THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1883.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1009, 17 July 1883, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1883.

An error occurred in a few copies of our first edition yesterday. In the case of Murphy v. L. Adams, instead of the verdict being “ L 8 10s aud costs,” it should be L 6 2s and L 3 9s costs. According to our telegrams of yesterday, Mr A. Dillon’s horse Hercules has been entered for the Open Handicap at the Hunt Club Steeplechase at Christchurch, to be run on the 2nd of- August. We wish Mr Dillon every success. During the month of June, 1883, no Chinese arrived in this colony, but 18 left. In the half-year ended 30th ultimo, 19 Chinese arrived in New Zealand, and 110 went away.

The following advertisement from a Nelson paper reads strange to Blenheimites : Oranges, 9d per dozen ; apples, from Id per lb ; pines, from Gd each ; lemons, from Id each, at the Hope Fruit Company. Iu June, ISS3, 1210 persons arrived in this colony aud 952 left, the balance in our favour being therefore 255. The respective arrivals were as follow :—Auckland, 821 ; Wellington, 445 ; Lyttelton, 4 ; Dunedin, 323; Invercargill, 220. The departures were ;—From Auckland, 198 ; Wellington, 140 ; Wanganui, 2 ; Dunedin, .313 ; Invercargill, 296.

A return presented to both Houses shows the amount of charitable aid distributed in each Provincial District durin g the year ending 31st March, 18S3, to be as follows :—Auckland, L 6593 12s lid ; Taranaki, L 798 15s 2d ; Wellington, L3I9S 4s Id ; Hawke’s Bay, L 970 Is 9d ; Marlborough, L 94 12s 9cl ; Nelson, L 3274 3s Id ; Westland, L 982 3s 3d ; Canterbury, L 13,409 7s; Otago, L 5039 19s 4d—total, L 34.360 19s 4d. The Picton Boat Wharf has been finished, and reflects great credit on the contractors (Messrs Smitli and Co.) for the manner in which the job has been carried out. As to the wharf itself as it now stands, it is but of very little use for the steam launches, for at low-water the s.s. Picton cannot get alongside unless she goes aground. It will be of great use to small boat owners, and that is about all. Had it been another 15 or 20 feet longer it would have been very useful. The adjourned meeting of the Literary and Debating Society :was held' last night, Mr Geo. Henderson in the chair. A letter was read by the Hon. Secretary from the Secretary of the Literary Institute stating that the Committee of the Institute were prepared to offer the use of the room for one night a week—Monday’s and Friday’s —if all the members of the Debating Society were to become members of the Institute. A discussion ensued on the question, and it was ultimately agreed, on account of such a small attendance, to postpone the discussion until next Thursday evening.

What might have resulted in a fatal accident occurred at the Picton Coal Company’s mine on Saturday night last. It appears that two of the miners, named J. Hasleden and J. Tretheweay, were working at the bottom of the shaft, and when the load of stuff which was being drawn up was within a few feet of the surface the rope broke, and the cage and its contents fell to the bottom. The two young men heard the signal from the top and had ju3t time to get clear of the falling stuff, otherwise a very serious result might have had to be chronicled.

Some mild excitement was occasioned in the Victorian Legislative Council Chamber the other evening by the fusing of two of the Edison electric lamps, owing to the shortness of the circuits. In each case there was a noise resembling that produced by a rocket, and an intense heat was produced, which melted the brass brackets, The molten metal, dropping on the cushioned seats, burned them slightly, but serious damage was prevented by the prompt action of the officials in turning off the current of electricity. The mishap, fortunately, occurred after the House had risen. Most of the members and strangers had gone, and those w ho did remain gave the strange phenomenon a wide berth.

Dr Grabhatn’s report upon the Picton Hospital and the results of the Awatere Shooting Match last Saturday will be fouud on our fourth page. Edward Hughes Elliott has applied for a patent for an invention for facilitating the barbing of wire for fencing or other purposes, to be called “The Acme Barbed Wire Machine.’’ The tender of Mr ,T. Muir, contractor of Blenheim, lias been accepted by the Kaikoura County Council for tunnelling and forming road at Waipapa Point. The amount of the tender is L 877. The English Government are determined to be in a position to finish any outrages by the French in Madagascar. H.M.S. Euryayalus, 16 guns, 4140 tons, the flagship of Admiral Sir William Hewitt, on the East Indian station, and H.M.S. Tourmaline, 12 guns, 2120 tons, now on particular service, have been ordered to proceed lorthwtith to Mauritius. We are informed that the Picton Amateur Dramatic Society, through their secretary, hand over to Mr Joseph Heberley the sum of L2 10s as a donation from the Society, and a subscription-list is being rapidly filled up in Picton in his favour. It will be remembered that Mr Heberley had the misfortune to lose his wife a short time back, after a lingering illness of 13 months, which put him to a great expense; hence the subscription being raised. The Melbourne Argus, according to yesterday’s telegrams, has despatched Mr Julian Thomas (“The Vagabond ”) to the Hebrides Islands, to report generally of the climate, etc. Had it not been for the spirited enterprise of the Melbourne Age in sending Mr Morrison to New Guinea, the despatching of Mr Thomas probably would never have eventuated, and it clearly shows that emulation is solely actuating the Argus thus far. Visitors to the Wellington Botanical Gardens (says the Post) will regret to hear that one of the emus, which have for some time been an object of interest to the public, has been killed by dogs. It escaped from its paddock in the early part of the week, and nothing further was seen of it till Saturday, when it was found in some thick scrub. Its neck was torn, and the fact of the footmarks of two large dogs being found leading to the spot, seems to leave no doubt as to the cause of the bird’s death. Mr Edward Barton, son of the well known Mr G. B. Barton, formerly member for Wellington city, has been entrusted with the management of the electric light at the Parliamentary buildings for the session. Mr Barton is an electrical engineer, and lias been for some years connected with the celebrated Dr Siemon. While in England he had charge of the experiment made by the latter jfor lighting the town of Godaiming with the electric light, the result of which created such interest when narrated by Dr Siemon before the Royal Society. Captain Barry (says the Otago Daily Times) has fitted up his skeleton of a whale, and it will be shown, on and after Saturday evening, in premises near the Rainbow Hotel, in St. Andrew street. The skeleton is well worth seeing, for the whale in life has evidently been a monster. The building erected for the exhibition is scarcely long enough to contain the skeleton, which measures about 70ft. The whalebone remains intact,-and beneath the canopy of this substance, inside the mouth, scats are fitted up and a narrow table, and there is room for perhaps five to be Seated along each side. On Monday evening the Captain has arranged that a dozen citizens shall be entertained at supper in this novel eating-house. The Wellington Post says:—“We are given to understand that it is not "unlikely that the a. s’. Waihi, and one or two small steamers belonging to the Union Company’s fleet, will shortly be fitted with chambers for the conveyance of carcases of meat from Blenheim, Napier, New Plymouth, and intermediate ports to the works of Wellington Meat Export Company on Waterloo Quay. Negotiations with that end in view are now in progress between the directors of the Union Company and those of the Meat Company, and it is expected that a satisfactory arrangement will shortly be arrived at. If the proposal is agreed to, the vessels will be provided, with compartments constructed iu such a mauner that carcases of mutton and beef can be placed in them and brought to Wellington for freezing in as sweet a condition as if killed only an hour previously.. The Export Company will thus be enabled to derive their supplies of meat from neighboring ports much more expeditiously than otherwise, and the owners of live stock will also benefit by the arragement.which we have referred to.” The Rev Wiremu Pomare, an Anglican Maori clergyman, at Auckland, took occasion the other night to attend the services of the Salvation Army, or Ope Whakaora, as the Maoris call it (the army that causes people to be saved). The proceedings greatly astonished and impressed him (says the Herald), and when he saw numbers getting up and “ testifying,” he was desirous of ascending the platform and speaking to the pakehas present, but no one could be got to interpret his remarks. Wiremu says that the exciting state of the meetings resembles that of Maori gatherings, and is a great contrast to the quiet and decorus services to which he, as an Anglican clergyman, had been accustomed. He has his doubts as to whether it does not lead to emotional excitement merely, instead of radically changing the whole course of a man’s nature. The Army business, as connected with the religion of peace, greatly puzzled him, and he applied to Mr C. 0. Davis to explain it to him. That gentleman did so, narrating to him the origin, history, and progress of the Salvation Army movement. He said that sort of thing seemed to turn the World upside down, but he supposed that things would come out right at last. £SOO will be paid for any case that Hop Bitters will not cure or help. Doubt not. See. Flies and Bugs. Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers jack-rabbits, eleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” 7£d. Moses, Moss & Go., Sydney, General Agents. The public, and the medical profession of Australia, are unanimously of opinion that Wolfe’s Schnapps is the pnrest and best stimulant, tonic, and diuretic at present before the world.—Advt. Ladies’ two-button black kid gloves for 2s 6d; ladies’ and children’s plush and satin hats for 4s 6d ; children’s black cloth jackets from 3s 6d; children’s merino dresses and pelises in great variety ; men’s tweed suits from 27s 6d. The stock of general drapery and clothing is well assorted at remarkably low prices at R. 11. Swale’s, Market-street South, Blenheim. Advt. Unshaken in popularity by the competition of worthless imitations and importations mendaciously represented to be equally remedial, or to possess the same qualities, Wolfe’s Schnapps will soon drive from the field these trashy competitors,—Advt.

In the present rage for lawn-tennis, the Queen’s announcement as to the lawn-tennis dress of the season will no doubt be read with interest. The Queen says :—“ If the pretty new coloured and stripped flannels intended for lawn-tennis wear are to be general, the costumes this season will be gay aud becoming. The ' crushed strawberry ’ will, of course, be well to the fore in several shades, and there is a pretty cream, striped with yellow, and a check composed of squares of cream and two shades of crimson, which bids fair to be popular. Nun’s cloth, striped and checked flannels, sateens, and ginghams will all be worn. Ladies who go in for reat hard play prefer flanuel; the light, soft, shrunken flannel brought to great perfection this season. The wide gauntlet gloves in tan, or white kid ; silk and thread are almost exclusively worn, and the left one is usually kept on even if the other is removed for playing. The hose is always black or the deepest colour of the costume. The newest and most becoming tennis shoes are the patent leather ‘pumps,’ with a neat silk bow on the toes, and without straps or lacing. The most popular hats will be the new sailor shape, shorter by two or three rows of straw at the back than in the front. They are iu white ‘ crushed strawberry,’ terracotta, buff and mixed blue, red and white straw. These last look well with dresses that have the same colours iu material or trlmmiug.” Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup.—lnfalliable, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation. Is at druggists. Moses, Moss aud Co., Sydney, General Agents.

Men’s pilot coats 32s 6d, will be sold for LI, at R. 11. SMALE S.—Advt.