LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 235, 16 October 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

* Potatoes. —In Rangiora potatoes are being given away for nothing to any one. who will remove them. Even sixpence a sack is unprocurable for good samples. Auckland Crops. — The crops m the Auckland district are said to be extremely promising. A Happy- Man. —A litigant m the Woodville R.M. Court is said to be the happy recipient of about 160 summonses per annum. Fbozen Bebp. — A Queensland freezing firm is said to have discovered that beef frozen with the hide on, and skinned after thawing, preserves its natural' colour and appearance. : Sevhnth Da* Adventists.— An advertise- j ment m this issue direots attention to j services to be held by Pnstor Israel at the ! Good Templars' Hall on Saturday and Sunday. ".'.' V Ikset. — Mr W. Carr, ironmonger, publishes an inset with to night's Express, re Wright's gas stores, the nevr illuminant : Luxene, and kerosene whioh he is selling at low rates. The Weather.— Captain Edwin reports at 12 p.m : — Indications strong north- west to west and south winds with rain and glass rising within next 12 hours. Gabdek Party, —Attention is directed to I the Garden Party to be held at Mr Girling's this evening, when the Garrison Band will 1 render its assistance. .; Auction Sa"Le. — Messr3 Green and Nosworthy have an important sale to-morrow at their auction rooms, when land and interest m a deed of settlement m the estate of W. E. Simmonds will be put up,, and also a good lot of pigs, etc. A Good Price. — The Timaru Herald is informed that out of a line of wheat shipped Home by, Mr E. T. Rhodes m the Rial to from Timaru, 115 quarters realised 46s 6d per quarter, said to be the highest price obtained for New Zealand wheat for. some years. • " ■ 'h : - ' ■ A Patent. — Mr R. Millis,- machinist .at the Dunedin Evening Star,.ha3 applied for a patent for his invention for making blockbottom paper bags. Mr Millis has already greatly improved the printing machinery he is m chargevof, and deserves success for his^ new invention. ■'-. v.• Mi Service of Song.— The rehearsals for the "Musical Miller" service of song >which takes place on Thursday, evening next areprogressing apace, and the last held agree? . ably surprised the Archdeacon. The service will be rehearsed finally on Wednesday evening. Looking over the words and music we should take thtm to be capable of being produced with considerable effect. Marlborough Mounted Rifles. — A very successful parade of this corps was held at Spring Creek last night, when some U3eful drill was put m. The site of the camp for the week's drill next month has not yet been fixed on, but we believe it will be close to town. Those who have not been measured for their uniforms should lose no time m doing so, or otherwise the Clothing Factory will not be able to complete the order. . Rowing Club. — The most energetic of the members of tbe Rowing Club are sparing no efforts to make the opening ceremonies of the season to-morrow attractive. The President of the Club, Mr H. Dodson, will make a few remarks and declare the season open, all the boats > will be. m requisition,^ and a procession will be formed as usual. Those who have been booked for seats m the various boats are requested to be at the sheds at 2.30 sharp. We are asked to state that entries for the pair- oared race close on Monday night. Rabbitskins. — The latest Dunedin report ie as follows :— Rabbitskins. — These continue m good demand, and prices for the few prime winter skins still coming to hand are firm, while for off season skins prices vary considerably. Prices, all round were fully up to those Jately ruling— quality considered. Quotations for best winter does. Is 5Jd to Is 6d— extra prime a shade more ; best do bucks, Is 8d to Is s£d ; medium to good, Is 2d to Is 4£d ; inferior, 8d to Is Id ; suckers and half grown, 3d to 6"d ; black and fawn, best, Is to Is Id ; medium, 6d to lOd per Ib. <& R.M. Codrt.— At the R.M. Court to-day there was not a great deal of business. Dodson and Co. v. H. C. Smith, £10, unlawful detention of property ; judgment, which had been reserved, was delivered ; plaintiff nonsuited with costs, 333 6d. Adams and Son v. E. Bray, £2 6s 2d ; judgment by default with costs 6s. G. McKay and T. W. McKay v. Mary Ransom, £27 6s # Mr Roger 3 appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Sinclair for the defence. This was a claim for interest on purchase money, which was disputed only on technical grounds, the agreement between the parties not having been signed by T. W. McKay, who is heir-at-law under his father's will. George McKay sued as one of the executors. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs £3 17s. Awarua Cricket Club.— A general meeting of the Awarua Cricket Club was held at the Junction Hotel on the 12th October to decide whether they should join the Marlborough Cricketers' Association, and judging by the number of cricketers that rolled up great interest was taken m the game at Spring Creek, several members having come from Blenheim and Renwick. Mr F. G. Reynolds was voted to the chair, and after some discussion it was proposed by Mr Corder and seconded by Mr W. Fuller that the Awarua Cricket Club stand out of the Association. It was also proposed as an amendment by Mr W. Matthews, and seconded by Mr W. Houldsworth, that the, meeting elect delegates to attend the Association, and not to withdraw but give it a fair trial for another year. On the amendment being put to the meeting it was rojectod by about ten to six. Oil Paintings.— The shop formerly occupied by Mr Penney is at present given over to an art collection, Mr C. Blomfield, the Auckland artist, having adorned the walls with a large number of paintings illustrating the scenery of the West Coast, the overland road to Christchurch, Nelson, the Southern Alps and their glaciers, and the Pelovus district. These pictures are for sale, and we can recommend an inspection of their merits. Mr Blomfield has the unusual gift of being able to get more detail into a picture at one sketch than most artists can get m half a dozen visits. The coloring is all true to nature, and no one who has visited. hi 3 studios will deny that the' paintings are a faithful reflex of some of the most beautiful of our New Zealand scenery,

Colonial Congregationalists. — According to Dr Jeffreis, m the Australian Independent, the colonies did not greatly distinguish themselves at the International Congregational Council. " Neither Canada nor Australia (he writes) was well placed on the programme. We who know the Australian men cannot but feel disappointed that they had not a fair chance of showing their ability and worth. Bevan loomed large m a number of lesser and prominent duties, which were well discharged, but he gave little taste of his higher quality. Gosman and Eoseby and Toms are picked men m a multitude, and Kirby and Manthorpe have wrought well m the South, • but they had no elbow room m the Council. Roseby's paper was very clever, but to base the obligation of tho Lord's Day on the law of wages elicited no response, even when endorsed by Bevan m the best speech he made. Mullens read a good paper, too quiet and modest to create a stir." New Steamess. — The London correspon dent of the Dunedin Star writing on 21st August says :— The vessels for Messrs Huddart and Parker's new venture aro to be built by Messrs Swan and Hunter, who have already commenced the construction of the first two. So far as safety, speed, and comEort, the new vessels will be a distinct advance on anything plying m the Australasian coastal trade at the present time. Refrigerators will be fitted as completely as though the ships were trading to Europe; while the electric lighting, &c, will be of the conapletest and most modern description. The new company will initiate a fortnightly service to aDd from Sydney and Molbourne via West Coast of New Zea- ! land, the Bluff, Hobart, &a. The service will be turned into a weekly ons as soon as the trade demands it. Mr Jame3 Huddart, who represents the firm m England, tells me that the company will be prepared "to meet all the legitimate demands of a second service by building steamers for tho local trade of New Zealand to act as feeders and otherwise. Mr Huddart has the nucleus of an influential financial syndicate round him, but considers that to thoroughly popularise the movement shares must be offered to those who can do most to forward the company's interests. Tho first issuo will be placed on precisely the same footing as tho promoting syndicate. TnE iNTERBEGNUai AT THE VATICAN. — The duty of verifying the death of a Pope falls upon the Cardinal Camerlengo or Chamberlain, and he does this by visiting the chamber of death, striking the Pope on the fore head with a silver mallet, and calling upon him by name. It is not till this is don?, and till the Pope has been officially and m set form certified to be truly dead, that the great bell of the Capital is tolled to announce to the Romans that they are Popeless, and that the Supremo authority of the city has passed to the College of Cardinals and their marshal. Such of the cardinals as happen to bo m Rome are at once summoned together, and notices are sent to those at a distance. The Maestro di Camera delivers the Fisherman's ring to the Camerlengo, or Chamberlain of the Vatican, and it is formally broken before the assembled cardinals; coins are struck bearing the arms of the Camerlengo, ;'seac -vacante. ; and the Camerlengo, taking possess : on of the Vatican and its treasures, consigns the corpse of the Holy Father to the penitentiaries of the Vatioan Basilica for interment. Rbportbrs not Savable. — We are glad to see (says the Christchurch Press) that General Booth takes a lenient vi«w regarding the probable future of newspaper men. After being interviewed at some length by a representative of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, he at length remarked that he thought the interviewer " had had a very good innings," and that he had no more to. say. "Unless we ask the reporter whether he's saved," suggested his private secretary Colonel Nicul. "Oh no said tho •General— " no, no good ; can't be done. These reporters they work so much they haven't got- time to be saved. Why they ■ work on .S.undaye ! It is a question with some people whether reporters have got souls at all. It is now two o'clock. Sir, I wish; you a very good afternoon." General Booth ia^an authority on these matters, and no doubt the reporter felt much obliged to him for not agreeing to his secretary's .suggestion. Will the General's explanation be endorsedwe wonder. • -Gebms ih Water.— One teaspoonfnl of -Condy's fluid, dropped slowly into every gallon of drinking water is the beat known oxidiser of organic" ma 1 , trr. 1 make my own Coady, to save expeuse: it is merely five grains permanganate of potash to each fluid ounce of distilled water. I am never without it m .my4ravsls. I sojourned at Port :Louis, Mauritius^, for a month, when the deaths from typhus fever were two to three 'hundred' daily." I never was once ill. Not -adrop.of liquid,' even to the hotel claret, i r passed ray lips without the addition of 11 Coridy. " Strange to say, a leading Frenoh chemist of the island was ignorant of its qualities, and when I purchased my permanganate a great sealed jar was brought out of, a store room, and, as he .told me, had never been inquired for ! You may drink ditch watsr m half an hour after this treatment, and it will be sweet and wholesome too ; and if you wish to know the constituent matter of the brown deposit which rapidly subsides, a little chemical knowledge will tell you its nature, aud the percentage of grains to the gallon (four or five is considered a large return). Tbe color and flavor of the water thus treated rapidly becomes natural after exposure to the air, and quite crystal and pure. — Herald of Health. . Customers measured up to the sth October can have their orders by calling at the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Branch Blenheim. The firm are doing the business as i^very mail brings a parcel of special moasures, and the New Zealand Clothing Factory's measured suits cannot be beaten either for finish'or Btyle. We have inspected a large parcel of Suits made to order by the Northern plothing and Drapery Company, and judging by the styla, fit, and excellence of patterns the wonderful increase of their business m this Department is not to be wondered at. If you want something really nice, stylish, and good m a suit to measure we recom-" mend you to "go to the Northern Clothing andDraDery Company, were you can get a splendid" fit, and the biggest range of patterns at the lowest price m Blenheim.' Every suit guaranteed to fit.— Advt. ' . " We are opening up our first direct ship ments of Spring and Summer novelties, millinery, Bonnets, Straw Hats, Flowers m all the latest fashions. A:, large assortment of new Laces, Ribbons, white and colored Emroideries, Ladies' and Children? Gloves m greater varity. We call special attention to our cash prices, and invited inspection of the same. — Shale & Hay, London House.