LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXX, Issue 249, 24 October 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Held Oveb.— "Promissory Notes" are orowded out to-day. Meteorological.— Captain Edwin wired at 1 p.m. :— lndioatioDs for heavy northeast swell and poor tides with easterly wind. Bownto Glob —A Committee meeting of the Blenhsin Rowing Club will be held this evening at 8 o'olook, at the Boyal Hotel. Official.— The appointment of Mr W. Crook as hnpeotor of Nuisanoes ia adver tissd. Garden Parti.— The committee of the recent Hibernian Band garden party m*et at tha Convent on Friday evening at 8 o'olook to settle up and transact other business. Cable Intibbufidn.— Wakapuaka advises that communication on the Port Darwin line is interrupted between Farina and Hergott. It is expeoted to ba restored shortly. The Wbatheb, — Lyttelton 65- was the warmest place m the colony this morning, and Bluff 50- the coldest ; Blenheim being 61*. Rain was falling at Nelson and Westport. Light north east and westerly wind) were prevalent. Thi Ballancb Mbm jbial.— The Bdlance Memorial Committee has dectfsd to alter the design to a statue instead of a monument, originally acoeptei, and the Premier has promised to aisist them m every way. Alleged Shbbp Stealing. —The Colonist says that Gonstables Phair and Kaapp have reoently been engaged m the neighborhood of the Tadmor, enquiriog into an alleged case of sheep stealing. 80 far there have 1 been no positiva developments. Fish Poisoning.— A oase was reoeived into the Ohristehuroh hospital last week, showing the dangers whioh arise from leaving fish exposed to (be moonlight. A Mrs Mary Davies, was admitted, suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Sb* had been staying at the Sumner Hotel, and on Tuesday ate some of a butter&sh which another lodger had caught, and whioh had been left exposed to the moon's rays. She beoama seriously ill m consequence, but is now out of danger, New Tboop Hobsb.— Constable Williams, of Havelook, is m town for tha purpose of reoeiving a new troop horse which arrived from Wellington to-day as a muoh needed substitute for the noble equine whioh has dona suoh good service m the past The new arrival is a splendid looking animal, and should give every satitfaation ; he is of a light roan oolour, has a compaot, sturdy, and sound appearance, and is, m short, the right stamp of a ÜBeful troop horse. He is from tha stook of the Auohland Stud Company. Two Westland Mi»B3.— Since the year 1890 Craig's tributors, who number eight men and two boys, and work a claim on the south side of the Hokitika river, have won therefrom gold to the value of £10,227 8s 2d. O( that, the owner of the ground, whioh is freehold gets 20 per oent as his tribute. During the past year, the Humphrey's Gully Goldmining Company obtained £4005 4s lOd worth bf gold, being an increase m the yield over the previous year of £1195 19s 6d. Otago Daily Times. Billhbad3 at Wellington prioes, any style or oolor, at Expribs, Offioe, Orders executed promptly,

Thb Seal —Mr J. Penny, with commendable generosity and f >re»hooght, to-dsy s«nt an invitation to the Borough Sohool boys to view the aeal oaugbt the other day, and which has since been on exhibition at the Marlborongh Hotel premise?. Needleis lo say, the opportunity was taken adrantage of, the boys being only too glad to view this interesting denizan of the deep. Shootiko. — Tte amalgamated Committee of the Blenheim Rifles and Blenheim City Riflaa met last night, and adopted the oo * • ditions which had bten drawn np oontrolling the forthcoming Martini-Henri shooting matches. There will bo eight c mpetition*, ranging from 200 to 700 yards, for which only enrolled members of companies are eligible. The entrant fee for eaoh competition is 2a 61, and the first ma ton will take piaoe on the 7th November. Stuck Up.— A telegram m the Melbourne papers from- Albary Bays:— "Page, who arrived with Mr Gollan's string of raoehorses, wai unable to go on, as the Victorian Customs authorities demanded payment of primige duty after the horses were m the train. Page, being ignorant of the datjt was not prepared to pay the amount, and was obliged to return to Albury with the horses. He is ranch annoyed, as the delay will throw the horses back m condition." W.O.TU.-A meiting of the above wa« held m their Rooms yesterday, at which a large attendance of members were preient, Mrs Plimmer m the chair. It was proposed by Mrs Litohfltld, and seconded by Mrs Rose, that Sir Robert Stout be invited to give an address at their annual meeting to bo held m December. It was decided also to purchase a piano as soon as possible for the Room*. A public meeting will be held on Monday noxt m Weeley Hall, at which addresses wi 1 be given by Mrs Plimmer and several other ladieß. Nelson Rboitta.— The programma of the forthcoming Nelson regatta includes the following sailing races, all of which are to be handicaps :— Third-olass Open Boatsi prizes £3 to £1, to Bta*t at 11 ; First-clasi Sailing Race, open to all open and halfdecked boats, prizM £8 and £3; Seoondclass Yachts, prizes £10 and £4 ; Secondclass Open Boats, ptfees £5 and £2 ; Modal Taohts, prizes 20s and 5?. The rowing events will bs a? follows :— Maiden Pours Outriggers, prizes £6 and £2 ; Junior Fours Outriggers, prizes £7 and £2 ; Senior Fours Outriggers, prizes £15 and £5 ; Ltdiss' Plate, prizes £8 and £3. Awkward Rathebl— Mr Payn had a funny story of a ourate m the Oornhill. This unfortunate man hiving a horee whioh had been ordered by the "vet" to take sea baths, thought one day that he would oombine bis own bath and his horse's. So he jumped stark nifad on to the animal's back :— " She turned short round, and before he could throw himself off, made straight for the little town of whioh he was (or rather thought be was) the perpetual curate. He was not f \stened to his steed like Mazsppa; he w*s not a voluntary equestrian, like lady G^diva, but ha had not the presence of mind to throw himself off, and, like the othor lady m the ballad, h? had 'nodings on.' That day was the last of his euraoy." Accident. —The police were telephoned from Spring Greek yesterday morning that a man named Kelly, the viotim of an v oident, was m need of assistance. Constable Sbeary and Mr Mean at onoe set out and with all attention conveyed the sufferer, who had iojared his kg, to the Blenheim Hospital, where they left him m the proper surroundings for his oondition. Mr Kelly who had a email bootmaking establishment opposite tba Spring Greek Hoto', and was living by binißolf, was sorubbing out his room a feir dayß ago when he slipped and fell on the Btump of the leg of whfo'h be was deprived some years ago by amputation, thus inflioting a painful injary. He is progressing as well a9 oan be expeoted. ARiveb Accident.— Mr W. B. Girling, of the H*U of Commerce, had rather an unpleasant experience this morning while on a journey from Blenheim to Havalock. Entering the Wairau river, the right ford was not pioked up, and as a consequence the trap, laden with draper?, eto, got into a hole and capsized. Mr Gi ling made his way to the bank on the Benwiok side, bot the horse and vehicle waa carried about a quarter of a mile down the Btream, eventually landing on the other side of the river. The shaft of the trap was broken, and Mr Girling was also unfortunate m losing about £20 worth of stuff. It i? a gross scandal that something is not done to propsrly fUg out the fords m this river. Tha river was low this morning, and hid the ford b«en flagged no difficulty would have been experienced by Mr Girling m crossing. Almost every day someone or other comes to grief from this cause, and it is a wonder a serious drowning acoident has not, before, this eventuated. Steps should be immediately taken to protect the lives and property of travellers. Thb Population or Melboobse.— The population returns reointly published by Mr Hayler, the Government p}a.titf v ~f he*' that Melbourne has ftraiained a loss of 46,000 people m the last two and a half yeafsV For the ten years ending 1891 there was an average increase of 21,000 a year, so that the comparison works out very badly. The Tramway Gompany feels tha effeot greatly. Last year September showed an increase of 250,000 over August m the number of passengers oarried, thia yea*, September, Rho*s a deorease of 30,000, while, comparing it with September of last yea*, the deorease is 90,000. A Shcckino Death.— A gumdigger named | Smythe, said to be a foreigner, about 44 years of age, died at K\wakawa early on Thursday morning, from burns reoeived by his whare at Kaikobe catching fire. He was dragged out of the burning hut m an insensible condition by a Maori woman. At an inquest held, a verdiot of Agoidental Death was returned. And Still Thbt Com «.— Another lot of those famou?, all-wool, double - width, crinkled French Crepons at }3 yard, or 61 the full dress ; the usual price is 2i lid m all new shade?. 150 pieces m specialities m DreßS Stuffs, m silk and woolen fabrics, m taffeta oloth, ohfok tweedo, and hopsaok effects 1 just opened a wholesale shipment ; all doqble width, honeßtly worth 4^6(1 yard, and we are selling at Is 6d yard ; they can't be bought m a warehouse at the priae.— R. Allan, Market Street. Quality.— That's the point, for it is a matter of supreme importance m our food, whateyer may be the opinion of other articles of inferior nature when it oomes to Coffee we all want the best, and the demand for Grease's A.I. Goffes shows the popular taste, as it is the bes'< obtainable. It affords you pleasure to give your friends when palling nioe cakes and to answer enquiries, and inform them that you need the Sun Baking Powdeb whioh you would not be without on aooount of its quality and oheapness — and obtainable everywhere. Evrribody should aubaoribe to "Faib PiiVt," the loading monthly magazine Thirty six pages of reading matter and illustrations; subscription, post free, 6/6 per year, payable m advance. MoKee & Gamble, Publishers, Wellington. We can with every confidence recommend Dawson's Perfection Whisky to anyone who wishes to taste Sootoh Whisky at its best, as there is no Whisky m our opinion bo pre-eminently pure ana unadulterated,,