LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 188, 15 August 1902, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Mair^.—Colonial mails which left Melbourne on the 9th July arrived in London on the night of the 11th instant.

Partnership.—The partnership of Messrs Freeth & James, as painters and decorators, is announced.

Maintenance. —At the Police Court this morning James Peart was remanded to Nelson for failing to provide his wife with adequate means of support.

METEOBOLOGieAL. — Captain Edwin wires as follows: —" Moderate to strong winds from between southeast and east and north; glass fall slowly; low tides; frost to-nigh fc."

Auctions. —To-morrow at 11 a.m. Messrs Griffiths & Son will offer furniture, books, etc., as advertised.—At 2 p.m. Messrs Green & Co. will sell, at their yards, a line of prime fat wethers.

New lines. Just opened up 50 sample Suits of New Zealand Tweed, 20s, 255, 30s, 32s 6d, 355, 40s.—Dee & Sons*

Football Records.—A correspondent (" Star") writes :—" Sir,—l see by the Southland Times that the Invercargill Star Football Club has won the senior cup thirteen years in succession, and in that time has only lost six matches. Is this a record for New Zealand?"

The Hat makes the man, and the be9t Hats to wear are Woodrow's. — Dee & Sons.

The By-LAw Case.—Dr McArthur, S.M., delivered a written judgment in the action brought by the Pelorus Road Board against Messrs Smart Bros, for breach of by-laws enforcing the payment of license fees for heavy timber traffic. The by-laws were held to be valid and reasonable, but on account of their not having been posted on all bridges in the district, the defendants were ordered to pay only Court fees 14s. The full text will ap pear in to-morrow's issue. Mr McCallum appeared for the Board, and Mr McNab for Messrs Smart Bros.

A well dressed man always prefers a Woodrow Hat. Every business man must wear one.—Dee & Sons.

Pogimsm.—The brief cabled announcement is published in Sydney papers that at San Francisco on July 25th Jeffries, the champion heavyweight glove-fighter of the world, defeated Fitzsimmons, New Zoalander and ex-champion, in eight rounds. When the last mail left America Fitzsimmons's chances were considered so poor that it was probable Jeff, ies would start a 3 to 1 favorite. The contest attracted little interest in America. Jeffries is aged 27 years, and Fitzsimmons is over 40.

Woodrow's famous Hats are noted for their quality, style, and durability.— Dee & Sons, agents for Marlborough.

Meat Famine.—The Australian Meat Trades' Journal says :—A meat famine* has arrived in New South Wales. Country towns in many parts are without fresh meat, and it is the hardest job to get good salt beef for station use. The Sydney people are paying higher prices for meat than they have ever paid before. This will become worse for the next three months, and the outlook for the poorer classes is very bad. A duty of Id per lb is charged on fresh meat from New Zealand, and 5s a hundredweight for salt beef. Frozen and chilled meats, however, are free, so we bope New Zealand will send us shortly several cargoes of their good frozen meat here. The difficulty is the quantity. Several companies would load up a full cargo (say 2000 tons), freight, roughly, -|d per lb, but they cannofc afford to run over small parcels at that rate. Several of our large butchers should combine and bring this over and store it in some of our many empty meat stores, or some of the meat freezing companies might do it themselves (this latter for preference), and supply it to customers."

Wade s Worm Figs—the Wonderful Worm Worriers —are a safe and sure remedy, in Is boxes ; sold everywhere.

Vanishing Animals.—ln the United States efforts are being made to save some of the native animals from the fate of extinction. Among the vanishing races, states Professor Gregory in the Leisure Hour, are the bison, the pronghorn antelope, the elk, the Rocky Mountain goat, moose, grizzly bear, and beaver, all of which are characteristic American animals. At the present time there are only a few hundred survivors of the millions of bison or American buffalo of a century ago, and these would probably have gone if homes had not been provided for them. The moose is now a rare animal in the United States, the elk is no longer easily obtained, and the grizzly bear is believed to be rapidly approaching extinction.

Wade's Worm Figs —the Wonderful Worm Worriers—are always effective. Is boxes. Sold everywhere.

The Government Pathologist. — Mr J. A. Gilruth reports on the work conducted by him for the Health Department. During the past year 431 specimens were forwarded to him for pathological and bacteriological examination. Of water thirty samples wore received for bacteriological examination from officers of the Department. In nearly every instance it is satisfactory to note that the result confirmed the suspicions of the officer that the water was not fit for pot able purposes. In some instances so many as fifty thousand micro organisms per cubic centimetre were found, which in itself demonstrated the total unsuitability of such waters for domestic purposes. Mr Gilruth conducted some experiments with Dr. Danysz's rat microbei He says: — 11 So far as my experiments here are concerned, the indications are that, as a means of extermination, this method is not satisfactory. It must be admitted, however, that the delay necessitated befere experiments could be conducted, the transmission of the original cultures, etc., militated greatly against satisfactory results being obtained, hence deductions are not very reliable." Amongst the general specimens sent for examination to Mr Gilruth was "a sanitary coffin."

1 ARE YOU THE LAUNDRY MAID?' If you are, don't forget that to turn out finished work, you must have Empire Companyj3 Royal Blue.

American Industry. — Much has been heard of the up-to-date methods of American industry. A correspondent of the Scotsman, who spent a day recently in one of the Carnegie works, confesses that what he saw Oiled him wi h amazement:—"l have seen steel handled as I never saw it handled before (he writes), though I have visited many English steam plants. The enormous ingots are moved by machines that almost seem alive, and the machines are driven principally by electricity. The ingots are removed from the furnaces, carried to the rolls, shifted from roll to roll, carried back, replaced in the furnaces for reheating, brought out again, roiled again, cut into lengths, and never once handled. Big fingers and thumbs turn them from the furnaces, quick running electric carriages receive them and take them to the appointed place. Big fingers turn them over and push them gently into position. Furnace doors open to enable the ingots to be removed, and then close again. The great fingers and thumbs, after their work, dip themselves in water to cool, as a man might his fingers into a finger bowl, and all is controlled by two or three men with levers and switches." A new plant has just been completed over there for steel rails, in which, from the placing of the ore in the blast furnances to the packing of the finished steel, no man handles anything.

Winter comes with chilly drape, And coughs and colds we can't escape: We're bound to face it every year. However much the damp we fear. We long to see Old Sol's bright rays Through those wet and gloomy days, While our health we do assure With some Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 2