THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1502, 16 March 1885, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.

A meeiuu of ' c Wairau Liberal League will be held in the Good Templars’ Hall this eveniDg. A special meeting of the members of the H.A.C.B Society will be held this evening for the transaction of important business, A concert is to be given by the children attending the Borough schools about the end of next month to raise a fund for prizes. [ Dr Nairn has removed to his new surgery in Market street south. The hours during j which he caa be consulted there are stated in an advertisement in to-day’s issue. The concert to be given in Ewart’s Hall to-morrow evening under the auspices of i the H.A.C.B. Society promises to be un- < usually well attended. The programme is i certainly the moat attractive that has been ( drafted here for many a long day, whilst'the i preseuce of some new talent give to it the t charm of novelty to a considerable degree, t

Tenders for the lea3e of Mr W. B. Parker’s well-known farm on the Renwick Middle Road, and the erection of stables, sheds. &c., for Mr John Holmes close at noon to-day. The final heat of the Telegraph and Blenheim Rowing Clubs did not come off on Saturday owing to the heavy downpour of rain, and it has been further postponed till next Saturday. We are requested to remind those taking part in Tuesday’s concert that a final rehearsal will be held in Ewart’s Hall on Monday afternoon at 330 p.m. All are requested to attend.

Mr Thomas Watson, w-ho has recently been appointed agent of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company, purposes shortly delivering a free lecture upon the Tontine system of insurance.

In pursuance of a warrant issued out of the Resident Magistrate’s Court in the case of Rankin v. Gibson a grey gelding (Satellite) will be sold at one o’clock to day at the Criterion stables.

The ketch Clyde, Captain Robinson, with 60 tons of Collingwood coal, consigned to Messrs F. H, Pickering and Co., arrived in the river on Friday evening. She will leave again for Nelson with a full load of wheat from the same firm.

An error occurred in one particular in the statement of passes of the several classes of the Borough Schools. Instead of 31 out of 33 presented for the second standard in the Girls’ School twenty-one passed, thus lowering the percentage to 64. After a somewhat lengthened stay in Blenheim the Willmott Dramatic Company too’; their departure for Wellington by the Mauaia yesterday afternoon, and quite a crowd of onlookers assembled to wish them bon voyarje. Just after the steamer started she ran aground, but after a few minutes’ delay she was got off. Our Havelock correspondent wired that another accident happened onSaturdaymorniug. A son of Mr C. F. Horton, 4 years old, was in Mr Broom’s stable, when a bag of chaff thrown from the ioft fell on him and broke his leg. As there is no doctor in the district, the father decided to bring him to Blenheim.

The Hibernian Society’s Athletic Sports take place to-morrow and commence at eleven o’clock. The programme includes some twenty events. The acceptances for the St, Patrick’s Handicap and Mile Race made on Saturday evening will be fouud published in another part of the paper. The members of the Society will assemble at the Schoolroom at half past nine o’clock tc-morrow morning after which they will march in procession to the sports gronnd. Some excitement was caused in town last evening by a runaway, which started from the Salvation Army Barracks and dashed through Market Square and Alfred street as far as Messrs Earll and McKenzie’s stables where it was stopped by ODe of that firm’s men. The horse was owned by Mr Aberhart, of Grovetown, and considering the pitch darkness of the night and the fact that the churches were just closing, it is matter for congratulation that no accident had to be reported. At the meeting of the Omaka Road Board on Saturday the following tenders were received For keeping river signals at Ren wick .—George Boyce (accepted) Ll 9 9s 9d, Charles Eaves Ll 9 10s, Donald Munro L 24 10s, It. J. Ford L 23, George Gee L 34 10s. For Dashwoorl Pass bridge:—Barton L 67, Beamsley (accepted) L 64, John Leslie L7O. For road through Budge’s section : M. Horan L2O, M. O’Sullivan (accepted) Ll 4 10s, 11, O’Leary L 24 Bs, Andrill Ll 7 9s 6d, Aberhart L 27-

The Home News is responsible for the following :—There is to be a scramble for Africa, and the great Congress now being held in Berlin will not leave before every land has got a bit, and Germany the largest share, England is there to protect her acquired interest against the band of — brothers, and Bismarck promises that we shall not be touched. This was not a signed and sealed declaration, but it was uttered in the moments of good fellowship, which have, we are told, been more frequent than tlmse of business, and whereat there was .< ! beer and wine, with plenty of sausages and smoke.

1 A Press Association telegram forwarded ' to us on Saturday evening shows the pre--1 sent state of the competitions for the Belts in connection with the New Zealand Rifle Association’s meetiog at Wellington :—So far Lucas, of the Thames, leads for the Rifle Belt with 240 points ; Flyger, Wanganui, 2nd, 23S ; Purnell, Wanganui, 3rd, 235. For the Carbine Belt, Parslow, Auckland, is leading with 205 points ; Woolley, Auckland, 264 ; and Perry, Wanganui, 264 next. The Championship will be decided on Tuesday. For the Wellington match, in which trophies are the prizes, Flyger, of Wanganui, is leading with a score of S 9, which is not likely to be beaten. The Deutsche ZeituDg states that the Duke of Cumberland has been exceptionally lucky in his heritage. The Duke of Brunswick, ns is knowu, bequeathed to him his villa at Heitzing, with all its contents, The inventory hss only now been made by a commission representing the Brunswick Government, the delegates of the Vienua notaries, and the representatives of the Dnke of Cumberland, On opening a safe which was believed to bo empty it was found to contain 40,000 Austrian ducats, German, Austrian, French and English bank notes worth half a million of florins, and stock worth 400,000 florins, besides some silver coin. The value of the whole is about £IOO,OOO. Yesterday, Mr Lees, coal merchant, on going to feed his poultry, found no less than two ducks aud seven fowls lyiDg in his yard dead and several others nearly so. The birds were all severed from the trunks, and the necks partly eaten. Mr Lees was uaable to account for this loss, but ou Mr Martin appearing ou the scene with his dog put matters at rest. The dog, on smelling about, discovered the whereabouts of a monstrous black ferret, and after a little trouble he was captured. This is not the first time Mr Lees has complained of the loss of his poultry, but up to the present time was unable to account how they got killed. If the runholders go on importing ferrets aud weasels and such like tribe poultry keepers will have to be ou their guard. When in Havelock the other day we had the pleasure of visiting the schools. Mr Reynolds, of the excellency of whose teaching there is ample proof, has rendered the school a credit to the province. The juniors are being taught by two pupil teachers—Miss Laura Matthews, the winner of the Nelson Scholarship, and a sister. Though somewhat new to their work, we feel that the committee took a wise step in securing the services of these two young ladies. The difficulty of obtaining, or rather retaining, a competent mistress for Havelock has been shown to be vary great, and for the future good of the school the committee have in this matter adopted a sensible course. The new school teacher at 1 Okaramio is hard at work with his pupils, and the committee seem pleased with the manner in which he is conducting the i school.

Whilst digging in bis garden, Whitehall street, Footscray, near "Melbourne, on a recent Saturday afternoon, Mr Sames Kemp unearthed a number of human bones. He apprised the police of the discovery, and they collected the remains and brought them to the watch-house. Almost all the bones of an adult human being were found. They were in an excellent state of preservation, and are supposed to be those of a woman. They were within 6in or Sin of the surface, in the girden soil, and it is considered they must have been buried at a comparatively recent date. The Willmott Dramatic Company performed “ Formosa, or the Railroad to Ruin ” to a good attendance at Ewart’s Hall on Saturday evening. In the title role Miss Lawrence both looked and acted well, but Mr Rede a 3 Major Jorum did not feel at home in the character. The prompter’s voice was heard very frequently throughout the progress of the piece, in fact, with one or two exceptions, hardly any of the performers had the slightest conception of their respective parts. Wo understand that the Company will return here about a fortnight heDce. Among the curiosities of advertising may be mentioned an incident in the lives of Lord Byron and Dr Rowland, grandfather of the present proprietor of the well koown Macassar oil, Kalydor, and Odonto. The physician went in quest of the poet, and asked him iu some way to bring the first of these preparations before the public mind and eye in the next book he published. Lord Byron, who was at the moment somewhat flushed with wine, said, “ If you will undertake to cure me when I am ill, I will do all I can for you.” The poem in hand happened to be “ Don Juan.” and in the description of his hero’s mother the poet wrote the well known lines Nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine incomparable Macassar. The boisterous weather yesterday and Saturday seems to have been felt all over the colony. In our midst the damage, if any, has been trifling, but not so in Auckland. In our telegraphic news it will be seen that over £2OOO worth of property has been damaged there, besides which two persons have been injured by falling timber, one fatally, In Wellington the gale was also very severe, Woodyear’s circus tent being blown into ribbons; and the shooting in connection with the N. Z. Rifle Association moeting there had to be postponed. The damage done in Dunedin was slight. The telegraphic communication was interrupted both in| he North and South Islands, the former the other side of Tauranga, and the latter south of Oamaru. The communication has since been established.

An English sporting paper sketches the present social position of a bookmaker and a trainer, both of whom have retired on “full pay.” Of the betting man it is remarked :—“ He was formerly a member of the ‘ring,’and he was a ‘power’ in the old Manchester days. He is now one of the first flight even in the Yale of Ayles-

bury, a-d is on the most friendly terms

with the Rothschilds. The name is not given, but I think I could made a correct guess right off. Mr Robert Peck is tho extrainer allu-led to, who, clothed by Smallpage, hat by Lock, gloves by Bouriog, boots by Hohy, and buttonhole from Warren’s, looks more like an officer in the guards than an ex-trainer of horses, A good, straightforward owner is the celebrated trainer of Doncaster and Marie Stuart, aud not altogether unacquainted with the dining tablet even of Cabinet Ministers.’ * Bob ’ Peck was always one of the best dreesed men on the English turf.”

The Prince of Wales proposes that his eldest son should in one respect follow in his father’s footsteps. The German theory that every royal personage should be taught

some kind of trade—German royalty showing a quite intelligible preference for carpentring does not obtain in this country. If our princes take up professions, that is judged enough—or more than enough ; aud hitherto the choice was limited to the army or the navy. The present heir to the Crown is a bencher of the Middle Temple. Prince Albert Victor, on obtaining his majority, .will be entered as a student of the same Inn, with the necessity of passing the slight preliminary examination which the honourable society of all its candidate members. Of all the professions which a probable future King of England might select, none should be so useful as the one which is supposed to ceed from its members a knowledge of the laws of their country.

The Home News says :—When a millions aire makes up his mind to have a thing done, the execution of his idea or fancy will rarely prove impossible. This the Baroness Rothschild has only lately proved. There was a magnificent araucaria in the Valley of the Aube at Cannes, which the lady desired to plant in the grounds of her own villa ou the road to Golfe Juan, there to occupy the place of honor. Negotiations were begun, and everything went smoothly, but the permission had to be obtained from the local authorities of the district to allow the giant tree to pass along their roads and over their bridges, for when the tree was extricated it proved that its weight was nearly twenty tons, which had to be conveyed on a truck weighing six ton?. On promising, however, to pay all damage done during transit to either road, bridge, or railway, the permission was given, and, like Andersen’s Christmas tree, the araucaria “ was slowly dragged away.” But in the present case the work was done by thirty horses, and the araucaria, happier than the fir tree, is flourishing in its new home on the shores of the Mediterranean.

The Melbourne Argus reports that Mr W, Groom held a “ mass” meeting for boys on the vacant piece of ground at the corner of Hoddle street and Bridge road, Mr Groom is the gentleman who acts as superintendent of the “Excelsior” classes established by him, with the idea of providing foi the recreation and instruction of boys between the ages cf 10 and 18. He and Mr VV. M. Forster, the general secretary, have already brought under good and healthy influences some 1,500 lads iu Melbourne, Fitzroy, South Melbourne, and Toorak. At each centre named a class meets once a week,and the members read, recite, sing, deliver impromptu speeches, and are taught swimming, shooting, and athletics. The expenses are met by weekly contributions of a penny each from the members, who are banded together to assist one another in every way in their power. Mr Groom tries to teach the boys how to help themselves, and chiefly drawing upon the class found lounging rouod street corners, he has a great influence over them. The ' mass” meeting was well attended. The chair was occupied by a lad, who subsequently conducted the proceedings conneetod with the initiation of the Richmond class at the Lennox street hall. About 100 boys were present. They appeared highly delighted with the attention shown them, and had a very pleasant meeting. They gave readings and recitations. Mr Groom expects to be able to muster 300 lads at Richmond in the course of a few weeks.

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Two officials in the French, postal service have been convicted at the Maino-et-Loire Assizes of embezzlement. The first prisoner, a woman named Morestin, five postmistress of St. Lampert-du-Laltray, aided by her paramour, the second subinspector of the district, had succeeded in stealing some 16,000 francs worth of property from the letters passing through her hands. She had also made an extensive issue of false post-office orders. The mala prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment foe life, aud the woman to a term of five years.

A singular occurrence, which is stated to have taken place at Ithaca, N. Y., illustrates, a London paper remarks, the dangers attendant upon the universal introduction of electricity. As a lady was turning on the water from the faucet over the sink in her kitchen, using her right hand, her left hand being in contact with the iron lining of the sink, she was suddenly prostrated by a severe shock. Her impression was that she had been stricken with paralysis or apoplexy, but a physician who was summoned found that the inside of the thumb on the left hand had been blistered in several places. This led him to believe that she had receive! a strong electric shock from some source. A few minutes subsequently the lady’s daughter, in drawiog water from the same faucet, was similarly affected, though not so severely. The family then became convinced that the trouble existed in the water pipe and sink. The manager of the Telephone Exchange, after a brief examination of the premises, found the secret of the trouble. The residence was connected with the Ithaca Hotel by a “ dead ” private telegraph wire. This wire had been crossed with electric light wire. The “ dead ” wire was connected with the metallic roof on the dwelling house, which in turn was connected by a tin water-conductor with the water-pipe leading to the sink. When the dynamo machine of the Electric Light Company was in operation, the current passed over the “ dead ” wire to the tin roof, and thence to the water-pipe. It needed only the completion of the circuit by some person drawing water.

Bargains. —We are now cleiriug the balance of our summer stock at Very Low Prices, in order to make room for fresh shipments to hand and to arrive. Men’s Straw Hats, 2s Cd, for Is 6d ; Print Costumes at half-price ; Madras Muslins, Is 6d for 9 ; Children’s Gloves, 3 pair for Is; Flowers from Id a spray; Milincry at half price. Laces, Ties, Collarettes and Remnants, all reduced. Agents foe Singers Sewing Machine. — Smale & Hay, London House,—Advt,

Sale —T. Smale, Wairau Store, opposite the Masonic Hotel, has a few special lines of Summer Stock d’c., which must be cleared. Any reasonable offer will not be refused. He will offer some special lines in White Grecian quilts at 55 per cent below regular prices. First shipment of winter goods on view, at very low prices ; the best bargains ever offered. T. S. has also a large stock of Siuger’s Sewing Machines, including all the latest improvements, which will be sold on Terms to suit all classes. T. Smale. —Advt.

The prevalence of kidney complaints.— A large number of cases of this troublesome affection arise from cold. Colds superinduce a complicatiou of disorders. Now, so to fortity the system as to prevent its too great susceptibility to cold, should bo the chief aim of medical science. Udolpho Wolfe’s sckedam Aromatic Schnapps will prove a worthy coadjutor.—Advt.