BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 87, 18 April 1901, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

The passing «>!' the i-ain

A London cable announces the death of Miss Alice Burnett, the contralto singer.

Actress and .Peer —The Marquis of Headfort has married Miss Boote, an actress.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures consists in promoting tSse pleasure of others.—Bruyore.

An extraordinary experience fell to the To!: of a train which left Albany for Perth on March 3.

When travelling up an incline the wheels of the engine failed to grip, and the train was brought to a standstill. The trouble was then found to be due to myriads of black ants, which were treldciug along the. rails, and, being omahed by the wheels, rendered the line greasy and impassable.

They never taste who always drink ; They always talk "who never think. —Matthew Prior. Mr Justice Oouolly presides at the criminal sessions in Gisbornc.

The Queen Statute Fund in Wellington now stands at £1503.

Cultivate forbearance till your heart yields a line crop of it. Piay for a short memory to all unldndness.— Spurgeon.

The Minister for Public Works will leave Wellington for Nelson on Sunday.

It is probable that the Minister for Lands Trill visit the South next week.

Thei*e is no definite information as to the projected visit of the Minister for Mines to Marlborough.

Dr. G. D. Drury, of Otaki, died on Sunday, aged 75. He came to the colony 50 years ago.

A heavy nor'-west gale with rain prevailed in Wellington on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Hon. John McKenzie is said to have greatly improved in health and spirits.

Volunteers have now put aside th© official mourning into which they were placed on the death of the Queen.

Lady Ranf urly will be met at Melbourne, on her return from England, by Captain Alexander, Private Secretary to the Governor, who will accompany her back to Wellington.

Our colony of Singapore, with a population of 2-40,000 only, but a trade of fifty millions—a world's record.

Mrs Brown: " Izaak Walton must have been a peculiar person.'' Brown : " Why ?'' Mrs Brown : " Well, you'd think he'd know how to spell his Christian name I"

The.god returns from the Auckland goldfields for the past three weeks show a total of £46,115 12s Bd.

Several artesian bores have been put down in the far west of Queensland, and good water has been struck.

A facetious man. who has occasion to send post-cards to a certain small town where there is a post-mistress writes on the top of the card: " Please forward after perusal."

A number of horses in the Master ton district are suffering from a peculiar affection of the eyes.

Additions costing £10,000 are to be made to the Adelaide University. The work is to be completed within a year.

" David and I were delighted with Uncle Ebenezer's will." "He didn't leave you anything!" "No; but he didn't leave Jacob and Caroline anything either."

The Minister for Mines is of opinion that many girls would find it to their advantage to attend a School of Mines, as the knowledge they would gain -there would qualify them for positions in offices of the large mining companies.

" Did Mrs Flyhigli send in anything for the poor?" "Yes, she gave two •dozen Japanese fans." -

The average price paid by the Government for horses for the South African Contingent in the Wairarapa district was about £16 10s. It is estimated that in the purchase of horses and chaff the Government spent £10,000 in the Wairarapa.

An Irishman's Bill of Fare.—Speaking a short time ago in Dublin, an Irish M.P. said of the Irish peasant: " The lives of these people may be likened to a great extent as a gamble for existence in a crop of potatoes and turf."

The floor of the rotunda at the London Coal Exchange, where the merchants gather, is very unique. It is composed of inhvd 'woods, arranged in the form of a mariner's compass, with a border of Greek fret. Upwards of 4000 pieces of wood are employed. Almost every English variety is included in this scheme of decoration.