Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1886

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1977, 6 October 1886, Page 2

Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1886

Fire Brigade. —The monthly meeting of the Brigade was held on Monday night, Captain Bythell in tbe chair. Owing to the rain there was no practice.

Postponed. —The entertainment advertised by the Ethiopians for last evening was postponed till Thursday night, in consequence of the rain. The parade of the Blenheim riflea was postponed for the same reason.

Literary and Debating Society.— At a committee meeting of this Societyheld on Monday evening, Mr Henderson presiding, the secretary presented his report showiug a credit balance of L 4 13s. General regret was expressed at the apathy displayed in the objects of the Society. A donation of 30s was voted to the Institute and tbe meeting adjourned.

Marlborough Illustrated. The current number of the Illustrated New Zealand News contains piotures of Pieton, from above the town, and Grove Road, Blenheim. Both are from photographs by Burton Bros.

The Clarence Flock Cl ear.-tT ha Post of Saturday says The Colonial Secretary has to-day received a telegram from the Sheep Inspector at Kaikoura informing him that the first part of the Clarence flock has been mustered and shows no sign of disease. The Wreck of the Clyde.— The Evening Post says .—The schooner Clyde which is reported as being ashore at the Croiselles, is not the vessel owned by Mr Wyld, of Fa merston North, but a small vessel of the same name which Las been converted from a steamer into a Bchooner. MrWyld’s schooner is reported as having arrived at Dunedin yesterday from Foxton*

’Possums or Wallabies “ Puff ” in the Evening Press says : —I see somebody’s turned out wallabies in Southland and they’re thriving healthily ! Tbey’re worse than rabbits J Yes, I hear they’ve nearly eaten up the Kawau bodily ! Sir George kills 20,000 a year and it doesn't seem to make any difference ! He's fond of practical jokes, but be made game of himeßlf when he turned those vsrminta •tit 1

Awatebe Road Board. —The or Unary monthly meeting of this Board will be h*l 1 this morning.

The Weather. Cept Edwin te’egr.iphcd at 3.13 p m. yesterday—lndications of bad weather approaching between west And south and *outh ea-t, and much r in ; glass further ri e and rivers high. Fire at Ska. —A Dunedin telegram O r Saturday’s date states th • t during the passage of the Himilaya from Glasgow the coals io the main hold spontaneously igni ed, and it was fmnd necessary to jettison some of the general cargo and 50 tons of coa 1 . The vessel was, at the time, 500 miles from land. There was >o co. funion among passengers or crew, The Press Association neglected to forward this item to u«.

Clerical Rubbish —The Bishop of Christchurch is doubtful whether tbe outbreak at Tarawera was not due to God desiring to remove temptation from the Maori", the natives leading self-indul-gent lives as a result of tourists visiting the Hot Lakes District. And yet pi< r Bainhridge, who was killed by the eruption, was a God fearing mao. Pity that he should have had to suffer for the sine of others.

Another Great Success.— The balance-sheet of tbe Waireka Dairy Factory (situated near Oamaru) for the year ending 31st August last, pr sented at a meeting of the Company beld on Monday evening, showed that the loss to tbe Company upon the previous year’s workings amounting to £SOO, had been made by last vear’s operations, and over and above this sum there was a profit of £lB9 upon the year’s transactions. There was a sum ot £356 to carry forward.

Kimberley And New Zealand. Mr Malcolm Graham, who has recently returned from Kimberley, writes to the Grey River Argus from Sydney as follows:- 1 am fully convinced from niv own obm va j tions that 70 per cent of all who went to Kimberley are from New Zealand, and that if it turns out a failure New Zealand will lose more than the whole of the other colonies. Putting it at a low estimate, it has taken 70,000 golden sovereigns out of New Zeiland. Timaku Poisoning Case— Sir Robert Stout the Attorney General, will be tin leading counsel for the Crown In the Hal case, which commences in the Supreme Court in Christchurch next Monday week The other counsel with the AttorneyGeneral will be Messrs White and Mar in Crown Prosecuto s atTiniru and Christchurch respectively. It is stated tha besides Mr Joynt, a strong bar is reta-ned for the defence. The Evening Press Bays it will be one of the moss important criminal cases ever tried in an koglisli country. Picton Rowing Club.— At the annual meeting of this Club held at the Pier Hotel Picton, Mr Barstow was electee secretary, vice Mr Heaver, resigned. It was decided to hold the regatta as las year, that the property of the Club eh ml-I be vested in trustees and th da boat she I be erected at once. Messrs Ballard, he and Fisk were elected trustees. After appointing a committee to canvass for subscriptions for the annual regatta, electing new members and transacting other minor business the meeting adjourned till Friday evening next at 8 p m.

Brookes v. Parker and Maddock The following is from .Saturday’s N.Z. Times :—Mr Wardell gave judgment yesterday in the case Brookes v Parker and Maddock, a claim for LlO for alleged breach of agreement. When Hie evidence was taken it appeared that plaintitt, a laborer, with others was induced by an agent of the defendants, who are contractors for the Dashwood Pass Railway, to go over to Blenheim with a view to working on defendant b contract. When they arrived at Blenheim the men were informed that they were not required Io giving judgment his Worship said there was no doubt the plaintiff had been engaged by defendant’s agent, but not for any term. The men, if employed, were liable to dismissal at a day’s notice. I hey were, hewever, fairly entitled to recover for loss of time and the expenses of their journey. Judgment was given for 50s with L2 14s costs. Mr Jellicoe appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Fitz Gerald for defendant.

Cricket Association.— At a meeting of delegates from the various clubs, held at the Criterion Hotel on Monday evening to disepss the question of forming a Cricket Association for Mar borough ana the proposal to bring the English ciicketers here, Mr Winter presiding, it was resolved (1) That an Association be formed, to be called the Marlborough Cricketets’ Association. (2) That the Association consist of two delegates from each Club subscribing L2 2", and of a President and five Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and Hon. Sec., the two latter officers to be chosen (if desired) froip pie delegates; five to form a quorum. (3) That the duties of the Association for the present season be : To arrange for the visit of the English team, the match to be played on the Wairau ground : To purchase a Cup and arrange for its being played for under the control of tbe Association : Generally to make arrangements for tha promotion of cricket. The following offices were filled as follows : President, Mr Henry Dodson, M H.R ; Vice-Presidents, Dr Cloghorn, Dr Drury, and Messrs A. P. Seymour, J. E Hodson, and T. A. Dickens ; Hon. Sec. and Trea surer, Mr Winter. A sub committee, consisting of Messrs Newth, Godfrey and Farmar was appointed to arrange rules, dates, conditions, etc., for the Association Cup. The meeting then adjourned, the delegates to be called together again pn receipt of information regarding the English cricketers.