THE Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1882 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XVII, Issue 296, 19 December 1882, Page 2

THE Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1882 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

— ♦ — Postponement.— lt 'will be seen, by I reference to onr advertising columns), that Messrs' Tames and Co.'s sale m connection with the estate of Messrs Mills Bros, 7 'of Havelo'clr 1 , haa been postponed till January, 4th. Local Option.— The local 'option poll for the Awatere Licensing District is j being beM to-day, the only polling booth being at Fairliall. As with all other novelties m the new Licensing Act, we may anticipate that very little interest is taken m it. _. a - l -., t . ..-.•.* ■-■■<•' " ''' -'■""' '' . .,_ .The^Pro^erti? Pax.— A tejeerain'received to-da/from Wellington informajus that to-morrowis the last day for sending m Property Tax statements. It is understood that all posted to-morrow will be received, and penalties will be strictly enforced thereafter. Local Industry.- Mr W. Ferguson has just made considerable alterations and additions, to 'his soap-making plant, and is now 'turning 'out a /very good article. As Mr Ferguson is a local man, and the development of every local industry must tend to increase the general prosperity of the district, provided always that it can supply the. pnblic : demand at a lower rate tbdn is ohargecl ( oil tlie'imported article, we 'trust his enterprise will be appreciated. ,- SaleW Work.— A 'sale of work m aid of the building fund' of the Wesleyan Sunday School will be held to-morrow, in Ewart's Hall. It the evening Herr Norberg's string band will be m attendance, and several of the Blenheim lady amateurs have volunteered; to contribute a number of pianoforte solos and duets. In additiou to the ordinary attractions there will be a large wedding cake, the ingredients of which are something quite out of the common. As the object of. jtha-fupd; is. 3/yery laudable one, . namely, H6^ provide' a Sunday school for the childdren of the Wesleyan congregation, we have no doubt that the sale will be generally patronised. ■- ' i Archibald Fobbes.— Residents m this district will be. pleased to learn that arrangements have been made for Mr Archibald Forbes, the famous war correspondent, and one of the best known men .eff^ero.^ime^ % /giv>: a JedtorV;ins EwartVHall on - January' 3f'd., ; and'we have no donbt that he will receive as hearty a reception here as, m. all other places m this and _ the neighbouring colonies he has visited. The '-N.Z, Times" of yesterday, writing of Mr Forbes, says:— "Few men have witnessed SO | many important events and seen so manyViemarkablp people during the last twelve' years : as' Archibald 'Forbes, the famous special correspondent of the " Daily News," who arrived m Wellington from the South yesterday. He was the first to explode the notion that the occupation of a war correspondent is easy and devoid of danger, and is : best known by his exploits m that capacity ; but royal progresses, shipwrecks, the ravaged of famine, and other ,disasterB'by : sea and land, have been described by him m a style which shows that a master jof < the pen can conjure up pictures as vivid as those of the pencil. As the apoatle:of heroworship 'says, "The world loves to look upon its great men';" and it is not surprising that at the close of the RuoaoTurkish war, when Mr Forbes was ona of the lions of the London Season— the "King of the Specials" (as G. A. Sala called him)— was induced to recount on the lectnre platform some of his adventurous experiences. ■He gave.hia first lectura m St. George's Hall, London, before 1 a brilliant and' crowded assemblage, and the success which he subsequently met with m the principal cities of the Mother Country, the United States, Canada, and more recently m Australia, is well known." In order to provide against the 'inconvenience caused at some of' bur entertainments by overefdwdingr special' arrangements, as will be seen by Jin < advertisement elsewhere,, have beenTmadi for.'ifie acconimodation of the holders of reserved seat tickets, vSt.Petbr'J Oborohj HlvßLocK.-uOur ■•Hiivelock correspondent writes :— " Owing to the sparse attendance at the 'morning services at St. Peter's Church it has been decided to discontinue that service until further notice. A movement has been on foot for some time past to secnre the services of a resident olergyman, bat unless some change for. the better takes place the neoessary stipend I . will mot be raised. V A9 showing the present flourishing condition of the chnroh funds, I may' state that the' verger's salary (a very small sum) is now overdue 18 montli?. Subscriptions artflosfc solely through the want of a regular system of collection. %V : Railway SLAoanTEn, —If peace hath her victories not' less renowned than war,-'slie also hath her. victims. Last year, the Eng-' lish railway companies killed and wounded more railway servants m the ordinary course'ipf -thejr {raffle than all the British 1 casualties m" the war "m Egypt. The figures are : Killed, 562;-. wounded, 6,180. Notwithstanding the operation of the. Employers'. <Liabilify Aot, the number of '-non-ratal injuries shows an apparent increase of 1558 on the figures of 1880. The weekly hutcher's bUI of the railways, exclusive of the slaughter committed on the general public, is thus" 10 dead and 119 wounded. And at. the the rate they have heed going on lately, the Australian railways ( will be able to show. a still 'better .record m a' yeari dr two. ; . B. F. Sjiale is now showing, for cash only :— Men's serge suits, 21s ; dust coats, ■Is ; regatta shirts, 3s 93 ; white dress shirts./embrpideredVfrohts, 4s 6d ; felt hats, 2s;-;bbys| ilotbung of all kinds : galatea suits, 2s l -lia ; felt sailor hats/ 2a. Market Place, Blenheim,— Advt. , E. H. Smale's stock of dress fabrics, general drapery, linens; calicos, and general household drapery is now complete, which for price and genuine good quality cannot be equalled. Next Masonic Hotel, Market Place.ißlenheim;— AM. ' ; .'