NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXII, Issue 224, 14 October 1897, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

;, It ia sai 1 that mon iof the Mari houses burnt by the "prophet "Mahuki at TthuUi there wi. 8 , teaidts a. large . amount of valuable property, £100 m ur.fes, tbo proceeds of gome late Bales of ■> land by the occupanf. Before attacking Green and Colebrook'a store Mahuki a brtke m the windows of the Maori cooperative store. The residents of the 3 dutrict are gUd tbat be is now safe, aa while ho was at larpo !h-r? was always a dMngcr of his working his 'angels" up to the same pitch cf madness as himse'f, and wilh thrfr assistance doing very serins mischief. The waut of a telephone m connection with the Waireu and Opiwa fords at Renwicktown h<as been forcibly and and frequently exemplified of late. In one iustance, the Nelson mail coach armed at Renw : ck(own to find that the fords were uncro?Bab!e, and had to refurn to town to wake the detour of tie Tua Marina-Kaituna Iraok, thus beipg put to a purposeless and unnecessary journey of 14 miles. Another mail conveyance went on the same fool's errand : and several other such disnppoiutments ate reported. All this inconvenience would be avoided if there were telephone communication with the fordmap's cottage, so tbat the state of the rivers could be immediately communicated to Renwicktown and Blenheim. The residents of Blenheim wonld fiud another advantage m a telephone, inasmuch as it would be the means of warning them of the approach of a flood ; and, as a flood can be reported at the fords four hours before it reaches Blenheim, this is no slight consideration. A report published by the Foreign Office Bhows that Bince the German colonies were founded 1,250.000 emigrants have left Germany, In spite of this large efflux the tottil number of Germans m Germany's own colonies is only 2893, of whom bolf are either soldiers or officials. Introduced by Mr O. H. Mills, M. B.R Messrs G. Renutr, D. Smith, and J. M'lnnes, as a deputation f-ooi Kaikonra settlers, waited upon the Minister of Lands on Tuesday to back up a petition which prayed that the staff of surveyors m the Kaikoura County might be strengthened, so as to push on the opening of lands for pettlement there. Mr M'Kei zie said he was aware of the urgent need of pushing along the survey, and he promised to comply with the request. An nnpleasant experience occurred to a party of three a few days ago at Onepuhi (Hawkes Bay) Bridge. They were oroseinp the river by me ins of the cage, and w'jfn about half way across the pulley by which they were pulling th« natives across broke, and tliey could go no further. It being late no one was uear. so th*-y had to stuy there all night. A San Francisco paper to hand by last mail stateß that. Iho pugilist, Frank P. Slavir, returned to Dyea a week after iiis disappearance. He had become separated from his party and was m a wretched half-starved condition on reaching the city. The once celebrated racing mare Masthead is dead. She was a great favourite with thut veterau sportsman Mr Hemy Redwood, by whom she was bred, and under whose fkilful training she won many races. Mr Redwood, m announcing her death to a friend, feelingly writes as follows ;— * Poor Masthead died yesterday, and I made a prsfc mortem of her carcase, Hfr drmse was caused by pleuiisy, and I never saw so confirmed a case m all my experience. She was the finest piece of horseflesh I ever dissected for soundness, b : z ', and strength. In temper she whs almost perfection, I consider her a national losj. I enn asenredly say I sbs^ll not look on her like again for many a day. Tou could drive her to maiket on the Saturday ; she would take you to cburch on Sunday ; win you the cup on Monday ; meet the stag bounds on Tuesday, and be first m at the death, and on Wednesday you would Ye gratified to Bee her bounding over all obstructions with your sweetheart on her back as safely as if she were carried by celestials engaged for the purpose. Her burden really appeared to give her fire, for suoh was her amiable disposition. You might truly say of hei that ' her countenance enforced homage and her neigh was like the bidding cf a monarch.' Poor Masthead, I cannot but deplore ber lose." "Wbi'st pursuing his experiments m Southern Queensland, Mr Pound, the Government bacteriologist, found that the rabbits there are rapidly developing an instinct for c'imbitg trees, and produces numerous fpbotographs which leave no dcubt upon the point. Oue of these shows a rabbit m the act. One tree which, he says, they are particularly fond of, is the hop busb, and he has a photograph of oue of these tret b which the rabbits had denuded of all vegetation up to lAft from the ground. This special capacity of "Mister Bunuy' 1 has been aided m developing by the fact that m v sandy couutry the rabbits have no need to burrow to the same extent as m hard soil, aad their claws, not being worn, grow long and have the tendency to curve inwards Ike the talons of a bird. Mr Pouad has preserved specimens with remarkably de • veloped booked claw?. His experience has also proved to him that rabbits become awimmers. Americans are the most inventive people on earth. To them h ive been issued near ly 600,000 patents, or more than one-third of all the patents issued m tbe world. No dieoovery of modern years bas been of greater benefit to mankind than Chamberlain's Golio, Cholera, and Diarrl «i Remedy, or baß done more to relieve pain and Buffering. J. W. 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