Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1886

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1989, 21 October 1886, Page 2

Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1886

Awatkke Road Board —ln the absence of a quorum the monthly meetinv of the Awatere Road Board, wa< adjourned. -s,

Lower WairaU R>veb Board. Th- »d? jouroe l meeting of L wer Wairau River Board, to deal with the ten iers received at last met ting for various works in tho district, will be held this evening, at 7 p.m. The Rabbit Act.—From information received, as the police say, we learn that reductions in the staff, and other radical changes in the administration of the Fbbit Act, are now under consideration of the Cabinet.

Church Entertainment. The entertainment, notified fur last evening, in connection with the Church of the Nativity, was postponed, owing to the inclemency of the weathe-, Wedties lay week has been fKed foi the pmformanec. Babbit District.— The pe i ion of the Marlborough runholders, for a Rubbii. Board, has b«en numerously signed, snd sent on to Wellington. As the required Dumber of signatures has been obtained, the distri t will, doubt essly, be shortly gazetted. IPosial Holiday.— ln another column the Chief Posima-ter notifies tli-t, on ihe Prince of Wales Birthday, the. Post Office will be closed. The Telegraph Office will be open in the momma Loin 9 *.in.. to 10 a.m , and in the evening frmi 7 p.m., to 8 p.m. Special Train. —A special train will leave Picton, at 1 o’clo k on Friday, leaving Blenheim, again on the return journey at 5 p m„ to enable volunteers and others along the line to attend the review. If the train, were to return at 5.30 or 6p.in.it wouM be found more convenien’, The Review will haidly be over by 5 o’clock.

Compliment to Colonel WiiitmiR 0, —W« understand it h s been decide'* that the officers of the various volunteer corps in the district, shall enters >in the lion. Colonel Whitmore at dinn r tomorrow evening. The gathering is to be of a private character.

Perpetual Lease. —The Commissi ;n<r of Crown Lands notifies in another column that applications for perpetual leases n ‘lie Wakamarina and Kaikoura iliatr c », su ject to the conditions of VdUge Homestead Special Settlements, will be received at Ihe Crown Lauds Office up to Monday, November 22, Photography —Mr W. H. Macey, photographer, has just Impo.ted a quantity of valuable apparatus.i c'udiug ten es, cameras, photographic mounts &0., and his plant is now one of the nr st complete in the Colony, including, »s it i'o-s, apparatus for every class of work. We hope Mr Macey’s enterprise may be rewarded by a large inorea.-.e of business. R.M. Court.— At ttie R.M, Cou>t yesterday, before Messrs T-. Horton and J. M- Hutcheson, 1 J's. P, George Blanche, for obstructing the footpath, by sitting on the rail of the Maxwell Road Bridge, on Sunday, the 3rd ins; ant, was fluid 10s and 14s costs We hrartily concur ju the remaiks from the Be ch, as to the desirableness of putting an end to this and similar nuisances. The Chairman of the Bench commended the action of the police in t<kiug proceedings in the matter. Serge ant White prosecuted snd the offence was proved by Constable Sherry, who stated that he had cautioned the defendant on several occasions. Cricket Items. —A re’urn match between Colonials and All. Comers, will probably be played on the Wvirau Club’s ground od Saturday afternoon, as the proposed match Telegraph v. Town ha* to fall through. The Wairau second eleven were to have played against the Spring Creek Club on the same afternoon but the match his been postponed, so as not to clash with the sports to bo held at the Hussar Camp,on that day. The Midland C.C. (Wellington), will holdja. meet, "log on Friday night, to decide whether they can send a team to play here on the Prince of Wales Birthday. > r ; Akt and Industrial Society.—A meeting of the Committee of the original Art and Industrie Society was held yesterday afternoon, there being present Messrs Earll,Hender-son and Cheek. Mr Earll was voted to the chair, and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Resolved —That the following accounts be paid :—Furness and Boudy LI 7s, Card and Ribone Ll 13s 91 Proposed by Mr Cheek and seconded by Mr Henderson -That the funds in hand surer of the new Art and Industrial Society—Carried. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Pure Cubsbdnbss. —Very recently the Footscray (Vic.) Council —perhaps in the hope of their own individual turns Coming in due time—generously voted the Mayor an annual allowance of 2|- per conk, on tho grossrevenue of the borough. This arrangement is full of promise for the promot-rs. At the present moment a 2\ percentage amounts to £250 annually—in'a few years* time it would amount to five times as much Out of pure cussedoess, however, 69 ratef layers signed a petition, requesting that ucky dawg, tho Mayor, to call a public meeting to disgus3 his good fortian. He was amazed. He laid the petition before his brother councillors. They were amazed. The idea of ratepayers presuming te question the private jobs of the mystic circle was altogether ridiculous. Mr Mayor-was advised to treat the application of those outside “ nonentities ” with contempt. A meeting was held, awful resoluiions were passed, and it looks as though the 2k per shent scheme will fall through. The eye of every Mayor in Victoria has been anxiously fixed upon Footscray, and now those eyes are filling with bitter, b itter tears.

Exhumation or Captain Cain’s B^dy.—The Ashburton Mail s»ys:—Now that so much ha* been officially permitted to tanspire, - there seems no object to be gained in withholding from the public any particulars of the ease. We may, therefore, mention that it has reached us that when the prisoner Hall was informed jn goal that the Government had authorised the disinterment of the late Captain Cain he was greatly agitated, bo much so that medical advice had to be resor'ed to, and morphia was administered to steady his nerves We draw no conclusion from tho fact, if fact it be, a* wo believe it is, and the agitation of the prisoner may, of been course, have attributable to his being shocked at the idea of the exhumation, as much as the suspscions which led to its being permitted, but that he was greatly agitated we are credibly assured. We also learn, with regard to the exhumation iteclf tbut the body of the late Captain Cain proved tq be in wonderful preservation, the features perfect, thopgh somewhat swollen, and the internal organs almost as fresh-looking as if the burial had only taken place a few days prior to the re? opening of the grave; and as the properties of antimony are, we understand, preservative, its presence in considers!) e quautity doubtless had some thing to do with the arresting of the process of natural decay.

Friendly SoCuktiks’ Fbth.—The programme of erenta in connection with the Friend y Societies Sports, to be held on the Prince of Wale* Birthday,i« published in anoth. r enlumn. The programme will furnish * capital lay'* amusement. Under Canvas —At the camp ye-ter day moruii g the Hussars were engaged in carbine drib. After breakfast squadron drill was gone through. The ruin in the afternoon precluded any out-door sports or drill until 5.30 when Goionel Whitmore and Majors Baillie and Webb' drove to the ground, and the troop was put through squadron drill, &o. Colonel Whitmore expressed his gratification at seeing the tr op so well mounted an I especially complimented Cnpt Dodson ou the fine appearance of his command. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the tent pegging match, between the night and left troops, h«d to be postponed until to-day. If the weather is flue tori ty the Hassars are to have a hard day’s dri 1 in preparation for to-morrow's manes irres. Captain Dodson has intima ed his intention of giving a prize to the best swordsmsn in the troop.

A Blackguard. Many Blenheim people will be glad to know that'he strong arm of the law has seized upon a man travelling under the aliases of Glnrles Everest, Henry Croysdill and Herbert H. Hutching*. Some time ago this man was in this neighborhood nnd suspicion having arisen that lie was tampering with children the po'ioe got on his trail,’ but the man decamped. From the Colonist we learn that he was amsted at Nelson ou Ssturday on a charge of indecently assaulting a little girl nine years of age. The alleged off nee was committed in North Esk street a short time before the arrest, He was brought up at the Police Court ou Monday morning, when two charges were preferred, amt tlmse were heard with elo-ed dnor*. On both charges the prisoner was committed to take hia trial at the ensuing sittings of the Supreme Court. It is stated that at least one other charge of a similar nature wi 1 be preferred ftgaiust the man, who some short time ago was d-aling in erasive soap, nnd more recen'ly was hswkng photographs. Spring & Summer Novelties.—We have received our Spring and Summer Goods, ex Ruapehu from London. All t“'e latest fashions for the season in Millinery, Mantles, Feathers, Flowers* Straws, Dres-es, Prints, Galat-as, &c. Wc have also made special arrangements for Tailoring; all otders executed en the shortest possible notice from the celebrated New Zeuland _Tweedj. Suits from 50s, Trousers from 16s, Boys and Youths at proportionate prices. An early inspection solicited.— Smalk ft. Hay.