THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1887.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 12 December 1887, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1887.

Ironclgd.—H.M.S. Nelson left Sydney for New Zealand on Saturday last. Her 6-st port of call \v‘H probably be Auckland. CricaET.— I The Wairau team have accepted a challenge from the Nelson C.C. to play a match at Nelson during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Rk'iJRN Visit. —Wo hear that the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club propose coming to Blenheim s ome time about the New Y r \r to play the return match with ou" knights of the racket. ’Frisco Mail. The ’Frisco Mail is expected to arrive here tils molding by the Neptune. Sale of Furniture. —Messrs Gi m and Nosworthy advertise a sale of large consignment of a bankrupt’s stock of furniture at Lhc : ” mart next Saturday, at 2 p.m. o,wa ka Road Boa no. The Oma-ka Road Board held their usual monthly meeting on Saturday last. Present: Messrs Coleman ( : n the Chair), Bcatson, Sinola : v and Davies. The ftWowing tenders were received: —Meta 11 mg Midd'o Road: Ob’sen, 30s per clnun ; O’Leary, 31s Id per chain ; Higgins, 3.3 s per cha : -i. Forming Hash wood Pas j Road to Alabama Road : Lucas, 6s 8d per cha : ’i ; Philips, 8s per clia’u; 11. O’Leary, 8s lOd per chain. Mr Davies proposed, and 31" Sinclair seconded, That the lowest tender for forni’ng and metalling be accepted. C- ivied. For tho two Springlancls bridges the following tenders were rcieived: Ashton and Co.. .C 165 ; Barton, £lB9 ; C. Nicoll, .£l9l ; Johnston, £l9B 10s; Beamsloy, £209 ; Gallaud and Moreland, £299 8s lOd. Mr Coleman said that if the bridges were done at Spr’nglauds they would only cost tho Board about £123, as (he settlers had contributed £lO by piivate subscription. Ou the motion of Mr Da\>.s, seconded by Mr S'nclai”, it was resolved that the work be done. Sporting. —The following are the handicaps for the Boxing-Day races: Handicap Hurdles - Gentry’s Jim, aged, list 12ll>; Gough’s Orient, aged, list 12lb; Satlierly’s Oeeola, aged, 9st 121 b; Dodson’s Doncaster, aged, list 31b ; Hero’s Sweet William, aged, 9st. Wairau Plate —Gentry’s Jim, aged, 9sc 81b; Riley’s Agatha* 3yrs, Sst lib ; Gough’s Orient, aged, 7st 101 b; Gentry's Barosma, 3jrs, 7st 81b; Redwood’s Sweetie, 3jrs, 7st 81b; Redwood’s Her Ladyship, 3yrs, 7st 61b; Greer’s Tui, aged, 7st 61b. Hunt Club Hurdles—ll. Dodson’s Cassandra, aged, list 121 b; F. Dodson’s Doncaster, aged, list.

Lawn Tennis. —Through pressure on our space wo are unahlo to give an extended report of tliu .lawn tenuis matches which took place on Sate’/day afternoon between the two clubs Wairau and Blenheim. First match, gentlemen’s doubles No 2—Green and A. Lucas, 12 ; Rogers and Thompson, S. Ladies’ doubles —Mrs Kellas and Miss A. Farmin', 3 ; Misses Douslin and R. Clark, 12. Ladies’ singles—Mrs Kellas, 13 ; Miss Douslin, 9. Gentlemen’s singles—F. Nairn, 12 ; De Castro, 1. Mixed, No I—Sir Naim and Mrs Kellas, 12 ; Mr P. Douslin and Miss Douslin, 0. Gentlemen’s singles, No. 2—Mr ConoPy, 10 ; Mr Hillman, M. Mixed, No. 2 —Mr Conolly and Miss A. Farmar, 12 ; Mr Hillman and Miss L. Clark, 15. Gentlemen’s doubles, No. 1 Messrs Nairn and Jl. Dous r n, 12 ; Messrs Hillman and Robinson, 5. Total—Marlborough Club, 86; Wairau Club, 73; majority for the senior Club, 13 games. An extended account of the match will appear to-moirow.

Boycotted. —A Loyalist, writing to the Irish Times, says :—“A Mrs Penderville, ,vho lived near Newbridge, sheltered a poor boycotted laborer. For this act her husband and herself were denounced. They managed to live by selling vegetables, which the woman had to cart a long distance from home to obtain a sale. This was soon found out, and tho cart was stopped. She then had to wa 1 k, carrying heavy loads, which brought on promature confinement. No woman from among her neighbors cor’d be got to come to her aid. Her husband had to go a long way for medical assistance, which arrived too late. He had again to leave to get a coffin from a distance, and was obliged to lock up bis poor children by themselves with the dead motbe. Wh’lo away bis neighbors’ children attacked the house, pelted it with stones, and terrified the children inside by their booting and bowing.”

Hani ax’s Testimony to Beach's Power. —ln conversation with a reporter of a Sydney daily, Harlan stated that “the race is now over, and Beach is champion of the world, and I have no doubt Australia is proud of th : s tl -: rd victory which ho lias won over me. Beach certainly has proved I’msclf one of the greatest rcidlers the world has ever seen : n this great race on the Nepean. It was rowed and finished satisfactorily according to the rules and regulations of boat-racing-, and I th’rk it wiU be many a long day- before such another exhibition of ski 1 !, speed, endurance, and grit wdl be witnessed. At the starting point I was very confident. [ never backed up to score in better condition in my ”fe ; in fact, I was never in such good cond’tion or more confident of victory. I now tlrnk that if I had made a special effort just at the ono-nric post, •'-'stead of later on, I would have won. I feel coididcnt, if Beach had lccpit on his own course and given me a fair field and not his back wash, I would have crossed the score the winner, and iu considerably less than 19min oof-see.”

Goixci—- Going—Gone. —lt is often said a policeman’s Mfc is not a happy one. but bobbys haven’t got it all to themselves in tins r ipect by a lot. Cheap Jack,” who was selling his “ very last ” pocket knife on Saturday night, said he was about the most abused man in Blenheim, and so he was for a irinut-o or so. 110 had sold several screw wrenches, and then found another, “the last,” but after receiv" ’g the reserved price he found another, “ the very Inst.” Nearly the whole of b-’s audience was the possessor of a screw wrench, and ‘s “ very last one” was blandished between the o : ! lamn.; and n-'nutoly described, but nobody' wanted it. Chop Jack cried out at the top of his voice. Nobody wants ’em. “go’-ig,” “going,” when over went the apple euri, 1 mips, table, and the vendor, who fell on the ground mAed up w ih 1 : s ci'ilt'C. Tim crowd laughed, and Jack oJ'ered ~ note to any man who would till who cap-s’-ed the carava ■ Of cor-ae nrjiody I-now who did ii.. .Shortly after getting I is merohuridl.-e sorb’d, and was jm-f i inking another start, som.'.om threw a bunch of ( a cia. iccr- at his fee!. \ v-ldch vliimaie’. pin an end m f.ie in. .1- i ness for that night.

PicToN Road Bo,< t ‘ _ >.—The Pieton Road Board want a cleric. Tin: salary is £l3 pur annum, and applications will bo received till the 16th iii.->t.

Garrison Bund.— Tho teachers, cadets and pupils of Blenheim schools will give a musical and ini ,: tary entertainment on the 16i.1i iu.it.. in aid of the Gaivisun Baud. Ino cantata "Bluebeard” i\ ill be produced, in which over 100 vocalists will assist. The programme will also comprise bayonet competition, drill exhibition aud a miscellaneous concert.

Fall in Chaff. —A cart loaded with chaff with one horse attached, belonging to Mr James Lees, came to grief on Saturday afternoon. The horse took fright at a piece of paper being blown down the street and started from Mr Lee’s store in Wynon street, and in passing Mr Litchfield's store oolided with one of the verandah posts which had the effect of overturning both horse and cait. Mr Litchfield’s verandah was the greatest sufferer. The horse was thrown on its side, but not hurt, and the vehicle with its contents capsized. Holloway’s Pills. —Indigestion and Liver Complaints.—The digestion cannot belong or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These Pills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite, and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assiurbition in the stomach. Holloway’s Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of tho many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of this malady to these purifying and laxative Pillo, tho dyspeptic is speedily restored to health and strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes.

We have received our first shipment oSpring Goods ex s.s. Arawa, Loudon, consisting of Prints, Zyphers, Lace Stripes, Galateas, Beiges, Cashmere, Serges, Gloves, Hosiery, &c. A large assortment of Juvenile Clothing. In the Tailoring Department we have to hand a splendid variety of new Tweed Patterns from the various New Zealand Factories, Garments made to measure on the shortest notice. Inspection .solicited —Shale and Hay, Loudon House.