LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1962, 18 September 1886, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Auction Sale. — it noon to-day Mr Giifiuhi will miction a quantity of salvage stuck from the reeerr- fne at Messrs F. 11. Pickering and Co.’s store. The Libel Case.—The application for a new trial in the Yogel-Press libel action will probably be made to the Banco Courtin a few days.

Tiie Weather.— Captain Edwin telegraplie lat 12 5(5 p.m. yesterday “ Expect b (1 weather between west and south and suuth-east. Glass further fall, but rising after 12 hours, and weather colder.'’

Cricket.—We hear that it has been suggested that an effort should be made to gut Shaw’s Eleven to Hit this district to play a match against 22 of the Wairau CO when upon their New Zinland tour. The Gasworks.—A poll of the ratepayers will be taken to-day at the Borough Chambers, between the hours of 9 a.tn. and G pin. on the question of raising a loan of Lit 000 for purchasing the present gasworks supplying the town, or erecting new works. Sprixglands. —The residents of this distiict, who for some months past have been agitating for a school will be pleased to see an advertisement in another column calling for tenders for a school building

Meetings.—At 11 this morning the Picton Road Hoard hold their mon lily meeting ; at 2 o’clock tho old committee oj the Art and Industrial Society will meet to discuss a motion to luwl over the funds in hand to the new committee ; at 3 o’clock the committee of (lie Marlborough A. and P. As.-ociaiion meet to draw up the soiled do of the Spring Shaw.

Presentation to Mr Grubb.—At Wellington y sterday our late Acting. Cnief Postmaster, Mr Grubb, late Post, master at Nipier.jjwas presented with 100 sovs. and a Silver Japanese bowl, aud an add res< from die people of Napier. The presen-ation was made by the PostmasterGeneral, Sir Ju’iui Vogel.

Next Easter Encampment. The Evening P st thinks that by holding the E nter Encampment in the neighborhood of Waitara “ f icilities will be afforded for navi! «s we’l as I<n 1 movements, and it is to liopnd that for the first time the Auckland Volunteers will be able to meet companies from other parts of the co otiy. Wellington, Napier, Wanganui, Nelson, an ! Marlb-vough Volunteers will all bp able t) leich Waitara without much difficu'ty, as the railway will he running through from Wellington by that time, and even the Canterbury aud Otago men would be able to get there with only one night at sea each w»y. From Onehunga to Waiiart will be only a brief sea trip for the Auckland coating ml.” The Nelson and Marlborough Volunteers will hardly adopt this round-about route, esp cia’ly if the local Ilmsars make up their minds to go, which we hope they will. The inconvenience of transhipping lmrses wi i be against the route via Wellington, Strange Death.—An Aucklmd telegran a day or two ago stated that the schooner Sybil had arrived from an Islands cruise and that Coplain Trayte was accG ileir.ly drowned at M ininiki Island. The Press Asaociaiion have forwarded the following particulars <-f the affair :—‘'While the Sybil was at the point of sailing from Manabiki Captain Trayte, who wa3 lying on the deck resting, suddenly turned over and rod d between the railings an! deck into the sea, Tr.yto’s body could be seen motionless in the water. A Kanaka jumpe 1 overboard and held his head up ■id noth were nseued by a boat. Capt Traytt was in an cxhaustel condition. Restora ives were applied, but all efforts to restore auiiinfioa proved fiuide-s. It is belli ve 1 that when decease i fH overborn! lie was suff ring from an attack of asthma, and in consequence whs unable lo exert a-iy efforts to war Is s .ving himself. He was 20 ye irs in the Island trade and leaves a groan up daugbte..

Wellington-Manawatu Railway, It is confidently expected that, with fairly tood weather, the through line of the Wellington and Manawatu itsi by ' y Company will be completed within six weeks.

Ouk Assets— Exclusive of personal property, the assets of New Zealand in the shape of real estate held by the Cr nvn and private individuals, railways, telegraphs, and live stock, are estimated at about L 300,000,000. The Stark Purchase. —Colone' Ilaultain, Mr Westenra (of Christchurch), and Ex- Judge Harvey have accepted the appointment of Commissioners to inquire into the Stark Purchase in Auckland. Timard Poisoning Cass.—lt is stated ill it Mrs Hall has a firm confidence in ihe innocen e of her husband, and that her evidence will go far towards exculpati g him of the charge of attempted murder.

Eckfokd v Union Co. —Argument in the ease of Eckfor 1 v the Union Steamship Company, an action brought to recover damages on account of ibe collision between the Waihi and the Moitaka on the Opawa River last year, was concluded before Mr Justice Richmond at Wellington on Tuesday afternoon. His Honor rtserved judgment.

The Greyhound of the Pacific.— The Mararoa has just cut the record between Auckland and San Fraecisco, her last run between the two ports having been done in less than eighte n days, an 1 beating the Alameda’s best run by sixteen hours. Her recent performances have fairly earned for her the title of the greyhound of the Pacific.

A G ood In yes iaient. — The progress of the Colony and the benefit derived from earlier and judicious investment in properties is strikingly illustrated by a fact announced iu the Christchurch newspapers by Messrs 11. Matson and Co. A sum of LI2O invested in the City property 30 years ago has already realised L 8 ),00 ', which either hits been or is to he remitted to an ab-entce owner iu England.

New Steamer for Pelorus Sound. — The Evening Mail describes the launch of a new steamer called the “ Aorere,” built by Messrs Gilbertson and Sons, of Nelson, The dimensions of the vessel are :—Length on keel, 7<»ft ; overhaul, 88ft; beam, 14fr. Cm ; depth of hold, 6ft. Her engines, which tire by Messrs Ilutson and Corbett, of Glasgow, are compound surface condensing of 1G bor-e power nominal. It is intended to employ the steamer in the Molu.ka an 1 Golden Bay trade, with an occasional ttip to the Pelorus Sounds.

A Good Suggestion —.“Civis,” in commentingon the falling olFin the collection in one of the Wellington churches, says : A Ballarat paper reports that at Clinics a clergyman has adopted the plan of taking up the collection himself. Occasionally, for the sake of example, he hands hack a threepenny to the donor: ‘ Take it hack, sir and may the Lord have mercy on your poor niggardly soul ? ’ Seats in that church arc to let, I fancy. They have adopted a better plan in Detroit. The handsomest girls in the congregation are sent round with the plates. The success of the system in improving the eontributations of the young men is said te lie immence, and one wonders it has never been thought of before. When young ladies can be got to go round with the collecting plates, the future of Christianity will be assured.”

Suicide. —Professor J. Mainwarning .Brown delivered a lecture in luvercargil list week on “The Origin of Writing.” In illustrating the flexibility of the English a’phabct, lie showed that the same or very similar sounds might be represented by very varied combinations of letters. He gave the following as an American problem:—-“If s-i-o-u-x spells soo, and c-y-c spells i, and s-i-g-h-e-d spells side, why should not s-i-o-u-x-c-y-c-s-i-g----h-e-d spell suicide.” The word “oasis,” staid the Professor, cnuld on the same principle be spelt in no less than 1,020,000 different ways. A Queensland J.P.— In a certain town in Queensland lives a fat planter who periodically goes on a regulation “ burst.” Some time ago lie was starting on a drinking bout in town when a new chum policeman, unconscious of the fact that the offender was a J, P., arrested him and with some trouble lodged him in the local “jug” Next morning, when the drunken justice came to his senses, he was released by the sergeant, who apologised for causing his worship such annoyance : hut as the charge was filed, however, the J.P. had to appear in court and answer the summons. None of the local magistrates attending, our head-sore dispenser of justice mounted the bench and seating himself called out. ‘ Regina v. A. 8.” (mentioned his own name). He then exclaimed with great solemnity : “As there is no appearance of Regina I dismiss the case. The court stands adjourned.’

Wjiebb the Little Rascal came from. —‘-The rabbit is first mentioned by Polybius in the middle of the 2nd century. The word is found in Posidonious of Apamca, in the beginning of the Ist century. Catulms knows Spain rich in rabbits ; Ynrro, Strabo and Pliny refer to rabbits at length. The Iberians understo d the breeding of for food; they had brought them across the sea to the Spanish Italian islands, not only to Corsica, where Polybius found them, but also to the Baleare*. Strabo says that the G-yinnesians, (Balearians) once sent an embassy to Romo begging that they would assign them another land to dwell in, as they could not hold their own against the multitude of the rabbits. Pliny s.ys that they petitioned Augustus for military help against tho rabbits as they could not manage thorn alone. This trouble was felt throughout Spain and also Wapilia.” recognised in an other half-wild animal they had procured from Africa, a sturdy enemy of the rabbit and a zealous companion in tho clias.'. Ibis was the ferret, a kind of fitchet, or foulmart, Tim Romans considered tho rabbit as the characteristic sign of Spain.”—From *’ Wanderings of Plants and Animals.’’

A Plant.— For some time past complaints have been rife in Wellington of petty thieving being carried pa to a large extent. Back yards and gardens have been indiscriminately plundered of'small, but necessary articles, and flowers have been “ removed" in large quantities. A di covery made by the police will probably aec Hint very amply for these little marauding excursions by night. On Wednesday afternoon Mr Flocktoa saw two small boys removing sundry articles from the front of his shop. Mr Flockton at once notified Constable Madden of the matter, and the two youthful delinquents were arrested. Their names are William Cook (ten years of age) and Thom is Cook (eight years of age). Sub equently a s arch warrant was issued and the residence of the boys’parents, at Pipitea Poin 1 , wis searched, 'There an enormous quantity of goods, of a variety that would have done credit to the e .tablishment of MrVenus, was discovere). The whole family of Cooks were at ouce taken into custody on a charge of having stolen property in their possession—father, mithcr, aud a girl nam.el Charlotte, 13 years age. They were brougit up at the Resi* dent Magistrate’s Court on Thursday i.nd remanded.

Kaikoura. —The Kaikoura correspondent of the Times says : -Last year a quantity of mutton was preserved (tinned) and sent Home from Kaikoura. The venture lias p.o'ed highly successful, the meat realising 4§ per lb.—The Commercial Hotel, which was recently burned, is to be rebuilt. When the work is com j i ved we will be blessed with four of these admirable institutions. Brunner Coal.— The Lyttelton Times s’ates that the New Za and Shipping Company have accepti d the lender of Mes l’s. Kinsay, Ward and Co, on behalf of the Brunner Coal Company, for the simply of 25,000 tons of coal for their vessels, thus paying a tribute to the superiority of the Bi tinner coal for steam purposes. Appeal Case. —From our Wellington exchanges we learn that a Marlborough appeal was argued at Hie Supreme Court, Wellington, on Thursday, before Mr Jus.ice Richmond. The ease was that, at the Wellington K.M. Ciurt, cti the 21st May last, Cook sued R-dwood B os for the sum of LIE) being balance of 1100 duo to him as a ] rocura.ion fee on obtaining a loan of LI 0,000 on l> half of the defendants from the Government Insurance Association, on the security of their property at Spring Creek, when judgment was given for the plaintiff for 1-15 beyond the LlO he lml received, and eost3. Cook appealed on the ground that, tha judgment having been in his favor, ho should have hei n awtuvle 1 the full amount cl limed. Without calling on counsel for the respondent His Honor dismi-sed the appeal with costs L 7 7s.

Effects of the Flood. —At the meeting of the Borough Cjunoil last evening His Wotship the Mayor moved uirirut notice “ That the Hon. the Mi >is er of Public Works be writ en to informing him of the f llowing Lets and making a reqtus' thereon : That on the oeca-i n of the flood in this district on the ninth instant the railway embankment in the east of Blenheim had the effect of pounding the waters on the north side of t lie line till the embankment was oveifloweh That the level of the water on the south side of the line was some 2fc or lift, lower than on the north, That by impounding of the water a number of families—:ibou‘ forty—had the water iu the.r houses, in some crises to a depth of three fe< t, for about three days, ill teby suffering great loss and inconvenience. That the principal drainage of the di trict to the erst of Blenheim is by \\ ay of the south side of the railway to the sea, and provi- ■ ion requires to be made either to prevent the water from coining to the north si !e of the Hue, or. to permit it to pass on to the south side, so as to obviPc in the future dmger to t.lie railway it-e f and loss and suffering to tile inhabitants of th i locality, an l that the Honor.dl- the Minister for Public Works be respect fully requested t > take immediate steps to remedy the dmger and evils above pointed oul.” Cr Houllsworth seconded. Cr Ching thought the attention of the MinDtt-r should he drawn to th* action of the Department in filling up a viaduct in North Ward. His Worship said thi-. matter had not escaped his attention, but ho had been informed this was done at the rt quest of t .e residents of the locality. Cr Sinclair said tha' was just bis impression. After. some further discussion of a general character the ino--tion was agreed to.

Borough Council. —At last night's meeting of the B rough C- umdl there were present—His Worship the Mayor, Crs Ilouldsw rlh, Riley, Chin.', McArttiev, Clark. Jellym-n, and Sincl ir. The Inspector was instructed to repmt on ccrItin nuism -es complaine 1 of uriri.ig fro n stagnant water in Seymour Squ.n-, and it was resolved to serve notice up m Mr Mulligan to abate a nuisance of this character on his fiction oppo-i e Mr T. Smalc’s bouse Leave w-.s granted Mr Falconer to erect a reran lab :o Ida premises. Mr Dodson wro e asking porinis sion to take soil from Robin ton'street to repair the breach in the Opawn bank near bis premises. dhe Inspector having a're dy authorised this, the Council approve lof his action. Missr.s Griffiths and Matey wrote comp! lining that sp icifieati ms for continuing the culvert under their premises had not been submitted for their approval, and asking if the Council entert lined llioh c'uim for damag s. The report, of the sub-committee vas read Betting forth that ten it* 3 for the work hid already ben aec pel His Worship said lie had made arrangement wi’h Mr Griffiths lEit the wrnk shoo'd he enrri-d out under tint gentleman's diree ion. Cr Riley objected to Mr Griffiths being allowed to dictate to the 0 mncil ahoti this matter, O her in -inhers took objection to the att’tude as-umed by Mr Griffiths a iccially after the Council ha ' consented to do the very t.hmg Mr Griffiths asked for. The matter was left in the binds of the Mayor and the Inspector, A circular was read from tin Cdonia' Sei retnry’Office asking tin cooperation of the Council in tin proposal to present iI.R.H. he Prince of Wales with a ’estimonial in recognition of his services iu connection with the Indo-Colonial Exhibition. The circular was •rdered to be acknowledged. Mr Walsh having complained tlmt water ran on toll's section from M-xwell Road, and the Inspector having reported that the water could be cirried off by means of pipes into the Waler street ditch, it was resolve! that tenders b» col d for the work in the manner suggested by the Inspector. Is "’as also deci led to raise find kerb the footpath from the Maxwell Roal Bri ! gi to dance with no’ice given at !a<t meeting Cr MeArtney moved that the Impounder be instructed to proceed against owners of wandering horses and cattle wi bin the Borough. C-s Ilouldswor.h and Sinclai ■ spoke in support of the motion and Crs Riley. Cuing, Jel yman, and Cl.rk against it, 'lh y thought the proposal could not De propeily curie I out in the existing state of the law and tint, if it were praeticible, it. would be haMi on p uple Cr Ri ey moved as an amendment that tenders be ea led f >r the cotnnind offices of Impoq ider and Puundkeeper. The amendment found no seionh-r and Cr Ching moved as an arnen Iment that the Town Cl irk write to the Impounder intimating that if his dutic-s were n -t better performed bis services would be d spensed with. The ameudmeit w.>s (tamed. After snine fu tin r business referred to elsewhere the Council adj mmed.

We beg to remind cur Patrons and the Public g n rdly that we have a few Remnants of Brussels and Tapestry Carpsts ranui >g from about 15 to 20 yards each, also a lot of samp'c eml3 of Lice Curtain*, Hosiery and Mercery a 1 marked very low to e'ear, a few pieces of Dress Cloths at 8| 1, Pained fl rnr Cloths 2 yards wide 2s 61. An early inspection solid el. Ojr New Stock will arrive during the p.-esenfc nnnth. Smile A Hiy Lon lon House.—Advi