Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1886.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1879, 14 June 1886, Page 2

Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1886.

Mails by thej Omapere for Wellington close at 930 this morning. Passengers leave by the 10.15 train. The postponed meeting of the Borough Council will take place on Tuesday night. A woman was brought, into town from Havelock on Saturday, and is now under the charge of the Police on suspicion of being of unsound mind. She will be brought up in the R.M. Court this morning. Our special correspondent at Wellington telegraphs;—On Tuesday Mr Conolly is to ask the Postmaster General if he has received any communication from the inhabitants of Havelock and Nelson and the district between those places asking for an overland mail service, anil if so what action the Government purpose to take in the matter. The steamers Waihi and Mohaka were unable to get up to Blenheim yesterday on account of the shifty nature of the bsr, a new oue having formed a considerable distance nearer town. The Waihi has returned to Wellington and the Mohika to Port Underwood. Several residents at Spring Creek state that about 10 o’clock a.m. yesterday they heard similar sounds to those of the night nf the eruption at Tarawera. There were rumors in town Wat night that another disaster had oceurred. but this is ovidently not the case, as the latest telegram mentions nething about a fresh outbreak, although there are signs that one is impending, A football match was played on Saturday between teams representing the Printors, Civil Service, and Law Clerks and the Towd. As predicted the game proved a very evenly contested one, nnd was won by the former by ten points to eight. Hathaway, ('lark and Mclver scored for the Town, and Petherick, Thompson. Watson and Poole for the winning team. The return matffi will probably be played in a fortnight, The Borough School boys played a match against the Picton youths in Picton on Saturday. The game was a very interesting one :»nd“resulte 1 in a victory for the latter team. We are request to remind members of the Fire Brigade of a special practice to be held to-night at 7. It is intended to try to get the bell tower raised to-day and the new bell up as soon as possible. The members are trusting to receive all subscriptions promised at an ear y diy in order to be able to pay for this most mcessary work, On Saturday night Mr Matthew Bur. nett gave bis second Temperance lecture in Ewart s Hall, which was fairly well filled. Big Ben and Little Joknuy was the tuheot of the address, a tale—taken from life—of the convert in to-Tem-p-ranee and Christiani’y of a famous wres’ler and pugilist. Mr Burnett treated his subject with a great deal of skill, md k-qir the nrtnutioa of his I audience throughout the address. Mr Karll took the oh,tr, and introduced the speaker in a few well-chosen words. At the conclusion 3*2 pledges were,t»ken. Yesterday afternoon a meeting for children and their friends was held, the result being that 214 parents, teachers, and schoolars sivne 1 the pledge and donned the blue. Mr A. J. Li r chfi-dd took the chair. Mr Burnett preached to ftill congregations in the Presbyterian Cknroh in the morning, and in the Wesleyan Church iu the evening.