LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 20 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The Night Watchman, —Mr Garling intimates that owing to insufficient support, he has discontinued his duties as night watchman. Postponed. Owing to the inclemency of tho weather o • Saturday the freo entertainment announced for that oveiling was postponed.

The ’Frisco Mail Service. Tho House has resolved, by a voto of 45 to 27, that the subsidy to the ’Frisco Mil" Service be d scontinued.

Judgment Reserved. — The. hearing of tho case George Turner v James Lees was resumed at the (R.M. Court on Saturday inonn-ig, before Mr J. Allen, JR M. The hearing was concluded but His Worship reserved judgment n it’! Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock.

The New Railway Time Table.— Toe new time table which comes into force to-day, will be found in another column. Attention is directed to tho alteration in tho hours of closing mails consequent upon, the new railway time table.

Improved. —The many friends of Mr Stcnhouse, tho insurance and commission agent, who has for some time past been in very poor health, and who has for the past two weeks been on a visit to Dutngreo, will be glad to learn that he roreturned homo yesterday afternoon, much improved iu health Track to the Maiiajcipawa. —We understand that several gentlemen, who are dissatisfied with tho result of Friday evening’s meeting, intend to convene another meeting, with a view to devise means whereby a pack track can be cut up Speed’s Valley, thereby bringing tho diggings practicady within three hours of Blenheim.

A Strange Affair. — On Wednesday week last one of the men engaged poisoning at Starborough, whoso naino wo have been unable to ascertain, left the home station with others for the purpose of poisoning tho country. He was suffering from dysentery, and, it is stated, the other men returned home, leaving tho man to shift for himself, It was raining hard that night, but it was subsequently ascertained that he made his way to Richmond Brook, the adjoining run, tho following morning, where, although pressed, he refused to partake of breakfast. Nothing more was beard of the man for six days. He was slightly out of his mind, and it is asserted that he had existed on poisoned rabbits during the f.ime ho was wandering about. He was discovered and brought to the hospital on Wednesday laat, where he is now progressing favorably.

Clever Arrest. —Constable Franklin effected a very clever arrest early yesterday morning at Spring Creek. An information was laid at Wellington, on 2Gth May last, that a man named Robert Crawley, a jockey, had forged and uttered a cheque for L 5 10s, Mr K. Cole, butcher, Wellington, being the victim. Crawley decamped, and although his whereabouts wore not definitely k n>wn, latterly it was suspected that ho had made a temporary home in Marlborough, but the imperfect description f.rwarded rendered identification difficult. Coustnblo Franklin, however, got on bis track, grid between one and two o’clock on Sunday morning Constables Franklin and Steward quietly proceeded in a cal to Mr Satlierlev’s,Ung Creek, an i found accused in i;t'l lie was arrestee and brought to the io.-k-up; and will mswer before Mr Allen tnis morning Jt has transpired that no has be,.:, Horfiwg at c;:e of the meat factories, at one >f tho stations in the vicinity, and more recently Mr Satherly engaged him as attendant on Ifis race horses. At these places he went nnde;- the name of “ 8.-njamin.” He is quite a young man, and we understand (fiat he has pleaded guilty jq the offence

Sir J. Vooel at TTo.\ On the loth July Sir .Tiffins Vogel dined with* the Queen’s Westminister Yolrutcers, and conjointly with Lord Harris and Archdeacon Farrar, returned thanks for the toast of the Empire. In the course of bis remarks, he pointed out that the colonies enjoying representative and responsible Government possessed a population of fourteen and a half mil ,; ons, and expressed the opinion that they would not long be willing to remain excluded from a share in the government of the Empire Lord Wantage also made a few observations on the same subject.

We are clearing the balance of our Winter stock at reduced prices, Trimmed Millinery at half price, plush and Beaver Hats half price, 40 Boxes Nock trilling from Is (id to 3s 6d per Box, Striped Velveteen reduced from 3s (id to 2s 3d. about 100 children’s jackets and four-in-hand cloaks from Is to 7s (id. Seven! other lots in various departments will be sold equally cheap. A splendid variety of Tweed Patterns from the dillcrcut N. Z. Factories. Suits to measure on the hortest notice.—Smale and Hay London House.

Holloway’s Fills. Wrongs made Right.—Every day that any bodily suffering is permitted to continue renders it more certain to become chronic or dangerous. Holloway’s purifying, cooling, and strengthening Pills are well adapted for any irregularity of the human body, and should be taken when the stomach is disordered, the liver deranged, the kidneys inactive, the bowels torpid, or the brain muddled With this medicine every invalid can cure himself, and those who are weak and infirm through imperfect digestion may make themselves strong and stoat by Holloway's excellent Pills. A few doses of them usually mitigate the most painful symptoms caused by undigested food, from which they thoroughly free the alimentary canal and completely restore its natural power and action.