THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1888.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 18 May 1888, Page 2

THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1888.

Bank Hol. jay.— Monday next, being Whit-Monday, the banks will be closed. Tenders.— The following tenders for the erection of the drill-shed have been receired by Mr W. Doußlin, architect ; J. Aston, £343 8s ; P. Connell, L 347; D. Wemyss, L 373; W. Terry, L 334; James Malcolm, L 385 ; Brewer and Hay, L 399 12s 9d ; R. Dixon, L 420 ; Howard and Woodham, L 420; F. Watson, L 596 10s. . , , Meeting of Creditors. A lar S el y attended meeting of creditors in the estate of John M'Kenzie and Co, butchers, Blenheim, was held in the Court-house yesterday afternoon. No very important decision was arrived at, the only resolution passed being to the effect that the outstanding accounts should ha sued for. A full report of the proceedings will be found elsewhere, and should be read with much interest by the public, many of whom have attentively watched the case since its commencement.

Juvenile Footballers. — A footbal match will be played at Picton to-morrow between the Blenheim and Picton Borough Schools. The following are the teamß Blenheim: P. Robinson (fullback), Allan (captain), H. Robinson, Farmar (three-quarter backs), C. Markmann and Stratford (quarter - backs), Cbaytor, Burns, Taylor, Nosworthy, Huddlestone, Passau, A. Markmann, Osgood (2), (forwards). Picton : M. and H. Greensill, E. Fisk, Card, Pugh, Seymour, Philpotts, Conolly, Baillie (2), Fitch, Frederick, Smith (2), and Esson. The Blenheim Boys leave for Picton by the morning train and will be treated to a dinner by their opponents after the match is concluded.

Awkward. —Mr Clarkson, agent for the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company, yesterday received a telegram from Mr W. M. Stanton, the general manager of the company at Nelson, who left Blenheim for Nelson overland early on Wednesday morning, stating that the horse bolted On the Nelson decline, Wangamoa Saddle, about 5.30, and that it must immediately afterwards have gone over a deep precipice. He had to walk a distance of six miles through Happy Valley and reached Nelson about 10 p.m. Mr Blanchard was driving. No particulars are given as to how the accident happened. A party went out at daylight yesterday morning to ascertain the fate of the horse. Havelock Town Board.— The Board met on Monday, when there were present Messrs Smith (Chairman), Perry, Price, Scott and Pickering. A letter wa3 read from Mr Reynolds, Chairman of a public meeting hold in the Town Hall on Tuesday, May Ist, re depasturing licenses in the town of Havelock. Proposed by Mr Scott, and seconded by Mr Pickering, That the Secretary be instructed to obtain legal advice on the subject.—Carried. A deputation from the Church of England Sunday School waited upon the Board to ask for the use of the Town Hall on Sunday afternoon, #t: ree of charge. Granted. It was resolved that the Inspector be instructed to get the watertables in Neil-street, near the Masonic Hotel, and also get the watertables in Union-street, near Lovetts, cleaned out, and that Messrs Reader and Lovett be requested not to throw any more slops in the watertables to cause a nuisance, adding that if the practice were continued, the Board would take proceedings. Accounts to the amount of L 4 6s were passed for payment, and the Board then adjoured.

The Codlin Moth.— ln order to stay the ravages of the codlin moth, which have now become a serious pest throughout the Colony, the Government intend to provide for the compulsory formation of preventive local Boards in the districts affected. A fund will be established in each district for the payment of inspectors, tho tax not exceeding a farthing per tree in clean neighborhoods, and a halfpenny per tree in unclean districts. The moth is said to have almost overrun the orchards of the Colony, and attacked pears and plums as well as apples.

Flogging By Electricity, The latest advance £n applied science hails from La Belle France. A French schoolmaster fcas'freod himself from the trammels of conventionalism, and added a chapter to the history of flagellation by inventing an electric birch. There are two properties of this electric birch that do not belong to the bundle of birchen t w igs, heretofore orthodox; and in themselves they have certain claims to superiority. By the employment of electric punition no mark or sign is left upon the skin. Again, by the use of easily-ad-justed machinery, the force of the blows can be regulated to a nicety throughout their infliction. This is a boon to the bov, for it is a protection from the master, who may be a bad-tempered man and warm to his work as he proceeds. It will be some time, however, before this invention is adopted by our school boards.

English Footballers. - The match against Taranaki was played at New Plymouth on Wednesday. In the first spell neither scored, Taranaki being forced down. In the second spell, Taranaki obtained a try, and in the last five minutes England claimed a try, which was disputed. The visitors were entertained during the evening, and left for Auckland at 10 o’clock. Bladder Fluke.— Sir James Hector dissected the body of a rabbit suffering from bladder fluke, a disease which causes the bladder to swell, displaces internal organs and ultimately causes death, and is of opinion that the disease is too slow to eradicate the pest unless speedy means could be found of spreading the "disease. Mr John M'Lean, M.R.C.V.S., who was assisting in the operation, thinks it is a form of hydratid which is also found among sheep, and experiments ought to be undertaken, as it is not certain whether its spread among rabbits would be fatal to sheep. Colonial Insurance Co. —The tenth annual meeting of the Colonial Insurance Company was held at Wellington on Wednesday night. The report states that the Company had conducted its business on the most conservative principles, and had never been on so sound a basis as at present. The time had arrived to extend its business, and the General Manager would shortly visit the chief Australian ports. The shareholders might be congratulated upon the improved prospects of the Company. The report and balance sheet were adopted and votes of thanks awarded to the directors and staff. Political Police.— The following little story is making the round of tho Continental papers: “During the last presidential crisis in France a newspaper correspondent at Rennes wrote regularly to Ille et Vilaine. Every time the ‘ political police ’ opened his letters. After a while he tried the plan of registering his letters. < Enclosure of lOOf.’ he wrote ®n the outside of the letter in order to insure privacy for it, without of course putting the money inside. The letter arrived safely ; none of the seals were broken, but neatly enclosed lay a P. 0.0. for IOOf. The clever officers who had intercepted the letter no doubt thought that on opening it they had lost the enclosure, and substituted another hoping thereby to avoid unpleasant investigations, and thns paying for their news with 1 OOf. An Indian Outlet.— The Times of India publishes the following remarks relative to the prospect of finding in that country a market for Australian frozen meat:—“The steamer Duke of Westminster having arrived in Calcutta with a oargo of frozen meat from Queensland for London, the Indian Daily Nows re- , ferred to the possibilities of opening up a trade with India, and thinks that with regular steam communication to Australia ‘ we would have Australian beef and Australian mutton in abundance, which would improve our tables, disrate our swindling khansamahs, and abolish the butchers, who, as a rule, well deserve the worst that can befall them.’ In Bombay, at all events, housekeepers would welcome a regular supply of tender, juicy beef in place of the wretched fibrous article which passes current for beef in this city. The cost of the meat would doubtless be greater, but there would not be the waste that there is now, owing to the inpossibility of eating any but the choicest part of a joint.” Mrs Partington Says. —Don’t take any of the quack rostrums, as they are regimental to the human cistern; but put your trust in Dr Soule’s American Hop Bitters, which will cure general dilapidation, costive habits, and all comic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever. They are the neplus unum of medicines. “Boston Globe.”

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 are to hand. Tailoring orders executed on the shortest notice; fit and quality guaranteed. An early inspection solicited. —Shale & Hay, London House.