LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

♦ Meteorological,— Captain Edwin wired at 1.30 p.m. as follows: — "Glass further rise, and frost to-night." For Salh.— Mr H. Botham, of Taa Marina, haa a ohaff"Culter and horse-gear for sale. The Census.— The Dunedin electorate haa 16,944 males, 19,016 females. Dunedin and immediate suburbs has a population cf 46,176. Red Boot Mabt.— Mr J, J. Wensley has an advertisement m this issue announcing the arrival of seasonable goods m the boot and shoe line. Auction.— To-morrow at 2 o'clock, Messrs Green and Co. will sell by auction at their rooms, High street, new and seoond hand furniture, and several cases Bheep's tongues, SroRXiNO,— A meeting of those interested m holding a race meeting at Renwick on Queen's Birthday, or some other suitable date, will be held at Ryan's Globe Hotel on Wednesday evening next at eight o'clock. DboKkbnneßS.— A first offender was before Mr J. Allen, S.M,, at the Magistrate's Court this morning, charged with being drunk. Accused made a voluble deface, and was convioted and discharged. Sale of S4Ddlery. — The tender cf MrR. Ballantine for the Block m tho bankrupt estate of Mr D. Burns, has bten accepted by the Deputy-Oflioial Assignee, and a cheap sale of this extensive and well-assorted stook will forthwith be held. Particulars are advertised. Political. — "Franoisoa" m the Christchurch Weekly Press writes : —We give tho information for what it is worth, that Mr John Duncan will contest the Wairau eleotorate against all comers at the ooming General Election. Business.— We advise our lady readers to peruse W. B. Girling and Co.'s new advertisement, whioh appears m this issue. This go-a-hoad firm seems determined to cater handsomely for the good people of Marlborougb, and suocoss will undoubtedly reward their effort. Civil Casks.— The following oivil business was transacted at Court this morning, before Mr J. Allen, S.M.: — Matthews v. Maher, claim £1 2a for firewood left on premises oooupied by defendant, whioh was claimed by him for damages alleged to have been done by plaintiff to his feDce m removing the wood. After hearing the evidence, judgment was given for 18a and costs. An unusually large number of oases were struck out or settled out of Court. Thb Gebjhn Abhz. — The German Army is the strongest and best organised m the world, but it could not get to Pretoria m the teeth of the British fleet, or even into the Congo, if that frightful route were tried ; and what would the German Emperor, with all his immense resouroes for war, be able actually to do ? The horse may be the noblest of animals, but it cannot kill a whale, and even the eagle ia powerless while the whale keeps under the water.— Spectator. Akh-Shmitieu,— Anti-Semitism ia being carried to a ridioulouß length m Berlfn. The organ of the agriculturist there haa proscribed everything that is Jewish— Jewish mueio among the rest. It publishes no critiques about Jewish performers or the works of Jewish composers. When the Rubinstein Memorial Celebration was held m Berlin it refused to give an account of it, and its musical oritio left ; being followed the other day by hia euooessor, when the paper, on the same grounds, refused to open jta columns to a report of a performance of Mendelssohn's " St. Paul." The Ambbicwns.— Joaquin Miller, m an address reoently given at San Francisco, said :— " I have watched from my tower on the mountains, and have oaugbt the eohoes that are drifting up to me from the great world below. These eohoea tell me of the extreme sadness of the world below. The American people are the most miserable people on the globe, exoept the people of Paris, Paris ia the city and America the country of suicides. Here lies the misery of the American people, the greatest and the best eduoated people m the world— they have no faith ia the future, " KiNG9LAND ".—Lieutenant-Colonel Fergusson writes to the London Times suggesting a new name fojr South Australia. He saya : — " People who have never been to Australia often ask ' Where is South Australia ?' May I revive a suggestion I made some fourteen years ego, while serving with the defenoe forces of that great province ? ' Central Australia,' or ' MidAustralia,' would not be quite descriptive of a territory touching the ocean both on north and south. Why not take the name of •Kingsland?' This would balance well with Queensland, and would reoall the faot of the foundation of the colony having been laid m the reign of William IV., after whose Queen the fair capital is named." Thb Milduba Expbbimbnt.— The Vie* torian Government has appointed a Royal Commission to enquire into the question of assisting the Mildura Bottlers m the way of renovating the pumping maotiinery and irrigation channels. The chief engineer has estimated that two-fiftbs of the water pumped was lost owing to the bad condition of the ohannels. Some £40,000 was required to pet them into proper order. Under the Act Messrs Obaffey Bros, were held re* sponsible for repairs, but m their present finanoial position they were not likely to carry out the reconstruction of the ohannels. It would therefore devolve upon the Water Trust, which was also unprovided with funds, and if the settlement is not to collapse the Government will have to take the work m hand, Ministers will be guided by the report of the Commission. The liquidator's report showa that the amount due by shareholders is £239,000 odd, all of which ia called up, but little realised. Of the amount, G. Chaffey is liable for £159,000, and W. B. Chaffey for £7700,