BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXX, Issue 79, 5 April 1894, Page 2

BRIEF MENTION.

« A btbamhr has been despatched along the Napier ooast to make a thorough aearoh for Bucvivora aad wreckage of the schooner Greoian Bend and Ketch Agnes Martin. The annual Conference of the New Zealand Alliance opened m Wellington on Wednesday. Government auditors are to be appointed to report on the condition of all banks wbioh availed themselves of the New South Wales Bank Issue Act. Mr Wigram, a Conservative, has bean elected for the Rom ford Division, Euez. Reduction of lioeasea fit Ashburton has bean decided by the casting vote of the returning officer to be carried. As soon as poor old Mr Marsh heard his daughter-in law had been burnt to death at Oxford (Canterbury) he said, " Ah, well, I'll go and see her to-morrow." H« died next day. Dunedia Salvation Army are disregarding the new by-law, and hold meetings sightly m the streets. A Rtusian alleged scientist says that all diseases m man are due to the faot that he wears clothes. A British navy gun will fire a 100-ponad projectile four miles with such rapidity that four of them will be m the air at tho tame time. Mrs Craik : " I look so well m black that it seams almost a pity you can never live to enjoy eeeinf; me wear it." Craik (cheerfully) : " Doa't worry about that, ray dear ; I expect to outlivo your mother " According to Eng'ult law when a man dies his widow cannot take posiesiioo of the property he leaves without beooming liable to pay hi 9 debts, to far as that property will pay them. A Hawke's Bay orickoter, canoeing up the river (says Truth), said ha would shew soma of the Canterbury men how t» row. With that he let out, iuiaaed his paddle, and went head foremost ovor the side. When last seen lm was up to the n»ok m the Avon, but his pips was still m the sane j aw. Magistrate O'Googhan . " Hav'n't you been befar mo befar?" Astute Prisoner: " No, y'r honor, I never saw but one face that looked like yours, an 1 that wa3 a photograph of an Irish king." Magistrate: " Discharged ! Call th' nixt case." Bishop Julius touchod the kernel of the distress m Chri3tchurcu the other night when ho said that what wa3 required was not a lot of elaborate discussion on the unemployed question m its abstract sanse, but immediate steps and energetic aotion to relieve the suffering now at our very doors. Says Aianawatu Farmer : —A Mr McLaren waa shifting hit furniture to Feildiog, and his wife and child rods on top of the load. Near Colyton, on going up the hill, tho load provtd too much for tho horso, and it was drawn back. Result— Trap went ovor bauk, mother and child came down, furniture was tilted over a fence into a ploughed riald The tilt lifted tho horse off his legs, but it was too much for the harness, and he went through it. No great damage was dona. AsoTHEn lot of those famous ladies' ulaters, with very doap detached capps, at 16 j Gd' honestly worth 32s (id. Wo are famous for our dre3S stuffs. All-wool double-width at Is, Is 3d, and Is Gd a yard, or Gi, 7s Gd, and [)j tho full drese ; honestly worth three times the price. Another lot of the celebrated silver cut'ery, all made by Christopher Johnson & Co. Tea spoons 3d each, usual prioo Is ; dessert spoons, Is each, usual price, 23 Gd ; white riveted handle tablo knives, Is ; dessert knives, 9d ; table forks, Is 3d; dessert forks, la. — At R. Allan's, New and second hand Furniture for sale, cheap ; also several lines of Drapery and Clothing. Sewing Machines from 10s each on sale or hire. One Tip Dray for sale or exchange. Washing Mauhinos, Meat Safes, Chiffoniers, 2 Chests of Drawors, 2 Stoves, 1 Range, 3 Guns, Books and Fanoy Geods. M. Shale, Wairau Store.