NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 106, 9 May 1896, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

—•- Mr Joba Duncan has been unaui. •" >»b r-,1.0'Hl <h irman of the Polorui Hooa Board f, r auoblm- term. Tin- s««uti» Au.tr 1 n Parlhturnt W M oprn 0 fc-e iirh Junonoxt. A phenomenal rainfall— 3£ inotaes— wns registered at Masterton on Thutsday. It has b*en decided that Parliament ehnil me-t for tie despato'i of business on the 1 lib June. Kiikoum'a orntiibu'ion to tbe Bruu* nsr Relief Puudis £71 17s 6i», exclusive of some eppcial donalion j, That well-knowu pleasure resort at tie Lower Hult, Mottab'a gardens, comprieing M acres, was Bold at auction yesterday for £5,200. Two fibort sbarp shocks of earthquake were felt at. CLrlstoburch yester. <lay tr.on.ing. The firat at 1.65, and the fiecoml about »-n bour kter. At tbo Ohristclurch Chryaantheuium Show tbo d?sp'ay of blooms was the fi'ifst pver held hero. N. L. O. Smith won the PreeMent's Cup, and Blylli the Manorial trophy, onl med*l of the Nfttiouul Oluysautbcmum Sod ty. Letlird of udruiwatratiou m the estate of tbe late Mrs O. E. Maurice wero yeH-terd-iy gifinled by Mr Allen, silting m Cbnuibjrt> f to H.;iiry Mauriop, of Up'oa Down", on the application o f Mr McOailum. Oc the recommendation of tbe Pelorus B -ad Board Jnppre'or, the f .1. lowing works will be ft rthwith put m band :-Mahdkipawa — raise, re deck, and strengthen Salt-water Crock Bridge the worst places along tbe b^aoh to be fHto'ned. K-iituna— fillip^ m c£ bII holes from Hiveloek Subutban to Huvtloo I.1 '. town boundary ; bridges at Oka.amio, Kaituna, E cky and Flat Greeks, to be r«>p«ired. North Bank— boles to bo filled, mefal raked, ond fifteen chams to be melaUei between Airs Green's nooommodutioa house Pnl tbe waterfall. PeJorus — water-tables to be cleaned out ; bridge near Bown'i to be repaired ; twentyebaios o? metal* ling nnd pipes put m at tbe foot of tbe Rni Saddle. \ The good ladies of the W.O T.XT were much surprised tbe morning after the Debating Sooietj's dinnor to find that the remaining eatubl b, which had beeu hit iv tbe ball over night, were all missing. Stver^l pounds of butter, aud aquautity of bread were a.uongthe comeß!ibles. It is suppostd that the building was suTr^piitioiwly wntorod before tbo doors yore fiailly closevi after the social, and that the purl'ioers canied off their booty durictg the night. Pet haps if tbe Debating Scoiety were to take meum et tiium as th ft ir uext subj«o*, and make a few scathing reuaorke about tlii-s not the oousciecoes of lha gu 1 y onf-s might bo pricked to tl c <jxtmt that thty should be. A great -gold rush is on atpreaeut at Pan FratoUco. Evarj steiimer for the rotthwest c.irti(S crowds of passengers, the des'inaticn beiu«j tbe aurifer us fitlus of tbe Yukon Rhd Co .k's Iplet, Alaska, ibeut 2000 miles from San Fniiitisco. Many fxpfrioncfld Alaskans prediot great snff jriog an.l m*ny doaths among tho fortune-hunters, and blame tlie Btenmabip proprieto;s fur f omontiug Ihe ixo't-menf, as gold is not found m 6uffio:tnt quantity to justify it. . A considerate coutribu'or has seat tl g Wellington Post some " pat 9*' on the temperance mission, now proceeding iv the Emp're City. Our contemporary says that ns they " ccutaiu, at a mod-r---ate computation, three distiuot libuls.of a particularly lu:id kind, aud as bis 'report' is uot accompanied by a maiked cbcqus for, say, £8000, which would be tho probable cost of publication, wo are reluotantly compelled to disappoint tbe bop s of the temperanoe reformers who adopt this means to advance their cause." Receutly nt WakffiaW, m York>hire. tbe Rojal Society for the Prdventiou of Cruelty to Animals prosecuted two horse-de filers for " necking " two hiokueys tnd a chestnut more, the litter being a well known pr:ze-\?inner. Mr Colam appeared oa behalf* of tbe Society, atid Mr J. Btvorley defended It was nl'o.^ed tbnt one of the de* fendanta inUndcd to exhibit the auiuiuls duiiug the coming summer, and that, m order to make their tails etrcct nud more faeLiousble, ho paid the other defendant £0 to '• nick " the uiusoU-s uuior their tails. For tbo dofecco it was contended that it was a surgical operation properly performed aud witb a lawful olivet. The ddtendauts were oaoh iiael £6 and £7 Is s'l coste. Notice 0? nppenl was given, ———————^—i— —