LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 6 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Football Clue. - A general meeting of the members of the Marlborough Football Club will bo hold in the Masonic Hotel at 7,16 this evening. Onamalutu School. At jmsterday’ 8 meeting of the Education Board Mr Chat' wyn was appointed to fill the position o‘ head-teacher of the Onamalutu school) vice Mr H. Dobson, resigned. The Mahakitawa— Tolegraphiug yesterday, our Havelock correspondent says : —“Charles Turner and mates bottomed a shaft about eight feet deep, and a chain from the creek. They obtained nearly 20dn’ts, the largest piece being about lodwts. The sample of gold is rough, with some specimens. All the old miners seem satisfied with future prospects.”

To-day’s Meet. The houuds will meet to-day at Meadow Bank Station at 3 o’clock, sharp. The finish will be at the master’s residence. Wesleyan Blue Ribbon Band of Hope. —The usual fortnightly meeting was held last evening, Mr Hutchins being in the chair. The following programme was disposed of :—Recitation, “ The Little Maid’s Sermon,” Maud Hewett , reading from Gough’s Work, Mr Chaplin ; recitation, “ Little Joe,’ Uottio Brewer; recitation, “The Graves of the Household,” Kate Hewett; reading, “ Abraham Yates’ Speech,” Mr Penney , duet, Misses Agnes and Annie Rose ; recitation, “A Sober Man, Flome Brewer ; dialogue, <• Don’t Leave Out the Girls,” Evelyn and May Noswortby.

The Mohawk Minstrels. — This company closed its season of six nights last evening, when those popular artistes Miss Bella Perman and Miss Laura Roberts were tendered a joint benefit. Tho public appreciation of their efforts to amuse was manifest by the capital house that greeted the beneficiaros. “ Barney the Baron” and “ The Magistrate, two side-splitting comedies, and a lot of variety business comprised the bill-of-fare for the occasion, the wholo of which was gone through to the utmost satisfaction of the audience. To-night the company perform at Picton, when “Fun on the Bristol” will be given, in which they appear to great advantage.

St Andrew’s Football Club.—A correspondent writes : —lt may he of interest to footballers to know that a club has been started by the hands employed at the two rabbit factories. There are about forty members in the Club already, some of whom are old players of high reputation. The club has started practice in earnest, and I can assure you they mean business and will he prepared to meet any other club in a match shortly. It speaks well for the standing of the Club when we can say C. Nesbit is our captain, a player who is well-known in football circles. Our vice-captain is also wellknown to footballers as a rough man. We expect to he able to put a good team in tho field as soon as we receive a challenge.” The Codlin Moth. A meeting of fruit growers was held at Birkenhead (Anckland) on Saturday. It was resolved to petition tho Upper House that the Codlin Moth Bill bo not passed in its present form. The Auckland Industrial Association have agreed to tho following resolution: “That this Association deprecates the Assembly’s haste in pushing the Codlin Moth Act through all its stages without giving those interested an opportunity to meet and express their opinions, and wo also view with alarm the great injury which will result to an important industry if the Act becomes law in its present form, especially as wo are informed that the moth has attacked native trees and thorn hedges, thus prov-

ing tho impossibility of eradicating it by any system of inspection.”

Larceny. —At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr Allen, R.M , William Middleton was charged with having stolen from a hut at Hillersden station, about the 29th of May last, two Lo notes, 2s 2d in coin, a lady’s silver chain and a scarf pin, the property of John Bateman. Sergt Scanlau conducted the prosecution. Accused was und. fended. Accused was arrested the previous afternoon, and the only material evidence called was that of Edwin Ball, a laborer formerly employed at Hillersden station, who identified the jewellery as belonging to John B'ateman, also an employee on the station. Bateman lived along with three or four other men in a hut containing eight rooms. The men were not in the habit of locking tho doors of their rooms. Saw accused for the first time on Saturday, in Blenheim. Witness heard that he had been at the Hillersden station, and knew that Bateman’s money and jewellery had been stolen. Saw accused spending money freely, and heard that he had shown the chain and ring, and from the description given me I thought they were Bateman’s. I kept my eyo upon him, and on Monday reported the matter to-Constable Stewart. —On the application of Sergt Scanlan, accused was remanded till Monday next, to enable further evidence to be procured.

Football.— The match between the Mohawk Minstrels and a scratch team of Marlboroughs and Unions, played on Seymour Square yesterday, resulted in a draw, each side scoring a try. Gillespie captained the former, while Missen was elected skipper of tho hitter. Play was commenced at 3 o’clock by Missen kicking off for the Reds (scratch team), which was followed by some scrummaging in the middle of tho field, until the ball was neatly passed to Gus Lynch, who carried it within a few yards of the touch lino, where he ran out of bounds. For the rest of tho spell play was very unsettled, although the Reds had the best of the game, forciug their opponents down twice. On resuming play, the Blues made a very poor kick-off, but Lynch, again securing the ball rushed it behind, but as tho ball hit the fence, did not score. Tho Reds then, headed by F. Dodson, rushed the ball into the Blues’ twenty-fiye, whero it was passed to Ballantyne, who carried it behind, and after a short maul managed to touch it down. Missen took the kick, but failed to place a goal. Just as time was about to be called, Lynch got hold of the ball, and after a brilliant run scored an undisputahle try for the Mohawks, from which Gillespie failed to kick a goal. Conspicuous among the Mohawks wero Lynch, Perman, Wright, L. Dodson, Shopherd, Gillespio and Williams ; whilo F. Dodson, Missen, Ballantyne and Thomson played a splendid game for tho Reds.

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 ne plus untnn of medicines, “Boston Globe.”

Clearing Salvage Sale.— All good ß damaged at the late fire must be cleared, and to effect the same great reductions are being made, Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, Overcoats, &e., Blankets, Manchester Goods, Dress Materials, Wool Goods and Hosiery, Ulsters, Jackets, Millinery and Fancy Goods at greatly reduced prices for cash.— Smale and Hay, London House.