NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The North Island Mild Cure Bacon Company cured 1200 pigs at its works at Wcodville last month, and paid out over £4000 to its suppliers.

It is likely that the aurplas resulting from the recant industrial exhibition at Foilding will be devoted towards the establishment of a technical school in that town.

The Wellington Rugby Unioa have decided to advise the Marl borough Union that the Wellington representatives coolel not visit Marlborough this season.

The Kaikoar?. Council lately resolved that witd turnip should be declared a noxious weed in their district, and the resolution of the Council has now heen gazetted.

A record entry, totalling 114, has been received by tbe Kaikonra Collie Dog Clnb for their trials, as follows:— Class!., 39; Class.lT., 39; Class llr., 36. The next highest < number was 111, in 1898.

At; the Magistrate's Court; afc Eketahtma an uncertificated engine driver was mulcted in a fine, whilst bis employer, a mill-owner, was also fined for employing the man, knowing that he did not possess a certificate.

Th« skeleton of a man has bean discovered ia a hollow log atHobsrtvillo, Queensland. Tlio iiseoTary was raarle by a stockman, and an examination disclosed that the skull had been perfor ated with shot, and ifc is plain that the man was murdered.

The Wairarapa Leader states that a young lady the other night rode thirtysix miles on horseback through a driving southerly gale in order co* t© disappoint the audience at a school concert at which ahe was expected to recite.

The race between the Rimntaka and the Corinthic from Wellington to Plymouth, in which mnch interest was taken, resulted in favor of the firatnained vessel by sis days. Both called at Monte Video.

The Wellington Post understands that an inquiry will shortly be held by tho Railway Department into an allegation that the signals at an important railway station in tho Wellington district hare been tampered with by a person unconnected with the sarvice.

The money remittances from West Australia during last month to places outside the State amounted to £34,100 more than the amount transmitted fcbeie. Four thousand pounds were sent to London. £6000 to South Australia, £17,000 to Victoria, ana £6000 to New South Wales.

In answer to the formal request of the Department of Roada, cent to all the local bodies, asking for particulars of the' works for which provision is sought to be made on this year's estimates, the Cook County Council sends a list of twenty-two itoms, reauiriog a tobal value of £18,000. / Dr. Redman was in town yesterday again with his motor car, which, was the centre of much attention. The car is an Oldsmobile, and yesterday carried threo people, Dr. and Mrs Redman and tho expert in charge, from Picton under an hour. It negotiates the difficult Elevation with the greatest of ease. In sentencing "% prisoner named A'ray, who had been a member of one of the New Zealand contingents, Mr Justice Couolij' observed that it was p.ither mortifying after hearing so snach of how tho men. cent to South Africa had distinguished themselves, to find that some of them were habitual tbieves or persons of bad character.

The town of Winchester, Massachusetts, is now almost entirely bereft of cats. The superintendent of. the State Fowl Hatchery, finding that the animals wrought great havoc among his poultry, fixed up wires, and at night ran a powerful electrio current through thera. During the past two years over 200 cats have been electrocuted.

A Lame Shoulder is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles, and may be cured by the use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The liniment is unequalled as a soothing lotion. One application gives relief. Try J. Bonning sells it.

News received by the.lasfc mail from the vilayet of Beirut, Asia Minor, where a condition verging on anarchy exists, states that among the sufferers by the lawlessness in Beirut was Archdsacon Frere, who was stopped in tbe streets and fired upon. Archdearon Frere is well known in Now Zealand. Until a few years ago he was curate at Gore, Otago. Previous to that he was at Kurow, North Otago. (

Tlio ragwort question is still agitating farmers down south. A farmer informs the Southland Times that it is a blessing in disguise. He says that if it disappears the caterpillars will atteek the grain and d-.stroy it, as happened formerly in Wanganui.

A curious story comes from To Pana (says a Gisborno paper). Two lads riding down the Wairoa cutting, espied an empty beer bottle. They decided to put it on a post and practice with their stockwhips at it. On picking it up, they saw it contained a piece of paper. This, on investigation, proved to be a £5 note.

Death, and a mosfc terrible form of it, fa declared to lurk in the tobacco pipe if it is made of clay. Such, is the startling statement made by the Irish Registrar-General in a special report on cancer in Ireland just laid on the table of the House of Commons. The Tee clay " dudeen" is very common among the peasantry in Ireland. It is often smoked until the shank is quite short, and then it so irritates the lips of the smoker that cancer sometimes supervenes.

Dr Moorhouse and other gentlomen in Ghristchurch interested in acclimatisation are making arrangements to import some Ouanniche. land-locked salmon of Canada. They are described as a splendid sporting fish, and as being eminently suitable for the upper reaches of the rivers, and for the lakes in the back country of Canterbury. The teudeucy of the brown trout is to go to sea, but up the streams the sport is dwindling, and it h thought that the importation of the Canadian flsh will remedy the defect.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ia intended especially for couehs, colds, croup, whooping couth and iufiuenz.i. Ifc has become famous for its cures of these diseasei over a large part of the civilised world. The most ilattoring tesi iunonials have bseurecaived, giving accounts of its good works ; of the aggravating and persistent coughs ifc has cured; of severe colds thai; have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and oi' the clangorous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of the child. The oxtonsivo'nse of it for whooping cough haa shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous results. It is espoofally prized by mothers becauso it contains nothing injurious and there is not the least d-iuger iv givlug It, oven to babies. Ifc always cures and cures quickly. J Craning seilg it, *' *

The nativo Kuao, who has been the loader of tho opposition to the land at Kaikoho being handed over to tho Maori Land Council to deal with, claims to be tfco principal owner of ono particular part of the block, called Tautoro, a big volcanic hill with a crater. Tho crater contains a beautiful little lake, the sides of t:ie crater being prettily clothed with ferns and trees. There arc a number of small islands in the lako. Theao islands are ancient Maori burying places, and aro, therefore, tapu, or sacred.

A miner who has hecn prospecting the Arltunga (South Australia) district for eighteen month* saya it is not a poor man's field, bufc thinks it is going to be one of the biggest fields in Australia when opened up. At present about 9CO men are on the field, and others are still travelling up. It is useless, lie says, for men to go there on the ofi-chance of obtaining work if they have no luck at prospecting. No ono should go without some capital. Men can live there on £2 a week. The country is well supplied with water and feed, and had been so during the whole time he was there. Although the seasons are sometimes bad, the stations in the district aro well stocked.

The authorities are fully alive to fcbe necessity of taking all possible precautions even in Blenheim, in connection with the introduction of small-pox into tha Colony fr©m India by the steamer Gracchus, to arrest the spread of that dread scoarge if a caso should unfortunately occur here. The Health Department yesterday advised the Acting Health Officer that it was necessary to provide for the accommodation of patients and contacts in hhe event of a case ocf-nrrinjr in this district. If such did ocenr, or if there was a suspected case of the disease, a policeman must be put on to watch the infected house and sea that patients and contacts are isolated until arrangements can bo made for their accommodation. The police would also assist in the transport of patients, and if necessary would wait on the sick until nurses could bo provided. We learn Nurses Massey, Creech and Cawte have volunteered to nurse patients should, which it i 3 sincerely to be hoped will not be the case, necessity arise for their services, and they will bo vaccinated to day. Arrangements have also been made for the necessary accommodation for patients. In tbe meantime -the necessity of vaccination cannot be too strongly urged on parents as it is a Wt-ll known fact that in Blenheim, at any rate, the majority of the children have not been vaccinated. While not acting as a preventive vaccination ensures that the attack o£ the disease will'only bo of a mild nature, aud it is an incontrovertible fact that the heaviest mortality occurs amongst children who have not been vaccinated. Objectors to vaccination mainly take their stand on tho lymph not being pure, but now that the Gotornmont supply guaranteed pure calf lymph that ground of objection is cut from under their feet.

Hoarseness in a Child that is subject to croup in a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as sovß is tho child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. It always cures and cures quickly, J. Benning sells it.

Mr Benjamin Kidd, who won fame in 1591 by his book on "Social Evolution," ar;d has since devoted himself entirely to writing on sociology, read a paper at the Royal Colonial Institute on "Tho State in Relation to Trade." He took the line that the State should intervene and organise so as to save tlie consumer and the trader from' being beaten by combinations. Tbe chairman, Kir George Goldio. disagreed ■» ith tbe speaker on the point of State intorfor* nee, and argued in favor of individual initiative. Sir William M'AJitlan joined in the discussion, taking much tho same line as the chairman.

The English Rugby Union is sending a team to South Africa this year, starting from England about June 20th. To those members of the proposed team who have never been in South Africa, •'Jndax,"in the Sportsman, vouches that they will have a dolightful and interesting tour. The Rugby Union, he considers, must send out a thoroughly representative side, for Rugby football in South Africa is a national sport, and they can put a thundering good team in the field. The Villagers, near Capetown, and the Wanderers, at Johannesburg, are two clubs who could give a uood game to—or even beat—our best English Clubs. The last Enelish team was beaten by South Africa when they played on the Capetown ground.

A Ptece oi? Flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound to tho affected parts, is better than any plaster for lame back or pains in the side or chest. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a liniment that has no superior. One application gives relief. Try it. J. Benning sells it.

The Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, on whose behalf an appeal for funds is being made to the publio, has the most .historic connections with any church within the City. John Milton was buried there, and a conspicuous monument to his memory, erected in 1793 by Samuel Whitbread, stands in the south aisle. There are also monuments to Fox, the martyrologist ; to Speed, the historian ; and to Martin Frobiaher, the famous mariner, all of whom were buried at St. Giles's. The old church registers contain many interesting entries, among them being the marriage of Oliver Cromwell to Elizabeth Boucher on August 22, 1620. The burial of Daniel Defoe in the Bunhill Fields Cemetery is thus recorded : " 1731, April 2G, Mr Dubow, Cripplogate."

M. Legouve, the grand old man of literary France, and for forty-eight year 3 a member of the French Academy, has died at ninety-six, with a young heart and an easy conscience. Like James Rice, he will best be remembered as a collaborator, and bis share in Adrienue Leccmvreir is a lasting headstono that any tragedian, modern or ancient, might be proud of. But Los:ouve was more than a writer of plays; he stood lot-older and serener ideals than are represented across the footlights. Holivedasanoand healthy life, and he fenced to tho last with the vigor of a master hand. And in the long catalogue of hi-j various achievements, comedies, tracts on education, essays, and conferences on the best side of pociolopy, ho never wroto a word to wound. That clever baggage, Sophie Arnonld, on learning once that a certain man had died of poison, remarked : " Den1 me, ho must have sucked his own pan!" Antithetically, wo might say that Lcf ; ouvo's pen kept him alive, iv more senses than oce.