THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1888.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 3 March 1888, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1888.

Enquiry. —An enquiry will bo held on Tuesday into the origin of the fire that destroyed the brewery off Maxwell Road. ’Frisco Mail. —The Neptune, which arrived early this morning, brought the local portion of the Homo mail via ’Frisco.

Criterion Hotel. —A start was made yesterday with the erection of the Criterion Hotel, when a number of the piles were suuk.

Renwick Presbyterian Church. A thanksgiving service will be held in the Renwick Presbyterian Church to-morrow night at 7 o’clock. Suitable hymns will be rendered.

ScnooL Holiday. —At tlio meeting of the School Committeo last night, it was decided to grant the pupils attending the borough schools a holiday next Monday.

Rowing Club Races. Two of the trial pair-oar races of the Wairau Rowing Club came off last evening under very favorable circumstances. The first boat was between W. Branson (bow) and 11. 11. Dodson (stroke), and A. W. Watson (bow) and B. Missen (stroke). The boats kept on even terms for the first quarter of a mile, but after that distance Missen gradually drow ahead aud won by about three lengths. In the other heat Litchfield (bow) and F. Halo (stroke) were pitted against Curry (bow) and J. Halo (stroki). After a good race, J. Hale’s boat came in about two lengths ahend of the other. The remaining heats will he decided this afternoon.

Gibsontown. —A meeting of the Presbyterian Church Committee was held in the schoolroom on Thursday, when the following members were present: Messrs Gibson, Lawson, and Storey. The meeting was conveyed for the purpose of making arrangements for the farewell soiree to the Rev. Mr Young, who is about to leave the district. Mesdanies J. Gibscn, T. Gibson, A. Gibson, Lawson, Lambert, and Storey cordially assented to the entire management of the soiree. It was decided tb hold it about the end of March. Final arrangements will be made at an early date. A Band of Hope meeting will be held in the Gibsontown schoolroom on Tuesday night, commencing at 7 o’clock. A good programme is being drawn up, and some of the Onamalutu Band of Hope members will take part in the meeting. A good attendance is expected.

School Committee. The Blenheim School Committee met last night, -when there were present : Messrs Birch (Chairman), Renfrew, Robinson and Macey. — Mr Lucas wrote, stating that the average attendance for last month was 331, and Miss Morgan stated that her attendance was 111- —It was resolved that the Chairman and Messrs Robinson and Macey be appointed a committee to draft a testimonial for presentation to Miss Roberts. —The following accounts were passed for payment •—• Mr Rooster, LI 11s Mi Chandler, L 3 3a Gd ; and Mrs Chandler, 8s Gd.—lt was decided that the committee write to Mr Lucas and Miss Morgan, asking them to furnish a statement showing what available space they have in their respective schools, with a view of putting the compulsory clauses of the Act into operation—Messrs Hodson and Macey were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month.

Civil Cases. —Mr J. Alien, R. M., disposed of the following cases yesterday morning :—Horton and Clouston v F. Hayward, a claim of £1 Ids 6d.—Ho appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount claimed, and £1 costs.—G. Bary v Mark Lodge, a claim of £7 Ss Bd, balance of account for goods supplied.— For plaintiff, costs 10s.—Jos. Scott v Chas. Sutton, a claim of £-1 Is 4d.—For plaintiff, 16s costs.—Batty v T. A. Sowman. This case was adjourned from a previous court day, for the purpose of having defendant’s evidence taken in Wellington.—The Clerk read his evidence over, showing that he set up the defence of being under age at the time the bill was given, and at the time it matured.—After argument by counsel His Worship decided to grant an adjournment for a week in order to allow Mr McNab, who appeared for defendant, time to consult his client regarding an amendment in the summon!. The question of costs was also allowed to stand over.

The Sale of Kawau. —Referring to the purchase of Kawau by a Melbourne capitalist for £12,000, the Star says:— “The purchaser of Kawau is to be congratulated ou having secured at such a fow price an island which for picturesqueness, salubrity, situation, and association ia unsurpassed in all the Pacific. We confess to a feeling of genuine regret, which, we believe, will generally b.e experienced, at the thought of the venerable figure that seems almost part of his “ island home” will no longer be there to give an affectionate welcome to visitors, but as Sir George Grey will now in all probability take up hi* residence in the more immediate vicinity of Auckland, this city’s loss by his removal from Kawau will in some measure be compensated for. The new tenant of Kawau is pretty certain to be a gentleman of taste as well as of ample means, and while ho will be an acquisition to local society, it is hoped he will continue the practice of throwing open the island to visitors several times a year,”

Wakamarina Gorge Co.— We have to call attention to the advertisements issued by Mr S. J. Macalister, Legal Manager of this Company, which appears in another column. It will he seen that the Company intend commencing active operation at once, and miners and contractors will note that the directors advertise a bonus of LlO for the second best design for the works as an inducement to intending tenderers. The tenders called for are alternative ones aud contractors can either guarantee the work or no.t. The Company has been most successfully floated in a very short time which is an indication of the revival of the times and that faith in the old “ Wak ” has not altogether departed, £IOOO being over subscribed. A full meeting of the directors was held on Thursday evening, when a contract was let to Mr Nelson to remove the old claim for £5, aud Mr S. J. Macalister was appointed Legal Manager at a salary of £1 per month. The solicitors of the Company, Messrs Rogers and Barleynian, were authorised to register the Company on the Governor’s Warrant under] the Mining Company’s Act 1880, being signed and all rights will be transfered at the next Court day in Havelock. A payment of £25 to Mr Turner for water wheel, Californian pumps, etc., was authorised, and the meeting then adjourned.

New Zealand and The London Money Market. —This is how the finanieial prospects of New Zealand arc reckoned up by the Australian Trading World, a finanieial journal published in London: —A small issue is aclveitised on account of the Auckland New Zealand Coporation. The sum of j L 25.000 is so small that it is not worth : referring to except for tlio sake of accuracy. ; This is a balance for the authorised loan for L 200,000, and will complete that operation. Tfle interest is 5 per cent, and the minimum 102; doubt’ess New Zealand has financial friends that will find this money. A more serious operation on account of the New Zealand goverment is telegraphed as imminent, viz, L 2,000,000, and it is very difficult to say how the loan will go off ; it is a largo addition to the encumbrances under which New Zealand at the present groans : hut our opinion is that it will be managed “by hook or by crook.” Half of it is the unissued part of a loan authorised in 1882, a Yogel legacy ; the other million the Government ask for in order to complete works in progress. Under all circumstances it ivould seem most advisable that the creditors of New Zealand should lend the money, for the simple reason that it will conserve tlieir existing property, which, if left in an uncompleted condition, will not only fail to yield an adequate return, hut must naturally depreciate in value These are the only reasons that can be put forth to induce further financial assistance to be granted to New Zealand, and we are inclined to think that the loan will scrape through, hut will find no favor with investors generally. The Family Hammer.— There is one thing no family pretends to do without—that is a hammer. And yet there is nothing that goes to make up the equipment of a domestic establishment that causes one half as much agony and vexation as a hammer. It is always an old hammer, with a handle that is inclined to come off, and always hound to slip. The face is as round as a full moon and as smooth as glass. When it strikes a nail full and square—which it has been known to do—tlie act will bo found to result from a combination of pure accidents. The family hammer is one of those articles we never profit by. When it glides off a nail head and mashes down a couple of fingers, wo unhesitatingly deposit it in tlie yard, and observe that wo will never use it again. But the blood has hardly dried on the rag before wo are out of doors in search of that hammer, and ready to make another trial. The result rarely varies, but we never profit by it. We arc now clearing the balance of our Summer Stock at greatly reduced prices, for cash. Special bargains will be offered in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, Dress Materials, Prints, Cretonnes, Quilts, Hosiery, Capes, Dolmans, Millinery and General Drapery. The Stock is fresh and well-assorted in fashionable Goods of genuine quality, marked in prices, to effect a ready clearance. Inspection solicited. — Smale and llay. —[Advt.j

Holloway’s Pills. Provision. —As autumn trends on winter, slender, delicate, and pale-faced youths become listless, languid, and debilitated, unless an alterative, combined with some tonic, bo administered to quicken their enfeebled organs. This precise requirement is supplied in these noted Pills, which can and will accomplish all that is wanted, provided the printed instructions surrounding them meet with scrupulous attention. Holloway’s Pill’s are especially adapted to supply the medical wants of youth, because his medicine acts gently, though surely, as a purifier, regulator, alterative, tonic, and mild aperient. A very few doses of these Pills will convince any discouraged invalid that his cure lies in his own hands, and a little pcrseveronce only is demanded for its completion.