LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

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

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Tin' We at U'.s. —Captain E' viu teie- • irraphi’d at 3.uop.m yesterday : " Heavy 1 within 1- hvtns, turns directum as wired j’C“t< , rclay; g!as» furthet tali ‘ sad heavy r»iu, M

Making a Start. —it is intended to open the cricket season here on Saturday, the 29th in t.

Tub Ri —The attendance at the rink dining The prut, few days has been quite up to the uv-mgr. The miirtnge-TTu-nt have n spneNl nurr-un■•►•merit b reference to the Pip< r Carnival. ■■ hid coin' s off on Thnrwl .v next. Eli • gran march will be led < ft every afternoon an-, evening.

Grovetown Sunday School. Th* anniversary tea and public meeting in connection with the Grove-town Sunday School takes place this evening. Tea will bo on the table from 5 to 6.30. and the public meeting-, at which addre-ses will be delivered by the Kev. 11. Bull and other friends, will commence at seven o'clock. No doubt a very pleasant anniversary will be spent. Funny Fellows. —In a rink np Nor f b lately several married Indies with babies left tlmir little ones to I.ok after themselves while they enjoyed themselves on the skates. Two gay young sparks came along, and changed the wrappers and hats of tho picanninies, and then got away. When the rink was over tie l fond mothers hurried away with their babies, but, says the journal which relates tho story, “ there was trouble among tho mothers of Israel.” Drunkenness. —At tho Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs T. Redwood and N. T. Prichard, J P.’s, John Broake was charged with being drunk in Walter street. Oonsta It Franklin remarked that the present charge was the third against the accused within the last three months, and it was only on Friday last that tho R M. had fined him 10s, at the same time cautioning him not to ngain appear befo-o him on the same charge, or ho would sentence him to a term of imprisonment.—Accused pleaded to be let off saying that he would clear out of Ihn town at onco.— Tho Bench fined him Ll and costs; in default, one week’s imprisonment in Pieton Gaol, with hard labor.—The amount of tho fine was not forthcoming. Aquatic.— Our local boating men will soon be in the midst of their favorite patime. The annual meeting of tho Blenheim Rowing Club is called for Friday evening, at 7-30, in the Criterion Hob 1, at which all members aro requested to attend. We sincerely trust tho Club wiil havo a prosperous season, and that it wiil soon be able to place itself on a sound financial footing. The Club has a fine set of boats, and n splendid stretch of river to row on. With these, and many other advantages, the Blenheim Rowing Club ought to be able to hold its own against other clubs of the Colony. This season wo hope our sentiments will be verified, and that our local club will be in a position to put forward both a rattling good senior and junior crew.

A G.\or. Bird. —The man George Grey, with four aliases, who was brought up at the Police Court yesterday morning on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, was shown to ho a thorough .gaol bird. About a fortnight ago ho served a sentence of fourteen days for being illegally on the promises of Messrs Maher and Byron. That term, however, appears to havo been only one out of a large number, as Constable Franklin stated that convictions were recorded against Grey in the Gazette for vagrancy at Lawronee, and for larceny at Invercargill, Tiniaru and Oamaru. Ho served short sentences for those offences. The constable believed several more convictions could be found recorded against accused if lie had time to search tho Gazette. The Bench sentenced accused to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor in TerraceGaol, Wellington—a very light sentence considering the past career of tho culprit.

Close of tiif. Season. —A meeting of footballers was h*ld in Mr A. Oldcrshaw’s last evening, for the purposo of fixing u suitable demonstration with which to bring the football season of 1888 to a close. Mr F. Dodson occupied the chair, aud the attendance was a numerous one. After ;> deal of consideration, it was decided, on tho motion of Mr F. Shaw, that the affair should take tho form of a dinner, to he held probably in the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening ne>;t. AH other arrangements were loft in tho hands of tho Committee of tlio costume match, but the meeting recommended (1) that tho catering should bo left in tho hands of Mr A. H. Oldcrsbaw, provided ho undertaka it, at the price mentioned by him ; (2) that in tho event of the Temperance Hall not. being procured at a reasonable rate, anotliep hall be obtained, but in no case tho dinner to bo held in a hotel. Footballers aro taking a great interest in the dinner, which gives every promise of being a big success. The Newspaper Man’s Difficulty, —We have found out that the longer we run a newspaper and write about people and events (says a Michigan paper) tho more wo realise how utterly impossible it is to scratch every man on tire spot where he itches most.

Tiie Lambeth Conference The “ gathering of the gaiters” (as tho World irreverently calls the collection of bishops iu connection with the Lambeth Gonforpnce), which took place at King’s Cross, exceeded in magnitude anything remembered by tho oldest employes of the Great Northern railway. There \vq.s eyen a brisk demand for smoking carriages, and tho sight of three bishops, on their way to Cambridge, indulging without let or hindrance in tho fragrant weed, reminded more than one of the spectators of the excellent sjtory of Archbishop Tait discovering- two of ids Ani erica a visitors kneeling piously oh their bedroom hearthrugs and puftiing smoke carefully up tho chimney during 0 the last Lambeth Conference Things have somewhat improved sine.* then ; but it was an American, Dr Waldatein,' who provided for his compatriots the eagerly sought-after opportunity of a pipe of peace during their brief stay at. tho ’Varsity. It is rumored on trustworthy authority that an American prelate y/as observed to get rid surreptitiously of something which looked very much like a “quid” in Trurnpington-etreet; but for all that, the trip to Cambridge was a welcome relief to the mind ecclesiastical, wearied by perpetual conversaziones. England’s Coal Supply, -Germany is looking forward to the time when it will take tho place of England as tho great coal exporter of the world. In a recent report the Frankfort Chamber of Commerce says : —Though we may regard the assertions frequently made that the worldunowned wealth in coal of Great Britain (supposing tlm reduction to remain in J the present condition) would bo exhausted I in about 116 years as erroneous, yet it mav be safelv assumed that in about 20 vesi'rs the export of coal from England, . actually amounting to about 23,000,000 j tons per annum, will cease altogether, j England will then have to be content with i supplying her home consumption, which is now 110,000,000 tons annually. When ; tiling.- Lavs come to suiffi a pass, G rmany j -.v'lM a-e to comp te with the English 1 emil in Eagl-md, and the foundation for J an i xtensive e.xpoit to tllC Coast is .aid by j means of proper conveyances. Germany j •vmiM then play the pai t which England . plays now, by supplying ad „tu..-r counM.cs wiihcoai almost cxc.u- ve y. Hence, . coin-id. ring t-he great w-aitb and exieti- j ri rn nf nur colieries in the ilium- districts, i WcAphMift. ”- rld provision is to be ' mad. in lime i- «!*”•** w, ‘ rmK "^. b 7 * Water as Wiil enable 0s l» • this universal t.rvdrt Jii rite constrimMon oi : canals the O f eminent ha' hitherto djs- i j >l l veil great foresight. trust it i will proceed vigorously m the smut. « directi s.

Costume Football Match. —lt has now b-H-ii decided that half tlu proceeds from this match are to ho devoted to the funds of lie Garrison Ban 1 a;.J half to the Marlborough R .gby I ai-ti. Ihe coiurirrtiN- me t to uignt, wln-n final arrangemi'iits will be made ui emmet.on >v,ih iho match. The footballers Will form n procession, and start fr- m a certain piuc'o be fixed by the committee to-n.ght) head .1 by the Garrison Band. Considerig the object to which the fund., are tern- di voted, there should be a large attendance of the public.

A New Zealand Mummy.—We have to go from Inline to hear about the wonders of N-» JCenlnnd. The Alaclocd Gazette, a newspaper published in Canada, gives tilt; following extraordinary storv : —“ Mr F. CliampuesH, Collector of Customs at Lethbridge, has in his possession a most interesting relic of bygone days, in the shape of a rnummv orskeleton. He has this strange object, enclosed in a glass case, in the exact position in which it was found. Tho mummy was discovered by Mr Chainpness himself, in 1564, at Jlindon. on tho West Taieri river, near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, while prospecting for gold in the mountains. It was found in a cave, 80ft from the surface, surrounded by poisonous wood, and tho leg-bone oftheextinct rnoa bird, which stood 30ft high, laying across the head. Around the neck is some plaited human hair, and between the knees tho skeleton of a tois bird, a bird which is held in great veneration by the present Maoris Mr Chainpness took this specimen to England, and for some time it was on exhibition in the British Museum. Dr Owen pronounced it to be the remains of an adult woman whose height when living was not more than 3ft, It has been pronounced by several other well known men to be a valuable specimen, owing to its rarity. Several specimens of this race have been found, but none of them, except this one, perfect. The present race of Maoris, who took possession of New Zealand 800 or 900 years ago, know nothing of the existence of this race which inhabited the island before them. Dr Hector, tho Government geologist of New Zealand, said there was no doubt the specimen was over 1000 years old. The Maoris bury their dead in trees, while this and other specimens were found in caves, showing tho existence of the latter before the former came on the scene. After Mr Chainpness discovered the mummy he was chased by the police for two days. They thought a murder had been committed, and wanted to hold an inquest.”

A Good Housewife. —The good housewife, when she is giving her house its spring renovating, should bear in mind that the dear inmates of her house are more precious than many houses, and that their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent, and cure tlio diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must ku nv that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely a Dr Soule's American Hop 1 Jitters, the purest and best of medicines.—“ Concord N. 11. Patriot.’’

Holloway's Pills. —The stomach and its troubles cause more discomfort and bring more unhappiness than is commonly supposed. The thousand ills that settle there may he prevented or dislodged by the judicious use of these purifying Pills, which act as a sure, gentle, anti-acid aperient, without annoying the nerves of the most susceptible or irritating the most delicate organisation. Holloway’s Fills will bestow comfort, and confer relief on every headachy, dyspeptic, and sickly sufferer, whose tortures make him a burden to himself and a bugbear to his friends. These Pills have long been (he popular remedy for a weak stomach, for a disordered liver, or a paralyse il digestion which yield without difficulty to their regulating, purifying, and tonic qualities, —(AAvfc),