NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 163, 14 July 1903, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Nelson coach was unable to negotiate the Renwick fords yesterday, and reached town by the Tua Marina road.

Messrs T. Watson and Co. have, a replace advertisement in this issue, in which they announce the commencement of their winter sale.

Referring to the financial difficulties of the Wellington Education Board, a member of the Marlborough Board said yesterday that the position was so bad over there that the children of the Clyde Quay School canvassed for pennies at home with which to buy coal for the school fires.

The breakdown of an engine on the .railway line yesterday, delayed the departure of the train for Seddon from 3;15 p.m. to about 5,30. An axle gave way while the engine was shunting on the northern side of the Blenheim station, and another iron horse had to be got ready.

From the return submitted to the Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday it appears that 19 patients remained in the hospital at the beginning of last month, and 23 were admitted during the month. During .that time 16 were discharged and three died, leaving 23, consisting of 15 males and eight females, still in the hospital.

Excellent acceptances were received for the Wairau Trotting Club's meeting to be held at Red wood town on Wednesday next in Dr Innes's paddock, there being no race with less than ten starters. A first-rate track has been laid out, and the Committee are determined to spare neither trouble or expense to make the meeting a success. Traps will run from the town to catch the first race. Judging by the quality of the horses from outside the district, a treat is in store for those who enjoy good trotting.

Talking to a press representative yesterday, a Renwick Road settler said that the tuain quantity of.. the flood water which deluged the-North Ward came from the overflow behind Mr Dalziel's place on the Old Renwick Road. In former years, he said, this locality was protected by banking, but the new settlers, taking confidence from .a, long immunity, allowed the work to wear away, and further obliterated it by ploughing. He expressed the opinion that if these defences had been maintained, the flood, or at least the greater portion of it, would have been averted;

A communication received by the Borough Council last night from the Department of Justice enclosed a<eopy of the following riUer, added to th.©verdict of the jury wJiibh.acted^.-afe'lEhe inquest touching the drowMng of H. G. Ohriapln the Omakajftver on May 30th :■—" ThatLfchejury'stroDglyrecom: mend that, a light.should be kept burn 4sgJ>n the school bridge until midnight, and ateo-tKat the embankment of the Omaka River in the vicinity of the bridge should be fenced next to the river." On the motion of Cr. Carr it was resolved that the attention of the Inspector of Works be called to a resolution passed some "yeaite ago that the street lamps be kept aliuht on flood nights. With regard to the fencing of the bank, it was remarked that the banks were under the jurisdiction of tfiV River Board, and were cob foot paths under the control of the Council.

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#s**t Ihe Governors of the Marlborough High School met yesterday, there being present Messrs Litchfield (in the Chair), Macey, Ferguson, Ohaytor, Fell, and Parker. .Tenders for the fencing of the grounds were received, from Fryer and; Porter (£l7 ss) and J. Massey;(£lSss), the lower being acc^pf!§'aT'"Arrange merits were made for the immediate removal; of- the old building at; the north-west corner of the ground, aDd or the letting of the grazing rights In his communications to the Board, the Headmaster pointed out that under present conditions junior sholarship- - holders .were aba disadvantage in regard to their tenure, which was restricted to two years' tuition at the School, while the maximum term for pupils who entered under the, new scheme of free secondary education was four years. Mr Chaytor gave notice of motion to amend the regulations accordingly.

Reference was made at the meeting of the Borough Council last night to the valuable services rendered to the public interests by Cr Carr in connection with the flood which came down on Sunday night. Or Shaw said it was due to the alertness and kindness of Cr Carr that a serious disaster was averted. That gentleman watched the rivers very carefully for man,y hours at a stretch, and kept his eye on all criti cal points. When danger threatened at the bottom of Grove Road he headed, a gang of men on the banks preventing the water from coming over ; and he (Cr Shaw) thanked him heartily on behalf of the residents of the North Ward. Cr Shaw added that it was no fault of the River Board that they had experienced a flood. No bank gave way, and the overflow, did not occur where a bank existed. Cr Penny said, that Cr Carr was deserving of every credit. He met him next morning working at the school bridge after be ing up all night. The Mayor endorsed these remarks.

The subject of technical education was mentioned at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday. The committee set up at the previous meeting to formulate a scheme for the utilisation of the £75 balance remaining over from the grant for the instruction of teachers reported that they had not been able to carry but their commission owing to the lack of time, and also to the fact that the teacher's appeal case was still unsettled. In fact, they could hardly see how anything of a satisfactory nature could be done until this difficulty was got out of hand, as the Headmaster of the Borough School would be the moat competent to take up the position of instructor, and was now doing work of that description. With regard to the application of the Fairhail School Committee for assistance for technical classes, Mr Chaytor expresed the hope that the movement would meet with success. He suggested that such enterprises were worthy of monetary help from residents.

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A trap party, which unsuccessfully endeavoured to reach the Opawa Overflow along Dillon Street on Sunday, had a humid experience. They came to grief in a deep hole after crossing the bridge, and everyone, including a member of the fair sex, became im« mersed up to the shoulders. Luckily the horse was staunch and proved equal to the occasion.

The circular invitation from the Mayor and Corporation of Pioton to a conference of local bodies at Picton on August; sth for the purpose of considering the questions of wharf extension and railway improvements was received by the Blenheim Borough Council last night. It raised a lengthy and vigorous discussion, and finally it was resolved to reply: "That the Council will elect delegates to the Picton conference on the understanding that Blenheim river improvements are included in the scheme."

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The heavy, flood in the rivers subsided quickly, and yesterday morning the North Ward had completely resumed its terra flnna appearance. The transformation scene was effected with pleasing rapidity, the waterscape melting away into a landscape in the space of an hour or two. Excepting that its top dressing bears a distressed look, Grove Road is not much the worse for the aqueous visitation, and the asphalt footpaths are dry. Further information from the outlying parts confirm our reports of yesterday as to the character of the flood. A good deal of farm land was inundated, and not a little re-sowing will have to be done. An enormous volume of water came down from the country; and the Opawa Overflow was in full operation. The Wairau river was heavily flooded, and its overflow affected a considerable area.

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