THE Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume I, Issue 67, 22 March 1880, Page 2

THE Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Classification of Teachers. —The examination for classification of teachers was proceeding to-day in the Government Buildings.

Native Game Season. —The season in which native game may be killed is proclaimed by the Governor as being from March 29, until July 31, both days inclusive. Native game is specified in the Gazelle notice to mean;—Wild duck, of any species, bittern, pied stilt plover, wi’d geese, dotterell, native pigeon, teal, black stilt plover, curlew, and qua s !. ,• j-.- -„; Zymotic Diseases. —The mortality from these diseases was somewhat greater in February than in January ; the deaths having been 54 in February against 50 in January. Tl*e mortality from dysentery rnd diarrhoea caused the number to be so large. Of the 41 deaths from these two complaints, 18 occurred in Christchurch and 20 in Wellington, of which 25 were of children under one year, viz., 10 in Christchurch and 15 in Wellington. Only 2 deaths (both Christchuach) occurred from typhoid fever. Postponemint. —Owing to the inclemency of the weather Mr T, O’Sullivan has postponed his auction sales until Saturday next. The tenders he called for, for carting timber have likewise had the tune for opening them extended to Wednesday. ' Railway. —Part of the railway embank'ment in the valley about Para and Koromiko has been washed away and railway communication will consequently be suspended for a, few daya. Tenders for the Omak£ Road Board.— The tenders called for by the Omaka Road Board must ,be in by the 29th;, instant. The original date was Tuesday, the 23rd ihst. but the extension has been prompted'by the state of the roads, rivers, and weather. A fall in the' Mud.— The * special reporter of the Auckland Star who did; the Ministerial tour through the Waikato, relates what befel two of the Cabinet, as follows:—The weather has been very unpleasant. Oh Wednesday the roads were very sloppy and grassy. ‘TWhile JbrbMjhg the Ranges at Hinuera on route |or Matamata, both the Premier and the' Attorney-General came to the ground through their feqt; JEmm under throwing their : mimstenal ndmeron to the earth,.'; The haying to change his garments As they were the only gentlemen jwho feii’,,they must; atany rath, be credited with a’smgtdarnhity of purposed sHi m s&oog jfasd adf gnxlfoa Ths Napier Telegraph hears fromTuapo that Tongarrio isin a State of volcanic /eruption, emittng vast’ volumes of"smoko, ‘and showing a lurid glarh 'at night. -It is hdw 'hearly ll years since Tonganlo wa£rjf?'S4d&to of extreme eruption. . u i'm n z a J a - Grans,—A-novel- system- of insurance fdt girls has exist® for.-g&veral generations among the Danish nobility of Copenhagen. A nobleman, mpppthejhirjb of a daughter, :<jnrpUa her name with the insurance r paying at ! the time a fee,'and subsequently ati annual sum, until she becomes twenty-one. Shethen becomes entitled to a fixed income from the society, and * /to apartments injthe- %gehuiMing assodNation, which is sunodnded by gardens and ft OS • .'waai'S .aoftwaaH.. . .

park. - Should her father die in her childhood, she may 'immediately' ; occupy the apartments. Should she die or marry, the income and the right to entail the home hoth lapse, s >Mr E iYNKE has returned from England with a large stock of Mens’, Youths’ and Boys’ clothi,» tweeds, ?rdies’ dress materials in all the new and f: -hionable styles, ; flannels in great variety, French si k dresses colored and black. These goods have been purchased previous to the rise hi'wool, consequently they are being sold at a very cheap rate, wholesale and retail, and can be seen at his private residence Southside. To arrive shortly a large, parcel of cutlery of all kinds, [Advt]. ' }i “ Men often jump at conclusions,” says the proverb. So do dogs. We saw a dog jump at the conclusion of a cat, which was sticking through the opening of a partly-closed door, and it created more disturbance than a church scandal.—“ Oshkosh Advocate,”