LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 5 May 1888, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Picton Road' Board. The annual meeting- of this Board takes place in the old Schoolhouee, Tua Marina, at noon to-day.

The Hospital. —The matron of the Hospital wishes to thank Messrs Paine and Simpson for their gift to the hospital oi t wo large illuminated texts. Tenders. —Mr D. Wemyss is the lowest tenderer for the erection of Mr A. Munro’a residence at Bank House, his tender being £875. The other tenderers were: J. Malcolm, £S9G : -J. Aston, £915: Brewer and Hay, L 948 R. Dixon L 95 0; H. Honor, LIOS9 : W. Bright, LI 107.

Wire Netting.— A meeting of ratepayers in the Awatere Rabbit District who object to the application of nil<s in subsidising wire net fences will be held in the Club Hotel to-day at 3 p.m.

The Greenwoods. This talented family will make their last appearance hero to-night , when a popular bill of fare will be produced, including an amusing comedy burlesque, in which the capabilities of the various members of this unique combination are prominently displayed. Considering the attraction of the low prices, there should be a bumper house to-night. The Volunteer Band. Tho_ members of the band have taken the first formal step towards their organisation as a Garrison Band by appointing Mr A. Currie as Bandmaster and electing Bandsmen Birch, Fred. Hale, Rabbits and Bandmaster Currie a committee to draw up rules.

Important Auction Sale.— Mr S. J. Macalister will submit to the hammer to-day the whole of Mr W. Wills’ stock of household furniture, etc. As the catalogue is an extensive one, the sale will start punctually at the advertised hour--11 o’clock.

A Meteor. A magnificent meteor was seen to descend about widway between zenith and tho horizon in the northeastern sky about about 8.30 last night. Its brilliancy lit up the heavens with an intensity rivalling old Sol, and as it descended its course could be followed by the stream of sparks that were emitted.

Football. —The following will represent the Union Juniors in the match to-day : Tovey, Priddle, M‘Quaker, Simson, Ewart, C. Scott, A. Farmar, Seifert, Carmine, Terry Shepherd, Beck, Hutcheson, Green, Normanby. Emergencies :—Baker, Aston, Nosworthy and E. Ewart.

A Desirable Partner. —Mr Schultze, of Wellington, was married yesterday to Miss Jones, daughter of the late Mr Alfred Jones, of Cherry Farm. Her dot is about L 49,000. The wedding was a surprise to the fashionable world.

A Drastic Cure. —There is a sort of lynch police in Indiana, U.S., known as tho White Caps. When a man has earned public censure for misconduct they rouso him up in tho dead of tho night, persuade him to bo quiet by tho sight of two revolvers presented at his head, talie him to a tree, tie him up, and give him fifty lashes of hickory aud a good deal ot advice, which, strange to say, is invariably acted upon. The White Caps are ridding tho States of objectionable persons with astonishing rapidity. Tardy Recompense.— A despatch from Washington says:—“An illustration of the tardiness with which the United States meets its obligations is shown in the report of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs upon the bill for the relief of the owners, officers and crow of the British barque Chance. The vessel was fitted out at Sydney, N.S.W., at an expense of £3200, for the purpose of a whaling cruise in the Arctic Ocean in the spring of 1871. She arrived in the whaling grounds early in September. An American fleet of some thirty vessels had been imprisoned in the ice about 60 miles north of whore the Chance then was, and 1200 men were caught with but a slight prospect of escape, except by aid from the South. Tho master of the Chance received a letter from the masters of the American vessels, beseeching any shipmaster south of the Icy Cape to oome to their rescue, and assuring such masters that the United States Government would make an ample recompense for any loss that might be incurred. Tho Chance abandoned its whaling venture that was likely to net, according to the committee’s estimate, £6OOO, and rescued 90 American seamen, whom she brought safely to Honolulu. The owners of the vessel were paid by tho Treasury Department £672 for the passage of the rescued seamen, but no allowance has ever been made for the loss incurred by the failure of the cruise, and the committee, after seventeen years have elapsed, recommended that tho owners be reimbursed therefore.”

Winter Novelties. We have received our first shipment of Winter Goods direct from London, aud 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 D.oss 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 are to hand. Tailoring orders executed on tlio shortest notice ; fit and quality guaranteed. An early inspection solicited. Smale & Hay, London House.

Holloway’s Pills. — Enfeebled Existent,—This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy, it overturns the foundations of disease laid by defective food and impure air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, these Pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in readiness in every family, as they are a medicine without a fait for young persons and those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain, or irritate the most sensitive nerves, or most tender bowels. Holloway’s Pills are the best known purifiers of the blood, and the best promoters of absorption and secretion, and remove all poisonous and noxious particles from both solids and fluids.