BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 168, 22 July 1902, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

| Hkxw hailstorm in Wellington yester-

j ABstfTsvlimi cricke-ters playing their \ return matcfe against Snrrey.

j S>» FraiKisc© tnail expec-tcd in | WeTiir.ctcm ;o»nigli*. ( Tfec Frf:f»«? Stakes of 10,000 soys., ' *•&« «r«c by tie Dote of Devonshire's | A private house for inebriates is J brir^ cv'sTt-'ltvlied in Wellington.

; D^irirt J S'd^e Kettle is taking steps fto >>rm a ** TTxnganni Prisoners* Aid \ Di"-*w*m rbjeet of the society will ; he to assist perwms on tbeir discharge 5 froec y«ri*;r'Tt to c-bteiu employment, I A Welltti|fl<m firm received an order 1 frnai Anstrilia on Satnrday for five I tiK->n«tri4 h»o>s, *ad more to follow. ! I"be t^j-mT wot back that snpplies to J t>.at ei-t*T.t were not to be obtained in

\ A ppar«ctly onr farmers are neglect- ] irp * profitable indnstry.

? T!b« I<onsio» wool sales are spirited,

« *n4 aX fciM* *re firm at late rates.

| A TrrrJni«*?««* by Jrdg^ Denniston —In tl>: <wrly days a^l the raceoonrse? \%<:: the W*««t Cocst- Tore below the | Ucfe 'wrat-er ir.arir. and rc-ry pood race- |' tvnrx* tl:<^y were, too. The grandii •~:;-.r-5 «■« a «-!i*p wreckoi? in the sand. j A m-'»tcli in a dilapidated but at Kr.fV '■el', nltt-rc an old man r.sni. v ; JtMin Veres- was foand dead, | Tf.fc-.ntfti c.bequc.»> anci bank drafts to the

I rstco of £s*oo.

,; A little irirl tos sent to pcirehase a ] hr>"wn h«id. and rock the old one, a ? w.xwien biofk. with a few hairs on either

; s'.ot\ to the shopman exactly what t f-bc wanted.

j To \hc co small rmmsetnont of several i m<.*«rr>cr* *he field ftp the broom head i x& the vbofrnmr, a bald headed, vener- : able Iw4-jn^r mac, and said, " Have ye '; a he'd I*l-0 itiat, »" ; d what's the price I A Bill providing for the annual exj pwsaiißw ftvr fife years of £200,000 - «f«w *"»t*r cwservAiion and kindred ■; wnrb !•«»* taw introduced in the New Sc'itiJfc Walo Legislative Assembly. "This city if called Cbristtnurciv' i Mr Tom Mains said In the Square last Sa:Kr/.3T cTerinc: ** bnt. the citizens, ":fte i>o«-c in other cities, are not very Christ-lite in re-pard to the indastrial «-r«-t<?"3 neder which they live,'' Tie jvapilß in n sefcoo* were asked to wr'te oriciisal composition on <€ Kings." 11 -.<•■ fT "»• w;^ earned off by a bright yorrJi, «bo i*erpcirated the following: Tfce nso*t powerful king on earth is— ■; Wcv-ki rs|?. ■ Tt>e lasies-t —Shir-king. A very pleasant ting—Smo-king. : The- wi;.tie«-t—Jo-kinp. ~ lite* tea rot —Thin kin.c ; Tire thirties t-~l>rin-k ing. The * ye*!. —Win-king. The nvi-t ptrrniors— Tal-kirg, An c-Merly cetiple from the conn try v>yn\ to f-tny at the Victoria Coffee P;;lafv\ Mcilxnjrr.e. and on retiring for the mzht Mew out the gas. Next rooiTiinc: they woe fonnd unconscious, / t<«* iresre restored. ' A fr^p]-i:.rr eoir:n'4li:r-n for a wager ■<T £". l»«w«Hi Ivc-liher at.d Watson, ;vt. it*A}s:T> c<; llurnsclcngh run iOti(,r< y'. «" s yon by Watson with a ;-'!•■;• <* ! i"- T.-ibbit- for one night's >--■■,'■. X:* ■" (••:'.-tM^y \v;s IVi 4 rabbits. W»:>.-« ;.*;;>; bo its !<is pievious record of SflO rsW^s for one night.

7bt> {• .!i-e force in l»u^ia, like our VVar Uftk-e at Hor;c. i> ;he subject of wany ,<-tf>rk-y, atd ihv. papers flnd anew jcitVe at its <\pf me nearly every week.

\ A mars who was *" wanted" in Russia hsd been photographed in six different * positions, ar.d the pictures were duly 1 circulated among the poliofi depart- ; iner.ts. i T! c chid of one of these wrote to beiscqyarurs a fevr days after the issue \ of tW w; of portrait*, and stated: " Sir, ! hare duly received the portr?i*« of the vi-k miscreants whose capv - [~ .csjicj. I Lave nrr&ated five i c>! tbfcjß, ami \},t- sixtli is under obser--1 vj,tior?, sttd will be secured shortly." ■ A wiliiC-ss in the Chmtchurch ! M.i|;i»-tratc*s Conrt characterised her j bc»lKittd a» " not an habitual drunkard, I your Worship, but he drinks on paydays,** I B^iuwen Palroerston and Ashurst, I oo tlie flat below the railway line, an ] cntJbas'ias'tie amateur poultry farmer | j ):ss (according to a contemporary) c-wtcd a cijrantie incubator, in the I shaj-tc of a brick building, where he i hatches chickens by the thousands, : Ac unlettered Irishman applied to I \ho Philadelphia Court of naturalisa- ■ tion the other day, when he was asked: i " Have yoc read the Declaration of I Indepeodencc V * ** No, sir," was the rvply. i " Have you read tho Constitution of : the United States ?" tl No, sir." ** Hate yoa read the history of the f United States ?" "No, sir," ho re- | peated. ] *■ No." c'Tcclaimcd the Judge in dis- • rn^t ; ** well, what have you read?" \ ** Oi have rod hair on me head, your \ tiOTK-r,"" was the innocent reply. j TV; Commoiiwealth Acting Prime "Minister has an extraordinary corres{Knident. who oiily addresses him in \ fmig- fe]rßra.m«, which are wholly in- | c-TmT»r(»ben*<iblf», as the following sample »i!S f.how: — " What on earth has Divine revelation, science, and art to do with vulfAT ■cunning, force, and ignorance? Fear thi« Vnslangbt. Gone dead. Divine interference. Law, loyalty, hope, and love should remain Stato. P*y debts instantly."' Kearly every tlty Mr Deakin re--1 ceives a*simil.tr telegram.