BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 206, 22 August 1893, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

♦ Sib Geobge Gbey, though muoh batter, is still nnabie to go to Wellington to attend to bis Parliamentary daties. The Auckland Trotting Club are m fnnds. Their profits iast year amounted to £237, and they now have a balance m hand of £800. At a large Temperance meeting m Auckland, a resolution was proposed disapproving of several clauses m the Liquor Control Bill, and more especially Section 15, twothirds of the electors on the roll being, m their opinion, the lowest fair majoritj. The Victorian Baoing Club loat £14,000 last season. Such is the ridioulous low price of wheat is the Old Country thai the 41b loaf is now Bold at 2£d. The prison at Timaru has been practically empty for over a month now. This is said to be the longest spell of light work the keeper has ever had. A mas was picked np the other day m a Hapiar street drank with between eight and nina pounds oa him. This was not his only usat, as he had a good black eye. The route from England to India is ■town with treasure, owing to tho many shipping disasters. An industrious statistician reckons that fully £300 000,000 woith «f gold and jewels lie 3 at the bottom of the •ea on that /requested way. The Auckland Star, speaking of tha telegrams of congratulations from the natives to Mr Cadman, mentions ono from Mr Pirani, of Palmarstoß North. And such is iane. This paragraph is culled from the Young - la&ss' Journal:— ln New Zealand the comet method of eating strawberries iB with pepper. The champion swimmer of Great Britain (J. BtraUan\ intends becoming a colonist of Haw Zealand. He arrived at Auckland the other day. This is Max O'Rell's idea of the " type of ideal beauty" Take— The hair of a Hindoo, The nose of a Greek, The mouth of the English, The complexion of a German, The height of a Norwegian, The feet of a CbineFe woman, The teeth of an African, The arm of a Belgian, The leg of an ItaliaD girl, The eye of a Spaniard, The grace of a Frenchwoman, And yon will have a typical Venus. Football Social.— Ladieß wanting dresses should have b look at the beautiful selections we are showing m all the fashionable ball costumes m cardinal, salmon, light blue, pink, black, cream, light green, and white, ranging from 6d a yard up. We can confidently say they ara selling at half price. Also a choice lot of eilk handkerchiefs m all shadeß, a really splendid line at Is each, lusual prica 4s 6d. A grand display of «vening wool shawls m ell ensiles. Ladies be sure and Eec them, they are selling at half price. — B. Allan, Market Street. Mahomet baid — " The ink of the wise is ■worth more than the blood of martyra." Perhaps all do not agree with this ; but everyone acknowledges that Cbease's aI. Coffee when once tried is always nssd. Not to Know is Not to Have, bat ones - hwmag used Sun Baking Powdeb you will never be without it, for it is the best m tha market, both for purity and price. Sold everywhere. To Ovebcosie Weakness. — Pepper s Quinine and Iron Tonic givea New Life Appetite, Health, Strength, and Energy, •cjrea Indigestion, Nervous Debility, and Neuralgia. — Half-crown bottles. Every*where. Insist oa having Peppeb'b. A toilet luxury m every respect, Ayer c Hair Vigor never fails to restore the youth. £ul freshness to faded and grey hair