BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 136, 12 June 1900, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

A ooid tnap. Ice tbiß morning. Bealy 29- and Blenheim 31* were the ooldeßt plaoes m the colony at 9 a.m. The winter is progressing very comfortably. Nearly seven inches of rain baß fallen m Sydney since Thursday last. A good time ahead when peaoe is declared. Our dear little Marlborough won't be big eDough to hold us, Arrangements are well m hand fcr the Iccal demonstrations. What is wanted now is for the people to " pay, pay, pay." The usual entertainment of the children m tbo way of " treat" and sports is to be provided. Ibis is well enough m its way, but what ia really wanted is .a medal or badge— eometbing (hit will "bo a permanent memorial of the event. Mrs Gladstone, the wife ef England's late G.0.M., is said to be sinking. A Gorman paper m Hamburg announced the fall of Ladi smith twenty-five times. Preeident Eruger is almost a total abstainer, and at banquetß where wine is drnok be alwayß has a glass of milk before him, with whioh he pledges the toast. Major-General Hutton's colonial division has lately performed some magnificent work, President Kruger is reported to have said : " I have found (he country a wilderness ; I wi'l lfiftve it a wilderness." At the oelebration committee meeting m Fioton last night a looal medico was appointed by the ladies present a subcommittee to attend to tho requirements of the juveniles after the pc&oe celebrations for a wtek free gratis. One Eruget story going the rounds eaya the Preeident bad afked one of his emissaries if there were any men left m England, 8B he bad beooma worried because of the reinforcements. Dr Leyde, he said, had telegraphed from London, and said there Eeemed to be as many as usual, and bad sent to Manchester Liverpool with the same result. At laßt Dr Lsyds b thought him of Wi^an, having hoard that Wigan men were devils to fight ; so he wired to Wigan. Tho message arrived at the time the shifts were ohanging m the mines. The answering wire wae : "Stop the war; they are coming up from hell eight at a tim?." The infant Bon of Mr Goßper Troskie, of Oraddook, Cape Colony, bss been baptised "Imminuel Kruger Steyn Triomfier 1 ' (trrutnpher). Poor obild! Among the foreigners who fell on the Boer side at the battle of Colenso wa-> Count Emile Beanregard, who was once an effioer m an English Lancer regiment. The War Offioo authorities have decided to build mobilisation stores at various military stations. The cost of the stores is estimated at between £30,000 and £40,000. Profaesor m history to non - attentive senior : "Mr , how long did the Thirty Years' War last? 1 N.A.3. : "About sixteen years, I think, sir." Applause on (he part of attentive seniors. Sir Thomas Lipton has recently given to t De world hia recipe for eucosbb m business. Xbe advice ia characteristic of the man who offers it, and is tx ellent. He cays:— " Work hard ; deal honestly ; exeroie oaro and judgment ; advertise freely and judiciously. 1 ' Some of the cri:ias of the generals m Bouth Africa neve been very outspoken, and certain of their (Simons have stirred a rhymester m the Garden Colony. He sends to a Natal paper some varees, two of wbioh are as follow : — Ye gentlemen of Natal, who sit at home at ease, And fight, on maps, the battles fieroe wbioh rags acrosa the Eeas, Who criticise the generals who bear the battle's brnnt. What lament&h'.e circumstances have kept you from the front ? There you'd out-Fuller Bui er, and take tbe thine off "B: be," And ba co very useful for the little koj"ja jobs. Come out and &b,ow the generals the way to do the trictr, Ya gentlemen of the cities, who wield a walking-Fliik. A New Definition.— Tesoher (to ola/f): " What, is fin ootopUE ?'' BmalJ boy (who has just commenced to take Latin) eagerly : " Fleaee, eir, I know, sir ; it's an eight-Bided oat." A wonderful man is the Boer I So oourageoue 1 8o honorable 1 Ha proteots himself behind a boulder and fires his Mauser at iha invader, but when the latter gets at close quarters with him he hoi -Is the white flag, the tail of hia shirt, bis vrouw's pettiooat— or anything white which he oan lay bis hands upon— and oriee out for mercy.— Thacaes Star, Lord Roberts walked up to Lord Kitchener at the front one day (pays SO. P.) and said : "Kitchener, I am making an addition to my 6tsff." " Ye< ?" replied the ejc-Sirdar ; 11 who is it?" "My chief," replied " 80b3." "Who?" inquired Kitchener, perplexed. " I am an old man now, and I feel lonesome, bo I have asked Lady Roberts to join me. Her headquarters will be m tha vicinity of Bloetnfontein until they can be moved to Pretoria."