THE Marlborough Express PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XVII, Issue 270, 18 November 1882, Page 2

THE Marlborough Express PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1882. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

i The Matoralty.— Mr Henry Dodaon, M.H.R., haa been nominated for the Mayoralty of the Borough of Blenheim for the ensuing year. TENDERs.-Tenaers are invited by the Lower Wairau Bivere Board, for extending Forster's Channel, j The Agricdltdbal Show The following were the tendera received for the booths o^ the Show Ground on Thursday next :— Publican's booth— Captain Lambert £2 5a • Dl Draper, £2 Is ; G. Honldsworth, £2. Refreshment booth ~G. Houldsworth, £1 Hi; Captain Lambert, 15s. For the two booths— P. O'Sullivan, £3 12s 6d ; George Hbuldsworth, £3. ; P. O'Snllivah's tender for the twg bootlia wad accepted.

S^Thk String Band. — 'I'he lieuelit con- ' brt for Herr Norberg's string band has i-.j wn pospoued until the 28ch iust. ■; '■ ifsTHE Pioton Coaii Company.— Messrs 7 ' *B c on and Fredericks are the successful ' V«nderor3 for sinking the shaft for the. -Piotou Coal Company, and we are „j|j£ ' ;ormed operations will be commenced '"at '•' )DO3. New Buildihg.— Offices are now being jreetiid at the corner of High Street and Market Place —between • tb e properties oosupied by Messrs Sinclair,and Evans— fqr, (he Union Steam Shipping Company and AkW-JJEarjl.^ _„..,„.,_ _,_. Baths. — Mr Heuneasey announces that his baths are now open to the public, and we trust he may find their patronage gafficicnt'.to recompense: him (or the out 1 iJy He has been 1 to./' '■ A I .ft Wbsleyajt Church.— Services m connection with the Home Missions will be held iujthe Wesleyan Church to-morrow, the 88r(i\dna { morqiAg and fevehipg being preached by the Rev. Mr Lee, of Nelson. On Monday a public meeting will bi held m the church at half-past seven o'clock. PfißsoNAii.-TyWeiperceiv.e that Mr Fred. Smith has returned \b the "3ia'triot from his visit to Europe and America. He has been through England, France, Germany, and America, and still thinks thinks there is no place like the-Wairan. Nelson Scholarship. —The examination for the Marlborou«h Scholarship at Nelson College will be held at the Boys' School Blenheim/ 1 on .Dec Sth and 9chJ Candidates must send m their names before Deo, 6th next to the Secretary of the Education Board. The " 'Horticultural ' Show.— The Show of^ the ißlcnh'eim Horticultural Sfjietjr take! place as /previously an? flounced on Wednesday next.' The Secretary will ba I fri,' attendance." at Ewart's Hall on the preceding day to receive all eiitr.ies, Aispecial train, has been put on by'Mr H?b; Seymour td'ensole'reßiaents at Pictnn and places~along the line of railway •.to.'Sttend'Jhe show. 1 '!. 'A i l r | ' i : The FriendlY iSociEtiES'SpiJwS. — The tina^meetint; of i the. Joint Committee of th.e fl Friendly,, .Sqcieties^-w.as.held „$t the Royal Hotel last evnntii?. The" balance, sheet was submitted to the meeting 'and adopted. It showed a credit balance of £1,0,43 9d,>a ramarkably.aucee&fal re&ult when judged, ( by .th,e' experience- of years. "Votes of thanks wore passed to the Chairman and the Secretary,' also' to Mr H. Seymour, -the-traffio manager. •Tgi'lsoN? Wob'i. toßr-I^Tlie liece^f plate to be presented" by Messrs Hcßae, Pickering, WaWG6uli»r,< 'and Harding to the exhibitor of the best pen of five longwpp e l£.d Jfrovincial J>red itwo-tootti ,ewes., ; at thecqiijn^Agricultural!Sliow',.waßjele'otM by Mr Paul during 'his recent visit to Cbristchurch, and consists of a yery handsome silver-plated I Wdt' ; wa l te'r i 'or'beer jug, and silver mounted polished oak tankard. A better, selection, could. .noj^haye been made. They may be^een, "together with the- Loan and Meijgantile Agency's/Cup, m Mr"Mnncasler'g window.' , • t ■ ' . < , • .■■ '.1 <aY \\ ; ■'. I .'•' .J .. .'.. i A Thr Wakamabina.— We have been shown a very fine specimen of gold obtained from one dish' 'of "wash dirt from the;Hy.dMulic:SluioiDglCo!scclaim>whibh iisuuder the managemenr of Mr 6. C. | M'Q^ljiSnj //The, .Company'* ,new;vvfater 'race is now completed^ though latterly it jhas been seriously damaged by cattle and, !n6?Be^ I 'iThjl dama'gel'lioweverVnas'b'een 1 ImadeigoodjlandtafgoDd'.ihe'adiiofrwaferHo I work thejClaiinjhaa^beeu.inatptained. A jcoi^spbndent expresses the hope that residents on the gojclfiekl will be kept ; within the limits". 'orthe law,. and be rea'trioied fall tie* Mumper -6f 'cMe allowed* .thea by the>Mirie'g Aot;- "U") -'',) VAauiSATiON.-ThetDune.lin " Echo " saya :— " We -h^vMo acknowledge with thanks the recept of this' monthly ('The Vnecinati6n -luqairer '). i-for" September. •' It seems to- us"' that it will- not be long before vuCciuatiou ; will haye;toib« left optional, 'and, will o;ase to be oompulsory. It's effect ' is not alw'ay eoodand' a recent case in 1 Algiers'of : some twenty soldiers being poisoac.l ! hy impure' Matier should act as a warning to medical men, who have t{( perform the compulsoiy operation. l la Switzerland ,the Compulsory Vac.cination Act has bren 'rejected m all the cantons, save •'Nenchat'e'l, ' by a vote of the people. / MB(Rirji:^ IjEWjSTA]{LK{-i.Mt!R'illy completed the erection of a new set'of stibles'ad]oining ;r th'oClnb c 'Hb't6l, to replace his former ones. The old Btables,' it. .will be remembered,; consisted of.two buildings,. one on .either side of' what is 'best known as Riley'g yards! These have been pulled dovvh, and a large bnilding 77ft m length «nd 30ft iv width, with outlying wiugs: of stalls, ■ erected m their stead. The interior of the building contains 18 roomy stalls, with a store room and harness room ' midway on each side. Above is a spacious loft running almost theiwhole length of the structure, : for the storage of hay, &c. Ou the left hand side of the stables is a lone carriage Bhed, with ljwsa, Boxes at/tLqedd! nearest Charles-street; ;'on the other side of the building are some roomy loose bases, and m the yardrit a sited containing a number/ of open stalls, bnng'ingHip the' number" of stalls for the pceommodatiou of the horses of, Mr. Riley's, clients to jthirtyreight. ; ,lii addition 1 are sundry fenced-bff yards, and an extra carriage shed. The building is a fine spaciojia one, thoroughly well ventilated, and m pyery adapted for the use for which it .was designed. Mi PeJdie, we understand, drew the plans and Mr E. Bythell was the contractor for the work,' ■'" : ' : . ' ■■•"' ArabiV TRiAL.-^The " Sydney Herald" remarks :— " It will be rather a novelty for .the Egyptians to see Arabi Pasha have a trial after the English fashion. Oriental methods of' dispensing justice are. delightfully simple. To have the wisdom of Solom.on on the Bench is an excellent arrangement) when (the; judge is really a Solomon. If he happens to decide wrongly, why, dead men. can make no complaints, and Oriental fatalism leads people to acquiesce .easily m the m evitable.' •' . The laborious and painstaking process, of an English trial leads naturally to the impression that truth is not always discoverable at the firsi blugh,' and that it is necesBiiry, to get all possible evidence and sift. it. Arabi Pasha himself may gain or not by extensive disclosures is at present uncertain. But it is probable that England will, He has already shown a disposition to let out secrets, and if m the course of the inquiry he liuds that he m likely to save himself by incriminating others he is not likely to be sparing of evidence: / -It; is; quite intelligible that there should be certain parties totally opposed to his being allowed the privilege of English counsel. In their c?sf , the least said; the soonest mended ; had a man possessed of inconvenient secrets is best put out of the way, Judical inquiry, however, will certainly not go back to the stains quo ante helium. English Justice, as well as English military power, has got a footing m Egypt. Arabi , will get a fair trial, and {perhaps that may mean ' that some other people will get a trial too." A Fair Pkofosal.— A young lady, who resides at take Preston, Dakota, : has htely created a furore among the eligible young men of the neighborhood by an advertisement m the local newspaper. She says :— " I mean business. II there is any youug man m this country that has ai much sand m him as a pound plug tobacco, . I want to hear from him. I nava a free claim and homestead, am a good conk and not afraid of work, and wdl.ng to do nxy part . If aily nmu witu a like amount of land, and decent face and carcase, wants a good wife, I can fill the bill,"

iflluf Unexpjsoi-ed Visit. —Some time \fci i the. two : morning [lapera^in • Sydnby 'rto' in>i{eft-|u|i tdiettd inspect a'ilome.for deatitute'boyb, situate ifMiddle-Harßjur. '^|c reg^rter^tithi ";Bydney:'Mor'ntng Herald '|jmade an niif ! cted^{sit;wh.ilßt4het m^lfeer aa^hlfc wife' (Mr|i'n4 f Mrs"Atfner(ion) had. gouelb a, bui;gyf.TO 'ifefi' himself and his confrere (of the |J Tabg^ph "), the latter of whom only did the£ s3e ; He of the '• Herald," iu,their, abseuce, Idiscpvered^var.iety^ql. unsatisfactory things— such as that the b^ys' (fare )flufferin2f from a Bkin disease, th at ttiey we'rb HoVgea 1 by ' Mrs Anderson wi tlu aluios t .. unfail.ipe..^reguXarity, „ that, they complained of getting too little to" eat) that they knew nothing of prayers, or religious exercises.r&c. The outcome of bis expose next morning , wag.' tHat the Government sent a doctor and iobWpolice olfieera to investigate ; and it haa b«eu decided to remove the boys from the house. The first object iB to cure them of the disease from which many of them are suffering. The boys will probably be takenfto^tbifßShi^plfeht "Asylum.' s The' Government" will also eject Mr and Mrs. Anderson from the land of which they have taken possession. The Late Hifi<r Meeting.— A. sort of deadlock (says the " N.Z. Times" has occurred between some of the volunteers engaged m the recent colonial prize firing and the New Zealand Rifle Association. The position of affairs is this :— At the last Nelson meeting the, Association, found themselves short of fnnds.-and- unable to pay their .liabilities m fuU. Only a por-tion-qt the irnpnej prizes yon^orutheiqccaaion"was, therefore, paid away, a promise being given the recipients that the, balance would be handed over as soon as the Association was m a position to do so. Half of the money thus retained was paid over some months ago, and it was expected that the remainder would be voted by the Council , of ■ the , Association , during the recent firing atbunedia, as they were then m possession of a considerable sum of money, but this they neglected to do. Lieut. Purnell (Wanganui) and Lieut. Paynter! (Njlson)-jHave consequently?deelined to give-up" -^iossesSo» Vjf'tMe'flrfps l won by them at the previous meeting unless the amount 3 due to them are ipatf, and hava taken the trophies back' id Weir homes. What the Association will io m the matter remains to be seen. ... > The Great Lakes of America.— The : following measurement of the great lakes of ' America has been tikeu by the Govern-me^aur^OfslfjThe-greatest length of Lake'Superiotis 335 miles J ;'itß "greatest breadth is 160 miles ; mean depth, CSSft ; elevation 627 ft; area 82,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Michigan is 300 miles; its greatest breadth 100 miles ; mean ,d,epth, 690 f t; elevating /560 ft ; l area, '23,0 00 squaro miles. The greatest length of Lake Huron is 300 miles ; its greatest breadth' is .' 60, (rtilea ; mean depth, 600 ft; elevation, 274 ft; iarea, 20,000. square miles; The greatest length of Lako Erie id 250 milea ; its breadth is 80 miles ; its mean depth 84ft ; its elevation, 26 ;area, 6,oCosqare miles ; The greatest length of Lake Ontario is 180 miles ; its greatest breadth, 65 miles ; its mean depth is 500 f t; elevation, 261 f t; .area, 6000 sqare miles. The total of all five is 1265 square miles, covering an area jof'np'wards of 315,600 square' miles. ! He Wanted as Answer.— There was a | slight approach to a " scene " m the House of Commons one night, when an honorable |memberiwho had probably "been dining, 1 ' made some discursive observations which jhe fancied ought to have drawn a reply •from the Treasury Bench. In this expectation, however, he was disappointed. The {Prime Minister, if present, would probablj {have censured the honorable and garrulous .member, but he was nbt J there, nor did iany of his. colleagues feel dispoied to iußurjS tlieoflioe 6f leader. The honorable {member m. question was no doubt disipleas'ed at not being noticed, and at length, jhaving made a gallant effort to steady jhimself, he extended his right linnd ;towards the Treasury Bench, and exjdaimed :— " Why can't I get ttD answor ? ', — Where is the grand old man?" The explosion of laughter wbicli followed Aroused the^Speajrar from his nap, and ithe" '!' fte^rding Authority " sternly shouted |" Order, order," without, however,} knowing very precisely what the breach of order"had - been.-— ~ — -— — ■ | The vast Size op London.—" Land " remarks that-Lomlon has a larger population than many 1 a' European State with a Sovereign sand -as Pivrliament. At the |eenfius p^ 1.881, the {area ■of metropoiitan taxation and police contained 4,704,312 persons. Thus there are m London more than double the number of people m Denmark, inclnding Greenland; nearly three times as many as m Greece ; more than eighteen times the Jpopulaiion l of Montoonegro ; Rome thousands more than Portugal, ;• including the Azores' and Madeira; nearly treble the population of Bervia ; more than double that of Bulgaria; three-quarters of a million more than Holland.; more! than Sweden, or Norway, or Switzerland. And yet this splendid capital, the r rnost populous and wealthy city 'tile' world has ever, seen, is practically without a Government. Narrow Escape of tub RussuiC'Eir peror. — The .Vienna corrcspondeut of the " Daily News" aays it is bslieyld there that the ..disaster which happened on the pontoon 'bridge', riear'-laoHora, ! while the Russian Emperor was witnessing the manoeuvres, was caused by "a torpedo shell exploding which had been placed m the riveF:\Tith_itbe:inteution of injuring the Emperor. The Grand Duke Michael and the War Minister, who were swept off the bridge, suffered severely.