LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 207, 25 August 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Deep Obbbk Goubthothh. — Tenders are invited until September 25th for the purchase for removal of the Daap Creek courthouse. Cycling.— Members are reminded that the annual meeting of the Marlborougb Oyoling Club will bo held at eight o'olook this evening at the Groevenor Hotel. Tni ttino.— Mr 8. Tapp owner, of the trotting horse Dioiator intends to allow the publio to judge of the homea trotting pcwora at an exhibition of trotting whiob will be given at 2.30 p.m. on the Riverlanda racecourse oa Wednesday 6th September nex'. All are cordially invited to attend. PaßeoNiii.— Mr Mao Duff Boyd, the wellknown teaoher of tha violin m Wellington is on a visit to Blenheim. It is Mr Bojd'a intention to arrange a popular oonoert before leaving. Daisy Fabms.— Attention ia diraoted to an advertisement concerning a sale of land, suitable for dairy farm*, wbioh is to take J?laoe j»ifisw"eraTon the ßth Ssptemberriextr Three dairy faotories and a bacon faotory are situate within two miles of the properties. Liberal terms are offered to purchasers. Hobs? Bam.— Tomorrow at two o'olook Messrs Green and Go will offer for sale by* auotion a number of horses, consisting of draught, geldings, colts, and mares, a weigbt-oarryiog haok, and several trap mareß. Pbohibition Obdbb. — Application was made this morning to Mr J. Allen, B.M. for the renewal of a prohibition order wbiob has just expired. The defendant, a woman, did not appear, and the order was granted. CivOi Business. — No ordinary oivil business was transacted this morning at the Magistrate's Court, all the ottses bsing settled without the intervention of the Magistrate. Evidence m the oase Maaaey. Harris Co. v. Jap. O'Dwyer, olaim £16 103, was takm to bo forwarded to Dunedin. Fn iea Soap.— Messrs Levin and Co. have been appointed agents for Marlborougb for this soap. Flora soap is a new preparation reoently plaoed on the mwket. It is manufactured entirely ia the oolony, the soap works being, situate near Petone (Wellington) , and for this reason alone should coamnnd the support of all colonial housewives. But wherever need Flora soap rtfeommenda itself. It is neatly and attractively put up and boxed, and is an excellent oleanser. The makers only ask that it should ba given a trial, and once used, they say, always U3ed. Berds.— The Nnw Zsaland Loan and Maroantile Company beg to draw the attention of farmers and others to their advertisement appearing m another column re graaa seed, etc Theße seeds hava just recently been very carefully soleoted, and are recommended to all. While Laoo Curtain*, taped edges, to be oleared at Is lid and 2i 6d a pair, worth 6a 63.— 8. Allan. Mb CMYDEN'd Death.— Mr Arthur Clayden, whose death was announosd by oable yesterday, waa born m Berkshire, and early identified himself with tha agricultural labourers' movement, beooming a member of the Consultative Committee of ' the National Laborers' Union, under the presidency of Mr Joseph Aroh. In 1873 he aooompanied Mr Arch to Canada for tha purpose of investigating the dominion a* a field for emigration from England. In 1879, he oame out to New Zsaland, and while here wa9 correspondent for the London Daily Newa, 1 ' as he had bean m Canada. He returned to England m 1890. Mr Olayden delivered lectures m England on "New Zealand as an Emigration Field," and some „ .of hia letters and lectures have been published m pamphlet form. Woven Handkerobiefp, m white and oolored borders, 6 for Is, usual prioe is 6d eaoh.— B. Allan. Old Aoh Pbhsions.— For the Marlborough district 135 old age pension oartifisates have been issued to olaimants up to July 81st of thia year. Dariog this month no oetu'fi.. oates have been issued. The total number of claimants for pensions waa 177, but 42 of the olaims hive bean withdrawn or die allowed. The first claims were only heard m January so that the pensions have really been granted m this district for only seven months. Of the 135 pensioners six have died since the granting of their certificates. The annual grant represented by these pensions is £2,229 12a but this will now be reduced by £180 yearly owing to the six deaths of pensioners bafon-insntione '. Twenty-six pensioners do not receive tbe full amount of £18 yearly, their pjyment ranging from £17 to £2 per annuna, The average yearly pension is £16 10a 3§<i. Ladies' Caffs and Collars, m nil the new makes, to be cleared at 61, usual price Is 6d.— B. Allan. Mabk Twain on Aholo-Saxon Fb atbbniiy. When Mr Clemens was asked, as one who had viewed it from, a .distance, what he thought of the great coming together of England and America, be straightened himself up, lit a oigar, and paid :— lt baa always been a dream of mine, thU oloser relationship between England and Ar.ierioa. I hardly expected to live to see the dream realised, but it has gone far enough towards realisation to furnish me with contentment. This English feeling is not a new birth, but ia already four years old, as evidenced m my personal experiences." Indeed, he tells the New York Journal that ba aould find more than one inoident to suggest that it dates much further back. The attitude of native«bom Americans has been, he added, of thiß friendly sort towards England as long back as he oan well remember. Whitebait Net, 2 yarda wifle, extra fine mesb, to be oloared at Is yard, usual prioe j is Is 6d.— B. Allan. Floating Population.— A return of the immigration to and emigration from the oolony during the month of July, 1899, shows that the arrivals was 1028, as against 985 for the same month last year. Tbe departures numbered 1236 last month, as against 1208 for the former period, Cheap Floor Cloths,— Linoleum, 6 feet wide, extra heavy, to be oleared at Is lid the running yard, usual .prioe is 53 6d.— B. Allan. Ladisß' Eid Gloves, 4 buttons, extra quality, to be oleared at Is lid pair, usual prioe 4s 6d.— B. Allan.

Football.— Tho toama to take part to» morrow m the final match for the senior oup between the Wairatu and A warn* i will be as folhTa: -Wairau — Redwood (2;, Lammas, O ray, Clarke, Stowe, Wanden, tallyman, Maher, Jeffries, Dawes, Oloaston, Obing, Polaon, and Hendra. The Awarua team will be-O'Dwyer (4), Q. Woolley. Oban, W. Fulton, Fuller, H. Bobwasa, J, Morrin, D. Gage, F. Neal, Franoe, J. Watson, J. Garter. Mr G, B. Lask will aot a*, referee. Tna Biitjnheb Monombht —After a good deal of delay (the Greymocnh Star say t) the monument is at length to ba placed over the b-g grave m Stillwater Cemetery, wherein thirt/nthree miners who lost their livea m the Binnner oxplosion are bnried. The Committee have plaoed the order m the haadß of Hunter Bros., of Ohriatohuroh, It ia to be an obalisk o( red granite, 14tt sin high, and will stand on a oanorete base of 3ft, whioh will make the beig'it over 17ft. The base of the obelisk will ba 3ft j 6io square. On the granite the following | iosoriptioa will be out ia :— " Sacred to the memory of sixty; five miners, who lost their lives by an explosion m the Brannar mine, Maroh 26th, 1896. Thirty-three lie buried here." Then follow the names and ages of those thirty-three. Nainsook Muslin, 36 inohea wide, very close quality, to be cleared at 3d yard, usual prioe 7JI-K. Allan. Pliasahtbib-i is ihc HooaK. — The Premier eoored rather neatly against Mr Pirani the other d«y. The member for Palmerston North was objecting to oarlain new school readers wbioh bad been authorised by the Department, and whioh oontaioed passages from Seriplure. Mr Pirani also quoted a Chinese proverb from the book. The Premier, m reply, Btated that the books whioh were ia uae m New South Wales, had been approved by the late Mr Habens. Ho also gave a quotation from the reader for the benefit of Mr Pirani: Mr Seidon'a eeleotion was from the Btory of David and Baal, as follows :— '" "Divid-" lKereferfr-cUparted benoe, and esoaped to the Cave of AdrjUam, and when his brothers and all bis father's bouse heard it they went thither to him; and everyone that was m distress, and everyone that waa discontented, gathered themselves to him, and he beoame captain over them." The Premier explained the fact that the book contained this passtga wae Ho donbt the reason why the Department sent it to the Wanganui Board, of which ths member for Palmers ton North was a member. The House enjoyed a hearty laugh at the expense of Mr Pirani, In every home where e'r you roam, 'Tie seen upon the shelf, A little friend to help and mend, 'Tie made by Woede himself ; If lungs are weak, the voioe a squeak, Then why these ills endure, Whsn at your band a thiog so grand, The remedy Peppermint Cure. 8