LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXX, Issue 109, 10 May 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Bdroess Lists.— A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held en Tuesday next, to eertify to the bargesa lists,

Mektih*. - The members of the Licensed ViotualUrs' Association will hold a meeting at 8 o'eloek this evening, at the If arlborough Hotel.

Elbotiok.— Mr Thomas Carter has been deelsrsd elcoted to represent the Wairau Valley, and Wna. Avery and G. T- Seymour, the districts of Fair hall and Waihopai, respectively, on the Wairau Road Beard.

This Tbmperatobk. — Inveroargill and Nelson 48-, and Blenheim 44 were the lowest reading* throughout the Colony at 9 o'clock this morning; Thames 62', and Auakland 59', being the highest.

Licishsihg.— Mr John Miin, who is well Known in the district, will apply at the next sittings of the Licensing Cemraittee far the istne of a lioense to him, fer the ceaduot of the Cernmeroial Hetel, Grove Road.

MBTEcaoLoaiOAL. — Captain Edwin wired at 12.5 p.m.:— "North te east and sooth east gale with heavy rain within ten hoars from now ; glass fall again soon ; indications for floods and very high tides."

Poultry Association —The adjourned meeting will be held this evening st 8 e'aloek at the Masonio Hotel, when the subcommittee's suggestions will be put forward and other matters of interest disoussed.

Pbobatb. — In Chambers this morning, by Mr Alien, acting for the Judge, probate ef the last will and testament of the late Neil Keis, of Springlands, was granted to John Watsen. The estate was sworn under £100.

BiiBNHBiM Riflbs. — The uaoal weekly parade of the company takes place at the Drill shed this owning at 7.30. A mooting ef the shooting aomaitiee to allocate the number of priass for the htlf-yearly o'ompetition to be hnld oa t'>e Queen's Birthday will be held at 8 o'clock. A letter f ram the secretary of the City Rifles will also be eensidered re amalgamating the Martini class. Hobse Clothß.— Wo inspeoted to-day ■orae gaed horse cloths at Mr D. Borne 1 saddlery premiioi is Market Street Nerth. The material aied ii the very beit, and in the manafaoture no fault can be found — in short, the elotht aro tuoh that would please to the atmost both the hone owner, and the noble squiaa for whom a covering, daring the present meteorological frigidity, is absolutely necessary. Couldn't Urdkrtakb it.— On Saturday (says the Palraerston Times) the charitable - aid officer was interviewed by a m»a who presented a prescription and requested an i order en the chemist to supply him with nedioine. In answer to enquiries the sof (erer said ke wai Buffering from a severe attack of " ao«te aloohelism." The charitable aid efficsr said the Board did not undertake the oire of such oases.

Rival Companies.— The fight between the Huddart- Parker line and the Union Company fer the Australian passenger traffic is evidently te the death. The latter have fixed their passenger rates by the steamers leaving Aaokland this week as follows;— By the Mararea en Tueiday— £2 saloon, >£l steerage ; by the Manapoari on Wednesday, £1 10s and 15i. At this rate the company will scon be offering money payments to passengers to travel by their boats.

Samoa.—" One who has traded among the Islands" writoß to a contemporary as follows ■n the proposed annexation of Samoa by New Zealand : — What do we want ts mix up in native quarrels fifteen hundred miles away for ? The land is no good to as ; the natives live on tropioal produce, and want ■ex* to nothing from us. We have no army or navy to suppress a native war. If we had a navy, we would probably lose it in one of the periodical hurricanes. We have not ihe money to spare, or our unemployed would have more to do ; and sorely w* don't want to go to war, to shed blood, with a people nearly as numerous as ourselves.

Thb Fox Commission.— The Fox Correspondence Commission eontinued its sittings yesterday. The first witness examined was Mr Geo. Humphries, of the Press Association, who testified as to having sent out the pr6cit of the correspondence as it appeared in the Evening Post. Like other witnesses, he wan examined, as to any private conver oation* ha might have bad with Mr E. T. Gillon or Mr E. D. Heben on the subject of ihe publication of the letters. At noon Mr Hoben was duly called, the oonßtabla on duty reporting " bo appearance," and at 2 o'clock a similar ceremony was gone through in respect of Mr Gillon At 3 p.m. Mr J. R. Gibbons, of the Eveaiog Post staff, wsb oalled, and testified that he bad no know ledge of the source from which the letters were obtained. It is understood the Commission will also take evidenoe in Auoklaad.

Wosl and Wheat. — The New Zealand Land Association, Limited, is in receipt of the following cable from its London office, dated 9th May, 1894:— Wool.— Sinoe clese of last sales the following descriptions are par ts £d per lb lower : Greasy and washed merino medium and inferior, ooaraa greasy aad washed orose-bred, greasy merino lambs medium and inferior, and scoured merino super. The following are id per lb lower: Fine greasy and scoured oross-bred, medians greasy washed cross bred, and scoured eroas-bred, and sooured merino medium and inferior. Other descriptions are unchanged. Competition by both Home and foreiga buyers is fairly aotive. Up to date 66,000 bales have been sold, and 6000 bales withdrawn. Wheat.— The market is very weak. New Zealand wheat, average and long-berried are worth 25s and 26s per 4961b5, and f.i.q. is worth o.i.f. to arrive 23a 9d per 4801bs.

Field Trial.— A trial of one of Reid and Gray's seven-tined all steel cultivators will take pUca oa Monday next, at Mr R. 0. Jordan's farm on the Middle Ranwiok road. It is olaimed that, from the principle of their conatruetion— the tinea (or teeth) being placed diagonally and each fixed on a separate poat— these machines are much stronger and yet have a lighter draught thaa the erdinary construction. There is a powerful laverage, and the parallel movement is effootive bat simple. One of Stanford's patent Rotary Harrows will also be shown at work. This implement is claimed as being a superior oonßtruotion for the cleaning of foul land, effectively eradicating ceuoh grass md other weeds, and also performing {good work aa a clod-crusher and leveller.

i?iBB. — At about 3 o'olook this afterm OB the town bells sounded an alarm, the firs being at a five roomed houpe in Elibam Road, and be onging to Mr A Rogers. The building was gutted, but the whale of the household effects were eaved. The place was insured in the Commercial Union Oilice (Jehn Holmes and Go.) for £100.

Thb Btdney Mabkbts. — The latest Sydney quotations are:— Wheat, chick, 2a 4d to 2b 5d ; milling 2s 9d. Ftonr, roller, £7 10a to £8. Oats, qaiet ; bright heavy feeding, 2* Id te 2s 2d; bo-t seed, scarce, 2a 6d. Maize, prime, dull ; Is 10-1. Barley Gape, 2i lid to 39 B an, 7£d. Pollard, 7d. Peas, Prussian blue, 2s 94 to 3s 6d. Potatoes, local. £1 15b to £2 12a 6d ; circular heads, £3 to £3 ss. Onions, £7 10 . Butter, dairy, 6Jd ; factory, BJd. Cheese 3Jd. Bacon, 6}.

Journalistic— Tha New Zealand Times, ooßttßtmiog apoH the refusal of the editor of the Post to appear before (he Fox Commission, makes the fallowing remarks, with which we entirely agree:— "The stand taken by Mr Gilloa, editor of the Evening Pott, is worthy of hia position as President of the New Zealand Journalists' Institute. With the remarks he has thought proper to make about the Government we have no sympathy whatever. The Government aot ealy had every right to institute this enquiry, but it was their duty to take steps to diioover how a confidential daoumeat came to ftad a place in the columns of a nawspaper. Bat we will not pursue any controversy at present on that aubjuot. Oar object ii to sattain a brother journalist who il head of the Institute ia his very proper refuial to do a dishonorable thing. He has, as he reminds the Comiaistioner, and as all his fellow-jeornalists know w«U, taken the same stand in the Sapreme Court. It was one of the reasons for his unanimous elsotioa te the presidency by the members of the Institute. He has, we observe, assure* the Commissioner that there was atthing dishonorable ia the manner is which the information was obtaiaad. Tnat assaranoa we accept without reserve. In conclusion, wa compliment him on th« stand he has taken, and the example of fidelity he has given to the profession of whieh he is one of the oldest members. Ne journalist would under the circumstances ;ve aoted differently." Obituary.— The news of the sudden and anaxpaoted death of Mr Garrett Barry, resident at Redweedtown, and an old and respeoted resident »f Blenheim, will be reoeived with general regret and surprise. The droimstftnoea are unusual and painful, deoeased baing found dead in bed last night at about 11 o'olook by hia wife, when Bhe endeavored to arouae him to attend to one of the ohildren. The cause of death is heart disease. Mr Barry retired during the evening in his usual spirits and health; had bsen seen about the town during the day ; and, in fact, had not complained at all lately in regard to hia health. Deoeased had resided ia Blenheim for some SO years, and during that time passes -ed the respect of all with whom be had eame in contact. He oame from County Kerry, in Ireland, aad arrived ia Nelson in 1859. b9»ng met there by Mr John Armstrong, sen. After living in the Waimea for s short time he came to Blenheim, and has resided here ever since with the exesption ef a short period when he oooupied the Maitai Hotel in Nelson. Some twenty years ago he, witb Mr Humphrey O'Leary, of Redwoodtown, conducted the old Marlboreugh Hotel for som« time, and since then he had oarried on a dairying industry at Bedwaodtown. His health lately, although not Oftusing serious eonosrn, was not bb good as oould be desired, and at intervals confined him to the house. Ha was an old member of the Lodge of Hibernians. ' Deceased was about 50 years of age, was married in Blenheim, aad leaves a wife and six ohildren (two daughters) of various ages to mourn his loss. The eldest sen aged 22. resides in the North Island, and his second son died a few months ago in Blenheim, at the age of 17 jears. Genera' sympathy will be felt for the wife and family in their bereavement. The fnneral will start frem the residence near the Hospital at 2 p.m. to-morrow

Thb Catbolic Social.— The Catholic Social, tha first of the season, he d ia the Drill Shad last sight was an unqualified Gucoesf, about 250 couples being present, and evidently deriving rauoh enjoyment and pleasure from the proceedings. Th* sueoess of the affair was dua to the excellent nunaer in which the preliminaries had been arranged, and the exemplary styla of condnoting thepreoeedings, and it will be heard with gratification that it is intended te arrange for a serieß of foar of these p leaser able eatertainmentH. The programme oemprised twenty of the popular danoee (with the exception of tha waltz) and a somber of vooil items. The votaries of Terpsiohora were numeroas, and danced with Z9st, the floor being well covered for each danoa. The pleasure of the sooial was considerably enhanced by tha excellent music supplied by Mr A. D. Vannini'a Orchestral Band. The floor had been rendered in first olasa oondition and the interior of the Bbed taste fully decorated by a committee consistiag of Messrs H. V. Browne, A. Chittenden, W. and F. Houldsworth, and W. Green. The voeal portion of the entertainment was not the least pleasurable, the siagera being Mrs Powell, who rendered with auooess " The "Lever and tha Bird"; Miss Crawford (a visitor from " The Glen " Duaedin) wh«ae aweet voice waß used with effeot in the eoag " Husbands," a composition quite aew locally; aad Mr G. Carter, who was heard to advantage in " Nothing." Miss MoCabe .was an efficient aooompanist. The refreshment room was a scene of attraction, both on acoount of the goodness of the comestibles and tha beauty of the decorations on the table. The success of that part of the ' entertainment is doe to Mesdaraes H. V. Browne, P. Meehin, Grimstone, C. and T. Redwood, G. Hoaldgworth, J. MeCabe, D. Broughan, Clare, and C. O'Dwyer, assisted by the Misses Clara, Redwood, Fiven, MoCabe, and Ward. A word of congratulation is due to Mr MoMonagle, who per•ormed the secretariat dnties in an exemplary manner. The Kay Fathers MoNaraara and Lewi? ware present last night, and entered cheerily into the seat of the enttrtainment. Finally, the social as a whule was a complete enocets, the general verdict being that it would bear as anticipated repetition.