BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXX, Issue 82, 9 April 1894, Page 2

BRIEF MENTION.

+ Glorious autumn weather. Great rumpus aloft to-day. "Charlie" Hago is sinking Bacred 10101 at Band «y oonoertß m Wellington. Imagine "Calvary" or "Nazareth" from soon a gaah. The Bank of Australasia is 6a ; d to have more money than it can profitably invest. This way please. Three foreign Jews who reosntly attempted to swindle several firrai m Auckland hate been sentenced to six months imprisonment. Two shed tsarß, and the other thanked the Judge for his lenisncy. Nelson races on Wednesday. Good sport expected. A sneak thief at Masterton stole the hospital contribution box from the Prince of Wales hotel. Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H.R , is seriously ill. Among recent applications for patents are two for improved processes of dressing New Zealand flax, one made by a Wellington law clerk, the other by an accountant at Hawera. The inimitable " Johnny Foley,' is at present entertaining the Hobart folk with his "Life's Looking Glas3." Mr Hale, nurseryman, of Nelson, intends establishing a nursery at Mantertoa. A Naval Brigade veteran named Stapple, who was one of the few aarvivors of the orew of H.M.B. Orpheus, wrecked on the Manukaa bar, New Zealand, many years ago, has jait parsed away. The Wyndham Dairy Company intends " building" a half ton cheeße fer the wintsr show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Sooiety. William Henry Hayea, cirous proprietor, was adjudged bankrupt m Wellington on Friday, upon his own petition. The Rev Mr Taj lor, a recent arrival from England, reports that while travelling between Picton and Nelson, be was robbed of his parse, containing £28. An irate eleotor m the Bangitikei only wrote en the local option paper a big bad word of four letters. Scott, the missing witness m the Ardlamont murder-trial, informed the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette that m order to put an end to bis existence as an outlaw, he went to Scotland Yard, but m the absence of a warrant the Inspector refused to take him into custody. Brigga : " Why, don't you ever have any trouble m meeting yonr bills?" Spriggs: " Trouble ? Not a bit of it. I meet 'em everywhere I go." A gunner m the Napier Navals wrote a rather strong letter to bia oaptain the other day, pointing out bis (the skipper's) duty, and saying other things whioh the officers of the Garrison think highly improper. There will be a row. There is no victory poßsible without humility and magnanimity, and no magnanimity or humility possible without an ideal : and there is not one who has not heard the call m bis own heart to put aside all evil habits, and to live a brave, simple, truthful life.— Thomas Hughes. A very ancient flint instrument, 4£ialooff by 2£in wide, strongly resembling the type of stone instruments used formerly by the Maoris for cutting notches m the stem of a tree to facilitate ascent, has just been found m a cave at Mentone, (England), together with several pre-historio skeletons and bones of elephants and mammoths. Mr J. H. Clajton, who leaves Danevirko for Blenheim, where he assumes the proprietorship of the Marlborcugh Times, was made the reoipient of a handsome silver chronograph stop watch, which is so constructed as to indicate the time of any two horses or competitors m the came race. The name of Thomas Perriman was oalled on at the Masterton Police Conrt one morning last week m connection with a charge of "having no vi ible means of support." The old man did not appear. Called to a higher bar. Dead. On a recent Saturday tho 7400 workmen of Portsmouth Dockyard drew m wages £11 000, or an average of 30 j each. This is the highest amount that has ever been paid, with the exception of two occasions when, after the passage of the Naval Defence Aot, ships were want'd m a hurry. A handsome granite tombstone will shortly be ereotad over tho grave of the late Mr Sam Powell. The verse at the foot of the stone is very appropriate, and reads as follows :— Hit last start's made, a farewell call From home and friends below • No dwelling st the post at all ' When luußontd henoe to go,