LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2018, 22 November 1886, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Small Burnt.— William Sloan was charged before Mr Allen U.M., on SaMirday, with drunkenness and wis lined 5t or, in default, imprisonment until four o’clock that afierro 1. Perpetual Lease. —Applications for sections in the Wakamarina and Kiikoura districts, for lease under the perpetual leasing system, will be received at the Crown Lands office to day. Cricket. heats were p’a - o at Wellington on Saturday for th Senior Cup, tho Star’s defeating th Midlan l’s by s wen wickets, and tie Welling on’s beating the Ashley's by an innings and nearly a hundred runs. Tiie Mayoralty.— We need hardly reurnd burgesses of Mr Douslin’s meeting at Ewart’s Hall this evening. It is to be hoped there will be a good attendance ; a Mayoral election shoul 1 be a matter of interest to the town. First Cup Match. —The first match in connection with tho Marlborough Association Cup will be p'ayed on Saturday next between the Wairau and Picton Clubs. The Wairau C.C. Committee meet this evening to select their team. Killing Bonny. The last Gazette contains an application by rr hou>as Aicken, of Auckland, doctor of medicine, for a patent for (lie speedy capture of rabbits on an extensive soale to be termed “The automatic system of rabbit catching. The Helen Denny.—The Marlborough wool ship was reported passing Wellington Heads on Friday morning. The s.s. Manawatu was to have left Wellington on Saturdiy morning to Low her up the Sound, Scratch Match.;— A match between teams chosen by Mcsssr A. Rayncr and F. Adams, of the Blenheim C.C. was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the former team by 32 runs. The fielding and batting, on the whole, was bettor than usual. A. and P. Society.—An ndver'ise" ment with reference to the Society’s Show appears in another column. A meeting of the Committee was held on Saturday, but the proceedings were of a private character. An additional prize his been set down for the best draught mire with foal at foot. Nelson School Committee. A Nelson telegram of S iturday’s date says :—The Town School Committee have resigned en masse in or ler to test the question of religious instruction in schoolroom* outside school hours, the election took place last night when a majority of opponent! to the proposal were returned, though its supporters received a majority of -400 votes. Caledonian Society’s Concert.— The programme for the Caledonian Society’s concert to be held on Wednesday - night, has now been finally arrange 1 and will appeir with our issue of to-morrow. The programme enntaius eighteen items among which we notice sevoril selections by the champion piper, and a Highland fling by “ The Macdonald,” The concert, is sure to be largely attended. Oamaru Agricultural Show. This Show was held at Omaru on Friday, and was a great success, the weather being splendid and the attendance large. The Cup for draught horses was won by the Hon M. Holmes. Mr Holmes and Messrs Little Bros, took the cup for the Leicesters. The imported horse British Lion was first among the champion draught entires. N. Z. R. A. Meeting.— A Wanganui telegram dated Satur lay states that Captain Somerville, Chairman of the New Zealand Rifle Association, has received a telegram from Captain Atchcson to the effect that a site for the next shooting meeting has been selected at Ahuriri, 21 miles from Christchurch, and one mile from the Rabbit Island Railway Station. Lieut Colonel Wales, of Dunedin, will be asked to take command of the encampment. A Police Scandal. Mr Bullen appears to have got into hot water at Napier; The fo'lowiog telegram appears in Fri, day’s Post,and is dated Napier, Nov, IS - —At a well attended meeting in the Theatre Royal to-night, called to express dissatisfaction with the internal management of the Hawke’s Bay police force, resolutions were passc-d expressing an opinion that the manner in which members of the force were treated by their superior officers had become a public scandal, and calling on the Department to hold an exhaustive enquiry. *Oae of the speakers made some very rough' remarks on Sir George Whitmore.

Big Girl Graduates —At the Napier Education Board Mr White said some of ttie children attending the Waipawa School were married women. Mr Hill c«pped this by saying at an examination held by him in the countiy three of those who passed standard one, and were very proud of the performance, were older than his grandfather ! They were Maoris. They Like It. —Surely, the “unco guid” ought to be satisfied with the result of their agitation against “kissing games.” A large conference of West of England Sunday school teachers was held at Flymouth last week, at which, according to the report of a discussion on amusements, “kiss-in-the-ringfound only one defender.” Probably, this single dissentient was not a West of England man. The Wise Men, as was once remarked by a witty observer of the Western Counties, come from the east. After all what is kissing? A person places his closed lips against the outer cuticle of someone else. lie then open'Jthem, at the same time drawing in his brejtli. If it ,either pleases or amuses him, what harm can it do to the person thus op-ra L ed upon? Curious’y enough, however, the “person," as a rule likes it. Lower Wairau River Board. —The Board met on Saturday. Present—Messrs Sinclair, Dousltn and Parker. Mr Douslin, in the absence of Mr Litchfield, tGok the chair. Mr Passau wrote drawing attention to the fact that a contractor for the bank on Mr Lees’ paddock had cut the fence, Resolved that the fence be made good. Permission was gi anted C iptain Eckford to extend the Neptune wharf. The Inspector was instructed to remove the willows obstructing the Nelson street Bridge, complained of by Mr Fi'zgerald (on bihvlf of Mrs Budge). Me-srs Green and Herrick and J. Harris sent in claims of Ll 5 each for compensation for the erection of a bank on their properties at Leary’s Breach. Held over. Mr Register wrote, complaining that the Inspector had refused to pass his work on the embankment contract between Beaver Road and High-street, and asking compensation for damage done to tho contract by floods. The Inspector explained that he could not piss the work as a portion of the bank was in the wrong place and must be removed. Resolved that the Board inspect the work before next rnsetin and tint the balance of Mr Register’s contract be paid retaining L 5 to pay the cost of removing ahe bank if necessary. Other business, iuehling the passing of accounts was postponed until an a-ljourned meeting on the 2fi inst, Tiie Bag-tides, The committee intercatel in the forthcoming Scotch cmcert which will be h°ld at Ewart’s Hall on the evening of Wednesday, the 24th inst, undertook to secure the services of a skilled piper for the occasion. This gentleman arrived by the Waihi on Friday last in the person of Mr Peter Macdonald, of Masterton, and wry couvteou ly entertainci a gathering on Satur!ay evening variously estimated at from (500 to 800 people from the balcony of the Crile.ion Hotel by playing a few of the “ 3weet harmonious | minstrel lay 3 ” of Scotland upon the national and, to Scotland, much prized instrument, the pipes. Mr Macdonald then marched to the Club Hotel, returning to the Criterion Hotel where he displayed his skill in aaother branch of amusement by dancing the fliglund fling and sword dance in the presence of a few Caledonians who appeared to be thoroughly satisfied that in securing his services for the concert they found in him as a piper all that could be wished for. We do not profess to he a judge of bag pipe music but it would be doing an injustice to our visitor did we not st-te that he appeared to handle the instrument with skill and was pronounced generally a tileited musician of gr«a ability. lie wore a kilt of the Cimeron tartan, and brown tunic and handsome hole wit i the usual a murtenances belong ieg to the Highland dress.

Boycotting Victoria,— An Aus rillan piper says an old fable relates how that a hen which occupied a stable conjointly with a hot es indignantly said to its fourfooted frien 1—“ If you tr;ad on my toes ag»in I’ll tread on yours.” We ari reminded of this story by a proposal made in the Tasmmian Legislative Council to the effect that reciprocity treaties be entered into with various colonies, but th d Victoria bo. bo/cittel, as she is utterly selfish in her policy. Tin effect of such a policy so far as Tasmania was concerned would simply be to deprivo the inhabitants of that tight littlo islanl of a large propordm of their green meat supply, most of wh : ch they get fnm Melbourne To talk of boycotting Victoria i 3 sheer nonsense. She has got her industries and’ manufactories well established and in full swing, and is more independent of the outside world than either of tho other colonies, Reaper and Binder Contest.—A reaper and binder contest took pi cc on Saturday afternoon at Mr Adam Jackson’s farm, Old Rmwick Road, which created considerable interest among the farmers of the district, who rolled up in strong force. Upwards of 100 people were present t)w t ie<a the c nnpstitiou and j Messrs Thos. Harding, Geo ge Graham, an I II A. Wilmor McKenzie acted asjulges. Only three machines entered for competition —viz., McCormick, Howard, and Hornsby—though three others hil promised to compe‘o, but fir some reason failed to put in an appearance. A better crop could scarcely have been selected to operate upon. It was a magnificent field of ryegrass, being probably the cleanest and having the best ear of any that has been grown in the district. A start was made shortly after one o’clock. Each machine had about one aero to cut as a te3t piece and all did remarkably good work, tho Hornsley finishing first, the McCormick second, and the Howard third. All three machines worked witli three horses, The Howard binder cut very clean and c!o?e, making a nice . stubble, but from the geneial fiaish it was evident that the driver had not thoroughly mastered his machine. The Hornsby cut close enough, but its sheaves were not quite as even as they m : ght havj been,and tbe:onstan‘ break’ng of ihe twine scattered the sheave* about. The McCormick undoubtedly did the best work on the piece set out, tying tho sheaves tighter than either of tho others and without a miss • it 3 sheaves were butted we l and regularly, but not bein'* set quite straight the cutting was a trifle low on one side. The judges after the machines had finished their alloted tasks made them follow each other round another patch when tl:e Hornby had the decided advantage, the other two machines not doing as good work as in their test piece. The prizes were £3, £2 and £l being reduced on account of the few competitors, were awarded in the followin'* order—McCormick Ist, Howard 2nd, and Hornsby 3rd. It seems to be the general opinion that this order would be altered if the next trial was a grain crop, as the delivery board of the McCormick seems rather narrow for a large stalk. The hospitality of Mr Jackson cannot bo too highly spoken of, making the day’s outing enjoyable to all present, ° j

Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The annual Show of the above Association will be hell on the Society’s Grounds on V\ einisday next, the 24th in»t.; entrance to Ground 13, children half-price. A dinner in connection with the Show will

held at the Club Hotel in the evening,

dioner on the table at 6 p.m. Thj, early hour Jhas considerably In en fixH upm by the committee in order as muc j, as possible, to avoid clashing with the Gale lonian Society's concert. MEMORANDA. The Mayoralty. Mr Douslin's i Ewart’s Hall to-niiAr, in Caledonian Society. Announcement- with reference to concert. Ith Wait-an Road Hoard. Several tender* advertised njito noon Dec. end, ' ts Marlhorouirli A. and V. Soeietv. X,,t,,.„ „„ the Show on Wednesday next. ’ - ro