NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 108, 12 May 1896, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

Tbo Gh.vj.nment Ijov> a j olnted Mr MeFarloue, 8.M., Ohafrmau of the Arbil ration Conciliation Board, TLo Hauroto, wlich « rrived ia Weilington from Sydney yesterday afternoon, brought 02 passengers, 73 laud* iDg at Wellington, Mies Hewitf, who served her probationerfihip at tlie Blenheim Hospital, .has recently been acting as Matron, temporarily, at the Nelson Hospital Mrs Menteath, wife of Mr A. A, Stewart Mvnteath, and cousin to the Cbiio tess of Glasgow, died at Auckland last weuk. The Maripcs), with English mails of . 18th April, loft 'Frieco on the 30th April, con<raot date. The Monowai, with tho Colonial miils of the 18bh April arrived at 'Frieci on the Oth May, two days late. The G zette etatei thtat the ptymont of capitatiou allowance to the Edtiov tion Boards for the quartei ending Juae eball bo Bcoording to fhe workirg average of the quarter en Mug on BUt Matcb, 1898. A parent asked the Chairman of the Fchuol Committee the other day if bo thought it light tbut a child should bo punished b'Ciaso tho fatberdii not \ny for its book*. Tko Chnumau pointedly replied llmt be thought tbo futbor himself ought to bo punished, The number of puli nts admittoil at the Hospital during last uion'h was 8 * (2 males and 6 females). Ttireo males iind five females were discharged, one patient (female) died, aud on April 30, the number remaining wus 22—17 males and five females. These nambora ia* cluda tho "old ram." A Bill has been c flared m tho Massa* chnsetts Senate asking an educational test for immigrants deeiring citizenship. , The main feature cf it is that they shall be kble to rend and write the Knglish Lngurtge, or some otber. The feud between Mayor Fisher aud come of the Wellington councillors has reached at'oth-.-r stuga. The former, m a letter to the press, announce! bis absolute refusal ti die on the Truniway Committee with Councillor Harris. Messrs Douckar Bros , of tie Wat* guinea m.i (says Ibo Colonist) buve ]ust met with a pieoe of barrl luck m loaiug ihrco of four fine foils through iuflimmaticn after gelding. Two of the foals were by Honduras, one from a fine Fi<z James mare, and the third w.'.s Vy Awa'uaEose. The New South Wales Miuister foe Works recently invited tender* for tha supply of a thousand casks of cement, and despite the prediction that fcce« trade would ki'l tha local promotion, local manufacturers obtained tho oan* tract at a lower prica thin ix; pert el ceuvmt w&a tff red at. Cardinal ftlornn told a cioo little story the otter di»y of what they B*y m Dunediu about WeUiugtrn, '• They • Bny," ol.spivod Hi 9 Emuerxn, with a . suite, 'that Wellington is sitting iti tbo lap of a volomio range, likely to blow up at any unmea*, and tuat youc y harbour ia ouly a hole m the ground caused by tha sinking of a ocater." For a paid m the side or oheet there is ' notbidg so goaf as a pieoe of flannel dampened with OhambefiAlp'e Pain B»lm and bound on over the seat ol^pain. it affords prompt and permanent relief antii' ajsd m time will often prevent a oow from reralting* , m pneumonia. This same treatment !«'• cure cure for lame btqk. Fur pale by F. i Shaw, Media il, Hall, Blanboim. Sir Robert Stout shoul.l f<3el proul of the mention he gets regulwly everf Saturday night ii the rhetorical out--1 bursts which a well-known would-be 1 orator is m tho habit of delivering from 1 the Blenheitr Rotunda. Aooorii'g to tbis individuil " drink is the only devil," and Stout is tbe only aug*l, m iiot the worthy knight is the most liberal, ealigbtened, and worshipful leader of mon thaji ever existed. N.B —This is not siioasm. A census of churohgo?iM was tak».n at Bolton on a recent Sunday evening. It was estimated that out of an estimate! population of 125,000 persons less lh»n 15,000 were m attendance at all tha places of worship m tin town. To assist m remedying this state of affaiis, Mr Thomas Walker, a Wesleyan l»iynmn, bos offered th 1 * euoi of £5,0)0 towards tbe buiHing of a krga mission hall for evangelisation pu'-po&03. Writing on tbe Australian team ' " Rover" of the Morning Laidar ex- ' presses tbe opinion that their bowling will be their weak point, "So far us - batting is concerned," be Bays, "I do not think that Australia has muoh to fe»r. One of the virtues of the leim will be tbat ev<>ry man oan get ruua, !i and that tbe fi>3t eight or nine aro cpable of scoring oeutiuies." Tbe School Committee are going to ask tbe teachats why the atteuianoes last mouth did nob compare B"> well 0 with tbo roll numbers as they have ia tbe past. One fe.ieou that might bo ventured is that parents and children are becoming more fully acquainted with the icu and outs of tho Sohool Ata tendatco Act, an i have learned exictly how many times a week it is necessary to attend m order to esoip) tha clutches oi the Truaut Omcor, So grudgiogly do tome psople comply with tbe law. r W. A. McGoinn, a well-known oitizan of McKay, Ohio, is of the opinion that there B is nothing as good for children troubled with ool'e or croup asObamberlaio'sOough Remedy. He has used it m his family for stveral years with the best reeultß, and always keeps a bottle of it m bis house. After having la grippe ho was himself troubled with a severe cough. He used other remedies without benefit, and then concluded to try the ohildten'e medioiao, and to hia delight it coon effeoted a permanent oure. For ea'e by F. Eniw, Mcdi- - cal Hall, Blenheim. " Makisq Boih Ends Mekt" is rather a diffioult tapk m lifo with many, but the ex- ? pense of good cooking is reduoed to a c micimun by ÜBing the Fnn Bakiho Powder, a surer and cheaper than most others. Give , it a trial " Where there's a will there's * way ; smoke away at Indian Ohiet Oigwttoi.