THE Marlborough Express Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 155, 6 July 1881, Page 2

THE Marlborough Express Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Griffiths v. Johnson, — The case of Griffiths v. Johnstou has now been definitely fixed f'.T Thursday week next.

TheAwatere Shearing Reserve The list of tenders sent m for the 13 contracts on th« rond through Awatere Shearing Reserve will be fnuiid m another column, the lowest In every instance being accepted The total amount of contracts so let is L2.C86 13s 6d.

Mudforij's Sale.— There was a very large attendance of farmers arid others at Midford's iale on Mm-day laxt. The bidding was very ipiriterl throughout, and perfectly satisfactory to the auctioneer and vendor. Mr P. i awfnee reporis prices realised as follows : — Dranghr horses fn.m L2O to L 3 5; pigs, 20s ; co« s LB. Farming implements obtained good prices. Whmt averaged 4g a bushel, tailing barley 7s a sack, sacks charged 91 each. Seed barley 12s a sack, seed oats 2s 2A % bnibel. Potatoes m pit averaged 25s * tea.

1 South Street.— At the meeting of the Borough- Council. last evening the following jtenders were received for metalling South-istreet:-:H. C. O'Leary £1 7s per chain; J. Higgina £1 2s, George Brenobley £1 4s, Ales. .'Cameron £1 Is, Angus McColl £1 3s 6d, John Burton (accepted) 16s, C. Patohett £1 9s sd, John Murphy £1 4s 6d.

Sale at Riley's Yauds.— Messrs Purkiss and Nosworthy announce that they-'will sell at Riley's yards on Saturday next, '3o or 40 superior bred pigs,., sundry co.vs, a. lady's hack, etc.

Mr Lawrence's Monthly. Cattle Sale.— This sale, which, as we. have already announced, had to be postponed from lastaaturday on account of the prevailing' inclemenoy of the weather, comes off on. Saturday next, when, it it will be seen by reference to the advertiaementi a large number of all classes of stook, and 4 considerable quantity of agricultural machinery, will be put' to fetch what they can get.

St Andrew's Church.— Pending the oall of a pastor to St Andrew's Church, the usual Sabbath services wilt be conducted by the Rev. Mr Hopkirk, of Wellington.

Scholastic— We are informed by Mr Macklin, lato Head MasUr of the Blenheim Borough Schools, that he has sued the Education Board for LlO, for tuition of Miss M. Macklin as pupil teacher. A special sitting of the Court will be held on Friday, when the case will be heard.

The Rev. Mb Shirrihf'b Sale. — Fine weather having now set m, all possibility of Messrs Fnrkiss and Noswortby having again to postpone the sale of Mr Shirriffs household furniture and effects, is removed. The auction will therefore take, place to-morrow, commencing punctually at 11 o'clock. In addition to this sale Messrs Pnrkiss and Noswortby will also offer a small number of ladies' and gentlemen's gold and silver watches, and a couple of hones. ; ■■

. Death by Drowning.— lt is expected that tKe inquea ton the body of the boy Brooks, who was dr*wned m tbe Wairan Valley near Bnckman'a, on Monday last, will take place to-day. It would appear that the mishap was caused by the cart suddenly disappearing m a quicksand, which is known to exiat at the spot. In addition to the sad loss of human life Mr Ockley's beat horse was drowned. Some eight years ago, it may be remembered, another lad m the employ of Mr Ockley lost his life under somewhat similar circumstances.

The Late Accident. — We found on inquiry at the Hospital this afternoon that Mr Donaldson 'B condition has slightly ameliorated during the past 24 hours, though up to the present Dr Cleghome has been unable to ascertain the exact extent of his injuries. From Mr Donaldson's own statement it appears that he was exercising a draught horse on Monday evening, and was indulging m a smart canter on the road between Mr March's' hotel and Mr L. Dodson's, house, when tbe animal stumbled, throwing ita rider heavily on to tbe ground, and rolling over him. When Mr Donaldson recovered consciousness he tried to cooey out, but his efforts m this direction proving ineffectual m procuring assistance, be tried to drag himself from the middle of the road where he lay, to the fence on the side of the road. With the injuries he had sustained, combined with numbness consequent on the severe frost during the night,' this operation was necessarily very painful and slow, and w»s not accomplished until daybreak, shortly after which he was seen by the poundkeeper, Sydney Jack. Great sympathy is everywhere expressed with Mr Donaldson m his misfortune, but we trust that m a few days we shall be able to report his rapid progress towards convaleaence.

Lighting Blenheim.— At tbo Borough Council meet ing last night, a telegram was received from Mr Hutchvaon, C.E , the Gas contractor, informing the Council that be would shortly commence long promised Gas works, accompanied by a lawyer's letter threatening legal proceedings In the event of any infringements of the rights conferred on him by his agreement with the Borough. A letter was also read from the Marlborougb Gas Company asking permission to lay down mains m the streets of the Boroagh. As Mr Mr Hutcheson had stated m his letter that it wa« his intention to be m Blenheim m the coarse of a few daya it waa decided to let the consideration of all three documents stand over for a month. Meanwhile sUps are being taken to light some of the worst parts of tbe town by kerosene and a tender of Mr VV. Fairweather for the supply of 12 lamp-posts and lamp frames at £5 apiece was accepted last night. Th'e ' others ' tenders were : — J. Turner £7 : Jas. Henderson, £5 11s 6d: Jno.Bmith£s lOi.

The Grove Mail Contract.— Nothing has as yet transpired publicly concerning the tenders that were to be m on Saturday last for the mail service to Havelock via the Grove and Mahakipawa, nor bave we been able to hear as yet of anyone who has sought after the contract.

No PosTPOspiENT.— At the end of a funeral notice published m an Indiana paper appears : ' N.B.— This funeral not to be post' poned on account of bad weather.'

The Rival Scuxlkks.— White and Hearn, the rival sen Hera, says a Wellington paper, are attracting considerable attention just now amongst the boating and sporting men. They are both m active training and m fine form. The majority of the public seem to like Hearn's style best, but the visitor hag a fair share of admirers who are ready to back their opinion. The general impression is that the race will be a vary evenly contested one, and that whoever wins will have to work for it. White is staying at the Pier Hotel, and is paying strict attention to his diet, as well as to nis exercises afloat and ashore. He is a very quiet man, and is scarcely ever heard to talk on the object of his visit or his capabilities as an oarsman, but he has nevertheless fully made up his mind to take the championship to Auckland.

How it is Done I—The1 — The London correspondent of the " Manchester Guardian " learns that one of the means by which many hundreds of copies of revolutionary proclamations and paperi printed m London have been conveyed for distribution to many parts of the Continent have been by enclosing them m bamboo canes. By this means it is said that the Nihilists ani Socialists m all the great cities of Europe have been apprised of whatever their leaders may have deemed it neceisary to inform them. ;