leitrim, Austraiford, itarangu, 'iahiti, Paiounu, lome and raparoa wore within wireless range of Wellington yesterday., In range of Chatham Islands: Westmoreland and Nuddea. '

The "Morning Post" says: "Civil strife is a poor wreath to lay on the graves of the dead. Ulass hatred is a sorry monument jo erect to their memory. High tasks await us. Wo have titanic-work to do. J^ach of us must piay his part in tne effort that is needed to build the commonwealth."

A breach by two people in the audience at iiawera Opera -House a few da,ys iigo cf the recugnised action of standing while tne j\atiuiiai Anthem is being' played was dealt with by tne proprietor in a way that will undoubtedly win the approval of even one. it appears that their refusal to stand hud been iiten recognised and rightly resented by two returned soldiers, who reported tne nmtter to the prop no tor. He'spoke to the persons, and *on their . stating ruuei. tnat they would not pay the time-uonoured compliment to His Majesty the King he told them that they would in future be refused admittance to the Opera House. —"Star." •

Early in November a Fijian woman burst out of a lane at Suva and rushed down the hill shouting - murder 1" After her came a wild-eyed native waving a sharpened cane knife. .Reaching the woman lie hit her twice on the back of the head, and then" gave her an awful cut over the eye, cutting through the bone down to the'ear. Hie woman fell, and the man gave her a savage chop as she lav on the ground, nearly severing an arm at the shoulder. Exclaiming, "That will finish you, Vasiii," he caimly walked away towards the police station. The woman was taken to the hospital.

\. fatality occurred at Granity through the* hut in which Mr Schauer (Harry Shaw), blacksmitn for the Westport Coal Company, was living, catching fire. It appears that tihaw attended a social early in the evening and returned home, conversing witii a friend just a short time before going inside. When it was noticed that Bhaw's hut was on lire, an effort was made to break in, but the door was locked and a way had to be forced in at the 'back of the building. It was then found that Shaw, who had evidently been overcome by the smoke, was asphyxiated. The deceased was a married man, with a wife and two children residing in Westport He was a member of the Wostport Druids' Lodge.

A woman's susceptibility to a pretty pair of shoes is indicated in the report of the Profiteering Commission presented to the Victorian Parliament (says the "Melbourne Age"). The report states that there is profiteering in the manufacture and sale of 'boots and shoes, and it gives figures to prove that retailers, are alive to tho weaknesses of women where elegant, but not necessarily sound, footwear is concerned. Some retailers, it is pointed out, make a uniform addition to tho prices at which their goods are invoiced to them, but the majority increase the added percentage according to the quality of the boot or shoe. The commission expresses no sympathy for those who are made the victims" of profiteering m high-priced and fancy goods.

The difficulty still experienced in obtaining permits to leave the Dominion is a legacy of the war, from which even ministers of the Gospel are not exempt. At the sitting of the Auckland Methodist Synod last week, the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, general foreign mission secretary for New Zealand, stated that whue in Ohristchurch a few weeks ago, he applied for a permit to go to Sydney without returning to Auckland. To his surprise he found that in addition to answering the usual questions he was required to obtain a report from a policeman, also his wife's permission. In , order to save time he returned to Auckland and made a new application for a permit, which was granted within two days. Three days after he had sailed for Sydney a communication was received from Christchurch, stating that if he applied to the office in that city a permit would be supplied.

For the past fifteen years Mr E. 0. McGuire. eyesight specialist, has been in practice in Nelson and surrounding districts, and may be consulted at IDS Trafalgar street, next Dalgety's.*

Nothing is more ridiculous than to say that because a thing has been it must continue. If such were true Dee and Sons would still be short of Box Suits, but w're not, we're not. We're showing; a grand lot just opened, at unbeatable prices.*

Dee and Sons told you months ago their 10s 6d men's working trousers wear like a pig's nose. We've sold hundreds of these and the last 75 pairs now opened, get in and save 5s on the best trousers on tho market.*

Box Suits have been scarce, but Dee and Sons nave just opened another big line, sizes to fit any man and at a price that can't be beaten, real money-saving suits, call and see these.*