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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1111, 8 February 1884, Page 2

Mr Josh. Rayner is expected to reach Picton on Monday evening next. We are informed that Dr. Walter Fell, a brother of Mr A. G. Fell, has entered into partnership with Dr. Collins, of Wellington. Mr Graham, the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy for the Wellington, Nekon, and Marlborough provinces, will,pay .this district a visit during the ensuing week. We learn that Mr Herbert Seymour has been appointed Inspector of Sheep for. the Port of Picton. His duties will be entirely confined to the inspection Jof sheep shipped from that port. , ■■ That indigestion or stomach gas at night preventing rest and sleep, will disappear by using Hop Bitters. "Read.

J. D. Fraser will sell, at his sale yards to-morrow, 35 store sheep. The Pritchard family will appear at the Grovetown school this evening.

We would remind those in quest of really first-class jewellery, of Mr Griffiths’ monster sale to-morrow.

There will be. a general meetiug of the Blenheim Company of Volunteers after parade on Tuesday evening next. v. (. We would direct special attention to Mr Griffiitha’ two* sales to-morrow, one of clothing,. &c., at 2 p.m., and the other of jewellery at 2.30;. < ? . { ‘ ; ; 1 ?'J

Messrs George Dodson, N. T. Pritchard, and--J*- H. LRedwood have been declared, elected to the office of members-of the Spring Creek Licensing Committee.' On.and after to-morrow a daily mail .scry vice will be established between Blenheim and Tua Marina instead of a tri-weekly one as at present. :

We understand that Mr Milner Stephen, the healer, who is at present iu Nelson, will very probably pay a short visit to the Marlborough district. . Messrs| Lynch and -Elvin’s - Novelty Circus lias opened on one of the Vacant allotments in front of Draper’s Hotel, and will be found to afford” great amusement to all who attend it during the evening. It is. notified, in another column that shareholders of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company can receive the half year’s dividend at the rate of 10 per cent at.the Company’s Office, Blenheim.

An adjourned meetipg: of the Borough Council will be held this evening at'7;4s to consider the advisability of acquiring a piece of land at .the cprner.of and Grove-road, to ease the 1 sharp turn at that place.

We notice a 3tart has been made to fill in the hollow of the Maxwell road near the bridge. When completed, thero can be little doubt but the work will be of great benefit to the public wheu there is a little “fresh” on., s.; ' ' '

Mr Hodgson, the Inspector of Schools, arrived iu Picton by the s.s. Rotorua last night and was to commence the examiuation of the Picton schools to-day. He is expected to inspect the Borough. Schools about the 16th inst.

The Spring Creek Board have taken the initiative in arruuging for a formal opening of the Wairau Bridge, and at their last meetiug-docidod to aSk the co.-bp.eration of the Picton Road Board in the matter. A meeting qf the two do make all; necessary arrangements will be held at Spring Creek Road'Boards'Office on Mon-"’ day next at 7 P-te.,, “ Mr and Mrs William Adams, of Langley Dale, who' have been' absent- for several weeks on a tour through Victoria, Tasmania, end New South Wales, have returned to the district. '' Mr Adams seems' to have had a most enjoyable trip,,and is looking to be in much better 1 hfealttr’than when he started.

Mr Bindairlannpunaesfby advertisement in another column that one of the results of the results pf- the. aotion, Parnell, v.-yGrify fiths and Bafleyman, Having been to cause to be transferred‘to iiim r over acres of., land, including tfHe i sancF bank heretofore' known as Messrs Barleyman and.Griffiths’ - sand bank, persons, .dpsmnisj of obtaining a supply of sand can now do so. The usual of the Blenheim Volunteer Fire -Brigadetwill be held at 7.30 sffiirp this ,eyenipg. We believe,.'tlffi, members intend jn (< a thorough' .maimer, proving tffiit” notwith-, standing 'the l littte' fihSficiitl bi* other eite couragemeht ''.they have/ met .with, their desire is solely to make the Brigade an efficient body, second to none in the colony. The Spring- ; Cr3ek" Board" has agteed to contribute its share to the erection of anew hospital ii.n Blenheim; this j year. The amounts that the various bodies will be called uppn to contribute areßleiihejuy Borough Council, L 63 14 lOd; Awatere Road Board, L 99 15s. 10d ; .Omaka Road Board, L3B 14s 3d.;.Spring Creek Road Board, L 22 11s 5d ; Wairau Road Board, L 57 Bd. ,5,r

■ We - havb received from Messrs Foster' and Gosling a two'-pound tin of their pre-/ served fresh gooseberries.- These are manufactured and sold at. a .price very much below the imported article, and in quality are quite equaj, if not superior! tp, it. -• Messrs' 1 Foster ahd Gosling in addi-' lion to gooseberries are preserving apricots, peaches, plums, peas, and all other varieties from here...d o- ,\ rj HI .*T'7* > / Hi/ ”■ : ' The NolsoffiMhil says ;U-We see ffiy the Marlborough TimesithatiMr W. F. Terry, recently the editor of the Marlborough Express, has entered.into partnership-,with Mr Grant,' ■ the 'proprietor o'f' the TiSies. Mr Terry h,3 8 fw some~"yearR T pdjted,the„ Expiesa witli cohsiderable ability; and we have no doubt that; his-Htensfer to the Times will be attended, with large advantage fp that' v papeH . j , direct attention to Mr Joseph Scott’s .' altered column,,' setting forth the'. the.prices of ,-his- ownpianqfaptured Has .commenced_to make Maori conversation lozenges. ; Native was preß^ B ted with one of tjiese, on which the question put, was, “ Who stele thp jhpmq ?” and walked out of Mr ScotVs shop with the feelings of a deeply wronged man. 1 MrO iAybry \«ites tb tb? although L 5 was voted to himihy Road,.BoMd QA.Wgdne^day4Qr.. ( ffirda,bggs.; the amount' really paid away to the young f peopi’e'of r Fairhall for birds delivered has been only L2z 16s 4'id. He has no doubt.'th§,t the balance of the L 5 \yill sbon be expended, as, the birds keop .mi several times after'the eggs have been'taken. In one instance/he has ktiown;t\vo dozen eggs dakbh 'i.t' one /time "and another this season out of the same nestel oquo . ; y "

We have: been-shown by/Mr Macey two vievva taken by - him receptly.- ofv M r Hods* lin’s Patent Rabbit Catcher., erected „w. Seventeen Valley, on the Vernon Run., Onb photbOgives a general view of the iVhdle /of the trap,r ; and the second shoW3'ope:of the corridors with some 18 rabbits imprisoned inside. Messrs Douslin, Vavasour, J. Sullivan, and J. Smith were present while .the photos were being taken. _ The has every appearance of becoming _ a great success*.' A .

To produce real, genuine sleep and child iike repose all night, take alittle.Hop Bittera : on retiring. Look. Wells’ “ Rough On Corns.”— Ask for Wells’ ‘‘Rough on Corns.’,’ Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts bunions.—Moses Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents.

Men’s tweed suits, 20a; men’s serge suits 21s; boy’s suits in great variety. Tapestry Carpet?,os 3d and 2a '6d.. ; Furnishing general drapery, all of good genuine quality. Black Cashmeres from Is 6d, Black Silk Broche .Dolmans, Pompadour Rohes and Costumes. Hats,;’ Millinery. Trims mings all very cheap. Agent foe Singer Sewing Machines. EcH. SwtALE, London House, Market? street south,—Advt.

There has been a great temperance revival in Western Australia. During Mr Matthew Burnett’s! stay in that colony he deliveredi'42o addresses, affixed 9000 badgers, distributed 485 family-cards, and administered the total' abstinence pledge to 7,059 persons.

The Paris Figaro has made a grand discovery. It has ascert^.ined K upon what it regards as indubitable authority, that the farnious Indian,Chief Sitting Bull was formerly at Eton, but was dismissed for scalping a tutor. What makes the naivete ol this charming story all the more delightful is the fact that it will be believed by ninetenths of'the Frenchmen who may read it.

- The Post. understands that- Mr C. C. Grahairq'OfficiarAssignee in Bankruptcy, is about to proceed to Nelson, Blenheim, and Westport, for the purpose of appointing deputies in those places wnich are in the Wellington district. Deputies have already been appointed by him at Wanganui, Palmerston, and?Napier.' ; From information supplied to the Oamaru Mail, it appears Inspector Fullarton and Dr De Latour have been investigating the nature of the rabbit, disease, with the result that tlie -latter is of opinion that the disease is not tuberculosis, but is a form of rot, which frequently occurs in rabbits, hares, &c. The deepest sea-souuding ever made (says the Scientific American) was made in .the Pacific Ocean, near the entrance to Behring’s Sea. Bottom WaS struck at 4,655 fathoms. The cast was made fiom the United States school-ship Tuscarora.' i The shallowest water in the middle of the Atlantic, 731 fathoms, shows the subsidence of mountains 10,556 ft. :

A few days since, writes the Timaru Herald, a business man in town wrote to a customer in the. country requesting the settlement of a small account. In forwarding the money the latter wrote the following brief but amusing note : —“ Sir—ln complying with your request, I had replyed as soon as my best, I thought till: harvest you woqld let me rest,. as I had no money within my chest.—-Youts faithfully, &c.” The golden eagle is becoming more and more a rara avis in .the Highlands, It it seldom seen, saye in the remotest wilds, and it is therefore rather surprising to hear of one . h iving been killed on the hill of Morven, ‘within a few- miles of Ballater.. It was a splendid specimen, measuring, between the tips of the wings, five feet three inches, and was shot, in, the very , act ..of pouncing upqn“ a grouse;, .by one, of , the Morven keepers. The bird was sent tp.Mar Lodge for preservation. From the Crown Lahds Guide we gather: that the total area r of New Zealand is up-; wards of 64,000,000 acres. Of this 14,000,000 have heen sold-or disposed/pf In education and other public 16,0Q0.Qp0 belong to the aborigines, or to the Europeans who have purchased from them’; J 34;000,000 acres of Crown lands still remain >for dis-i posal. Of the latter, 15,000,000 are .open, grass or fern country, 10,000,000 forest,.and 9,000,000 of barren .mountain tops, lakes/ and worthless countfy.-’- ‘ Ih ah ‘advertisement in 'thp: Napier 'Telegraph, a tailor claims thdt ,those r who deal with him save; means,that if you are at, present paying £5 for V suit of cloihes, you' will save from £lo' to Ll 5 by dealing with advertiser. Conclusion—He must 1 make yog the clothes for nothing and give you a £lO note iu. We will not suggest, that, to do this, he must have stolen the' clPfh and' manufactured the “ flimsy ” on the premises, but, how does he do it ?” / ■ v A. strange affair is reported from- New South Wales. The dead body of a woman, whose name is unknown, was found about fifteeh" miles from CoonaMfle/ upon . the Walgett - road. Dr Cortis made a post mortem examination, and gave as his opinion that the womamkad beori murdered. The woman was subsequentlyddentifiM as Ann Laffey, who was lately in service at Quambine/ '*■ Her paramour, Thonfas M’Callum, (who-was supposed- to have been’-con-nected wfth the crime, was found dead two days afterwards, about two miles from the scene of-the murder. /It vis .supposed - thatthe' man "died 1 'from either exhaustion or sunstroke. .1. HiHXIO. •

“Free Lance,”a contributor to the Melbourne Sportsman, tells this, yarn :-r‘.‘An ; ’ihvfewd largely in totalisator tickets, and who is the proud possessor of nine olive branches, was present at the christening of the latest addition to the .'family'; .tree,'and .to avoid niistakes, -. had written dovvn. ;op..a, pieqe.of cardboard ,fhe names which he wished to have the youngster (a little girl) called. . The party, stood ■around the baptismal font, ranged in the orthodox order, two god-mothers and one god-fathe?,. while.tJie pater;,handed over.do the,parson,">yhp.; hqld tjsinfect in,his arms,; the-card with the names on, and amidst an awful silence the minister repeated, ‘ In the name of the Father,’ &c., ‘I baptise thee ' Coirolanus, Ike, Bar One.’ . The father in his excitement, had handed in .a tbtalisator, voucher with horses names oil the back. “ Da&onet ” ..-writes ! in Truth :—I. have been oooaifielably astonished inithsi course , of some recent visits to the Seven Dials to fihd that quite a large number of young vladies of the neighbourhood have lovely • ' yellow or golden hair. “ Golden-hair girls” have not hitherto been common objects of this locality, and I failed, to detect in the parents of the beautiful females' in question; any trace of similarly hugd tresses. I The, mystery was made clear to me one day this week as I was making ,soipe inquiries in a •chemfetis ship ihthe neighbourhood. _ There entered-aryouag in one himd ah'di a'Wacked tdabiijria.the other, and ■in these startling words she addressed the proprietor I'of rt'the establishment, “ A penn’orth)ro’ .golding’air wash, please! The took the penny and he took \ke cup, and into the latter he poured a tablespdoofhT Tcff a- peciiliar-looking fluid, with which thp maiden departed smiling, and Whistling “ Tiddy-fol-lol.” I interrogated'the chemist,: and from him I gathered-the startling information that he. sells as many, a? three ; hundred penn’orths of ‘‘ golditjg ’air wash” in a week, and it is invariably 1 fetched' in S' teacup. I understand now how -it is that the Seven Dials’ gardeU'pf girls has, -burst out; suddenly into a wealth.of, {' golding ’ajr/’.cj . ~ Don’t I)ie in the Hotjse, —‘' Rough on Rats ’’ blearSput'rats, 'mice, beetles, roaches, .bed-bugs; flies, 1 ants, insects', moles, jackrabbits, . gophers.-r-Moaes, -Moss & Co., Sydney, general agents... ' It was Dr. Samuel Johnson, the great lexicographer, who wrote the lines, “ Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men’; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.” >' Johnson knew nothing pr ; less about teetotalism. No Blue Ribbon Army in those days. Had Johnson lived now he’would dbubtless have finished his list with, “and Tor invalids nothing like * Hitcher’s Blood Restorer.’” All diseases of. the skin fly before it, and the j. eight of one bottle only of this worldrenowned medicine would scare away the worst attack of'rheumatism a man was ever cursed, with. Ask for Hitchen’s Blood Restorer, now procurable from all chemists and respectable storekeepers in New Zealand. . Ask for Testimonials.—