LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 13 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Ti tanks. —The matron of Die Hospital acknowledges, with ilutnks, a pared of papers from Mrs Farmar, Grove Road. No Chime. —Tho criminal sittings of tho Supreme Court were fixed for to-morrow, but there is not a case to try. His Honor Mr Justiee Richmond will, however, hula a sitting of tho Bankruptcy Court. Sale or Land. —Mr 0. J. W. Griffiths sold on Saturday 2 acres on section 45, Opawa, for £IOO per acre. Some suctions in the town of Blenheim were offered in ~iie lot. and bought in at a nominal price by the mortgagee. Tkaxsfeebed. —At the adjourned meeting of the Awatere Licensing Committee a "transfer of the license of the Jordan Accommodation House from J. W. Patterson to P. B. Bax was granted. The Committee were represented by Messrs T. Redwood (Chairman), M‘Rae, Graham and Hammond. Road Board.— At the last meeting of the Omaha Road Board the following accounts were passed for payment; Franklvn. Ms ; Iliirgings, £24 10s ; O Leary, £92 2s 2d; "Webster, £1 Is; Impounder, £2 10s; Casey, £24 12s 9d; Inspector, £5 Ss Id; Cattley, £4 10*; Batty, £2 10s; O'Brien, .£8 Ss ; Mitchell, £8 8s; Express, £1 10s; Compton, .Cl; Secretary and Collector, £S 4s Od. Rabbits v. Wibe Netting. —Mr R. F. Outhbertson writes in the Southland Times:—“l notice that a question has recently been raised as to whether rabbits can cut or break the wire of which the culinary wire netting is made. I have had practical experience of the fact that they can do so, but I cannot say how they managed to break the wire, which I think was No. 1G or 17 guago.

Notice to Jurymen. —Mr William G. P. O’Callaghan, Sheri If, notifies to jurors that their attendance will not bo required at the Supreme Court to-morrow.

’Fiasco Mail. —The Huwea with tho ’Frisco mail arrived in Pieton yesterday evening. The mail was brought on to Blenheim by special conveyance ami sorted into tlie private boxes. Cricket. —The following players ivill represent the Blenheim C.G. against the Wairau C.C. in the Association Cup match ou Saturday next: —Tucker, Carravan, Satlierly,, Fuller, Shipton, MTvcr, Draper, Andrews, M'Xab, Newtlr, Raynor ; energeneies, Burkill, Reid, W atsou. The game starts at 10 a.m.. The above players are requested to practice, and appear in flannels. Messrs J E. Reid, Sathcrley, Cordcv, Andrews, Canavau and Fuller were elected members.

Public Works Statement. —Contrary to expectation tho Public Works Statement instead of being short was a little longer than usual and wo must compliment the Blenheim Telegragli Department upon the excellent manner in which the message was received. UiC Statement contained 14,000 words and was received at the rate of 8o words a minute. It was started on the wires at Wellington at 8 o’clock and wav written oif here at 2o minutes past 10. Tho statement was received on three wives, the operators in tho local oiiicc being Messrs W. Poole, Baird and Hay who are to be complimented upon tho manner in which they handed over their “copy.” Local Industry. —lt is alwavs pleasant to see any person opening out new i: ues of industry, and Mr V. C. Vcuimore, of Havelock deserves great praise for the successfi -1 kaleidoscopes he is now inakmg. They are constructed of tin, thus combining strength and dr-ability, and nicely painted in various oil colors, ornamented with gold from the leaf, Huy arc of tapered form 10 in. long, enclosed “r an attractive wrapper and at the price ho is now able to supply large orders, they should command a ready sale, as they are always a source of amusement to + 'ro young folks. Mr Porn’s Lecture.— By an advertisement which appears iu another column it will bo seen that Mr Pope will deliver a lecture at Ewart’s Hull on Saturday evening next on Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot martyr of 1802. Mr Pope is a native of New Zealand, but of Irish extraction, and possessed of considerable histrionic ability and an eloquent and excellent speaker. His lecture should be i: stened to not only by Irishmen, hut by the New Zealand born sons of Irishmen,

•'hat they may learn the lessons of the so fieri rigs of their fathers in tire cause of freedom, and as Ireland’s cause has now happily become the cause of all the generous hearted and liberty-loving people of England and Scotland, wc venture to say that there will be in Mr Pope’s lecture on such a subject as Robert Emmet many spirit-stirring inspirations to a l ' those who love liberty and right.

Pulling if to Pieces. In an ai tide on the Bankruptcy Acts the Wellington Press says : —But let a regr’ar thoroughpaced, well trained, whole souled, ncck-or-uothingfradulcnt bankrupt come before the Court, with a gang of aoeomphess in a good social position at his back, a lawyer of high stand' ig to do In's business for him, and a fat estate to come and go upon : and then see how debs rent the penal clauses of the Bankruptcy Act are. Hie proceedings from beginning to end arc an unmitigated farce. The bankiept lounges into Court occasion!}', v.’lien he happens to have nothing else to do, just to see how his little affair is getting on ; the Judge treats him like a dost' iguished visitor to his establishment, and enlivens the dulness of the day’s work by mild pleasantries at his expense, always taking care, of course, not to hurt his feeb'ngs,—or at the expense of his creditors, as the turn of Ins Honor's humour may he.

Holloway’s Pills. —lndigestion and Liver Complaints.—The digestion cannot be long or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These Pills prevent both unpleasant consequences : they improve tho appetite, and with the irerease of desire for food, they augment tho powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holloway’s Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the 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 Pi lie, the dyspeptic is apt e lily restored to health and strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes.