THE Marlborough Times EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 8 December 1887, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887.

West Wabd. — Mr James B. Green was yesterday noir 'nated by Mr G. W. R'ley, seconded by Mr A. M‘lntyre to represent tin West Ward in the Borough Council.

On the Warpath. —Some more summonses have been, or are about to be, issued agu'nst the Salvation Army for beating tho big drum last S' iday.

The Weather. —Captain Edwin telegraphed as follows at 1.30 p.m. yesterday :—North-east to North and Northwest gale after 12 hours from now ; g'nss further fall soon, and waimer weather. Travelling Expenses.— From a return laid before Parliament it appears that the travelling allowance and expenses drawn by the late Ministry between 31st March and 6th October amounted to £ll4B 14s. R.M. Court. A first offender was charg'd at the R.M. Court yesterday with drunkenness, and was mulcted in the usual penalty of os. Messrs W. Douslm and T. Carter, Justices of the Peace, occupied the Bench. Aimanac. —We hare leceived from Messrs Fell Brothers and Co. a very nicely got up almanac for next year. The card contains a most truthful picture of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Coptic, also the fore part of the same company’s steamer Arawa. Sydney Wool Sales. —Tho dispute in the Sydney wool trade is now settled. Tho sellers and buyers have agreed that sales alia 11 be conducted on a cash basis—namely, that the wool shall be paid for on delivery. This arrangement, while afford big tho sellers the security they wished, will givo every reasonable facility to buyers.

Caledonian Sports. —Mr S. J . Macalister sold by auction yesterday Llio p :iwloges in connection with the Caledonian Society’s Sports to bo held on Neiv Year’s Day, as follows : —No. 1 refreshmentrcom, Messrs Maher and Byron, £l2; No. 2 refreshment-room, Mr W:l . "is, £2; settles, Mr Whi'lmg, £2 los ; other lawful games, Mr Armstrong, £1 12s 6J ; end cards, Mr J. E. Reed, 3s. A Heavy Torn.—With the view of preventing the roads l ling cut by the heavy traffic which is likely to take placo in consequence of some cairiers hav' ig contracted to carry wool from up-country stations to Dunedin, the Taieri County Council havo decided to establish a tJ 1 bar at Mr M'Kegg’s hotel, at Henley, and to impose a toll of £5 upon every fourwheeled waggon that passes through such toll, This weffectually prevent cairiers compethig with the railways to the south of Dunedin.

Death of an Old Maori. —Hoani Kahu died lately at the Arawhenua pah, Temuka, at tho reputed age of 110 years. For many years ho had been perfectly helpless, but his intellect had suffered but slightly. Ho was a warrior and a statesman, and his past career has been such as to causo b : m to bo an object of interest and respect both to his countrymen and to Europeans. He is said to bo a nativo ef ICaiapoi; at all ovents ne was present when the attack was made on that pah by Ta Ruaparaha.

The Hinemoa. —Tne eyep'ng Post says it is not intended to place' the Hinomoa again in comir : ssiou when her new boilers are finished. The Marne Department is arranging for a considerable portion of the work of supplying stores to the lighthouses being done locally instead of by special steamer. The Dog Island Lighthouse will bo supphed by the tug from the Bluff, and tho Moeralci and other lighthouses will obtain their supples by land. The usual relief visits to the Auckland and other isli’iids it is proposed shall in future be rgfple by 6ai I; ng vessel, the Tekano, instead of by'one of tjie government steamers.

Annual Mjs&rnro.—The amuai statutory meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held yesterday afternoon. Present Messrs J. Ward (chair) G-. W. Riley, G. Henderson, R. M'Artney, Rev. W. 0. Robb and E ;v Father Lewis. Mr Ward was unar'iior. :ly re-elected Chairman. The day of meeting was fixed to be tho fi -st 1 resday in eveiy month at 2.30. p.m., but J ’ie next meeting bar been arranged to take place on the second Tuesday : n Jnuua-/, "’"he quorum was fixed at five, Tye phai-man and the Mayor elect (Mr Riley)were appointed to sign cheques and the Rev. Father Lewis end Mr Henderson a Visiting Coirm "ttee. Scab. —The Lyttelton Times says : “From information specially obtained on the subject of tho recent outbreak of scab in t!je vicinity of Topbiuse and at Kaikouva, we find that it was not altogether unexpected’ by those wkd m acquainted with those localities" It was hardly to be expected that the final eradication of scab from its last strongholds of Now Zealand wor’d be effected with absolute certainty in one or two seasons, expecially when the extreme roughness of the country is taken into consideration. The outbreak Kaikpura is corfined to Mr Bullen’s run, on the coast, ,ana there is no probaVity of the disease spreading to the adjoin-ng flocks, At Tophouse two flocks arc affected, but both are practica’y isolated, therefore it is not expected that the disease will spread further in that locality. As mustering for sheaiing is now ‘n fr' 1 progrsss, the next few weeks w'll prove whether any further diseaso exists 'n the'country, but the reports so far are very favorable. Tnese outbreaks coming as they do, when it was to be hoped that a profitable outlet for our sr •- plus store sheep had beep found m the Australian market, are muGh to ho deplored, but they will have their good effect, as showing that every effort is being made on the part of Govern .rent and owners of infected or_ douba’ul flocks to make an absolute certainty of tho eradication of tho above d sense. A Dkligiitf u/ Spot. —Mr A. Reisebeck, the naturalist who is making a eo”ection among the West Coast sounds w if os to the Now Zealand Herald on Get. 1(5 from ! Mr Stephenson's station, a short d'stauco from the Hooker Glacier on tho Paringa. He says On the 7th Oct, at five mintes to 12 at night, a meteor came over m a diagonal line from S.E. very low, and fe’ 1 a short distance frits the station in the hush. The p’-me was ’’t up r.s it were with electric light. At the same) time f heard a rumbling noise. resemhl ig the fi- - ig of heavy guns in qirck succession, in an easterly direr‘•mu, for ir rly i ar into. The whole of the ir habitants of the sta‘ion heard and sa w it. Since that time the weather has beendroadi* —fhr ider, liglit-i ’ ig. snotv” ig. raining, hailstones, t id blowing furiously. 'i neiivers and creeks ate flooded. The nights are the worst. I have not slept for many nights through the noise, and the hut is J qulveiing Ike a leaf. The glass rises and ’ fails two or three times a day.

T uJjlic Examination.—The public exawmaiion of Febx M'Lean, wooldasser of Pic ton, a bankrupt, wl” take place on Thursday, the loth inst at 1 1 a.m. Bankruptcy. The Deputy. - Official Assignee, Mr R. D. Nos worthy, announces that the Superior Court in Bankruptcy will nit on the 2Ut inet. at 11 ».m. llumuLK Bek. —The humble hoe is thriving in Canterbury, and an orchard containing 400 t: is near Leestou is swarming with them. Claims. —An announcement appears "i another column appointing the place to lodge claims for land taken for the Dash - wood section of the Picton-Huiunui Railw&y.

Down a Well. —The pol’ce have laid an information against a man living at Dnshwood Pass for beating bis wife, and then low'ering her down a well. Accused will be introduced to Mr Allen next Wednesday, when no doubt he will meet with his deserts.

Auction in Bankrurtch. —Mr S. J. Macaiiater has been instructed by the Deputy-Official Assignee to se”. on Saturday, the 10th ’nst., at 2 p.m., equity of redemption in connection with certain properties, particulars of wHch will be found in out advertising columns. Unclaimed Letters. —Unclaimed letters for the follow'ug persons arc now lj 'ng at the Post Office : —R. Tvo.ddle, 8. Dawes, W. Fleldes, J. Gibbs, J. 8. lienderson, J. Little, A. W. Malcolm, A. Mason, J. Noble, J. Sheat and J. Turner. Ferry Hotel. —Mr Duggan, the present licensee of the Ferry Hotel, informs his friends and the public of Marlborough that every comfort will be found at his hostelry. None but the best brands of liquor is kept, and persons paymg Mr Duggan a visit may rely on receiving eve y attention. Important Land Sale. —Messrs Green aud Nosworthy wdl, on Tuo-day, December the 27th, sell the whole of St Leonards farm, the property of Mrs Thomas Redwood, containing 460 sin.-., and sub(Prided into 9 blocks of 60 acres each. Lithographed plans wi ll . shoitly bo issued with the Marlborough Da t ly Times, and further information i’> the meantime can be obtained from the auctioneers.

Athletic.— The long-looked for race botween W. Buckman and Joe Scott for £3 a side came otf in.Mr Jelly man’s paddock last evening at 6 o’clock, about 60 persons be’ng present. The distance was 100 yards. Scott conceded two yards to h’s opponent. Both men got away to a good start, and, after a hard ra io, Buckman won by about two and a-lielf y -ids. Time, 11 one-fifth secs.

State Schools. —The Sydney Freeman’s Journal contends that the pubhc schools are beaten i>v the Catholic schools, and offers th > foov'ug proof:—“We find that ou- State pets, the public schools, could only scrape together for the sector examination 10 passes out of 87, whilst the Catholic schools produced 16, and the private schools, other then Catholic, no less than 61 ; and what :s a more leinarkab'o result, we find that out of 647 passes at the junior examination tho publio schools supply tho miserable total of 43, whilst the Catliolio school tot up 143 and the other private sefioo’s giye a grand total of 362.

Tub Victorian 1 uiSßYi—tY. —At tho present session of tho Victorian Presby-tei-sin General Assembly, tho Rev. R. Ne’son brought up a resolution to tho effect that tljo ministers of tfie Presir) jerian Clu’-eh be requested to draw the attention of tho congregations to the desirability of their discountenanceog tho practice of liorse-raciug; that bis Fxocilency tho Governor and Lady Loch bo petitioned no longer to lend their countenance to tho demora’toing practice of horso-racing by attendance in person upon the course ; and that both Houses of Parliament be petitioned no longer to sanction, by suspend ng the public bustoes 3 of the country, a pr •- suit at once demoralising, anti-social, and fraught w Ith much danger both to tho spiritual and temporal interest 3 of the community. The resolution was not c!‘scussod, being rule 1 put of order. We have received our first shipment o-

Spring Goods ox s.s. Arawa, London, consisting of Prints, Zyphers, Lace Stripes, Galateas, Beiges, Cashmere, Serges, Gloves, Hosiery, &c. A large assortment of Juvenilo Clothing. Ip tl>e Tailoring Department we have to hand a splend-'d variety of new Tweed Patterns from tho various New Zealand Factories, Garments made to measure on the shortest notice. Inspeetton solicited -Smile and Hay, London blouse. 1 Kidney and Urinary complains of nl i '-Ms pr- i aneutly cured with Hip Bitters generic made bv A morioan Co