NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 229, 1 October 1895, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

+ The Diocesan Synod is called for the 21st November, and will probably bold i*s niett'ngs m the Provin ial Hall, Nelson. According to a Wellington contemporary ike t-.elf-denial Fur's collected by tbe Salva'iou Army Coutriil Division (which consists cf 22 t=wn»), amounts to dntj to v little over £750. A twelve-roome 1 house iv E.st 814 Vail y (Dunedin), owned «ud occupied by Alexander Ling, w>s destroyed by fire on Sunday. It was insured for £1000, m tho Alliance office.' Hr George Dibbs' position as ruanagging trustee of tbe Sydn Q y Savings Batik carries wi'h it a siLry of £1350 per ani'Uii), and nects^itites bis complete retirement from public life. Not a bad solace fur a defeated lend r. Through an assault by her husband, a woman rtsidmt at th 1 ? Pet, Nelson, hid Ler j iw broken a ciny or two tir.c*, aud the injury inflicted was ouffieiently severe to uecessiture her removal to the Jiosp-tal, wbtre she still liea, A very old r. sident of Nelsm io tho parson of Mr George Baywell, who resided at K'cuiuotul, died on Si'urday last at the cdvanced age of 92. Mr Say well was one of tho fatl erj of the Wesleyau Ohurcb, nnl Wiß heli m great esteem The aanual meeting of the share., holders of the New Zealand Shipping Company will ba held m Loiidon on October 9ih. After fully providing for depreciation the directed recotnuieud the payment of a dividend, at tb.9 rats of ft ur pur cent p^r nm.un. The recent rains have resul'eJ m an increased mortality m lambs m the country districts cf Nelson, both early and late lambs Buccuinbi'ig m lirge nunib-TB, Those which resisted the severe frosty weather of tbe winter have, sigularly enough, been uuable to resist the effects of tbe wet, A Napier lniuiog speculator who bat just retumei from Auckland af'er a mosf successful run of business m that city, conhilcrj that the boom is not of a transitcy niture, but a peruiaoeucy, as tbe English, French, aud Belgian capital which is dnily flowi' g iv will eneute tbe working of hitherto neglected ground, whilst the cyanidi is Bii<i to be working wonders. St. John's Church, Koronoiko, being badly m want of paioting, an tffjrt was made on F.iiay evening last to raise funds for tbat purpose. Tuia took tbe shape of a tea-meeting and m->gic lantern exhibition. The tea w. s fairly well attended, but not iv sufficient numbers to do justice to tbe splendid spread which was provide^, oud which reflected t c greatest credit en tie ladies it the district who so generously provided ev<rythir.g r< quired. The tables were handsomely povidod and decorated vi h fl>wrj etc., and woul I have been a credif; lo a far larger place. The magic 1 -in tern, which w<ta kindly lent for the ocoision by the Rev. Mr Livesay, was manipulated by the Rev. A. H. Sedge- wick, who exhibited photographs token from Djro's •' Life of Christ," piotures of the Prodigal Sun and eeveral views taken m Nelson, Auckland, and other parts of New Zeiland, as well a3 the usu^l comic, (he explanatory remarks beiug given by Mr Wiltaot and several so :>ga beiug reudered by friends from Pic 1 on. At the conclusion the Rev. A. H. Sedgewiok moved heaity votes of tha ks to the ladies. Mr WiloioN and the Piobon friends, aud this was cirrie . by acclimation ; he also announced that a children's tea meeting would be held on Saturday afternoon to help '.o consume the large surplus of eatables, a fmtll charge being mada. This tveutuiled on Saturday, when quitp v number of children, parents, aud friends attended and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. fhe result will be a great assistance fowarda carrying out fie djjired work. Cmsdeiable amnsament was aroused m tie Press Gailcry of the Home of Representatives a few nights ago, says the Post, by the i flirts of oue member to recover a sheet of " copy" which he hud dropped on to thy projection above the Speaker's chair. With considerable ingenuity, aud by means of a pieca of stting, he improvised an ag ing apparatus. Ins'esd of a fhhook, however, beused a sheet of feshly-gummed paper, with which he was often able to draw the ''copy" within a few inohea of tbe outstretched hai.di of several prominent press-men. At length, after providing a good deul of entertain* ment for tbo onlo jkers iv tbe vari >us galleries aud on the flojr of tha House tho lost copy was caught, and the owner was once more happy. At lha coiuuieucement of the foo'bill season (says tbe Nelson Sta~), Me Tyree offered to make tho player who lost the greatest number of te< th during the seasou's m>itche?, a prestnt of a photo of himself. Tbio present was claimed this morning by Me H. P. Clear, the well-knowu Piiuce Albert and representative forward. Mr Clear had the distinguished honor ! of having nearly the whole of his froat teeth knocked out iv the first match m which he took part. He therefore has a clear title to MtTyree's trophy. " Perhaps you would not think co, but a very large propoition of diseases m New York come* from oareleseneas about oatohi iDg cold." cays Dr Syrus Edison. "It ia 3uch a simple thing and so common that very few people, unless it is a oaae of pneu* monia, pay any attention to a cold. New York is one of vho healthiest places on the Atlantic ooast and yet there are c great many osbbb of oatairb and consumption which hava their origin m this neglect the simplest precaution of every day life. The most sensible advice is, when you have one get rid cf it as soon as possible. By all meat's do not negleot it." Dr Edison does not tell how to cure a cold, but we will. Take Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It will relieve the lungs, aid expeotoration, open the secretions and soon effeot a permanent oure. For aale by F. Shaw, Medical Hall, Blenheim.