LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 37, 13 February 1900, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

• Meteokolcoioil.— Capt. Edwin wires as follows :— " Nonherly gale, with rain, glass (all ; tides high, and strong ebb tides m the Straits." Mietiks.— The members of the Marlborough Dog Trial Association are invited to meet at the Royal Hotel on Friday evening next. Business. — A replaoe advertisement de« tailing some of the latest stock arrivals at A. Oakey's premises, Market Square, appears m this issue, Egmom Racks.— An office will be opened at the Hawera raoeoourse on Wednesday and Thursday, February 14th and 15tb, Houre, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mebtiko of BiiiOKsuiTHs. — A meeting of the biaokemiths m business m town and country will be held to-morrow evening at 7.15, at the Olub Hotel, to discasa matters of interest to the trade. Testimonial. — The illuminated testimonial from tha Hospital Board to Dr Glegbom is on the way to completion, Yesterday the membsrs attaohed their signatures. Pbopebiy Balk.— Attention is drawn to the sale of paßtoral oountry and town properties to be oonduoted by Messrs Horton & Co. to-morrow at noon. The property to be offered inoludes the well-known Muller and Barefell's runs. A Cadet Cobpb.— A Oadet Corps has been enrolled of State School boys m Wellington, who, hav'ng been drilled at school, are desirous of beeping up their drill till of sufficient age to join Volunteer corps, Over 90 have joined. Patbiotic Gonokbt.— The Garrison Band has kindly consented to play outside the hall before the oonoert to-morrow night. We are aßked to again remind the performers that a full rehearsal takes place this evening at 8 o'olook m Ewart's Hall. Smokeless Powdhb. — Experiments are being oonduoted at the Randwiok rifle range, at Sydney, to test a statement made by Mr Lasoelles Scott, an eminent British chemist , that the smoke and flash of smokeless powder can be deteoted through blue glaßß of a certain shade. The tests were partially successful. Further and more elaborate trials will be made. Elknheim Riflbs.— The Blenheim Rifles, Cadets and Garrison Band parade for battalion drill on lhuk-sday at 7.30 p.m. After parade the Blenheim Rifles hold a meeting for the purpose of eleoting a lieutenant, and bb two-tbirds of the company's presence is necessary before it can be done, a full attendance is requested, Threa sergeants and two corporals will also be balloted for. Nominations for same will be received by Captain Powell before parade. The rearuits parade to-night at 7.30 p.m. fk Paibfdl Affaib. — This morning, about 10.30, just as the morning train was nearing the Opawa railway bridge, a youDg girl— Annie Silviua, about eighteen years of age— threw herself off the bridge into ibe river. Mr Mclntoßb, who was oroesing the bridge m his trap m front of the train, gave the alarm, and a young fellow named Osgood, who was near, hearing his ory, oame on the scene, and promptly plunged into the river after the girl, whom he scoured, Mr Molntosh, bb coon as be got over the bridge and oould leave his vehicle, went to his assistance, helping the girl out of the water, and afterwards drove her to her parents' reaidenoe. Before jumping off the bridge she took off her cloak, and left her purse lying on the bridge, containing a note to the effect that she was tired of lifeThe young girl was not much the worse for her adventure on being got out of the river. Bomb&bdmists. — The bombardment %fa* oity Beems not to be bo great a oaUmity as it looks or sounds. At the siege of Paris, Victor Hugo tells us, from one Tuesday to Sunday the Prussians hurled 25,000 pro* jeotiles at the doomed oity. It required 220 railway trucks to transport them. Eaoh shot coßt 60 fianos ; total, 1,500,000 franos. The damage to the forts was estimated at 1400 francs. About ten men were billed. Eaoh of the dead thus cost the Prussians about 150,000 francs. As to the beleaguered, Hugo aleo tells us that the Parisians out of ouriosity visited the bombarded distriotß to Bee the shells fall as they would have gone to a fireworks display. National Guards had to keep the people back. So may it be with our friends m Afrioa. j A Pouts Vhiteb-Writbb. —Rude and noisy interruption at St. Jameß's Hall is not all that the Rev. H. Price Hughes has to put up with, sayß the Daily News. Ho has reoeived, for example, a post oard apparently indicating that eympatby with the Boers has turned the writer's brain. It ib addressed to " Hib Satanic Majesty Hugh Price Hugheß," and runs as follows:— " Dear Ananias,— l see by the papers that you intend to show forth some more of your hypocrisy and deceit by preaohing a peace sermon on Sunday next at your War Department Barraoks, St. James's Hall. I hope that your congregation will hoot and hiss you out of the plaos. I consider that you and Chamberlain have been the sole oause of the war. What a lot you will have to answer for J I hope that you will always have the moans of the widows and orphans ringing m your ears as a Christmas greeting. You ought to be kicked out of the ministry neik and orop."