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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume IV, Issue 555, 15 June 1882, Page 2

~ Tenders c’osc on Saturday for alterations and additions to'Mr Casey’s Hotel: * The Penguin arrived in Wellington from Picton at 10.30 o’clock this morning. '* Mi’ La'sh’s sawmills at Halcombc ‘are re-" ported by the Rangitikei Advocate to have been burned down 6u Tuesday morning. Mr C. J. W. Griffiths announces an auction sale of miscellaneous articles for Saturday next at 2 p.m. . . We observe that an auctioneer's license has been issued to Mr C. IT. Mills of Havelock. Messrs Mills Bros, hold an auction sa'c at Havelock on Saturday next. Arper Ailesworth,' who was recently before the Supreme Court, appeared before Mr Turnbull this morning charged with having been drunk and disorderly at the railway station yesterday. He was fined 20s and costs 2s ; in default seven days retirement in Picton gaol. The popularity of the violin among the labouring classes of England was recently shown by the attendance of over 400 applicants for instruction at the recent opening of the “ penny violin classes” at Birmingham. Only a penny a lesson is charged, the instruction being given in large classes. The Canterbury Times lias the following sporting items: —Mr S. Powell is fail-mg the sire Totara and Hitiemoa to Wanganui, where he is going to settle.—Clarence is to be sent to Australia. —L20 : 000 to L4OO has been booked ino iewagcr against a youngster called Sensation for the Melbourne Cup,— and LGOOO to L3OO against Darebin. The Catholics of Loudon are building a small copy of St. Botev’s Church in that city, at a cost of about TOO,OOO, which includes several marble altars. It will be completed the coming summer, and will be one of the chief ornaments of South-western London. The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says :—“An eminent Queen’s counsel, who has found time in the midst of legal work to amass one of the finest collections of postage stamps in this country, has decided to part with it to a French collector even more highly esteemed in the postage-stamp world. The price given : s LSOOO, a truly marvellous sum for a batch of defaced postage tokens.” It is notified that a series of pigeon sparrow and glass ball matches in connection with the Marlborough Gun Club will he held in Mr F. Adams’s paddock tomorrow. The shooting will commence at 11 a.m., and the following are the events to be disposed of: —lst. Sparrow Match ; 5s sweep; 4 birds each. 2nd. Pigeon •Match; sweep 10s; 4 birds each. 3rd. Sparrow Match ; os sweep ; 6 birds each. 4th. Pigeon Match; 20s caeli ; 6 birds each. sth. Glass Ball Match ; single shooting : fixed trap ; G balls each. All ties aie to be reduced to two before dividing. A peculiar case of assault came before Mr M’Cullocii, R.M., at Lutnsden, the other day. The correspondent of the Southland Times relates that “ Mr W. B itin", of Kami on I _s., was sued by Mrs Ailwood, his.housekeeper, lor assaulting her, by kissing her forcibly. It appears Mr Basst : an’s hearing was afi'ceted by climatic influences, and lie prevailed upon the lady to syringe his ears. The effect must have been almost magical, for it had such an exhilarating effect upon his spirits that in the exuberance of them he pla.ced his arm around the fair lady, telling her that he must have a kiss, and, we are told, he got one. The lady, of course, very properly objected ; hence the action. During the hearing it came out that the lady had been the possersor of no loss than three husbands. The first is dead ; the second'is alive somewhere, I think at Heddon Bush ; and husband the third was present.' His Worship, being of opinion that the lady had no business with No. 3 husband while No. 2 was alive, adjourned the whole case for a month.”