LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 147, 26 June 1902, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Social.—A public social is notified for to-morrow night, at 8 o'clock, in Ewart's Hall. Intercessory Service.—Notices appear in this issue concerning intercessory services to be held to night, at 7 o'clock, in the Church of Nativity and at Wesley Church. A Popular, Governor.—Sir Harry Rawson is quickly becoming popular in New South Wales. As the new Governor walked on to the platform at the Sydney Town Hall to address the meeting held in honour of the returned soldiers, someone shouted. " Buck up, 'Arry." His Majesty's representative at once put his hands into his trousers pockets, and comported himself in such a free and easy way generally as to quite amuse those present. Sir Harry is (says the Adelaide Adver tiser) described as possessing a blunt and sincere, but, nevertheless, a most taking style of oratory. * AEE YOU THE LAUNDRY MAID?' If you are, don't forget that to tarn out finished work, you must have Empire Company^ Royal Blue.

Accidents.—A painful accident happened to Mr W. Eyles whilst preparations were being made for roasting the bullock. By some means he was precipitated into the fire, and besides being severely burned the muscles of the hands were lacerated. —Whilst Mr McLennan was driving from Renwicktown the horse took fright and threw him to the ground. His injuries consisted of a very deep scalp wound and various scars. Both patients were attended^ to by Dr Noonan, and we are glad,46 hear are progressing favorably.

;Thk Coronation Celebrations. — 'The proceedings of to-day were highly interesting, albeit things in general were decidedly drab-colored. The elements fully confirmed the threats they had been holding out throughout the week, and a drizzling rain has been falling for the greater part of the day. The anxiety as to the King's health also had a sobering influence on the demeanor of the people; though as the day wore on and the news as to His Majesty's condition remained favorable their spirits rose, and the proceedings became more and more I cheerful. Despite the necessity of modifying the celebrations programme owing to the illness of the King and notwithstanding the wet weather, the affair as a whole is the most intere ting event of the kind yet witnessed in Blenhira. The concourse is said to be the largest that has ever assembled in town. The programme as re adjusted on the previous, day was carried out without a hitch. The united religious service in Market Place, in which a number of school children and Maoris took part, was the first incident. About 1200 children were fed in Ewart's Hall, the Drill Shed, and elsewhere. The Maoris' roasting of the bullock created great interest. The bullock, which was taken out of the oven at 1.30 o'clock, was thoroughly cooked, and the ceremony of presenting it to the Mayor in Market Place was a unique affair. Speeches were delivered by His Worship the Mayor, the Hon. C. H. Mills, and Mr R. McArtney ; and Archdeacon Grace acted as interpreter. Remarkable. —A remarkable discovery, of special interest to geologists, was made on Henry Graham's farm, Kangaroo Mountain,"near Berry, New South Wales. A stonemason, in bursting up a boulder of sandstone for building purposes, discovered a fossil, resmnbling a man in a sitting posture. The shoulders, head, and feet were missingjjfcut the body and legs measured about 4ft. A Heartless Will.—The proverb which teaches that " charity begins at home " was shamelessly disregarded by one James Healey, a former resident of South Melbourne, who died in Ireland, leaving his accumulated savings to twelve Victorian charities, and his wife and three children destitute and in wnnt of the common necessities of life. Tha money was sent to the Rev. Dr. J. J. Graber, of South Melbourne, for distribution, and when divided yielded a dividend of £57 5s 8d to each institution. Dr. Graber, recognising the gross injustice of the will, asked that the Melbourne Hospital should forego the odd £7 5s Bd, as all the other benefiting institutions had agreed to do, in order that Healey's widow and children, might have something with which to keep the wolf from the door. The Age says that it was unhesitatingly decided to comply with the request, and the doubtful charity of the testator was made the subject of some adverse comment. " YOU WANT IT "—So do we. You wanb your washing to look well; we like to see it so ; we wish, you wish, and everybody wishes, and wished it all along, that Empire Company's Royal Blue had been discovered long ago. A Remarkable Case. — A rather poculiar case of bleeding to death is reported from Ballarat (Australia), the victim being a boy, four years of age. At the inquest the father stated that (.ho lad sustained the injury through failing on a nail twelve mouths ago. Deceased was subject to excessive bleeding, and blood had run from a cut in his finger for two or three days. The doctor, who made a post mortem examination of the body, gave evidence that death was due to hemorrhage. From the situation of the wound he thought the boy was what is known in the profession as a " bleeder." A bruise on the deceased's head was three days old, and a mark on his leg was recent, and was probably caused by a blow. Nearly all the blood had oozed out of his body, which did not show any signs of neglect. " ARRESTED"—Sounds horrible. Empire Company's Extract of Soap arrests all dirt from anything. Get it King Sol. —Sir Norman Lockyer is not the only man who is looking to the sun with hope. So, too, is Nikola Tesla, who is not too busy talking to Mars to think of other' mighty things. The Tesla dream, is not, however, concerning the spots on the celestial orb ; the young American's idea is that the day will come when in some mysterious way we shall be able to store the energy of the sun in such force that all the mechanical power in the world will be as nothing compared to it. Still another dreamer looks to the Arctics for tfte^reat power which is to drive the world in the far-off summers we shall not see. His faith is in the aurora borealis, the mysterious charm of the unknown world, from whose rays he hopes to draw electrical powers for half the world. " STOP THE LEAK "—ln the Blue bag. Empire Company's Royal Blue can do its work, but it must have a sound Blue bag. The British Premier.—Mr P. .D. Dow, in his April instalment of " The Life of Lord Salisbury," now going through " Good Words," brings to light a little-known side of the Premier's career. He says : —" It may not be generally known that as a business man he proved of the greatest service to the Great Eastern Railway Company. He became their chairman in 1867, at a time when the company were in serious embarrassments. An application had just been made to Parliament to borrow one and a-half millions, and had been refused. Under his auspices, however, better thing 3 began. He induced the. company to amend their bill, and to ask for leave to borrow three millions. This they did, and so ably did he conduct the matter that this time they gained the day. Having put their affairs on the high road to success, he retired from the chairmanship in 1872, having held the post for just five years. A little later, in 1874, he assisted Lord Cairns in dragging the London, Chatham, and Dover Company out of an apparently hopeless state of financial muddle and set their affairs also upon a sound basis. This is strong evidence of a mind able not only to seize upon the points of a political argument, not only to work out the most difficult scientific problems, but able also to grasp and to manipulate vast business matters with the clearness and decision of one who might have been from his earliest years at the head of a groat commercial enterprise." George Washington, that great good man Who never told a lie, The Independence War began And broke the mutual tie. There's truth in what wo state below, The proofs are very sure, For if you want your cough to go, Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1 Do not forget that the only perfectly safe protection against Throat and Lung Complaints is TUSSIOURA. From all storekeepers.