Established 1866. The Marlborough Express. published every evening. Saturday, June 28, 1902. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 149, 28 June 1902, Page 2

Established 1866. The Marlborough Express. published every evening. Saturday, June 28, 1902. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Grazing. —An advertiser wants grazing at once for two hundtel sheep

Haijp Zither.—MrZeltzner notifies he is now delivering the leolian harp zithers and booking farther orders.

Magistrate's Court. —The sitting of the Magistrate's Court was continii3d again this morning for the hearing of defended civil cases.

Engine Driver. —James Hogan, of Blenheim, was last month at Wellington granted a certificate of competency as an engine driver for traction or locomotive engines, by the examininp Board.

Wesley Church. —The special sub ject of discourse to-morrow evening will be "Belshazzar : the sacreligious king." This is announced as the con eluding discourse of the series on "Notables of the Old Testament," which the Rev. G. W. J. Spence has been delivering on successive Sunday evenings.

Decorations. —Instructions were received yesterday to have the decora tions on the front of the Government Buildings removed. They were accordingly taken down this morning. The Borough workmen were to-day clearing the palms and other foliage off the verandah posts and streets, and most of the private decorations were also removed.

The King's Illness. — The Good Templars of Maryborough have sent the following telegram to the Governor, through their District Deputy :— "The Good Templars of Mavlborough, as loyal subjects of His Majesty the King, wish to express their profound regret at his serious illness, and offer our heartfelt and fervent prayers for the early recovery of our beloved Sovereign."

Band for Picton. — The trouble Picton people have experienced in getting a band for their celebrations has worked out for good. During the last few days some of the residents have subscribed £40 towards getting insti Unients, and as the ladies are willing to assist in raising further funds for that laudable object, Picton people will soon—like the Hielan'man o' that ilk, hae a boatie o' their am. Several Maori members of the Waitohi Rifles are excellent musicians, and can play the cornet and other instruments quite as well as many professional bandsmen already.

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

Victoria College.—The Rev. W. A. Evans (chairman of the Victoria College Council) and Mr C, P. Powles (registrar) interviewed Sir J. G. Ward the other day (says the N.Z. Times) with reference to the building fund of the college, Mr Evans asked whether tho remainder of the vote of £3000 appearing on the estimates last session would be available, and pointed out that the work of preparing the site for the building would cost £2012. Therefore, before accepting a tender for this amount the college authorities wished to know if the money would be available. Sir J. Ward saidhe would consult his colleagues on the matter. He himself would recommend that the £2012 should be granted. Mr Evans further asked whether the Acting-Premier would state what amount the Government would give towards the cost of the building itself. It was the intention of the College Council to call for competitive designs, but this could not be done in the absence of definite information. A rough estimate put down the cost at £40,000. The ActingPremier said that an estimate fur nished to the Government showed that a plain brick building could be put up for about £25,000; but he asked that the Council should submit a statement of the amount expected, and the accommodation necessary in the new building, and promised fco bring the matter before Cabinet. " 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,

The Late Mb Shrimski.—The Hon. S. E. Shrimski, M.L.C., who died buddenly at Auckland on Wednesday, was born in Germany of Jewish parents. He arrived in Otago in the early sixties and forty years ago settled in Oam aru. He was at one time mayor of that town, and was one of the founders of the Oamaru Hospital. He had been a member of the Legislature for many years, having been first returned to the House of Representatives in 1876. Mr Shrimski was called to the Legislative Council in 1885. He leaves a widow, lbut no family.

200 Hearth Rugs. A splendid lot, at half the usual price, in Brussels, Tapestry, Kidderminster, &c, at 2s lid, 3s Gd, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, 6s lid, 7s lid, 9s 6d, 12s 6d; extra large size and heavy made.—R. Allan,

Lion Tamer's Fight fob Life. — An exciting scene was witnessed lately in Bostock and Wombwell's menagerie at Stonehaven, near Aberdeen. Just before the performance commenced Captain Delaware, the well known lion tamer, was engaged in breaking in three yonng lions, when one of them sprang at him and seized him by the leg. The trainer was pulled to the floor of the cage, but he beat the infuriated lion b: c'f with a heavy whip. Despite the fact that the lion's teeth had penetrated deeply through the heavy jackboot into the calf of his leg, Captain Delaware struggled to his feet and kept the animal at bay for a few minutes. The lion, however, made a second attack on the tamer, and again knocking him down buried its teeth in his groin. Delaware kept remarkably cool, and once more beat off the lion, until some of the menagerie's assistants appeared on the scene armed with pitchforks and enabled him to escape, bleeding profusely from . his terrible wounds.

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

The Hatpin Nuisance.—A dressmaker named Alice Agnes Sutton was sent for trial by the West London magistrate lately on a charge of stabbing a tramway car inspector with a hatpin. It was alleged that while being removed from a car for refusing to pay her fare the woman lunged at the inspector's face with the hatpin. He raised his arm to ward off the blow, and the pin entered his arm and was broken to pieces by the force of the thrust. The tramway company's solicitor commented on the growing practice among women of using hatpins as weapons. Among the cases for trial at the Old Bailey is one in which three men and two women are charged with the manslaughter of a Lambeth bricklayer's laborer named Rosser, whose death was caused by a piece of a hatpin found embedded in his lungs.

90 Carpet Squares, in Tapestry, Brussels, Kidderminster, &c, in every size from 6ft x 4ft to 12ft x 15ft, 9s 6d, 15s, 21s, to 665; less than wholesale price.—R.Allan.

Revolt of Policemen. —One of the most peculiar situations ever developed in any municipality is that now existing in the police department of New York city. The police have broken away from their superiors, and are enforcing the laws, especially the excise law. This unheard-of enforcement of law is due to the fact that the police man is tired of a ©ting as a scapegoat foe his officers, who receive whatever profit is derived from non-enforcement of law.

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.

Timid Capitalists.—British engi neers designed, and British capital produced, the first electric and the first tube railways in the world. Yet we find British investors allowing America to obtain financial control of the underground and tube railways of London. The unfortunate British manufacturer and his ways are belittled by their fellow-countrymen, when as a matter of fact our capitalists are en tircly to blame for losing control of the home markets.—Empire Review.

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Canada and the United States.— The French Canadian has always been very much averse to the idea of the annexation of Canada to the United States. To him that meant the extinction of his language, and thus the crushing out of their existence as a separate people. As these privileges are guaranteed to him by Great Bri tain, he has always been loyal to the Crown of Great Britain, though it is not to be expected that bis loyalty would be the unreasoning loyalty of th<9 heart such as one finds in a man of English birth or descent, or such as marks the son of the United States, no matter in what part of the world he may be. Of late public men and jour nals in the province of Montreal have shown leas dread of the idea of annexation than formerly. This is an interesting development of the time, and one which has not passed unnoticed. La Verite, a weekly paper of Quebec, whose articles attract great attention at times, in its current issue points out this tendency, and institutes an inquiry as to the cause. Coming from the source it does, the article is remarkable in many ways. Though it concedes that there are substantial reasons for the change in public sentiment, it sets its face as resolutely against annexation as it has set it against British Imperialism. The article, which is headed " Pas Annexation," -ets forth that sundry events in the political world have caused a discontent, an angry irritation, among French Canadians. This unrest has translated itself by a new manner of viewing the question of annexation to the United States :—For our part, says La Verite, if we must choose between British and American Imper;*'ism, we will choose the former as the lesser of two evils ! British Imperialism would be very onerous and dangerous, but at least it leaves us both our Catholic schools and the French language— that is to say, life and hope, with the power of fighting. At the same time the Yankee Imperialism, annexation to the United States, would deprive us of all Vestige of autonomy, and would infallibly drown us into pan-American-ism, and that for ever, except by a miracle. That is why, while admitting that annexation really menaces us, we repudiate it more to-day than ever. To us it always appears the most shameful fate that could befall.

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