LONG PUMPS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 105, 8 May 1896, Page 2

LONG PUMPS.

A muoh needed requisite for all oyolistsu a pump with which a tyre can be properly and quickly inflated. The 16 inch pnmp we are now offering is specially made for home use. Price 10s, poßtage, 6d extra, Adam 3 Stab Cycle Company, 70 Manchester street, Christohuroh. 11 Making Both Ends Meet" ia rather a diffioult task m life with many, but the expense of good oooking is reduced to a minimun by using the Sun Baking Powder, surer and cheaper than most others. Give it ft trial {

f octal. — The Booial at Ewait'o hall tliis evening, held m aid of the funds of the Literary Institute, promises to ba very sue* cessful. Complete arrangements bavo been made to ensure the comfort of patrons, and a very jolly and enjoyable gathering may ba looked forward to. Dancing will commc-noe at 8 o'clock. The NelsoN'Marlbobobqh RoiDa.— On Sunday last his Worship the Mayor, with Mrs Trask and two members of their family drove to the Esituna Valley, and returned en Tuesday. Mr Trask states that the road is m extremely good order, and that the drive is a most pleasant one. The state pi the roads may be guaged from the fact that the party le ft Eaituna at 8 a.m., and after a stoppage of a couple of hours on the road, readied home at ten minutes past six m the evening, although rain fell all day, — Colonist, DROWNING Fatality.— With reference to the recent boat accident at Takaka, by which Mr Christopher Thompson and his son Archie lost their lives, our Pic ton oontemporaiy states:— Mr C. Thompson was one of the earliest settlers m this distrust, having been engaged handsawing m the Waitohi Valley before mil's were ereoted. He afterwards worked at the late Mr A. S. Duncan's mill at the Grove, and when that was worked out went to the district m which ho mot his end. His son Archie only left Pioton about twelve months ago to join him, and he will be remembered as living with Mr George Whiting. Mr Thompson leaves a widow (also well known m this district) and a large family, most of whom are married and settled m various parts of the Colony, the only two remaining m the district being George, living at Para, and Mrs George Whiting of this towD. The Pbemieb.— " An Old West Coaster," writing to the Southland Daily News regarding the career of tha Hon. B. Seddon, says :— " From chairman of the first Boad Board, Mr Scddon subsequently filled with ability and credit all the offices it was pcseiblo for a man to fill m the Councils of the people, and became a prominent public man long before he entered Parliamentary lifo at all ; he was looked up to as a capable man, head and shoulders above tbe ordinary people around him, and, as a mining advocate m tbe Warden's Court, and am seesor m mining disputes, Mr Beddon's servioes were scarcely ever out of request. When he onco entered Parliamentary life it wag no surprise to me, nor, I expect, to many more who knew him, that he Bhould so quickly come to the front— and within 10 years he was described by unbiased oritios to be one of the ab'est debaters the New Zealand Parliament had known, and ranking with suoh men as Fox and Grey." Critioisikg ihe Colony.— An ill-regulated fellow named " Platypus," writing to the Chemist and Druggist, spoke of New Zea~ land aa " tbe land of Bin, sweat, and sorrow," and a Mr •• Pelagos" now wants to know if this is a quotation, and if so, its source. Mr " Pelagos" says that his reading on New Zealand had caused him hitherto to look upon the colony as " a happy land, a haven of rest, a plaoe where degenerate mortals could find m this snb« lunary vale of tears" all that their hearts could wish for. He also quoted the opinion of a friend who, having spent some time on the Hutt river, wondered how any sane being could leave suoh a " blissful paradise" to return to this (London presumably) " money - grnbbing world." Mr " Pelagos" also quoted Froude, and wants to know if the great rornanoist's— l beg his pardon, the eminent historian's— statement that New Zealand was a working man's paradise ia still true ? Perhaps some- oolonial working man will answer. Regarding the " degenerate mortals," thsy, of course, will not bo allowed to enter New Zealand if a certain Act passes into law. The Government ought to push this measure forward with all speed, for I hear that by the last direct boat two of tha saloon passengers wore asthmatioal, one had a pa'pable squint, and a fourth limped on board m a manner highly suggestive. of oorns.— London correspondent. Damage Caused by an Eel.— An extraordinary aoeident ooourred to the newly started battery of tbe Waihi-Silverton Gold Mining Company, wbioh i 3 thus described m the manager's report to bis direotors : — " At the battery only 2} head of stampers had been working for part of the week owing to an accident to the large turbine. By some means a tremendous eel got m tha pipe and became fast m the turbine, and it was not until it had broken 17 out of tbe 24 doors of tbe turbine that it was oat m two and released. At firet I was unable to asoertain what had done the damage, but when half the eel was found m the tailraoe I knew the cause- of it. The eel is the largest ever Been m this district, its backbone being as large as the bone of a man's arm. Millah and Photography.— Photography wonders if the following old Btory is true : — One day while Millais was engaged m painting his famous pioture, " Chill October," whioh hangs at Cragside, among the reeds and rushes on tbe banks of the Tay, noar Perth, a voice came from over the hedge, "Man, did ye never try photography?" " No, never," replied Millais, painting slowly. A pause. " It's a bantle quicker," said the voice. " Ye-es, I EUpposa bo," Another pause. The final thrust was: — "An' it's mair liker the place." A Baba Avis.— A Paris correspondent writes : — " A rare and thoroughly wellauthenticated phenomenon is annonnoed. Madame Leger, wife of a resident of Blanzy, near Auiun, is the mother of a child of the female sex, with two perfect heads and one body. The infant has excellent health, and every ohance of living. A strange feature of the case is that the parish priest has been ordered by ecclesiastical authority to perform a double oeremoDy of baptism." The Last Chance.— Christopher Johnson Cutlery— TheEe goods were sent m mistake, and as we don't beep them we are selling them at the English price, reduced as follows :— Table knives. Is 9a, to lOJd ; dessert knives, Is 6d, to 9d; table forks (solid nickel silver), 2s 6d, to Is 3d ; dessert forkß, Is 9d, to 10|d ; dessert spoon, Is 9d, 10£ d ; tea spoons, 9d, to 3d. These goods are going very fast, so be m time. — B, Allan, Market Street, Henby Wilson, the postmaster at Welshton, Florida, says he cured a oase of diarrhoea of long standing m six hours, with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy What a peasant surprise that must have been to the sufferer. Such cares are not unusual with this remedy. In many instanoes only one or two doses are required te give permanent relief. It can always be depended upon. When . reduced with water it is pleasant to take. For sale by F. Shaw, Medical Hall, Blenheim. Sentenced to Death.— These oro the most terribly significant three words we have m tbe English langujge. Thousands of wretched creatures, whose lives have '■ beooine forfeited to the outraged laws of their country, have beard them pronounced with feelings of sickening terror. The man who has negleoted the moat simple laws of health feels that all is indeed lost when the dread sentence is pronounced by the dootor, who has used all his medioal skill upon him m vain. In the latter oase, however, the door of hope has been opened, through the medium of Holloway's Pills and Ointment. They have effected a cure at the last moment, as thousands of testimonials, being constantly received, will prove,