NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 87, 18 April 1901, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

trS^T'- F-- W- by the « am last evening. AMa^ Cal™v (Mfcs Alice M, lT\ Lovm™ly of Amberley,- died at Bamlmaster B. Kosc. of the Blenheim Uu-mon Band, left yesterday afterbT] V JT"?'? Welli"gto^ Gannon niH,*GS te■°xtraord»nary issued last. I ■ f fi i r "-I Ulld°wtood f however, that the Legislature will not meet J'ntil the end of June, proceedW with business on July 2nd or 3rd. S ProsperJ!fcing licenses for areas f IGO 'o eaion T° P Valley and I™B*S nomoo to 100 acres each have beeri applied for, the object of the appHcants being to test the river bed with ayS to dodging operations. The locality Enchanted Creek and Flaxinill Creek, the former creek bein«th°eTcm v"n leS f ove the function of ■ IWot rYf Uey stream and the Wairau i \? n he aPP^cations- were made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands: how t gra^tea. and the others have not yet been settled. \Z lu V& ar^ n rw on the I>oll of the War borough High School fifty-two scholars, of whom twenty are girlY An lu lS been Lde b«!rough Captain Wolfe to the Minister of Deiencq, asking him to accept the services of a cadet corps in connect^ . witn the school. The application is ■strongly approved by Dr Innes, the head master A difficulty in the way of the acceptance of the application, •says the New Zealand Times? is tS the proposed corps would not reach the " strength required by the regulations. Further consideration will, however, \ be given to the matter.

• When you cannot sleep for coughing, it is hardly necessary that any one dosflo 1 yrothat you need.* few closes ot Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to allay the irritation of the throat; and make Jeep possible. ~lt i s good,

TOn J°r °Di:A, a Ward will leave «» Bluff Jor Melbourne, in the steamer Monowai on the 23rd instant. Since he took ofnee atthe end at 1899,Mr Ward has been steadily atwork, and he has well earned the rest which lie will enjoy on the voyage to and from Austraia. He will bo in Melbourne durin«the ceremonies incidental to the open* ing of the first Federal Parliament.

An interesting circumstance of the local municipal elections is thatfor the first time the office of Mayor has been taken by a native of Blenheim. The burgesses took pride hr the facfe that ' the retiring Mayor, Mr B. McArtney, was practically a Blenheiraite in this sense, he arriving in Blenheim from kelson about a year after birth. But • McC'lll «m, the present Mayor, is a Blenheim boy, born a*nd -bred.'* Lord Kitchener has cabled as^Uows telegram of Mar^^HJHHHHHHHp to scrgoanTibil others if recommended, and Soutli African irregulars' rates of p:iy. 1..wi1l send names by cable and ranks ot" officers remaining as soon as . possible, but would suggest the Seventh. - Contingent being equipped with full complement of officers." -

You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with Wade's Worm Fjgs, the wonderful worm worriers. Price, 1/- " .',._■

At Cleveland, Ohio, Mr W. S. JKogers, the well-known president of the Brush Electric Company, recently made a startling statement respecting t!:e cure of consumption. He declared that an absolutely mediciueless cure had been discovered for this terrible disease. All that was required was the proper utilisation of electricity. He had such faith in the new cure that

lie proposed to form a syndicate to work it upon commercial lines.

A wealthy Swiss brewer has accomplished something new in wills. After bequeathing large sums to charity, he ordered that a banquet should be held every year in his honor. Each, banquet is to cost not more than 700fr, and the guests are to regale themselves with the line wines which they will find in his cellar, and with'the excellent tobacco and cigars of which he had accumulated a large store. They are also obliged to use his meerschaum, pipes and cigar-holders, which are to be carefully preserved from year to year for this odd purpose.

All cyclists, athletes and footballers use Loasby's Koolibah for sprains, bruises, muscle soreness. Sold everywhere, 2s.

Mr Brown, of Adelaide, who has recently been in the far north, of Australia, returned about a fortnight ago, bringing with him some interesting phosphate deposits and fossil remains which he obtained during his journey* The phosphatic specimens were no less interesting than the deposits of bones of such animals as alligators and diprotodons, which were discovered on. the banks of the Diainantina and Cooper Rivers. Pieces of turtle were also picked up by Mr Brown, and he had on A'iew strips of petrified Avood. He intends to consult a Sydney palaeontologist in order to accurately distinguish the animals, and he will forward the remains to him at once.

At Corowa (Victoria) on March 30, aforeigner, known as "Peter the Greek," made a murderous attack on Harry Clayton, a local baker. He iircd three shots at him from a*evolveiy ; l one ball piercing his leg and another striking his breast. The ruffian only desisted when Clayton's cries for help attracted attention. The Greek then lit a cigarette, walked along, and gave himself up at the'police station, admitting that he shot Clayton, and expres-; ing his readiness to hang for it. \ Clayton, who was seriously wounded, said the Greek accused him of writing "Jet< ters about him. '-:•/'■'.-;'"';:'-"^-.:;vv-