NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 19 April 1901, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

A telegraph office will be opened at Ellerslie on Saturday the 20th and 27th instants, tho hours being U a.m. to 5 p.in, '. '

Bin-gains foe the winter season are announced by Mr F. Mullen, the Cash Draper. His advertisement should be. carefully perusech

The Hon. C. H. Mills and the Minister of Mines are to pay a visit to the mines and works at Top Valley atd Wakamarina next week.

A number of important recommendations to tho Minister were resolved upon at the annual conference of the Assistant-General Manager of Railways, Traffic Superintendents, and District Traffic Managers held at Wellington during the week.

Diu-iug the Hon. J. G. Ward's absence, the Ministerial work of the Department of Railways and Colonial ► iecretary's Department is being dis-clnu-ged,by the Hon. C. H. Mills, and that of the Post and Telegraph. Department by the Hon. Mr Walker.

It is stated by the New Zealand Trade Review that the Flourmillers' Association is rumored to be not a quite happy family, and that there are also reports that, in spite of the penalty provided for withdrawal from the compact in less than two years, it is not at all improbable that a breach will take [)laco before long.

A special reporter at Oamaru telegraphs that one of the crew of the wrecked yacht Ariadne has received cable intimation, through the owner. that by the death of an aunt he has inherited £72,000. Freke is only a lad. He was formerly a midshipman on the Medic, and shipped as one of the crew on the yacht.

Dr. Alexander Hamilton, the celebrated American-insanity expert, hi giving evidence in a New York Court, in the contest over the will of the late Helen Buish, who devised £15,000 to a Christian Scientist Church, swore that ho believed the testatrix to be insane. All believers in Christian Scienc* were insane, he said, and added that insanity was epidemic in America.

Queen Alexandra's greatest personal friend is Miss Charlotte Knollys, who has been attached to Her Majesty's household for many yeair,~and if is stated in " Black and White " that it was' thought she ."would be the first peeress created by King Edward VII. Miss Knollys is devoted to her royal mistress, and together they nursed the late Duke of Clarence, and in every recent event connected with Queen Alexandra's private and public life her lady-in-waiting has borne her due part.

As a result of the rain up country, there is a fresh in the Opawa River, and the Overflow is acting as a safety valve. A large quantity of water is running down the Overflow Channel, and the River Board's work has conse- - quently been interrupted. The work1 >-• will bo delayed to the extent of a month ; and this loss of time is all the more regrettable as under ordinary conditions the Overflow scheme in its . present development would have been completed within a fortnight. The contractors, Messrs Boyce and Son, bad only seventeen chains of banking to construct, and the River £oai*L4g^M4 but ten chains to erect. r' ?_J^^^

Wade's Teething Powders for babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price, ]./-.

When the half-caste Lock, who abducted the little girl named Myra Woods at Riverstone (N.S.W.) a few weeks ago surrendered to the Ryde police, he was asked-what he had done with his firearms, and replied that he left them with his mother, because he could not get away from the police while ho carried them. On the night before Ma surrender he camped with some navvies near Thornleigh, who gave him something to eat without knowing who he was. On the following day he stopped a driver of a baker's cart and bought a loaf of bread, butrbe* must have been living on very short rations prior to that, as the first words uttered to constable Howard were:— "For God's sake, give me something to eat." His clothes were much torn and very dirty, and he presented a disreputable appearance. Asked if he still wanted to be a second Jimmy Governor, lie said ; " No, I don't want to be like them fellows any more."

The Star borough settlement has been selected by the Agricultural Department as the site of a tree nursery for the supply of Government reserves over the northern portion of the South Island. Section 3of Block x, Clifford Bay, containing 174 acres, has been set

apart for this purpose, and already about one hundred acres have been marked out, a considerable area o£ which will be cultivated for the raising of trees and shrubs. Mr H.J.Matthews, Chief Forester, has charge of the work, and Mr Craig, nurseryman, is established at the place. The growths, which are mainly exotic, will be raised from seed; and they will be supplied—^" to Government plantation reserves hi ■ Marlborough, Nelson, and the northern part of Canterbury. There are four or live such nurseries in the Colony, from ;; which large numbers of trees are sent ■'/. out to extended areas. : .; "

Al pains strains, sprains J' bruises, are quickly cured by Loasby's Koolibah. 2s chemists and grocer?*

Tho very large proportion of small aided schools in this district, says Inspector Smith, is a proof that the Board, while doing all in its power to improve the condition of the more populous parts of the district, has not iv any way neglected the interests of the pioneer settlers in the back blocks. " There is no part of the Colony that I know of, having the same population, where more liberal provision has been made for the children in these outlying districts. On the whole, while Marlborough has not yet been able to advance along the line of modern educational progress as rapidly as some other districts, yet the Board has aci eomplishcd as much as has been possible with the means at its disposal, to promote the cause of education in every part of the district. Altogether, I believe that brighter days are in store for Maryborough, 'and that the ' recent establishment of the High' School is only one indication that the claims of this long neglected district are beginning to be regarded with consideration by those in authority." CAME NEAR DYING. "For three^days and nights I suff 1 -- fercd agony untold from an attack of l cholera morbus brought on by eating ' >~ cucumbers," says M. E. Lowther, clerk • ■ of the district court, Centrevflle, lowa. " I thought I should* surely die, and - - tried a dozen different medicines, but * all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle /-V of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and-'* Diarrhoea Remedy, and three ; doses relieved me entirely, I went t$- sleep,' '"•'' and did not awake for eight hours. Oa ->|i awakening a few hours ago I felt so -,s^ gratified that the first work I do^oa:^ going to the office is to write. tqjtKeysg^ manufacturers of this remedy andti^S^t"-* them my grateful thanks arid say, ?Gp^"f| bless" you and the splendid medioiUS>^ you make.' " This remedy is. fo* «i%^fe by J. Bk>j^jn<?, Ble«beJm t : .n *• j£|Bß