LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXI, Issue 207, 11 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Board Meetings.— The Omaka Boad Board meets to-morrow morning at half past 10 o'clock and the Wairau Ever Board at noon.

Choir Practice. —Owing to the Bazaar to-day the Ghnroh of the Nativity Choir practice has been postponed til to-morrow night.

To-HORnow's Auction. — Messrs Green and Noswoithy will auction at 2 o'clook to-morrow afternoon a quantity of cattle, horses, and carts. - ' .

.;• Saturday' Closing.— The Blenheim blacksmiths are to meet at the Masonic Hotel at ha'f past 7 o'clock to-night to consider the desirability cf Saturday afternoon olosing.

Bazaar,— The Church of England Bazaar opened this afternoon m Ewart's Ha l l. Our description of it is necessarily held over till to-morrow. It will be open to-night from six till ten o'clook.

On the Wav Path.— That renowned warrior m the battle field of debt collecting — Mr Stenhpuso— makes an ominous announcement m another column for the benefit of his debtors. He is a determined foe to people who can pay but won't pay, and looks npon them muoh as he regards rabbits. Mr Stenhouse's ultimatum is —cash up or be summoned.

Football.— The Borough School boya will play a light fifteen of the Marlbuough Club to-morrow afternoon m Seymour Square. The following will do battle for the schools :— W. Carter (captatn),.G. Carter, H. Horton, A. Farmar, W. Carey, r 0. fiodspn; R. Priddle. B. Bayley, G. Pasley, T. Pasley, P. Markman, G. Robinson, C. Simson, S. .Griffiths, and B. Robinson, Emerfienoy ; .L.Sinolalr.; ..•/'. .••■•.■'.•'■!

The Polling.— At yesterday's eleotionß 192 votes were recorded out of a possible 229 In the West Ward, 238 out of 340 m the East Ward, and 146 out of 197 m the .North Ward. So close was the canvassing" m the West Ward that it is said 'that every available voter—allowing for absentees and people ill or deadWas polled bat two. In the East Ward, on the contrary, there were no 1 less than 102 votes unaccounted for, and it is evident that a good many burgesses abstained from voting at all. This must also have been the case to some extent m the North Ward, where 51 rotps were unaccounted for, though we hear that only two of the town ratepayers did not vote.

Shooting Cats. — Mr Allen, 8.M., oooupled the Benoh this morning. Mr W. B. Parker was oharged with discharging a gun m the Grova Road od the 3rd instant without lawful excuse, and contrary to the Borough By-law. Mr Parker pleaded that he shot a wild cat which made a great noise under the house and annoyed the inmates. Sergt. White said that he had laid the iuformation m consequence of complaints having been made of firearms being discharged, and of windows having been broken. If people wanted permission to destroy oats m this way they mast get the by-law amended. Mr AUen said that unfortunately if the by-law were amended there still remained the Police Offoncou Aot whioh covered the offence mentioned m the information. Mr Parker thought it hard that wild oats, a souroe of great annoyance, could not be destroyed, Mr AUen quite sympathised- with Mr Parker, but feared that ia the present case his sporting excursion was likely to prove expensive. Defendant was fined m Is, the lowest penalty, with 17a costa, including one witness. I

Civil Cases.— Two cases of taking evidence on summonses issued at Chrißtchurch came before Mr Alleu, R.M., todiy. In the case of Kay and Carter V. Fox, claim for £*2 7a 10d, tlie evidence of Mr T. U. Hanua, Wa3 taken for the plaintiff. Mr Rogers Appeared m support of the v'.tiim, which was a diqpnted coal acoOnbt of. ho local interest. Iv the case of R. McQlenighan v. R. Kilpatrick the claim was for £12 17s Gd, balance of £H 17s 6d agreed to be paid for an Otto gas engine sold to defendant, as agent for ' Messrs Brace and McKenzie. Mr MoNab appeared for the defendant. The evidence of Mr Kilpatrick, Mr John Hornby, Mr Henry Redwood, Mr Fairweather, Mr Muir, and Mr Thomas Powiok was given to show that the engine was not accord : ug to contract, the defendant Btating that he intended to bring an an action aga ; nat the plaintiff for the £35 he had already paid him end for damages sustained by breach of contract. Defendant had had to pay £25 to Messrs Brace and M'Keozie for damages throngh the engine not being according to agreement. The evidence of the experts ahewad that the fly-wheels, piston, racking, and brasses, were all broken or out of order, and that the engine, even if an Otto at all, was of a very old type, and bad been used as long as it could be possibly worked, and was useless and dangerous. The evidence m both the above cases will be transmittei to Christchurch,

Twin Foais.— Mr Herry Redwood's thoroughbred mare Awitea dropped twin foals at Spring Creek this morning. One is dead and the other not expeoted to survive. It is a curious oironmstanoe that for twenty years past at least one of Mr Redwood's mares have dropped twin foals every year, thongh all the offspring invariably die m infancy. Considering that Mr Redwood has owned about 15 brood mares per year this average of twins is very high as compared with studs m tho Home Country, where the average is said not to exceed one case m a thousand. One mare of Mr Redwood's threw twin foals five years m succession.

Gordon on Dinner-Parties.— The late General Gordon seems to have had a horror of "Suoiety" conventionalities. In hig Diary he saya :— I must say I hate our diplomatists. I dwell on the joy of never seeing Great Britain again, with its horrid, wearisome dinner parties and miseries. How we can put np with those things passes my imagination. It is a perfect bondage. At those dinner-parties we are all m masks, saying what we do not believe, eating and drinking things we do not want, and then abusing one another. I would sooner live like a dervish with the Mahdi than to go out to a dinner every night m London. I hops if any English general comes to Khartoum he will not ask me to dinner. Why men cannot be friends without bringing their wretched stomachs m is astounding,

! Thb Eclipse.— The Wellington Evening Press says that just as the eclipse was at its totality, a sudden squall Btrack the Mahiuapas while Bhe was m the Straits, and carried away her topmast and all top riggings. Fortunately .no serious damage was done,

A Grbat. Difference, — Gordon's '•Journals at Khartoum," which are published m England for one guinea, are issued m America from advance sheets, and therefore, by consent of the English publishers, at two dollars (8a).

. Social Pietx.— A "Churchmen's Club," with' tbe Bishop end Dean at the head of it, has be formed at Cbristohurcb. Cards, chess, draughts, dominoes, and a piano have been provided, with Saturday popular concerts m the smoking room. The Committee are considering the desirability of opening the affair on Sundays, and it has been decided to have a room for ladies when the funds will permit.

Our Native Laws.— ln the Wellington Supreme Court on Wednesday, Mr Justice Richmond, after the delivery of a lengthy judgment on questions of Native land, infancy and joint tenaoy, teeming with references to Coke and other early conpilers of the English common law, concluded as follows : — " lam sorry to have been compelled to dincnss at suoh length topics whioh would have better suited a law court m the reign of one, of the first Edwards. The ill-advised issue of Crown grants oreating joint tenancy m large bodies of I Natives, including women and children, the las practices of Native agents, and the rapaoity.of speculators m Native land, I have combined, m this and similar ewes, to take us baok to the law of the Yearbooks, and to the time 3of the Plantagenets."

Spring goods consisting -of Beaded Ottoman Silk Capes and Dolmans.Aprons. Collarette, Dress Gaps &0., Feathers and Flowers m all the latest novelties. A splendid variety of all tha newest washing materials m Check, Ginghams, Spot and Tuft Sateens, Printed Repps and Jeans, Fanoy Dress materials, Berber Spots, Berges, Cashmeres &c, Oriental Laoe and colored Embroidery m great variety, An early inspection solicited.— Siulr and Has, London House,— Mvt.

The bad and wobthlesß are never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially trne of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. . As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuabb family medicine on eartb, many imitations sprung up and began to steal notices m which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and m every ; way trying to induce suffering invalids to .use their stuff instead, expeoting to make 'money on the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up m similar style to H 8., with variously devised names m which tho word "Hop" or "Hops" were used m a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or oures, do matter what their .style or name is, and especially those with the word "Hop" or "Hops" m their name or m any way conneoted with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label, and D. Soule'a name blown m the glasß Trust nothing else. Druggists and Chemists are warned apainst dealing .m imitations or counterfeits,

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