The Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. Monday, August 12, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 12 August 1895, Page 2

The Marlborough Express. Published Every Evening. Monday, August 12, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

» Thmpbbatobb.—The weather la fairly oold and equable throughout the Colony to-day. Timaru registers the higheßt temperature with 66-, Bealy the lowest 33-, and Blenheim 45*. Voluntbebs.—The firßt parade of the Blenheim Rifles for instruction under the Dietriot Bergt.nMajor, is to take plaoe tbia evening and a full attendance of all members is expeoted for these paradeß, as being a part of the Kelson district it ia desirable that uniformity of all details of the various movements and exeroiaes should exist in the same battalion. Homb M&bktb.—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company, Limited, iB in receipt of the following cable from its London offioe, dated 10th August, 1895: — Frozen Meats—Mutton: The market is better. Present quotations are: Canterbury Sfd, and Wellington 3§d per lb. Sheep* skins: There is a good demand, and prioes have advanced one farthing. Acoidsnt.—An accident whioh fortunately Btopped Bhort of serious results ooourred yesterday at Marlboroughtown. Mr Matthews, junr., was out driving in a buggy with Mrs 0. Matthews and three ohildren, and Miss Matthews, when the axle of the trap broke just when the party bad arrived opposite the Church, and all were thrown put on to the road. The horse was a quiet animal and waß Boon pulled up, and luokily all the occupants of the trap escaped without injury. Fdbtba v. Pboieotioh.—Protection is by its advooates held out ae a boon to the working man, inoreaaing the employment open to him. How it actually affects the working man in this direction is shown by some reoent figures given in the report of the Chief Inspector of Faotories in Victoria, where Protection has been rampant. In 1890 there were 47,813 persons employed in registered faotoriea, In 1894 there were only 34,268. In four years the industries wbiob have been proteoted to the hilt have ceased to find employment for over 13,000 workers. The Review of Reviews, speaking of the New South Wales elections, and the verdiot in favour of Freetrade, Bays:—" The greatest of the oolonieß has thus a definite fiaoal need, which will bs translated into law with oourage and promptitude, and this fact will powerfully influence the trend of politioa in the colonies generally." Thb ViCTOBrAN Bcttbb Tbade. — The butter export business in Victoria is developing—baokwards. Of the 12,000 tons sent away laßt season only one-half was considered good enough to reoeive the Govern ment stamp. Nearly one-third was not branded by the Government expert at all, and of the remainder 2400 tons was found fit to be labelled only bb pastry butter. This information, for whioh we have to thank the Leader, helps to explain the low prioes lately realised for Australian butter. It is unsatisfactory to learn that bad quality was reeponeible for the fall, but some satisfaotion may be felt that prejudioe bad no eay | Q «" matter. Knowing that the fault lies in a direotion where it ia «. getatable." it only remains to raise the standard of the artiole at tbia end,

Rowing Club.— The Committee of the Rowing Club meet tonight at the usual time and plaoe. Public Meeting. — It is notified that a public meeting is to be held to night in the W.O.T.U. Rooms to discuss the new Licensing Bill. Cold Wbatbeb. — The Inspeotor of the Awatere Road Beard reported to the meet" ing this morning, tbat the principal employment during the month, of the road contractors working toward the source of the Awatere River, was the keeping of the roads dear from ice. An Afoloot. — The apology tendered by Truth for reflections on the Government offioes has been acaepted, Truth paying ooßts, and publishing an apology as an ad* vertisement in the prinoipal towns. W.OT.U. Sooul.— The musioal social in the W.C.T.U.'s Rooms on Saturday night was largely attended. The Rev. Mr Foeton presided, and delivered an Able address. Musical selections, including a cornet solo by Mr E. Rose, reoitations, eto , constituted a good programme, pleasing those present. Misses Girling, Harris, Healy, Stratford, Ewait, Litobfield, and the Rev. Mr Foston, contributed seleot items. Awaxebb Road Boabd— The monthly meeting was held this morning. Present ; Messrs Vavasour (Chairman), Young, Riohmond, and Symons. The sum of £15 was voted to B. Doffy as a bonus in connection with his road maintenance oontraot. A good number of tenders were reoeived for the road maintenance contracts of the Board, and the following were accepted :— No. 1 contract, H. Stratford, £113 a year ; No. 2, A. Cameron £109 ; No. 3, W. T. Clont £130 ; No. 4, G. Adams £199 ; No. 5, P. MoPhillipa £113 ; No. 6, W. H. Orafar £125 ; Nos 7 and 8, John Boyd £124 and £51 respectively. Sheriff's Salb.— Aooording to advertisement Mr T. Horton, auctioneer, offered for sale at the OourtLouße this morning, on behalf of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand (execution oreditor), the interest of B. J. Western in the estate willed by the late J. O. Western, consisting of a number of senn tiona in the Waitobi Valley. Mr A. Rogers aoted as solioitor for the execution oreditor Messrß W, E. Oloußton and Go. bought the interest in the estate for £11. Mr J. Maolaine notified the Sheriff in Court that he bad already purchased that interest from Mr R. J. Western, and contended tbat the proceedings were consequently invalid, but the Sheriff deoided to go on with the sale. A Sabbatabian Clock.— Alderman Treloar is the leader of the Sunday opening movement in the oity of London, and aooording to the City Press he tells the following story :— " While at the exhibition of clooks and watohes at the Aquarium the other day, I saw a clook whioh was made in Scotland many years ago— a clock that is, to all appearanoe, one of my bitterest foes in this matter, for it is so constructed that it Btops working at 12 on Saturday night, and does not reoommence time keeping until 12 o'clock on Sunday night. And direotly the bands stop there appear on the face of the olook the words : ' Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' That timepiece reminds me of the tale of the old lady who killed her hen beoause it laid an egg on Sunday." A Hard Case.— At a very early hour on Sunday morning, while good folks were still in their beds, an inebriate was found at the door of this ofßoe seeking admission to our journalistic precincts. He was promptly arreßted by the police and explained that ihe vbb " wanting a driok " An irreverent policeman ia tho Court fraggoK^jpf ihzk "bo had " been there before," and explained that the Mail Office was a large substantial building resembling a hotel. Just what ' the gentleman in question expected to find on these premises it ia diffioult to imagine, but had he effected an entranoe one thing is certain : a good dose of printer's ink or a nip from the oilcan would have done him leas harm than lots of the stuff sold as "good liquor" on lioenßed premises. — Oamaru Mail. Licensing Legislation. — Mr Buddo is preparing a number of amendments to the Alooholio Liquors Sale Control Bill. He proposes that only one bar be allowed in any licensed bouae; that any traveller entering or being found on any licensed premises within a distanoe of five miles of the licensed premises he may have called at for refreshments, shall be liable to £2 fine unless he can prove he has business there or is a lodger. Any person not an inmate, servant, or lodger found on licensed premises during dosed houra shall be fined £2; anyone Riving a false name when so found shall be fined £5 ; any person endeavoring to secure liquor by false pretences to be fined £5. Mr W. Hutchison proposes amendments prohibiting the licensing of any hotel containing a billiard table. He proposes that no woman other than the licensee shall be allowed to serve liquor in the bar ; no liquor ia to be supp'ied to any woman or to any person under 16 ; all bara to be closed on the weekly half-holiday. Anoihbb Butoheb's Wile. -The Chrißtohuroh Press states :— There is a parson with a large family, and a proportionately small Btipend, living not a hundred mileß from Christchuroh. Usually his household consumes a large quantity of butoher's meat, but (he collections were so very low last week owing the snowstorm. Henee the following dialogue (overheard while waiting for my pound of sausages in the butoher's shop) ;— Butoher (Poking over order book) —•• Hallo ! What's this ? Parson 'a only had four pounds of beef this week ? " Book-keeper—" Four pounds. Quitecorreot, sir." Butoher— •• Four pounds, be d— d 1 What's the trade oomiDg to 1 Stick down another leg of mutton." 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