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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 235, 16 October 1891, Page 3

MEMS.

-$ - Accobding to the Dunedin Star Messrs Larnach and Loughrey do not think three guineas a dsy sufficient for their services on the Pnblio Trust Commission and legal proceedings will ensue. It is reported that the Prince of Wales, Emperor William of Germany, and the Shah of Persia all seriously contemplate visiting the World's Fair m 189-3. A Rakaia farmer is applying for a patent for a " steamer for improving the condition of stacks about to be cut into chaff." ' / The Southern Standard give 3 as an ondit that Sir Robert Stout, will contest the Matanra seat at next election should ihe Hon Mr Richardson stand. , ■ A Wairarapa paper says a rabbit can jump nine clear feet on level ground. It does not say whether this is m height, but if so it is a wonder the wire netting keeps them m. Mr Sandford, the Liberal nominee for the Christchurch seal, is a printer, a trades unionist, and a teetotaller. Mr Smith, his Conservative opponent, is also a teetotaller, and a local preacher. Calculations show that North Canterbury farmers lose by potatoes this season between ?■ £8000 and £9000. - An Otago parson tried to,take up a collection at a Sunday afternoon funeral, but the crowd vanished too quickly. The Evening Press says that Party Government " is the only practicable Government for anything like a large community of free men." Mr Lake, the new M.H.R. for Waikato, ". was educated at Oxford, and was engaged farming on an extensive scale prior to coming to New Zealand. Oamaru Harbor Board bonds have fallen 2 per cent. * ] Westgarth says the colpnies must borrow no more for some years if securities are to maintain their prices, ' . It is expected that Mrs W. H. Smith will be 'created a peeress m her. own right; 1 Mr Ballance is to address the Knights of Labor at Woodville on the 9th of November. The hull of the Wanaka has been sold for £10 as it lies. According to the Post, it is absurd to expect Bishop Hadfield to be influenced by \ any amount of argument or logic once he has taken an idea into his head. It has often puzzled us why Episcopalians put up with his autocratic rulings. Recently he vetoed a proposal, for which nearly all the clergy and laity were m favour, and the motion was lost. Poxton is improving daily. ■ 762 fewer electors voted for Mr Sandford than for "Sydenham" Taylor, which, if comparisons are possible, does not say much , for the new member. Christie Murray's " Chums" when staged at the Globe Theatre m London was not "^ very successful. __....'•, Political rumors are thick just now. The Evening Press says Mr Buckley is to go Home m the Edwa'ds case and then be sent' v to~ the Chicago Exhibition as Commissioner. This is the latest by " Puff" m the Evening Press : — 11 The Governor is m cloyer I Is he ? I thought be was m Cbristchurch 1 So he is, it's the same thing— took his whole circus down to enjoy society m the ] City of the Cathedral ! Eight horses and sixty tons of properties ! The Christchurch folks appreciate it — they've made him honorary Colonel of the , 0.T.C.! ' Such toadyism is eyening !" D'ye see it? Captain Coleman is now drilling the North Otago Mounted Rifles, who by the way havo donned the Kbarkee uniform. Say 3 the Sydney Bulletin : — The Tongan Parliament has abolished all legal redress for debt. In that favored land, there are , now no more bills or P.N's or I.O.TJ's for they are waste paper, every one. If any. , body lets anybody else have tick he must trust to Providence for cash. There are no more time-payment pianos or sewing machines, or cheap instalment furniture, or drinks chalked up; and nobody can go bankrupt, for to go under the new law nobody can owe anything m Tonga. It is a good and wise device, and the white man should go and do likewise.