THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVENING MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1887.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 19 December 1887, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVENING MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1887.

Pig ton Road 80/to. —At its mooting to-day this Board appointed Mr A. YV. Barnett, of Tuamarina, Secretary, at a salary of £ls per annum. Salvation. The eases against the Salvation Army come up for hearing at the R.M. Court this morning. A Speckle'.) Beauiv. - —Mr Honshu caught a fine trout weighing Blhs in Spring Creek on Saturday evening.

Land Salk.— Messrs Green and Nos* worthy’s land sale of valuable property litis been postponed until Wednesday, the 28th inst.

Pioton Regatta.— The programme of the Pioton Regatta, which takes place on (ho second day of the New Your, appears in another column. According to the advertised programme there will ho nine events, and if all the crews take part who have promised, the regatta should bo an exceptionally good one.

Blenheim Races. —At a mooting of the Marlborough Racing Club Comuvttoe on Saturday the following tenders were accepted for the pi Alleges in connection with the Boxing Day races : -Publicans’ booth No. 1, Messrs Maher and Byron, £l4 Is; No. 2 publicans’ booth, £ll Is ; refreshment booth, Mr G. Wilkins, £3 12s Gd ; si "fctlo frame, Hearn, £2 12s Od ; shooting gallery, CL CL Blackburn, £2 3s Gd ; feeding yards, E. Stratford, £1 10s. Broken-la. — The Tuamarina School broke-up for the Christmas holidays on Friday. Er Bi'T’e, of Para, presented as usual the popUarity prizes, as fo'hnvs Mary Hart, of Para, and Edwin Conolly, of Ticton, obta'-ied 'he highest number of ballot papers. Two handsome volumes wore presented by the pupils and Mr and Mrs Berko.

Dangerous. The culvert on Grove Road leading t > the railway bridge sadly needs looking to, There is a nasty hole in the centre, and if a horse happened to stumble over it the consequence might ho serious. It would not cost much to repair this trap, and the powers that be should see to it at once.

The Crops.—The crops all round Spring Crook are looking splencb'd. One paddock of oats particularly, belonging to Mr N. T. Pritchard, of Grow town, is equal to any in and is now up fully six feet, and js very pven throughout. It is not intended, to cut this crop till the eqd of January, and the result per aero is expected to bo exceptionally good.

Mb Pope’s Ltsctuuk. —On Saturday evening last a most enthusiastic audience assembled in Ewart’s Hall for the purpose of hearing, in accordance with announcement, that Mr J. B. Pope, a young New Zealander, would tell the story of the life and death of Robert Emmet, the great Irish patriot of 1803. We regret to state that, owing to pressure on our space, we have been reluctantly compelled to hold over a report of Mr Pope’s lecture until to-morrow.

Educational Institute. —Owing to the near approach of the Christmas holidays there was tut a small attendance q.fc fcl)q ordinary meeting of the Educational Institute ou Saturday in the Borough Schools. A discussion did not take place as originally intended, One or two of the members, however, spoke, and selections wc-ro read from the play of Henry V. it was decided to hold the next meeting on the third Saturday in February. Excursion Trips. —As many of our readers are interested in the excursion trips of the Union Company’s steamers vve take the fo'lon'imr paragraph from Saturday iiighc'c Post : —The s.s. Wairarapa is advertised to make a trip to Queen Charlotte Sound on Boxing-Lay, leaving Wellington at S a.m., and returning iroin Picton at 4.30 p.m. Thu return fare is U)s, children half-price. The s.s. Grafton and the s.s. Hawes an; to run excursions to Pioton und Nelson, h aving Wellington, the former on Saturday afternoon, arid the latter on Sunday attoniooi. ; and returning from Nelson, the former ou lYfmipay eveuin-". and the latter on Tuesday evening. The return fates in these trips are. TV ton Ids. Nelso 20s. Trip' to Lyttelton are to be run by the s.s ffp.wea P,.,; s s. Wansikn on Frida}' th' 23--d, and Sunday, the 25 u. re-pert.: vdy, the return f f*. c fill* ** ai -»

~ f Crick Et\—The Rival Ciioket, Club o Wellington has accepted a challenge from the Blenheim G.G. to play them here next week. The Rival team is, enmpiirai.tvelv speaking, a very youthful one. fh i' strong point is bowling and fielding, and unless the B.C 0. put their best, team in I lie field the result of Urn ma!"h will be similar to S.-iiard-i v’s ex'.diitiou.

S.s. Kanieri. —To coming up the river on Saturday the Kanieri carried away her rudder head. It appears that there was hu old flaw in the welding, and in-coming round one of the river bends the strain twisted the weak place, and broke the head off at the d<r.ic. She moved alongside the bunk at Whitcwell’s until temporary steering gear was fitted. The steamer left Blenheim at 5 a.m. yesterday, arriving in Wellington at 2 p.m. in the afternoon. Repairs will bo made at once, as she will leave 'Wellington at G this evening. Captain Maiming reports the least water on the bur at Bft, one bom before high water. Excursion from Blenheim. -It win be seen by advertisement tint!, the Union Company have fallen in with the wishes expressed by several intending holiday makers, and will run excursion steamers from Picton to Nelson and back. The Grafton will leave Picton on Saturday at midnight, arriving at Nelson on Sunday morning, and leaving again ou Monday evening, the return tickets being only Ids. Tim Kanieri leaves Blenheim for Wellington at 11 p.m. on Saturday morning. She also leaves again at midnight on Monday and returns on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Fuller particulars will be found in the advertisement.

Borough School Entertainment.—As numerous requests have been made that the entertainment given by the pupils and cadets of the Borough School on Thursday last should be repeated, it has been decided to give the same programme on Wednesday evening next in Ewart’s Hall, at rediteed prices. As it was originally intended to devote the funds raised by lust Thursday’s concert to the cadet uniform fund, but subsequently to the Garrison Band Fund, the proceeds of next Wednesday’s entertainment w>ll go towards paying the balamu: of the second lot of uniforms obtained for the cadets. Christmas Presents.— Mr Alfred T. Card, of Market-street South, has just opened up a splendid .assortment of fancy goods to suit, persons desirous of purchasing presents for the festive season. In musical instruments, Christmas cards and photographic albums Mr Card has an exceptionally largo collection, which can be purchased as cheaply as at any shop in the Colony. Anybody wishing to procure fancy articles in the way of gifts should certainly pay Mr Card’s establishment a visit, where Mr Holmes, the genial and obliging manager, will only be too happy to show intending purchasers his new and extensive stock.

The Flowery Land. — From a return laid on the table by the Minister for Customs it appears that 138 Chinese arrived in the Colony between 188 G and 1887, and paid the poll-tax ; 323 Chinese arrived during the same period and claimed exemption from paying pull-tax ou the ground of holding exemption cortilicates; 8 Chinese have been exempted from poll-tax during the period as holding certificates of naturalisation ; 412 exemption certificates have been issued to Chinese in the Colony since the Chinese Immigrants Act, 188.1, came into operation ; there are no Chinese in the Colony to whom naturalisation certificates have been issued. When tbe last census was taken there were 4542 in the Colony. The number in the Colony in 1881 was 5001.

Cremation. —The body of the late Dr Buck, a well-known physician of Leicester, wat cremated at Woking Crematory. The interment of the ashes, which were encased in a while marble casket, took place at Birstall Churchyard, near Leicester, recently. The funeral service, which was choral, was conducted by the Rev Canon Clayton, and the Rev J. S. Fortosoue. Two friends bore the casket, surrounded by flowers, to the grave, which was inlaid with evergreens and adorned with iloral tributes. The picturesque little church was decorated for the harvest festival, and the whole scene was singularly free from any of the two frequent painful associations of an ordinary funeral.

Serious Charge Against a Lawyer.— A civil case which came before the R.M. Court at Wellington ou Friday afternoon took the form of a serious charge against Mr Edward Shaw, the well-known solicitor. The case was one m which Mr F. V. Rutherford sued Mr Shaw for L2 2s, and L 8 costs. Briefly state], the alleged facts of the case, as disclosed in tlfo evidence, are as follows : A short time ago Mr Rutherford retained Mr Shaw to bring an action against Mr Liohtseheiudl, and also to issue a summons for assault against another man. He paid the solicitor L2, the full costs of taking both cases through the Court, and 12s which ho said he would Jiavo to pay on the plaintiff’s account. Subsequently lie was told by Mr Shaw that he (Mr Shaw) laid taken out the summons against Mr Liohtsoliioudl, and for some weeks various excuses were given as to why the case was not heard. The plaintiff not receiving a satisfactory explanation wont to the Court, and ou inquiry ho found that no summons had been issued. He then interviewed Mr Shaw again in the presence of a witness, when ho told him that he would not bring the case on before Mr Warded, because bo bad seen Mr Liohtsehiendl in bis (Mr Wardcll’s) room discussing the case. He said bo intended to bring it: on before Justices, who did not know any law, when ho could win the case. The plaintiif then took out his own summons against Mr Lichtscheindl, ar)d also'commenced tlio present action against Mr Shaw to recover tlio £2 12s which he had paid to Mr Shaw, and damage for loss of time, £3. Mr Fitzgerald, in his opening address, characterised the conduct ot' the solicitor in very strong terms He said he was moving in the case as much in tlio interests of the public as of the profession, as ho believed the case was not a singular one with tlfQ defendant. He announced his intention “ cf bringing the whole matter before the Supremo Court and the Law Society. The plaintiff and a witness named Elliot wore called, and supported the statements ruudo by CQiigsel. Mr LichtsciiHindl was also' called, and 'denied that ho oyer srw Mr Warded about the matter, and also that Mr Shaw had ever'spoken to him personally about the matter, as a'legud in a latter put in as evidence. Mr Skorrett appeared for the defendant, and subjected the witnesses to a lengthy crossexamination, but without materially shaking their evidence. He applied for a nonsuit on the ground that the magistrate could not deal with a solicitor’s 1 ill of costs. The application was refused. The ease was then adjourned till Wednesday next, to enable Mr Skerrett to call the defendants. His Worship said he considered the charge a very serious one. and was surprised that Mr Shaw had not been present. We have received our first shipment of Sprimr floods ex s.s. Arawa, London, consisting of Prints, Zypli'*rs, Lace Stripes, Gala teas. Beiges, Cashmere, Serges, Gloves, 1 focicry. Am. A large assortment of Juvenile Clothing. in i,he Tailoring Department we have to hand a splendid variety .A rv-w T iv- <-d pattern l , from >.].•• various New Zealand Factories. Garmon!.* made i: ei'e.-ur-' on ie.- short• -3 Xicp - .<•!'• r:r ! -an,> i[ay, L-sndon House.

Education. The report, of tho Eduoat'on C'jnunitlco presented to the House is ns follows “ Tlmt in consequence of the evidence not being nil to hiiurl, and the s'.ori.ne.'S of time nt tlieir disposal to con- j sidor Much it hi are ([iiestion, thfc Committee , ere not in a position to make any ropoit , this session ; but they recommend tint a , similar committee should be again sit up next session, jwhou there would l>e tin c to take any further evidence, to give foil consideration to the question, and make an exhaustive report, rending such a report., t.ho Committee are of opinion that it would be inadvisable to at pi e out seriously interfere with the education system. No More Hard Times.— If you will stop spending so much on line clothes, rich food and style, buy g 'O.l, healthy food, cheaper and better clothing; get more real and substantial things of life every way, and especially stop the foolish habit of employing expensive quack doctors or using so much of I lie vile humbug medicine that docs you only harm, hut put your trust in that, simple, pure remedy, Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters ; that cures always at a trilling cost, and you will see good times and have good health' “ Chronicle.”

Local Bodies. ■— The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Bill provides that the Treasurer shall only advance loans to local authorities after approval of the plans of the public works to be constructed. Rates receivable under the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 18ti2, arc to form part of the security for the debentures issued under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882, and are to be available in respect of debentures converted under the original Act, and rates stm -k under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act are to continue to lie raised in respect of debentures converted under the original Loans Act. The Local Bodies Loan Act;, 188(1, or any other Act empowering a local authority to borrow money, is to be read with the original Act. The final elau.se reads as follows:—“ It is hereby declared that when a local authority has adopted, or shall hereafter adopt., the Local Bodies Loan Act, 1880, the power to borrow money under the original Act and raise a special rate as security shall be doomed to have been exercised under the original Act and the Local Bodies Loan Act, 1880, without complying with the provisions or requirements of any other Act relatiug to such power.” Holloway’s Bills. —lndigestion and Liver Complaints.—The digestion cannot be long or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the compliance. These Bills prevent both unpleasant consequences : they improve the appetite, and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holloway’s Bills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as tho 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 laxativo Pille, the dyspeptic si speedily restored to health and. strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes. hour stomaoti, siok headache, and dizzi.s now, American C >’s Hop Bitters cure with a few (loses