lOCAL& GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 28 January 1909, Page 2

IOCAL& GENERAL NEWS.

A Press Association mesenge from Wellington states that Mr K. MoKenzie, Minister of Mines, returned from Huntly last night, after his successful mediation in the Waikato coal minmg dispute. He leaves at once for ?<elfion to attend several gatherings of his constituents in celebration of his appointment to the Ministry. H« also intends to take the opportunity of inspecting the construction work on the Tadmor ifcetion of th« Nelson and Tadmor line. Upon -iKia return to Wellington, about Fobriiary- 7th, he will spend a few days ;^ealine with departmental matters, and' will then leave for Auckland to settle' the much debated question of the tout« of the North Auckland railway: In reply to a wire asking for his. -Nelson district programme next week, t&A'-priyate secretary to the Minister "forwards the following details:— "The; Hon. -ft.. MeKcnzie's movements fop.thje week are: Leave W«llington for Nelson to-night; go to Motueka to-niorroiyiTnorning ; and drive thctico to TaJtaki- to-irtorrow afternoon, attending a function at Manyaraltau on Saturday and, the Takaka Show on Monday, and r a banquet at Motueka on Wednesday,' 3rd-: piox, and function at Tapawera on Thursday, 4th pro*. - " With regard to the- Hutt'iocal option inquiry it ahould b» stated thai on the close ot the proceedings judgment was reserved, and the decision has not yet been given. The Collector of Customs (Mr T. M. Cullen) has received tho following telegram from the Secretary of the Marine department: — "Tho master of the Kotuku reports several large trees floating about between Cape Foulwind and Cape Farewell." At a 6pscial meeting of the members of the Nelson Fire Brigade last, evening Mr A. E. Dee, a fireman of many years standing and much experience, was elected lieutenant of the Brigade in the room of Lieut. Lucre, resigned. The meeting of tlia Loyal Nelson Good Templar Lodge was well attended. Bro. ■ Hears presided. The election of officers resulted in eome conteste for the positions. Two new members were proposed. The arrangements for the concert for the benefit of the sufferers by H.M.S. Encounter's recent disaster were further advanced. It v.t.6 report-rd that a number of friends had kindly consented to assist at the concert. Ths business of the District Court will commence at 10.30 a.m.- to-morrow, before his Honor Judge Hasetden. There- are five applications in bankruptcy to be dealt with. In the estate of J. L. F. Rollet there are three applications, viz., (1) to vest ' certain assets disclaimed by the Deputy Official Assignee in William Wishaw (a partner with Kollet in certain ~ land transactions) ; (2) to order Levien and Rollet to pay the D.O.F. £100Q. allfeged to be assets of* J. F. L. Ebllet, or as an alternative, that Alice Eleanor, Bollet be o:Hered to pay over that sum ; (3) to make an order in ' regard to' proof of debt of Levien and Rollet. In Hume's estate a motion '■ to satisfy a transferee on tho ground of fraud will bo considered. A. T. ■ Stone will apply for his discharge. ■ ; The re-election of Mr> Henare ICaihau as M.P. for the- Western Maori District in December is to be contested (says the Auckland VHerald"), one of the defeated candidates, ' Mr Pepene Eketone-, of Te Kuiti, having lodged a petition to have the election declared voijd. Tho petitioner declares that notices of the polling places were not published in the "Kahiti" and "Gaaette,' 1 as required ; that 70 voting paper* from the polling booth at Manaia were returned without, the namft of the candidate voted for being in. any case written thereon; that no booths were opened in certain places" as determined, and that other places Were used ; that votinsr papers were not- issued as required, and that in several other refpecta the poll was irregular. Tbe petition is addressed to Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, and" will eome up for .■heading in due course. There were five candidates for the'seat,- the"'sncce«ful candidate securing over 2300 votes and the petitioner, who^wae second, between 1600 and 1700 .votes. , To-m«irow, at 1 p;w. sharp) at "Matlock Hill," Eichwonjl,- , Mr W. Lock, -will sell the pia^Q^furjiitnro and effects belonging to J£*iH<; J.. Elliott Fuller particulars are advertised. Messrs Levien and Rollet . advertise their usual weekly sale, of .'produce' tor •nffib Saturdays aVso a quantity of ' poultry, to be held "at their rooms, Hardy-street, next Saturday. - . When children fail give them Stearns' Wine. '- It "makes weak children strong by giyi»g them better appetite , and dipestion.;.They like it, because its taste is plea?ajit. # ,.. J^ w^f 6^ BntterJr-jMde fwm whnle Milk Oream, the Weam being '•-». docod In teraperature by the lateßt and most nn-to-d3t« orienHlJc 1 ' a^plisnoep Thn public »r« gnaraiitefld- that thir hntt«r is free from all . gena*. .is swaef' and wholesome, and:':,can : "0«- bad *t s^»e price as other bigiai.*;" ", . Many people think %* is high time that auch brutal dispKys 'as '' given in the Burns-Johnson fiphtsTjonld' be prohibited. Mrs Mtimbles thought these 'ere "glove fights" wjere:soft things and quite harmless: she.ivas' astonished t-o read that a man's jaTWrfianrbe broken and bis ribs poandod: yi .with a pair of gloves, and that Bums sakht have, passed out" but for. police intervention. .. Scores are al^o^aetbnifhed to find that jLpck, the UhW|ftProvid«,« and Cdmplete Furnisher; hpldß such a magnificent atock of 'ap-ti^flat* furnitnre, etc., And glTes'-sacV' : iaarvellous l « ln , e< „, U J ?** is^lso< agent for Harlana'g English, piin&r American orgaus,-; Power Washerejl^dnaeHul Sun Lamps (the lightest anS-' chekpest light in the •world), "Eaßiba]#i-Lino.-Polish--ers. ._; Britannia Air E^es,'- ■ ' Zea'andiaanrt Miww E-anp.s. t>h«j'atest novelty, the "People's Flycatchers," and other' specialities. All invited- to inspect one of the fcast shows in Qv% Dosainion.*

A meeting b! the N«is6ja Suiltlefs 1 Association will be held in Merßer's lobms to-morrow evening; at 8 o'clock'. f&p n&mbers of tfie Victory liodga i?e notified Of.fi, Lodge of Instruction il tie Lxidgo Boom tliis evening. A special '., meeting o£ shareholder in >ho Nelson Industrial CS-oJ*w 1 .-.V6 3oci3t* Will -;iio held this evening ot the store, - *hen a full attendant is requested,' as important business is to be transacted. The annual picnic in connection with the Trinity Presbyterian Chnrch. Sunday school will be held at \\akefitld on Monday, Ist February (Anniversary Day). Children nro requested to meet outside the statioi at 9 a.m. On Monday next the new , term of the Nolson School of Physical Culture beiiw.and pupils may enrol with Mies M. Greenwood oh Friday and Satm'fUy, iw advertised. During the last Uv» months Miss Greenwood tow ■ beiiii' Visit in,; various. New Zealand p-feoofe of physic*! ciilture; With h. vtS\V : to .studyihg the different methods erqplo^e'Q! Under fV-'Jufable weather conditions two heals jn . uohuectioij. .vvi|h,the <nn Sowing CluU's Kpurs wero rowed rasl..eWning.,! The , nr§t ; race between crews 'filroked by Hamilton and McCabe' resulted in an easy win for the former, and the second race, which ■wasL contested by Lcvifn's and Kitchiiig's crews, was won by the latter after i.an exciting and -close race. The winning crews were :— :C. HamiTlon (stroke), L. Baigent (3), Wood (2), and Beauchamp (bow); and F. Hitching (itroko). K. Akers (3), M Kay (2), and t'anzelow (bow). The semi-final will be rowed this evening, and the final tomorrow. Preparations for tho Golden Bay A. and V. Association's 16th annual show on Monday next are well advanced. The entries, though not a record Kst, in some sections of the show are well above the average number, totalling 850. Given fine Weather, the fixttore promises to attract the- usual number of visitors to the rli&t,c ut: A large nunjjber of entries liiive been niaae from Colliflgwood, Motueka and other parts of the Nelson province. t T ( he, Lady Barkly .will run an excursion, leaving Nelson for. Takaka on-Sundav next, at i p.m. The return far9 will be 10s. Our Stanley Brook correspondent wri^s : — An eight Iroomed unoccupied house, the property of Messrs Fenemore Bros., was totally destroyed by fire on the evening of the 18th inst. The origin of the outbreak, as usual, remains a mystery. There was an insurance in the Imperial office for £100. The building was erected about 12 years ago. Yet another fire occurred at 6.30 p.m. on the 26th inst., in a six-roomed dwelling owned by Mr A. Griffiths, and occupied by Mr McLqehTan, Evangelist, who was absent at tho time, and consequently lost nearlv all his belongings. Tho cause of tb.e fire was probably a defective chimney. There was a small insurance in the South British office. The buMing had been orected a number of years. The Associated Board of the Boyal Academy of Music and Eoyal College of Music bavo awarded the gold and silver medals to those candidates who Scored the highest honour marks in each grade as follow: — Advanced Grade. — Gold medal: Dorothy Cowie, pupedin, pianoforte, 137 marks. Teacher, Mr A. Vallis. Silver medals: Muriol Cooper, Masterton; pianoforte, 136 marks. Teacher, Mr A. B. Wallace, Phyllis P. Hanify, Ma-sterton; pianoforte, 136 marks. Teacher, St. Bride's Convent. Next in order of merit Aimeo Champion, Dunediu; pianoforte, 135 marks. Teacher, Mrs Levi, L.H.A.M. and A.B.A.M. Intermediate Grade. — Gold Medal: Annie h. Gibbs, Wellington ; harmony, 143 marks. Teacher, St. Mary's Convent. Silver medal: Kathleen R. Levi, Duned'iß; pianoforte, 142 marks. Teacher, Mrs Levi, L.B.A.M. and A.B.A.M. Next in order of merit: Cecilia Dwyer, Wellington; harmony, 141 marks. Teacher, St. Mary's Convent. Annie W. M. Glasse, Dunodin; pianoforte, 137 marks. la view of the suggested municipalisation of the" fish industry in New Zealand, it is interesting to note what is being done in Sydney. Fish taken straight from the sea to the council's market; fish sold by the council's own servants at cost price (except for. dues and s 5 per cent, commission), straight to the consumer if he chooses to rise early; fish — as much fish as can bo taken from the sea — as much, perhaps, as the Federal trawler can trawl, the fisherman getting his price, (the public tlieir supply, unhampered by any possibility of rings or trusts as far as the markets aro concerned — that ia the scheme at which tiro City Council was aiming in a resolution which it passed last night (says the "Sydney Morning Herald" of last Tuesday week). It was resolved, "That no further action be taken -,to amend the fish-market by-laws, in view of a report dated December 15, 1908, that it wonia be far better not to amend the existing by-la ira regulating the fish-markets at ail; but simply to appoint the Council's own men as agents (whom the Council will pay, charging the consignors of fish a commission of 5 per cent., together with all dues in connection with the sale of the fish), and notify the fishermen that the Council are prepared to •receive consignments of fish on the basis proposed, no further actions to be taken to amecd the fishmarkot bylaws." Me.^r* Bis"ey Br'.fc. and Co. call attention to a special horse ami vehicle sale next Sat-urduy at 11 a.m. ; ana" to eale of hidos, skins, tallow on Friday, sth prox., at 2.30 p.m. Messrs Levien and Bollet announce a gale of city properties, at their rooms, Hardy-street, on Saturday, 6th prox., at soon. Particulars appear in this iMue. The triuMph of tße r.B. Corset is j easily understood. Great snrgeons and specialists- commend the P.D. Injury was caused by the old-fashioned corset, but the P.S. confers benefit. It rapports Sud ennobles tfca figure and gives strength and stimulus. Demand the P.D., and get it.* Ton can do a suffering friend a kindly service by saying "Stearns' Headache Curo_ will quickly; cure that # headache." A ..trial veil! convince yoc if you have «ot yet need it yourself."