THE Marlborough Express. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XIX, Issue 265, 14 November 1883, Page 2

THE Marlborough Express. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

..The Weather.— Capt. .Edwin telegraphed at L52 p;m. to-day 'as follows':— Bad weather between north and west and southwest ; 'glass fisign soon. Cricket.— We learn that a matoh will ba played . on Seymour Square oh Saturday next between teams ohosen from the Town and Telegraph. The game should prove very interesting, for the Town ' nave lately recoived considerable addition to their ranks, and are now i generafly, considered quite the -equal, if not the superior, .of their heretofore more skilful, antagonists. ..,,•.••,., Ji„, H^ BoABD.-For the second ££5- . T ni * h m ' "gular monthly meeting of the Awßtere Boad Board had to be adjourned this morning owing.to the absence of a quorum of it?membir», due weaita tHe threßtenin ? *»* of 'be. ■ia . ! • • " • .-. Accident at Nelson.-A Nelson telegram informs us that a serious aooident ocourred to Captain Whitwell, of the Anohor Line steamer Charles.Edward, on Tuesday afternoon. The vessel is undergoing alterations and receiving new machinery. 'Captain .Whitwell was superintending'the. removal of a- donkey-engine and boiler.f He proceeded to render some assistance to the men, seeing- the-' boiler was slipping, and his clothea oatohing, he was thrown against- the bulwarks, and I sustained -a compound fracture of the right thigh. Two projeotipns of the toiler also pierced the flesh of the thigh to a considerable depth, and, the hemorrhage; was great.' The bone has been set; v •"

Political.— Mr John Ballance and t Mr D. H. Maoarthur ars spoken of as i candidates for thc Manawatu seat at the i next election. , ' , Boxing Day Sron/fs .—The programme ' of the coming Boxing Day Sports is ' published in our advertising coin ms this evening. 7 ' - . „ 7 ThS Wauata BtJK.— We learn that the Waipapa.Run, which was sold by Messrs Beanohamp and Co., at Christohurob, on Monday, by order of the Supreme Court, -was' bought in- by- the mortgagee! Mr I Tinline, at £9400.. The sheep were also 'purchased^ by Mr Tirilino at 5s 4d ; per hoad, making about £11,600 in all, for -rUn - and "stook: This ig looked upon as an exceedingly -cheap property, the price realised being exceedingly low' for a run capablo of carrying some 17,000 sheep. ''. Thh Steota OoMem\— The. promised' ' concert the Borough Sohools will take place on the Uth of next month. Judging from accounts'which have come to ns, we have reason to believe that the concert will be even better than any previous one given by the young folks. New Beverage.— We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr Elson of some sample"! bqttles;-ofva' new\(orated,;non--aloohblio beverage | oalled .'". Norisubh," and manufactured by Messrs Grimwade and Co. of Auckland. The drink (is a very- -f efreshing one; > and now that the - , summer season is upon us it will no doubt meet with ready sale. £ Bahkrottos.— At the meeting of the creditors in -'the eatate of IGeorge Atwood;; ; held on Tuesday, it was resolved ttfadjbnrn the meeting, for sik months, in order to . give the Loan and Mercantile" Agenoy Co. time =toTealjse;tha; assets of 3he debtor rev ' mairiing'in -tlieir hands*. ;|. Wesleyan Home Missions. — The subjoined! 'paragraph was. accidentally omittedj-irou^ourjlasjj issue:— There waa' a large attendance atthe Wesleyan Home Mission meeting held on' Monday-even-ing ; the 'Church waa full in every part.! The .ohair,...was occapied by Mr- A. J.Litchfield; bf the Middle Road. The report of the work accomplished by the. Home Missionaries was' read,' 'together with the statement of tbe income and expjettd.ltufe~. ftf, the' fiih'd deyote'd to, this mission work for the past year. Amongst, the speakers was the Rev Hetiraka Wirihi, the Maori minister, for. .Welling: ton ana the" Wairau." Hetaraka "gave a very .interesting account .pf his work in the districts he had' to visit, ibis remarks being very kindly interpreted T)y Mr S. Macalister. The other speakers were the Rev Mr Hunter (Primitive Methodist ; miniate? in Wellington), and the Rev Mr . - ; Lee,' bf Nelson. The colleotion produced £3 9s, which brings up the contributions from this district to the Home Mission fund to about £25, or within £J>. already of the contribution to the. fund 'required . iy. the Wesleyan Conference, to be raised; Here. „ 7 The 'JPeisco , Mail.— The s.s. ; Waihi did not leave Wellington at all last even- . {ng, and as a consequence we were unable ; ' tb'rebiWe'pfir pprtibn.Of the 'Frisco mail as - wehid' bSeri'ied' ip.jMcpect; r . We must 1 PhPe more 'repeat our, complaint, against „ .the .Wellington T^stal' authorities for th'e- " 'iyatit bf'; pare "thoy evince for this dis--1 'triot ! .'ib'j7the i matter"'bf; the'., delivery ;' of) the,' 'E|riScp;' mail.' "Had 7 they sent I" the Marlbbrough bags by the Omapere to . Nelson with the Nelsbii bags," they could; havo been transferred to the.'paiarpa^t. Nelson .yesterday and delivered in ;Bleriv heim and Picton this morning, or had- . the Mohaka been , detained- by thein on ' Monday, night for a couple of hours by. '; the'offer'bf a small sum, the mails would '. have been delivered here first thing yesterday morning. At it is we will 1 not have the mail until to-morrow morn--1 ing, when the Waihi ivill bring it over. : Marlborough : and < Nelson.— Ere > long we (Nelson Mail) may hope to see ; good coaoh communication established' :< between. Nelson and Marlborough, Mr 1 Shepbard having been informed by the • Under Seoretary for Pablio Works that tenders are speedily to be invited for the i completion of the Rai Valley Road and the erection of the Pelorus bridge. There i is so much in common between the , setters in Nelson and those in Maryborough that in the prospect of their thus ' being drawn elqaer together there is muoh 9 cause for 'congratulation, and when the , necessity for a sea trip is done away with by the establishment of a good Hue > of coaches, as doubtless will be the case ! after $he new roadia'open, mora intlttiatie ,- relations will" spring up ' between the i two districts to the advantage of both. !,j . Pbofesbor Denton.— Writing of the death of Professor Denton, the Austral- j ( lasian says it was Mr Denton's firm belief that in fever and , all inflammatory J ' diseases, abstinence' "was an unfailing ( specifio. He 'used to tell a friend, Mr. Terry,~-with; whom" he lodged for: months , during his stay in Melbourne, that onoe when he was stricken with fever in I America he fasted, and allowed nature tb . successfully work a, rapid oure., Qaptaih L Airhlt' telegraphs that, "in" bla -last - 1 sibk!--t ness, Professor Denton refused all nourish- . ment, doubtless in obedience to the coq- ; viotion he had formed that food only served to stimulate the progress of the i disease. L Pioneering.— A Napier paper says :— " Primitive "modes of oarriage have still > to be resorted to in the newly occupied country of . ; the : East Coast* . Mr J.,N, /Williams has purohased at Wanganui r no less than one hundred' hprses to pack the ; wool from his Btation to the shipping ' place on the coast," .. Ferrets.— Prom what we havar ;been informed by Mr -Ritchie, of Mount Boyal, the impression that ferrets are in the habit of iirst sucking the blood of their . victims and then going to sleep is an erroneous one. His experience the other day, where he saw three rabbits followed into a burrow by two .ferrets, showed a different . result from this. On digging/out the ferrets it was found that one of them had . decamped, but that the other was still iu 7 the burrow, and that the rabbits were found, tb; have been nipped behind the neok and left lying dead there. The ferrets were not Mr Ritohie's tame ones, but a couple that had evidently strayed on to the mn from some other locality.— Otago Witness. The Makara Reef.— Thc Post of Monday evening says :— The. long-talked hf independent test of the '. Queen of Beauty mine, Makara, was definitely set ou foot to-day, when the referees, Messrs H. .. Blundell' and J. C. Harrria, ac. companied by two experts, proceeded to the spot: to conduct the test. The oake of gold, which was the result of the 10--ton crushing, and as to whioh Mr Walker, it will be remembered, stated his opinion that it never.- came from: Makara, has been handed over to the two referees, .and has been deposited by tbem 'in ' the Colonial Bank, with a view toa future comparison with auy gold they may obtain to-day, in order to ascertain whether the gold is of the same quality in both cases, whioh, if determined in the affirmative, would practically settle tho question at issue, lhe Government Analyst will be re- , quested to make the requisite analyses method oould well have beon devised to try the case on its merits. Serious Acciorst.— The friends of Mr George Levien, formerly of Havolock Will be sorry to leßrn that he has met with .a compound fraofcnre of the right leg. He has lately settled in the Takaka district, and the other day whilo taking some medicine/ to a .sick woman, the ' horee of a U4, who was riding in his *

company, violently kicked but, and, striking Mr Lsvieu on the leg, inflicted a compound fracture. Ho was afterwards removed to the Nelson Hospital, where nnder the careful and skilful treatment of Dr Boor, although the owe is a bad and difficult onet there are hopes that tho injured limb will be saved. Tliencaidont •is ti moat unfortunate bnsiness for Mr Levien, who is advanced ia yeirs, has a largo family dependent upon him, aud who has juat eonimenced to make a business in a uew place.— Colonist^ Obituary.— We regret to have to make the announcement to-day of the demise of another of onr oldest settlers— viz : tliat of Mr McCallum, senior; at the advanced ageof 80 years; Mr MoCallum; who was a° Highlander! left Soqtland with liis family ftbdilt the year t854, and came to Victoria, where he stayed for a time, eventually coming on to New Zealand; He subsequently settled in the Wairau Valley, and lived there for soma 10 or 12 years, but" : afterwards oame down the Valley, where he spent the remaining years of his long life. Mr MoCallum was remarkable for his aotivityjand liveliness for inany years prior to his death, for though really a Very old man, he Wad, more active and lively than many of fewer years.' His kindUeartediies's and genial disposition' Caused him to be generally respeotedby all who knew him, and his • memory will ,long remairi with thode with whom .he frequently oame in contact..! The immediate oanse of death was a severe oold, whioh only compelled him to take to his bed on Monday last. The "funeral will leave his late residenoe toi morrow (Thursday), at1.30 p.m. " RIM; booitf.— Before Mr J, j. Turnball this morning a Frenohman) named Victor Alfrea MordendyV' was charged with.on.or about tho 9th April last having stolen iv saddle and bridle, thn property, of Robert Phillips, of the value 40s. The pleaded '■' guilty. Mr .Bullen. stated that the facts of the case were that on April 9th last Mr Phillips^ of Spring Creek, sent a man to town wita a horse, saddle' and bridle, Oa arriving in town he left the horse tied np onfaide MoDowell's store, while he went within. On coming ont again .ha fonnd the borse gone. , Informs, tion was given ; to the : ' police,' who from enquires learned that the horse, less saddle and bridle, was impounded in the pound at Renwiok. town. , Nothing. was. heard of the saddle until, the beginning of last month, whon it was sold to Mr Paulding, a saddler at Spring Creek, by one; Henry Mudford, a settler, who got it from the prisoner in lieu of a cash payment of a debt. Mr Faulding having previously ■■ :■ repaired i the" saddle .for' Mr -Phillips, reo'ogaise'd it as the bne stolen in April last, and informed the police of the facti A warrant was obtained on the 4th; of laat; month; land 'forwarded to Nelson,- where it was* .ascertained the prisonenras~aoting"aff oook in a survey party at Brightwater.- The prisoner said that he had^ nothing to. say. for himself. that itseemed to him that the previous conviction had had no effeot upon tho prisoner.- He sentenced him to three mo'nths'im^riaonb'ent/n'Wellington Gaol with' hard labor. ''- The prisoner was • :arrested in Nelson, and arrived atPjoton by last, night's, steamer. . Sergeant Scanlan brought him on to town this morning. V:";RjmßiT;T«Ass.— jWe have been shown a.plauof a class .of rabbit trap, .which '■ 'webelieVi)'c6nld'|be : emjiloyedwitu'conf : Biderable success in the j diminution of the ■ rabbit pest. ;M A; brief, description ofthe ' trap ib as; follows i^-A pieco of ground in a' faybrably situated plaoe, and say : IOOf t long by t»oft wide, • is ' fenoed all round with rabbit proof wire. -At one end inside this enclosure, a piece of about 50ft by i 25ft is. feuced off, and the ground thus enclosed, laid down in grass, roots, or whatever may be deemed most suoou? lent according to Master- Bunny's tasto. The remaining portion of the larger divi- ' sibdi'bf the enclosure is 't'o be 'treated in the same manner, bat the 'Smaller space t is absolutely enclosed, whereas the larger one can be entered from the outside , throngh one or more trap doors. ; These trapdoors ara made so that a person , some hundreds of- yards off can clone ! them instantly by merely pulling on a . string or 'wire. <Tt k considered that the , rabbits, attracted by the vegetation withl in the enclosures will enter, the larger one through the trap doors, and that if a mail , suddenly closes the doors at certain hours , in the day, when the rabbits are abroad , 'feeding large numbers will bo entrapped,. , Artifioiai barrows are made from eithejr , corner, -into whioh 4t' is expected the p rabbits will bolt immediately on the '• appearance' 'bf-fanypne' ; bf " tne human i species/ and these burrows are so arranged . that once in them the rabbits oan be ! taken oat without the least difficulty. > |The arrangement iB; ayery gooajjue^and : ought, to prove invaluable adjuljetfio the „ present meanß iti vogue for the destruction i ,of onr greatest pestj The idea has been i carried into, practico on a conple of runs i "in. the, south, .with,' wa understand, the i 'most entire' 'success;,',' The splieme7.'aer> i tainly deserves : tlie careful consideration • ofthe ßa^it. Department, 7 ; . . „': : Ast ExorriNa" Accident.— The Nelson • Evening Mail of Thnrsday last says i— A most extraordinary and exciting aooi. 1 dent occurred last week to the West Ooast coach on its trip from Nelson. . There were '■ on board" at the timeMr Green the driver, the groom, Mr Conrad Saxton, Mr W. Adams, two ladies whose names we have not been able to ascertain, and a child. On reaching the Hope : river it, wm found to be flooded, bnt it was thought safe to attempt to oroas it. However, jn doing this the coaoh was washed down a 'short distance below the > catting by which the asoent from the i river bed has to be made'. : The leading ■ horse -the team was a " unioofn "—got i his fore feet on to the outting, and did i his very best to drag, the vehicle ont of i the river, but could not manage it, lost ■ hia footing, and tbe force of the water ' was so great that the -coach was swept down stern first, the water at one time being so deep that inside the coach it was within a foot of the roof. Down 1 and down the stream the vehicle 1 continued its career, amidst the screams of the women and the straggling of the < horses, until it reached a shingle bank, where it lodged, fortunately still stern first. Night was approaohing, and there were no means of escaping from the awkward predicament,- so at last the groom clambered on to the leading horse, cat him adrift, and endeavored 'to swim ashore to get to Bait's accommadation house, bnt shortly after leaving the ooaeh he and his horse were seen to roll over together, and to be washed down. Mr W. Adams then said he would, Bwim ashore, bat he too got washed down until he landed on a spit, where to his relief he found' that the groom had also been washed ashore. Here they waited the whole night expeoting every moment to see tho coaoh and its oooupants floating down and hoping that they might lie able to render assistance. The coaoh, however, with the aid of the horses, whioh were headed up the stream, and of the brake, which prevented its. being wheeled down the river by the water, retained its position, bat what the feelings of those on board, the women especially, must have been throughout that night oan be batter imagined than described. Cold, wet through, and half-drowned, there they hod to remain until the morning, when Mr Adams and the groom contrived to reach Bait's from whence, to the intense joy of those on the ooaoh, they returned with assistance, landed the passengers, and got the coaoh out. Sdoh is one of the inconveniences, not to say perils, to be occasionally met with in a New Zealand journey.

. Wodld-be Haxgmek.— Sajs a London paper of 220d September :— Upwar.ls of 1,200 applications have already been re» ceived for the post of executioner vacated by the death of Marwdod. .They have been forwarded from the Home Office and elsewhere to tbo Sheriffs of London aad Middlesex, wbo are now engaged in considering and sifting tbem so as to have a fitting man at hand to carry out the scnteuco of the law in case of need. Housßuonn Economy. -The beat way to practico household economv is moßt assuredly to pay a visit to Rankin and Ackroyd's well-known establishment, where novelities in Sprint* and. Summer Goods can be secured. Fresh' supplies are comin? in weekly. Sole Agents for Marlborough for tha Roslyn Woollen Company,' of Danedin, undoubtedly the best Woollen Faotory in the Southern Hemisphere,— tHose who have not tested the quality of the goods turned out by this Company should loose no time ia doing so. Rankin aiid Aokroyd.— [ Advt. ]