NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 85, 16 April 1901, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Tlic Sisters of Mercy tender"their thanks to those who contributed to the success of the Bazaar.

The Board ot -Governors of the Marl--borough High School held the monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. Our report of the proceedings is held over.

Inspector Smith's annual report on the public schools of Marlborough for the year 1900 was laid on the table at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday.

Ladies willing to give their services for the Garrison Band's social to be held on the Bth of May are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the Drill Shed to-niorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.

The airau Road Board has resolved to ask the member for the district to obtain the necessary authority to expend the vote of £100 for Battlett's Valley Road and £100 North Bank Road upon the Bartlett's Creek — Laugley Dale Road. Adopting the recommendations of its Town Committee, the Board of Governors of the High School authorised yesterday the carrying out; of certain improvements which will provide fop an excellent football ground for the boys attending the institution.

The Executive Committee of the Education Board have been authorised to treat for the purchase of a section of ground facing York Terrace. '~ This section being acquired, the Board would own the whole of the block on which the Borough Schools stand. The Catholic Bazaar was wound up in a very successful manner by asocial held last night in Ewart's Hall. There was a fair attendance, and the affair was of an enjoyable character. Vannini's orchestra provided good music, and a plenteous supper had been prepared by the ladies. During the evening a list of winners of the various art unions of the bazaar was read out, and it was announced that the prizes not yet taken away might be obtained at the Convent.

The Government Poultry Expert states that the order recently received for poultry for export to Africa could not be fulfilled, He says that the de<* niand for birds from, the Momohaki farm was greater than, the supply. " Over one thousand fowls and ducks were ordered this season. ■-•A. glance at Messrs W. B. Girling & Oof's- «€JV advertisement before the leader should* conTince^tiuT^eadeiFs "~" that the firm, is prepared for a big winter season's trade. Being= direct; importers on a large scale, theysave ' the middleman's profit, and can" therefore give their customers the very best value.

Mr Claude Ball, who is mentioned in the annual report of the Acclimatisa-V tion Society as being tlie most expert V angler in the district, veil deserves the compliment. During the trout fishing season; which ended yesterday, he landed from the Blenheim rivers no less than 50 trout, the aggregate weight of which is 4901b5. In addition, as the result of three trips to Pictoii, ' he has the credit of catching 57 trout, ■ weighing in the aggregate about 701bs. The" B^iheiin figures may be submitieST"" ' withou^PSEsita'uvtya. Asa J&wi^Belilaiid record ; and it would^WSelievc, be hard to beat in any part of the world. Among Jiis catches are fish turning the . scale at 26-Jlbs.-251bs, 241bs, and 231bs. For sprains, swellings -and lameness there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm/ For sale by J. Benntng Blenheim. * 2

_ A communication from tlie Pieton , School Committee to the Education - B:>ard asked that the Government authorities be requested to arrange for steamer accommodation. lor the conveyance of the school children to Wellington on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, Tie proposal was suggested by a similar application made by the Nelson Committee, It was resolved to reply that the Board could not entertain the request, which was referred to by one member as preposterous. . ' -

Afc a recent meeting of English headmasters in conference assembled . Di* James Cow referred to the diminution qE male teachers in England, both in quantity and quality, and prophesied that in the not distant future-Cornea " would invade tlie secondary schools, and there supplant the men ! He declared that salaries that would be quite inadequate to retain the best men would be considered prizes by the women, who were not likely (as men. were) to be deterred by compulsory training. You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful worm worriers. Price, l/« The United States census estimates place the annual dairy business of the United States at 500,000,000 dollars. Proportionately there are more cows pi lowa and Vermont than in any other State, there being 784 cows to 1000 population in the former, and 697 in the latter State. There are now about 20,000,000 milk cows in the country, 4,000,000 more than in 1890." It costs from two cents to four cents to make a pound of butter. The best cows in an ' lowa herd are reported to have yielded 530 pounds of milk each a year, making" 315 pounds of butter, worth 59*88 dollars. The milk from the poorer ' cows amounted to 1,166,000 pounds, making 159 pounds of butter, worth 18/02 dollars. Massachusetts dairy figures show that some cows average 204 pounds of butter per year, while others average only 127. Estimating the butter at 19 cents a pound, the income varied from 24 dollars to 39 dollars. Over one-half of the butter export of the United States goes to Great Britain. Of the total butter exported, 20,000,000 pounds, in 1899* China received 22,000 pounds; the Philippines, 5000; Cuba, 585,900; Japan, 92,000; Hawaii, 170,000; Mexico, 381,000.