THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1887.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 20 December 1887, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1887.

The New Mayor.— The formal instil. - I'iHnn of Mr Riley, the newly elected Mayor of Blenheim, takes place to-mor-row in the Council Chambers at noon. Member's Tickets.— Members of the Mar“gh Racing Club can obtain | thoir season tickets by applying to the Redwood, the U* Hotel. . . S* »«*•, »"« mdrf Also that additions bo «0"lo to the Tire Brigade Station. M.M— tm R. C.-Tltc following event lias boon Club Hurdles Maiden Hack Race oi V sovereigns, distance three quarters of a "nUe hlrniimm weight 9 stone. h»trance 10s. Bost, entry. Doncaster bad broken Ins ' broken and that the vetrinary surgeon says be will get all right again. _ _ The Finn Brigade.— At last night s meeting of the Borough Council, the Mayor said that the Fire Brigade were She members of the Wairau Rivers Board, they got more abuso than any thing else. * This opinion was also expressed by many of the Councillors. A Splendid CiiANCE.-Scventy acres of the best farming and grazing land in the district on the New Remvick Road, witl taicstcad, So., is advertisedto bo cby tender for a term of years. 1 nil paiturn loro may bo obtained from Mr A. Cnsoy. Nttso* Excuesios. -In connoction •with the excursion by the R.S.S. Co 1 pany steamers to Nelson, it may he stated trains leave Blenheim for lhcton on Saturday, the 24th, at 11.30 p.m., and again on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. Christmas Cards, &c.-During this season of the year when so many Christmas and New Fear cards are sent a way it m aY perhaps he of interest to know that eard.smay be sent in envelopes with the rap turned in, but not sealed, or the cover entirely open at one end or side, ho that the contents may bo examined without futtim' or tearing the envelope. Hit} l may also bo tied round with string to prevent contents becoming loose. Entertainment. —The children attend‘fit Joseph’s Convent schools give an entertainment in Ewart’s Hall tins evening, and, judging from the P~S r * , should prove very enjoyable. Iho dist but ion of prizes takes place during the evening, also the “ crowning ot the most amiable pupil. Notices op Motion. - The following notices of motion were tabled last night: _Cr Jellyman to move at the next lnectim- that the motion passed to-night that

to move at the next ordinary meeting o the Council that specifications be prepared . m ,l tenders called for metalling nt Andrews-Street from Hutchison-street to the bridge over Mill Creek. Melted Doavs .-During the hearing of tho cases yesterday against the Salva J nn 4 rniv Mr Sinclair expressed a hope that before long all the clinch bellei would be melted down, so that quiet an lawabiding citizens may enjoy their leizun hours in peace. It was no doubt neces; sarv in years gone by, Mi SiuoUu observed, that bells should be rung to le pt-pi. know it was time to go to chinch but now that vateh.es were so cheap h did not think bell-ringing was Boccssai} qJ C Meeting. The following weights have been declared for the C.J.L Midsummer Handicap, one mi e and a t . 'Russely, 01b ; Loeliiol, bib, Artillery, Bst 91b; SnapMaxim, ÜbS V shot, Sat 41b : Hemuqrd; «-t 4lb, ' Veil Tst 111 b; Hermitage, »s, llib, Ruby, Tst 101 b: Tomml, Tst 61b ; Cructe--st olb : St. Clair, ist. lit bit, S’; KeS, fist nib ; Stives Ost sib: Mokoia, (ist Sib; opnugstou, bst. -u - ta Caliloknian TmsTLE.-The folhnvlnsr ; is one a.£ the clauses m Mi M Ivenzie s is one h? , , . tvji [t any occuCalifornian H>>Vvv. ‘ • t L «hull „jer of land upon \vbich lam. ' i . . -it anv time shall not one.bo 1 * i pi : .41 IW , tbcii mallV cut down all such th.A-os tuen ur ,.Jng end being upon such .and mas t prevent the same from Wyoming, every*" such occupier being -mvic ed thereof shall be liable to a pemmy ot u h less than twenty shillings, and not exceeding twenty pounds.

Havelock Town Boaru.— The HavoDek Town Board met on Monday, the 1-tli nst. Present, Messrs Scott (Chairman), Vice, and Perry. A letter from the I Chairman of the Havelock School tom- j nittec, asking for the free use of the rown Hull for the children s tea party, ! was agreed to. It was resolved that ten - tiers be called for widening the road ne. the Government paddock ; also, the loot path on the eastern side of Lmon-sti( ■. tenders to be in by next meeting ot tl e Board. Accounts amounting to *1 Tod were presented and passed for payment. Piuoky Action. —A little boy named Williams would certainly have been drowned yesterday had it not been tor the prompt and plucky action o. Mr Allied Mason jumping into the river and bringing iw.tr Miih. TtimDears that tlio lad was

playing along the banks of the Onaaka, ] opposite Mr M'Rae’s stables, when lie foil in. Mr Mason who works at M Kno « stables hearing some _ children screaming rushed across to the river and saw the b 1} being carried down with, the current, without the slightest hesitation Mr Mason itunned in and having bis boots and all his dollies on had some difficulty m swimming baek to the bank carrying the boy. x e , Expensive Ball Dress. -One of the most magnificent ball dresses of the pie sent season has just been completed iy Worth, for the Russian Princess Troube take The ample train m grass green velvet is caught baek to show side breadths in satin of the palest possible „ re 11, made very full and caught up slightly. Those side widths are met by a plain frontage in pale green satin set on the skirt with scarcely any fullness and embroidered down the centre with a cl us- ] S of ostrich feathers-three m each •Toiip —and worked in grass green floss silk and silver beads. Around the sk it front runs a ribbon pattern m gr. ss gieen velvet, outlined with silver spangles, - whole front being edged with silver embroidery. \Voiikino Hours in Russia .—Mr Deling, Secretary of Embassy m Ru .% u ’™' produces hi a recent report some yib. ;S - i u „ data concerning the hours of label m industrial establishments m Russia, P ub ’ I lished by tlio inspecting committee ot and based on an inspection during the past year of Bil l manu acturing establishments, representing different branches of industry. A o • difference exists between the wo i,v hours at the various esUb'T i, r„ iVm lav'e majority hshnicnts. in tnc The men aud women work equal tune, me - longer hours arc found in those houses of primitive construction, and belon„ proprietors who are either ignorantor profess to lie so, of modem tech. e 1 development. The exceptional cases where work is carried on iiom 1- t - hours are few. In most factories t lO of labor arc under 12. I actor,es with 1hours’ daily labor at 30 ’8 per cent of th whole; U hours’, 20-8 per cent hours, 18-1 per cent; 8 hours cent; 7 hours’, 0.4 per cent. 0 liouis 0-2 per cent; so that an average ot 1. hours mav he fairly assumed as the nor ,nal working day of Russian industry.

No More Harp Times.- If you will stop spending so much on fine clot e., | rich food and style, buy good, healthy food, cheaper and hotter clothing, more real and substantial things of hfe every way, and especially stop the foolish habit of employing expensive tors or using so much ot (he vile humbl y medicine that does you only harm, l ut put your trust in that simple, pure remedy , Dr Sonic’s American Hop Bi ters ; tluit cures alwavs nt a trifling cost, and } u will sec good times and have good health “ Chronicle.”

Holloway’s Pills.—'lndigestion and Liver Complaints. —The digestion cannot be lorn' or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countinanco. These Pills prevent both unpleasant eonsetiueucos : they im F“' the appetite, and with the increase of dcjre for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holloway’s Pills deal most satisfactorily K dodged or the many organs engaged m 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, the dyspeptic si speedily restored to health and strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes.