THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1887.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2056, 11 January 1887, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1887.

Borough Schools. —Parents are remind- d that the Borough Schools wi 1 reopen this morning. Education Board, The monthly meeting of the Education Board takes place this morning. Borough Council. An adjourned Committee meeting of tho Borough Council, to further consider Messts Sinclair and McCallum’s letter with reference to the purchase of the Gasworks, will take place to-night. Institute. The ordinary inonth'y meeting of the Institute Committee will take place to-morrow night at 7 o’clock, the business being to adopt the balancp sheet and annual report to be submitted to the annual general meeting which will probably be held either this week or next. Shooting Match. —Yesterday morn iug the return match betweon tlie Marlborough Hussars and tho Blenheim Rifles took place at the Vernon Butts. Only four members of tho first-named corps put in an appearance, and tho match was therefore decided upon the shooting of the first four of the Blenheim Rifles, who were all present. The scores were as follows : —Rifles, 213 ; Hussars, (including 20 points conceded), 194. Robbery on the Waiiii. —Joseph Dodson, alias Hodson, alias Jacksou, employed as brass cleaner on hoard the s.s, YYaihi, was charged yesterday afternoon in the R.M. Court with stealing L 3 Ss and a stick of tobacco, the property of Nathaniel Madden, cook on the steamer. The money was missed on Sunday night and on information being given to the Police, Constable Ward arrested the prisoner at Spring Creek, when he confessed to having taken the money. Accused asked that the ease be dealt with summarily and Mr Allen, R.M. sentenced him to one months’ imprisonment in Picton Gaol. R.M. Court —Air Aden, R.M., occu pied the Bench yesterday n orning, and ilispospfl of the following civil cues : D, Draper v F. Chandler, claim Ll 5. value of a horse alleged to Lave been wrongfully detained. Mr McNab appeared fur the plaintiff, and asked that the case be reinstated, on tho ground that di fendant bad broken faith bv not leaving the horse with a third pary as agreed. The case was adjourned for a fortnight, in order to allow Mr Sincbir, defendant’s counsel, to be present, plaintiff to call further evidence, and defendant in the meantime to place the horse in Mr Raynor’s hands. Holmes and Bell v C Gomez, claim L 9 9s 4c: ; judgment for defendant with costs. Brown and Eyes v J. Henderson; judgment by default for Ll 10s, with 6s costs. W. Cooke v IV. [ Bird ; judgment by consent for L 3 14s 4d, with (is coats. D. Murphy v D. O’Brien , adjourned claim for L 35, damage sustained by a hor-e kill’d on the Middle Road by being run into by defendant’s trap. The case was further adjourned for a week, plaintiff to pay riuendanfs solicitor’s fee (L 3 3s), aud the costs of adjournment. The Court then adjourned.

* San Francisco Mail —The s.s. Nep- 1 tunc with the Marlborough portion of the ] San Francisco mail arrived shortly before ninejiqt night. The mail was borterl into private'boxes before ten o’clock. Banquet. — We learn by telegram that a complintentary banquet is to be given at Kaikotira on Friday night to the members for the Wairau and Cheviot. • Locai/Industky.—Mr-W.S. Falconer, cabinetmaker, has just completed a very and useful piece of office fund--I ture for a merchant in the town in the |'6hape of a handsome escritoire. It is constructed ‘entirely of New Zealand .woods, the chief materials used being well-selected riwa rivva, rimu and totara. The whole of the work has been most creditably done and would not sh one a first class English manufacturer. Bowls. —The Wellington Bowling Cluh a r e about to form a new green. The Times says : —''• By nexlyear the c'ub anticipate being a position to commence a series of interprovinci d ma’ches with Auckland, Taranaki, Cintorbury’ an<i Otago, these matches to be afterwards regarded as annual fix'ures.” Whv should we not have a Bowling Club in Blenheim? Musket’s Success;): -it was state 1 in the telegrams the oilier day that the Auckland Company luvc deputed Major Walmsley to go to England aud secure a worthy successor to Musket. According to the Referee’s correspondent, Robert the Devil is the horse which Major Walmsley lias particular instructions to secure if possible. Capital Punishment. —ln an article on the Mfc, Rennie outrage the Evening Press says:—We regard a feeble or capricious administration o f the criminal law as infinitely demoralizing and mischievous. The law, be it what it may, ought to be rigidly enforced without fear nr favor. But we do not believe capital punishment, or extremely severe punishment of any sort, ever yet deterred crime ; and we think the tendency of civilization and en- ; lightenment is towards reformation rather than vengeance. A Funny Wager. —The Dunedin papers recently attacked the protectionist speech delivered in that city not log since. Sir Julius Vogel now offers to pay LlO to a local charity if the papers can rebut his statements, an outside man who is neither Freetrader or Protectionist to decide the debate. Trade Prospects.— “ Puff ” in the Press says:—Private advices from London report that wool has gone up a penny per lb ! Aye that’s just what [ expected ! The January sales ought to he very satisfactory ! I eee trade iu the United States ' is reviving strongly ! Then trade in Great Britain will revive also, and that 1 means a revival all over the world ! Do you think these colonies are going to ' take a jump? I think so! Unless ap- ‘ pearances are very deceptive 1887 opens with better prospects than any year since 1 1879 ! If wo do get a (lush of luck now, we shall know how to make better use of it than we did before ! 1 Civil Service Retrenchment. —One 1 of the directions which retrenchment has j taken in Wellington is the grouping tor getter of all the departments of business [ which can conveniently be .amalgamated. ; For instance the Registrar of Births and Marriages in small boroughs and road districts will be given to the postmaster. Some inspectors of goldfields nre n ppointed receivers of gold,revenue and in ning iut spectors. The scale of payments for or- ■ dinary clerical work iu some departments bus been reducsd from 10s to S< per diem and there will ha an extensive saving iu the Education Department. As the I’re i mier, who is Minister of Education, is a friend of the existing education system the efiiuiency of the department is not ex* , pcctcd to suffer. The several Boards of Education will be invited to .assist the , Ministers iu effecting retrenchment outj side tho department. Our Volunteers. —There are more : Volunteers in New Zealand than in Victoria New South Wales and South Australia. It is a fact also, that the New Zealand Volunteers ami permanent force outnurnber'Uiose of New South Wales, Victoria aud South Australia by 200 men while the cost to the l itter is L 175.000 as compared with L 82.000 in New Zealand. Again, the cost of the defences in New . Zealand is scarcely ten cent of what it has been in Victoria, where no less than L 3,200,000 have been expended on de- ' fence works, which, however, include the men-of-war Cerberus and Nelson, three gun boats and several torpedo boats. In New Zealand the amount expended i:s L 312,000, and as it is not generally known wlnit there is to show for this, we may state that the four principal ports of the Colony are very fairly defended, there being no le«s than 52 first class guns in position, besides 20 rapid firing NorJcnfeldt guns of the newest type, four torpedo boats,land several Whitehead tor* pedoes. The Clarence Bridge —lt is stated that the Wakatu is to belaid on the Waipa va boat harbor for the convenience of Wellington people who may desire to be present at the ceremony of opening the Clarence Bridge to traffic on Thursday next, and that about fifty excursionists are likely to avail tli in.-elves of this opportunity to be present. It is probable that a member of the Government, either Mr Ballanee or Mr Richardson, wi'l be present at the opening ceremony. The Wakatu in thf3 case will be available to take passengers to Ivaikoura on Thursday afternoon for the banquet on Thursday evening, Means will then be afforded Marlborougn visitors of getting on from the Clarence to Kaikoura. [Since the above was written wo hear there is a possibility of the ss. Neptune being p.jt on to the Clarence River from Bleuho m should sufficient inducement offer.] Marlborough Wool —The ss Moh .ka and ss Neptnne were full ships on Sunday and yesUrday. The wool thus shipped was forwarded through Messrs F. H. Pickeringjnnd Co The ssMohaka is now running to Messrs F. H. Pickering and Co as well as the Neptune. Tra le must be looking up. Shipping Reports. —We have several timesjcomplained of the loose manner in which the official shipping reporting is done between Wellington and Blenheim. TheMohaka arrived in theriver on Sunday morning, left again and duly arrived in Wellington without her arrival or depar tura'lat either port being telegraphed. If the telegraphic shipping service is 'o h» of any use it should be properly cirtied out. Very Rough.— ln addressing Lite jury in the case of Henry Offei, charged with embezzlement, Mr Jellicue, i. 'D'Sci flithe prisoner, made the following trenchant remarks as to the commercial mor-di'y apparently now p-eva'ent iu Wellington. He said that the v/hole machinery of the law had been brought to bear in this case to convict an unfortunate journeyman baker of embezzling a few shillings from his employer, whilst mercantile men with influence were allowed to walk about the streets and compound each other’s felonies. He also said it was asserted by certain classes in Wellington that common jurors sympathised with crime. This allegation he absolutely repudiated, adding that if it were true, however, it would not be ' surprising when the middle classes looked to the upper classes for their example, i Every day in Wellington the latter were ' found compounding each other’s felonies, i

Partnership,— Mr Joseph Scott, baker and confectioner, who has for so long carried on business in Blenheim, announces that he has taken his adopted son. Janies Henry Scott, into partnership with him. We wish the new firm every success. Double Sculls.— For the double scoping races to be rowed on the2lstand 22nd instant, the fo'lowing.entr es have been drawn :—Shand and 1). Hutcheson, Buckman and A. Watson, .0,. Mollyr and P. G-. Wil jams, F. Dodson ami Pon t, A. J. Farniar and B. B-»yly, W. Mi Him. l ton and Leo. Dodson, F. Hale and (J. Barley man, H. H. Dodson and George llodsoti Wausau C.C —A committee meeti g of the Wairau Cricket Club w s lied at the Criterion Hotel Lst evening. Present —Dr Nairn, Messrs H. Wiif>r, R. M‘lver, A ! Tovey, J. P. Lucas, E. M ad, and F. B. Farmar (socre'ary.) The following plsyers were select- cl to meet the Picton C.C. in the Cup match to be played next Saturday : —Tovey, Canavan, Dr Naim, F. Nairn, Blakely, Hi Imau, Ship’ou, L. Allan, Pocoek. fJ. AT Ken/ie anil Northcroft It was resolved that a match be arranged between the second t-le-ven of the Club an 1 the Wanderers’ C.C- of Picton for mxt Saturday week, the match to be played at Picton. ‘ * Love one Another. ” —lf the following, from the Napier Telegr.agh, is truo the Salvation Army at Napier, to use a colloquialism, ought to be kicked. “ Che eonsiueration and charitable feeling which the Salvation Army claim on their own behalf are not shown by thnnfor other:;. In fact the cold-blooded indifference that they show to their fellow townsmen can only be described as brutal. So far they have shown themselves to be uninfluenced by aoy of that Christian charity which covers such a multitude of sins. It is, perhaps, owing to this feature of their carrying od, for we decline to cili their performance a religious service, that the Salvationists arc regarded as nothing more than the perpetrators of an unmitigated nuisance Some months ago when a man of the name of Garbett was the local captain, an application in writing was made to the army to begond enough not to strike up the band until afier the nightly procession had got at least one hundred yards away from their ineetimr place. The request was most civilly made, hut no notice was taken of it, although it was on behalf of a siok lady. The band on that night actually altered its route so as to pass the bouse of sickness, and on its return played for a considerable time in front of the house. The other day a similar application was made with very nearly the same result. For some time the Army has been in the habit of committing its nightly nuisances on a vacant section near the Star Hotel. Near by is a house in which there arc two eases of fever, and a member of the family went out and togged the Army to go further a-ficld. Wu need not say that the application was taken no notice of." MEMORANDA. Mos.-srs II Hush and Jolm Ilutt are HiHiii" fish Messrs Joseph Scott and James Henry Scott have entered into partnership A clerk and collector is wanted