THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1888.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 30 April 1888, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1888.

Held Over —Telegraphic summary of ’Frisco mail news and other matter is unavoidably held over. Local Option. A poll under the Licensing Act takes place to-day in the Polorus Licensing District. ’Frisco Mail. —The R.M.S. Mariposa arrived at Auckland on Saturday morning. The local portion should arrive hero to-morrow. Loading Grain at tiie Awatjcbk.— Wo hear that a Wellington steamer has been lying off the Awatero for three days, waiting for a chance to take in a load of grain. Roab Board Elections. —The nominations for the Pelorua Board are -r —Messrs Couper, Dillon andßrownleo. Omaka Road Board.—Oraaka sub-division: 0. Redwood, proposed by Redwood, Goultcr and Hon W. Clifford ; W. B. Parker, proposed by Robert M‘Artney and James Holdaway; Robert M‘Artney, proposed by W. B Parker and Robert Beatsou. Creditor’s Meeting. —Friday’s New Zealand Times says: “Wo understand that a meeting of the creditors of F. H. Bickering and Co,, of Blenheim, was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Mr E. W. Mills in the chair. There were over 20 creditors present or represented. The position of the estato was laid before the meeting by Mr Cock (of W. and G. Turnbull), and it was decided by the creditors present to accept a composition of 10s in the £ cash. There was some warm discussion about the dobtors having kept their position so long secret from their creditors. Scotchmen for Ever. —At the close of a lecture on tho “ Songs of Scotland,” given in Christchurch the other evening, the .Chairman, in proposing a vole of thanks to the Jeeturer for his excellent lecture, pointed out that it was their duty to inculcate in their children the love of Scotland and of Scottish music. In the colonies there was a tendency to perpetuate everything that was English, and it would not be long ere Scotchmen would become extinct. (A voice : “Never. ’) Consular Humor.— Who would look for humor in a consular report ? The English consul at Baltimore, in a report on the oyster fisheries flf Maryland, sayst —“ In some of the lower counties, down tho Chesapeake Bay, oysters pass .at current money, and in one town, which boasts of a weekly newspaper, a large percentage of it 3 readers pav their subscriptions to it in oysters ; thus the editor receives from 150 to 200 bushels of ovsters yearly, which lie is forced to consume in his own family ; and as oysters are declare?, by the faculty to he most efficacious in producing and incre ising bain power, it is to be hoped fha; the subscribers to that journalget good valuer ft) p their oysters.” Two Organs. Regulate first the stomach, second the liver ; especially the first, so as to perform their functions perfectly, and yon will remove at least nine-. teen-tweutieths of all the, ills that mankind is heir to, in this or any other climate. Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters is the only thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs, t « Maine Fanner.”

The Midland Railway. —The Inangahua Times is responsible for the following:—lt is said that the whole of the Midland Railway Company’s staff in Greymouth have received six months’ leave of absence. This does not look very encouraging fur the progress of the work. Further thau this, however, we gather that the matter of the terms of the agreement between the company and the Government will be again brought before Parliament at the coming session, in tho form of an application for a further modification of the contract. A Successful: Insurance Agent. — As showing the amount of insurance business done in the Hawke’s Bay province alone, we hear that Mr S. S. Quinn, travelling agent for Hawke’s Bay fur tho Government Insurance Association, has earned the bomu of LIBO offered by tho Association to any agent who could do over L 35,000. worth of new busmen- in one year. The amount done by Mr Quinn was over L3t>,ooo. Only one other agent in the colony liaa earned the bonus, aud ho was working a South Island district.

Royal Matches. —The Paris correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says: —“Rumors from Athens report Prince George Edward of Wales to be deeply in love with Iris cousin, Princess Alexandria, just 17, and tho most beautiful young woman in Greece. The Princess is believed to be equally in love with Prince George, and a wedding is anticipated to take place in due course of time. It is also reported that the Princess Victoria of Wales is affianced to the Duke of Sparta, Crown Prince of Greece, whose Queen she will be when the Prince’s occupancy of the Greek throne occurs. Ruinor adds that the eldest daughter of the Prince of Wales is about to be married, but the personality of her husband-to-be is not clearly known to outsiders.”

Rabbit-Proof Fences. —The following has been told to us : On a recent occasion, since the erection of the rabbit-proof gate on the brigdc at Kurow, live rabbits were seen leisurely crossing from the Kurow side. On arriving at the other side, however, they were confronted by the gate. After ft short apparent consultation, tho rabbits retreated to the embankment, and, walking' down to the water’s edge, quietly took to tho water and swain across. The story may be a trifle hard to gulp down all at once, but we may state that our informant was perfectly sober at tho time ho mado the statement, and. ho informs us that he has never been up before a J.P. in liis lifo. Let us hope he never will. We publish the story to show that rabbits are not to be prevented by even tho Waitaki from crossing over to rich pastures ; that tho argument of the Mackenzie County Councillors that the erection of the proposed bridgo over the Ohau would simply afford a means of rabbits crossing over is without backbone, and that the rabbits can swim the river if they want to cross.—N.O. Times.

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Winter Novelties. We have received our first shipment of Winter Goods direct from London, and are now showing the latest styles in Millinery, Plush, Hats and Trimmings, Ladies’ and Children’s Jackets and Ulsters, in the most fashionable shapes; Plain and Fancy Dress Goods, all Wool Cashmeres and Merinos, the newest shades ; Watered, Striped and Plain Plushes, a beautiful variety ; Hosiery, Gloves, etc. Our new Tweed Patterns from the N.Z. Factories arc to hand. Tailoring orders executed on the shortest notice ; fit and quality guaranteed An early inspection solicited. —Smale & Hay, London House.