NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXII, Issue 28, 3 February 1897, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

The Buller Miner cUimß to have the youngest compositor m the world— a little miss of n'veßummers. Lord MBgheramorne, who ?b making a tour of New Zealand, is at preßent somewhere m the Bawkes Bay district. Mr A* 0. Leslie, who ia known as a master of his trade, has for sale a quantity of goods, some of which are quoted m our advertising columns. The Balance Memorial Committee decided that the inscription on the pedestal statue shall be, " Ballance. He loved the people." A telephone offica has been opened at the Kaiwaka (Auckland) district. The hours of attendance are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; closed on Sundays and public holidays. On Wednesday last a man named Brady, while engaged at the Silverton battery, Waihi, m cleaning the vacuum chamber, was overpowered by the fumes of the cyanide, and was taken out unconscious. He is now recovering. The annual Wesleyan Conference for the colony is to te held m Wellington on the 4th March. About 130 ministers and laymen are expected to bo present. The General Conference for Australasia is to take place m- Auckland m November. The Choral Society have now mastered the music of "lolantbe," which they have been assiduously practising for some months past, und«r the conductorship of Mr George Robinson, and will to-night enter upon the acting of the opera, under the direction of Mr Sturrock. The Cicesua mine, on the top of the Paparoa Eange (says the Grey Eiver Argus), is considered, bo far as rich quartz is concerned, one of the best claims m the colony. During the holidays several specimens brought into town were glittering with gold, the precious metal iv one piece running through the stone m all directions, and cropping out ia knobs, here, there and everywhere, making it appear like a conglomerate, held together with golden bars. Three members of the Dnnedin City Guards who visited Christchurch recently for a rifle competition, and who appeared m public dressed partly m uniform and partly m plain* clothes, were, upon their return to Dunedio, fined by the enptain of the oorps m the maximum sum allowed. One of the offender?, being a non-commissioned officers has been suspended from his duties for a time. A corespondent writes :— Mr Josh. Lewis, who has the well-known steeplechaser Te Kooti m his training stables at Aehburtcn, had missed his little Bon, a little toddler fifteen months old, and heaiiog the loud screams of a child he went out and was horrified to see Te Kooti going round the paddock with the little lad m his teeth. In response to a loud shotih To ■Sooti gently put his captive en the ground. The brave little fellow, after getting rapidly a few yards on§ his hands and knees, turned round and commenced to indignantly scold the horse. The little chap, who, like bis father, as well as his grandfather, seems to have a natural love for horses, had crawled through the fence to get up to Te Kooti, and the animal out of pure love and affection, caught up the jockey m embryo at the back by his clothes, and started to give him his first ride. There was not a scratch on the boy, neither were bis clothes torn. Mr A. D. Riley, Director of the Technical School, made application to the Wellington Education Board on Wednesday for six months' leave of absence on full pay to enable him to visit England and inspect the various important developments of the last few years m manual and technical instruction (says the Post). He proposed visiting London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Bradford, as leading centres which bad aoted upon the latest information, and probably Boston on his return trip. Mr Robertson thought all the money available could be well spent m the district now without this unnecessary expense. There was, m his opinion, too much of thiß sending Home of public officials at the public expense, and he would oppose the application. Mr J, Young entirely agreed with Mr Robertson. It was useless sending anyone Home for the purpose suggested when there was no money to spend ia the way proposed. It wa9 quite time that a stand, and a very decided staud, was made against the waste of money m sending people Home on pleasure trips at the expense of the country. The applioation was refused. Last summer one of our grandchildren was siok with a 'severe bowel trouble. Our doctor's remedies had failed, then we tried Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy, which gave very speedy relief. We regard it as the best uiedioine ever put on the market for bowel oomplaints.— Mrs E. G. Gregory, Frederickglown, Mo. This certainly is the best medioine ever put on the market for dysentery, summer com* plaint, oolio, and cholera infantum m ohildren. It never fails to give prompt relief when used m reasonable time and the plain printed directions are followed. Many mothers hays expressed their sincere gratitude for the cures it has effeoted. For sale by Frank Shaw, Medical Hall.