THE Marlborough Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1888.
Weather —Capt Edwin telegraphed at 3.30 p.m.—Northeast to north and w st gale after 12 hoars from now ; glass fall soon
Drunkenness. A first offender pleaded guilty to this offence at the Police Court yesterday morning, and the presiding justice (Mr J. M. Hutcheson), fined him Gs and 2s costs, with the usual alternative.
R M. Court Another charge of fraud will be preferred against Alfred Hogg at the R M Court thL morning at 10 o’clock, before Mr J. Allen, R.M. Excelsior Cricket Club— This club is now fairly under weigh and we hope soon to see it well to the fore. . Another general meeting of intending joiners will be held at the usual place and timo on Monday evening when several matters will be considered. Members are requested to pay their subscriptions ns soon as possible, as ready cash will no doubt go a long way to help to bring it to the fore.
Sudden Death. —A painfully sudden death W>k place some time yesterday morning at Grovo Road, when Annie Hammond, wife of William Hammond, was found dead in bed. She retired to rest about nine o’clock the previous even* ing apparently iti about her usual state of health, which has not been good for some lime past. She was about 4.7 years of age, a native of Tasmania, and leaves a husband and four children to mourn her loss, A report of tho Coroner’s inquest appears elsewhere, the verdict being “ Died from natural causes.” To-day’s Match—Wo would again remnd the public of the fancy costume football match, which takes place in Jellyman’s paddock, Maxwell Road, this afternoon. Tho procession, headed by the Garrison Band, will leave Ewart's Hall at 2.30. “Johnny” Watson and his renowned donkeys have been specially engaged to take part in the proces - sion. The proceeds of the match are to be divided between the Garrison Band and the Rugby Union. A grand foot Dall dinner comes oil in the Temperance Ilall in the evening. Mr A Oldershaw is tho caterer, and that fact alone should ensure a large attendance A Good Housewife. —The good housewife, when sho is giving her house its spring renovating’, should bear iu 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 aud bowels to prevent aud euro the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and sho must know that there is nothing Unit will do it so perfectly and surely as ])r .Smile’s American Hop Bitters, the purest and best of medicines. —“ Concord N. 11. Patriot.”
Wo are clearing the balance ot our Winter stock at reduced prices, Trimmed Millinery at half price, plush and Beaver Hats half price, 40 Boxes Neck Frilling from Is Oil to 3s Cd per Box, Striped Velveteen reduced from 3s 6d to 2s 3d, about 100 children’s jackets and four-in hand cloaks from Is to 7s (id. Several other lots in various departments will be sold equally cheap. A splendid variety, • of 'I weed Patterns from the different N.Z Factories, Suits to measure on the shortest notice. —Smale and Hay London House :
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 22 September 1888, Page 2
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