NEWS AND NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 231, 3 October 1902, Page 1

NEWS AND NEWS.

The Borough Conncil hold the monthly meeting this evening. v The steamer Foreric, which arrived at Auckland from Vancouver on Wednesday, brought 502S sacks of flour. The Defence Department received [ by the Rimutaka at Wellington yesterdiiy a battery of six guns with fittings : complete. The battery - weighs over 116 tons. ' . : ;; At a drawing o£ an art union at Wellington to dispose of tbe ; picture which Mr O. N. Worsley presented to tbe.Veterans' Home Committee, Mr W. '■■■£' L. Clifford, of Flaxbourne, gained the prize There were 121 tickets sold at ' 5t each. ; . * An impression has got abroad that the New Zealand Band, which it is now practically certain will visit England, will not compete in .any contest;. ; at Home. Lieut. Herd, however, states ; this is wrong, as the Band will be com- V peting in several of the principal contests. . Local anglers expect to meet with considerably more success as the season draws on and the weather becomes - warmer. The present weather, with; the absence of flies, is not so favorable to the sport. The winter being such a prolonged one, the water in tie rivers, aflected as it has been by the snow up country, is unusually cold, atnd under these conditions the trout do not take kindly to the rod and line, cricket season will be opened by the Wairau Clubon Saturday; The following players will represent the married and single:—Married—Messrs - Griffiths, riortpn, Lusk, MlcNab, Orr, Nortbcroft,,Baiilie, S. Connolly; Fish, Edwards, Morrison, j. ConpUy and Fisher. Single—Weld, Teschemaker (2), Esson (2), Greenfield, McShane,/ Mclver, Rayner, Bagge, Eraser^- Wilmot, Tytler, Maclaine. ; With respect to the epidemic of sickness reported* in Auckland, a ■ Dunedin medical; man states that a ' disease with corresponding symptoms appeared in Dunedin early in 1$)O(V when the troopers began to return. It was at first thought to, be typhoid, but ■ its .rapid development,, and also the rapid recovery made, showed that i^ v was.not. The doctor has concluded : that it is a; new disease introduced from South Africa, and has, dubbedit^: " African cholera." Oases have^siiider been met with continuouslyj It i fectious, but not very dangerous, and the treatment is simple. ~\'- , r In respect to the petition of several ministers' and their parishioners con- v cerning the effects of th&totaiisator on public morals, the M to Z Petitions ;-:. Committee of- the House reports as f01».;y.----lows: —" That the ; committee affirms? >\ the resolution reported to Atheßousei ? Pn the 11th September instant. ■..'■That'?? in' view: of the large and influential representations wiade by tbe"7l43;peti- •.'.! tibners praying for the abolition of the : totalisator, this committee recommends * the prayer of the petitioners to the, .! earnest consideration of the .Govern-" tnent.' " The recommendation isfto be filed for futuie reference. :■- ' Ah interesting'public lecture voit ft earthquakes was given this week at the &ewtowh* (Wellington) Public Library^?s by Mr G. Bpgben,;M.A. r He said that - by marking the places where 775 dif7 ■ ferent earthquakes;had been 'felt, they ascertained that most of the earths.' ■ quakes in New Zealand were' felt aIK ' Wellington, Wangarini and Blenheim, < and in the middle of that triangle.the largest number of New Zealand earthquakes' had their origin. The'moviK > ments caused, by earthquakes-wereiv^ very small,' rarely exceeding two-firths ,! of an inch on each.vibration. One of three tenths .of an inch' Would over- : throw every house in Wellington. Mining matters at Top Valley; are •, progressing slowly bat surely,; As far : as active operations are concerned, the ■] two dredges, Pride of Marlbortragh and Egmnnt ( ormerly the Onjdurman) v: are getting to work on their solid - - ground,- and in a few_days spine ■: tangible indications of the value pf, jkjhpX ! Top Valley dredging ground should be■•■.:>, : arrived - at... Jn- connection ■ with, the :- '•« Jubilee quartz claim, the work .p£: bringing in a water supply; to replace steam as a.motive power, is being, completed, and the battery should soon be in fall swing under the new conditions. An event of interest at Top Valley fcas been the visit of an Australian..expert who prpceedgd.thither^fte4. carrying-^ out an engagement for the inspection of ,a claim .at the^Wakamariha Jon^wa->\ half of a Wellington company.^^Thls?'-V .gentleman : ;iaspeoted -.a puni^erf of -claims,, and is preparing repprts. ./. .; ; : GHAMBERIiAIN'S : CoudH< REMEDY^ i cures the cold'; and does not produce ■> any bad efEects;; Jt:- strengthensithe; ' lungs and- leaves the, system in-»' healthy conaition. It always .cures and cures quickly. < J. Benning sells it. •'-'" ■ c 'THE CMR WARMED. .; ?vv- ; The Slavische Gorrespondenz, in its issue of August 18th, learns from St. Petersburg .that; there is a panip at the [ Russian 1 Opurt owing to the* Jdisc6yery of *amissive from the - Central- Revolutionist Committee on.the Czar's; desk. TJie, communication warned the Czar to ?earn the lesson' from J;he recent assaasmations, and. either ■ introduce reform's to alleviate'the suffering^ pt the';^Russian people,' or expectftniß sam^ fate |xs his subordinates'? The Czar.: is reported, to have reproached the; Minister of. the Inter^orj."M» Pieyne, bitterly, saying " FPi? whaijflo we [ spend millions on the greatest: !: secret service in the Sworld .if itpifitva'-.*i-misply^'-ban^e placed on my dSsfe^ In (Boiiversation another * §Jta]t& dignitary, Czar said: " Whokno^si wheih^r ; the, students are not, right in Manifesting discontent?" ••Thp ■ incident, concludes the * Slay||<^le Corr-esjpondenzi" hasshaken,'tfii^Caatt'«j,:; ' nerves. ; p^. has not left his priyiafe ■ suitp of rooms siride the reception of the.?i Jmisstiy^. Precautions f6$ h hi^ safety ( ]ljio|ve'lncreased to 'an;:.extei|it^ ■ tha^miak?3^® Gz&t a prisoner iiifl^.; ownpalacje.'^ : ',''.' • .'.'■:\fy^:■''':■;': v , :'; WHAT; IS : PAIK BALitf^te;§s Chamberlahv's Pain Balm■.;ia !^^ii; % menfc, :and; while adapted,t»^aS- j^ii 1 ordinary uses of a liniment, fcasj gicWrti* M ties 4istinguisb. it,''ftr6m^i|(^t';^ remedies;, -Jot, this class. ,J"^^Eiap^^ 4 especially beiwllpial for rhe^a^m^' Thousands of cases can be 7--whi^h this remedy has en^b^^yp^le S when the sufferer h^^eyio^^-|H^ V the bestdmedjealseryjbewithout!|ec^!v ingvreJleLy;Pai^;;Baim:'is^■ilol|||y^ ■ gua^rabteeclvl? giyja; reliet-iii'^p^p^: severe caaes^pi" ohronic or acutfe-^Wth;'l imatism.). • ■'* .-.1-.. •■',..... 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