LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 148, 27 June 1902, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Dentistby.—Mr C. Powell will pay the usual monthly professional visit to Havelock on Tuesday and Wednesday next, Ist and 2nd July.

Mailh. —The Post Office advises that colonial mails which left Melbourne on the 21st May arrived in London on the afternoon of the 22nd instant. \

Photography.—The various events and displays in connection with yesterday's celebrations were photographed by Mr Macey. Specimens of the work are now on view in the Studio, and those desirous of securing copies are requested to forward orders at once.

The Rivers. — The Wairau and Awatere rivers this morning were reported to be fordable, but the Opawa at the Wairau fords was still unfordab'e.

FootßALt. >-r-The Wairau Football Club's third team in their match tomorrow will be:—Healy, Strickland, Jacomb, Bush, Bull, Stowe, Mason, Horton, Goulter, Barry, Park, Green, Yarrall, Grace, Patchett.

Freezing.—The Uhristchurch Meat Company wish to inform their clients of the closing of the Pieton works at an early date. Holders of fat stock should therefore notify the Company at once of their intention of freezing.

Warden's Court.—At this morning's sitting of the Warden's Court C. S. Neville applied for protection for six months for the Eureka claim. Mr J. Conolly appeared for applicant, whose request was granted.

Povekty in Adelaide. —The secretary of the Unemployed Fund, Adelaide, has at present 383 names of unemployed men on his list. From a report in the Adelaide Advertiser it sesms that some of these are in great 3traits.

Suicides.—Of nine violent deaths recorded at the four chief centres of the colony during the month of May four were suicides. One of the suicides was by shooting, one by poison, one by strangling, and one by explosion.

Stock Sale. — To-morrow Messrs Green & Co. will offer, at their yards, a fine line of about 600 sheep, which will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Those in want of sheep should attend this sale, which commences at 1,30 p.m. sharp. A quantity of furniture will be offered after the stock.

Civil Cases. —The sittings of the Magistrate's Court to-day were protracted owing to the hearing of defended cases. The case W. Adams v. J. E. Leahy was adjourned for a fortnight, and that of R. L.Brewster v. R. Fredericks, Palmerston North, claim £17 10s 5d on a dishonored promissory note until July 18th. The hearing of defended cases was then proceeded with and still occupied the Court at the time we went to press.

Fortune-Telling.—A man, whose wife asked for an order of separation from him at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court on the ground of persistent cruelty, raised the novel counter complaint that it took him all his time to keep his partner from fortune-tellers and spiritualists. On one occasion, he alleged, she was so incensed at his refusal to let her bring a real spiritualist home to show to him that she left him and went to live with a party of them for over a month.

Intercessory Service,—At the intercessory service held in Wesley Church last evening, previous to singing the opening hymn, the Rev. G. W. J. S pence read out to the congregation assembled the latest bulletin received, which indicated that His Majesty was in a very critical condition. Mr Spence read and gave a short comment on KingHezekiah's sickness and recovery, as contained in Kings xx ~ pointing out the efficacy of believing prayer uttered by the truly contrite. Mr J. W. Black, Wellington, gave a brief, sympathetic address, in which he spoke of the great love of the nation for the King, as evidenced by the feeling manifested in this crisis. Several suitable hymns were sung, and earnest prayers were offered for the King, Queen, and members of the Royal Family.

Mushroom Hats, in colored and white, at Is lid each. —R. Allan.

The Conquering American. —In his latest book, " Between Out selves," Max O'Rell shows that American progress has'deeply impressed him. For the last six or seven years America (he says) has been so prosperous that, tliitnks to the wealth it possesses, Europe sees itself on the point of being entirely at the mercy of the United States. I say that before 20 years Europe will be at the mercy of America in every respect—its stock exchanges, its commerce, its industries—just as its customs and manners will be American. The Treasury at Washington is choking, the comruei'cial activity is boundless, and the intelligence and the ingenuity of the Americans arc beyond competition. New York and Chicago arc becoming peopled with millionaires, arch - millionaires, and billionaires. I count 192 American ladies in Mayfair and Be!----gravia, and 78 in the Faubourg St. Germain. The Vice Queen of India is American. When shall we see an American woman on a European throne? And why not ? I rather like the idea of it. The Sovereigns of Europe practically all belong to one family. Their | marriages are all made between cousins, j and Royalty is sadly deteriorating. The healthy daughter of, some rich Kansas farmer, married to some sovereign of Europe, might produce princes and princesses robust in body and mind, and in these democratic times I fail to v see why kings and emperors should not follow ths example of their aristocracies. Maybe they would obiain such dowries from America that our taxes could be considerably reduced.

90 Carpet Squares, in Tapestry, Brussels, Kidderminster, &c, in every size from 6ft x 4ft to 12ft x 15ft, 9s 6d, 15s, 21s, to 66s'; less than wholesale price.—R.Allan.

A Curious Difficulty.—Mr H. W. Lucy writes to the Sydney Morning Herald : —A curious difficulty arose in connection with the case of the medallion of Archibald Forbes, soon to be unveiled In the crypfc of St. Paul's Cathedral. The sculptor displayed on the breast of the famous war correspondent ribands representing the many medals bestowed upon him in foreign wars. They included the much-prized iron cross won on the field during the Franco-German war. Question arose in the committee managing the work on behalf of the subscribers whether display of the decoration was, iv the circumstances, desirable. Forbes never got the necessary permission to wear hi 3 medals in this country. One of his colleagues recalled an occasion when having, at some festive evening when King Edward, then Prince of Wales, was present, worn his iron cross, H.R H , a martinet in these matters, beckoned him aside, and pointed out the irregulai'ity of the proceeding. It was decided that as the medallion would be shown in a national building the ribands should not be shown. They were accordingly removed from the cast before the medal medillioo was run." 150 Door Mats, with deep wool fringe, full size, at Is, Is 3d, Is 9d, 2s 6d. This is less than the ordinary wholesale price.—R. Allan. A Confident Witness. —A considerable amount of amusement was created in one of the Jury Courts, says a Sydney newspaper, by the confident demeanour of a defendant, who is also a Justice of the Peace, in giving his evidence. His counsel wished to obtain some testimony from him which was objected to by the other side as inadmissible, and spirited argument ensued. While one learned gentleman was addressing the Court in support of his view of the law, the witness assured the Judge that the evidence was admissible. Those present in Court roared, and his Honor seemed to enjoy the unique position of being "enlightened" by a layman on the law of evidence. " YOU WANT IT "—So do we. You want 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.

Dooley on Books.— ■♦'Mr Dooley" discourses in the " Century" -for May on books and book reading. " Hardly a day passes bub some lady fri'nd iv mine stops me on me way to catch a car, an' asks questions about popular authors that she does not know annything of. Says I, ' Th' on'y books in me libr'y is th' Bible an' Shakespeare,' says I. ' They're gr-reat f'r ye,' she says. •So bully f'r th' style. D'ye read thim all th' time ?' she says. • I nivver read thim,' says I. ' I use thim f'r purposes iv de6nse. I have nivver read thim, but I'll nivver read annything else till I have read thim,' I says."

Cocoanut Brush Doormats, at 2s 6d each ; worth 7s 6d.—R. Allan.

The German Load-Line. —In the Reichstag, a heated discussion lately took place on a proposal to regulate the loading, manning, and provisioning of German merchantmen. The following is interesting : —Herr Raab (AntiSemite) greeted the proposal with satisfaction. If the proposal of Herr Lenzmann, to consult the shipowners, wero adopted, then, in all fairness, the experience of the seamen would be equally valuable. For several years had the deep load-line been in force in England, and for twentyfive years on the rivers of the German Empire. His only objection to the application of the English law was that it did not go sufficiently far for the protection of the lives of seamen. So far from England contemplating the repeal of the law, the House of Lords was at the present time discussing a Bill introducing a "light loadline." A Hamburg newspaper had declared last February that the English ships offered the greatest security for the live 3of crews; and, according to the official returns, the German mercantile marine had double the loss of life of that indicated in the English marine. Fie declared that oufcside the circles of seamen, witnesses testified that the lives and limb 3of the crews were sacrificed to avarice and lust of gain on the part of the shipowners.

200 Hearth Rugs. A splendid lot, at half the usual price, in Brussels, Tapestry, Kidderminster, &c, at 2s lid, 33 6d, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, 6s lid, 7s lid, 9a 6d, 12s 6d; extra large size and heavy made.—B« Allan.

The Patriotism ok the Russian.— The patriotism of the Russian applies only to the Tsar. In Glinka's fine and most characteristic opera, " A Life for the Tsar," the old peasant who saves his life has no word for Russia but only for the Tsar. Give your life, give everything for the Tsar! is his cry ; and the songs which move the audience to profound excitement are passionate appeals ending in prayer to sacri- j tice all for the preservation of the Tsar. That which moves an American, an Englishman, a Frenchman, or a German, to heroic deeds is devotion to his native land, to his fatherland, to that ideal entity which is known as "oountry," That which moves the "Russian, says Senator H. O. Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, is devotion to a man who, next to God, commands his religious faith and stands to him for his country. The first conception is Roman, and of the Western World. The second is Oriental, and pertains to the subtle Greek intellect in its decadence. Nor is this feeling the personal loyalty of the Cavalier and the Jacobite to the Stuarts, or of the French noblesse to the House of Bourbon. The loyalty of the Russian is not to Alexander or bo Nicholas, or to the Romanoffs, a family of mixed blood, chiefly German and less than 300 years ago of the rank of; boyars. The intense Russian loyalty is to the crowned and consecrated Tsar, whoever he may be, the head of the State and the head of the Church, next to God in their prayers.

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