LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 166, 15 July 1903, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Educational.—A teacher is wanted for the aided school at Peach Bay, Endeavor Inlet.

Train.—lt is notified by the Railway Department that there will be no 7.15 a.m. train to-morrow.

Obituary. —Mr Stephen Haggett, journalist, well known at Ohristohurch, Timaru, and Wellington, died at Colyton, North Island, this morning.

Stallions.—lt is notified that several pure bred stallions are for sale. Applications should be made to Mr F. N. Jones, at the Masonic Hotel.

Meteorological. — Captain Edwin wires as follows: —" Moderate easterly winds; glass rise slowly; poor tides; expect frost."

Abbor Da*.—Civil Servants and Borough public school teachers enjoy a well earned and much required rest I What a perfect farce these holidays are, to be sure. * But how nicely Arbor Day fits in with the trotting meeting.

Clearing Sale.—Messrs Girling and Co. announce that their great cash clearing sale will commence at 10 a.m. on Monday next and continue for twenty-one days. Mr D. Munro, chairman of the Renwiok School Committee, is at present employed as a temporary clerk in the Valuation Department, Wellington. Mr J. Bary has been appointed acting-chairman of the Renwick Committee. >•** A New Cometl—The Melbourne Observatory authorities announce tbe appearance of a new comet. Those who possess star atlases will find the stranger on a line from Alpha Apuarii to Epsilon Pegasi, nearer and slightly above the latter star. Next year, it is stated, several comets should reappear in the heavens.

J ovenilb Smokers.-—" That the sale of tobacco in any form be prohibited to boys under sixteen years of age" was a proposition which the Wellington delegates asked the Municipal Conference to consider. The discussion was short and to the point. It only took a minute for Mr Aitken to discover that municipalities had not power to do as proposed.

Pelorus Poultry Association. — Entries for the above Show, which takes place on the 22nd July, have up to to-day been received at the shop of Mr T. Bali. Owing to the Wednesday half-holiday Mr Ball's premises are closed this evening, and further entries will therefore .be received up to 9 o'clock by Mr A. R. Thomson at the Horticultural Society's Rooms, opposite Victoria Hall.

'Frisco Mail.—The Penguin, with the inward portion of the 'Friso mail, did not arrive at Picton until 7.30 last evening. Mr Edwards considerately delayed the evening train until after the arrival of the boat, and thus suited the convenience of both passengers and business people, the latter being enabled .to receive their 'Frisco mail correspondence last night.

The West Coast.—ln the course of his Address-in-Reply speech, Mr Col yin said that at the time of the general election there were fewer prohibitionists on the West Coast than in any other part of New Zealand, whilst, according to the number of the population, there were fewer luna ics or faddists there than there were anywhere else.

Flooded.*—The unusual happened on Saturday. Renwick (writes our correspondent) was subjected to a flood in a mild form. A boat was paddled up High Street. Storekeepers lifted their goods in anticipation of an outside visit from the watery element. At 7 o'clock on Saturday night a sheet of water extended from above Shaw's Hotel to some yards below the Post Office. The water was six inches deep in Mr W. S. Watson's workshop, but the other business people escaped. Defective surface drainage was the cause. When tho rain ceased the water rapidly subsided. The Omaka Road Board contemplate preventing a similar recurrence.

Flax.—The Produce Commissioner (Mr Cameron), who lately came to New Zealand from England, intends to make a tour of all the flax-growing districts in the colony, so that he may ascertain at first-hand the requirements of the flaxmillors and their opinions as to the best means for ensuring a stable and improved output of the manufactured article. Mr Cameron will address meetings in the various centres of the industry, and as a result of the knowledge so gained he trusts to effect alterations in conditions on the London market which now operate against the flax industry in this colony.

See the Conquering Hero Comes! The enemy rheumatism is vanquished! Bock's rheumatic powder is the hero. It strikes the root of the evil, expels the Uric acid poison! ensures perfect circulation, of the blood. Success guaranteed. Price 3/6 at D, R. Nevison, local agent.-—Advt»

For Children's Hacking Cough at night take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d.

Famous War Spots. — Steps are being taken to identify several of the spots made famous during the Maori wars in the South Taranaki district. Mr J. P. Ward, one of those who slept on the battlefield of To Ngutu o to Manuonthe night before the battle, has been examining the locality, and is positive that the spot which is pointed out as that where Yon Tempsky fell is not the correct one. As the band of survivors of the famous engagement is now rapidly lessening, Mr Ward intends to petition Parliament to appoint a commission to take evidence and ascertain the exact sites of the actions of Te Ngutu o to Manu, Te Bua Rua, and Te Pungarehu.

The Greatest Danger from colds and influenza is their tendency to result in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided It will cure a cold or an attack of influenza in less time $han any other treatment. It always cures and cures quickly. J. Banning sells it.

Death of an Early Colonist.—Mr Stockman, who died at New Plymouth last week, was one of the earliest settlers to arrive in the colony. He was a native of England, came out to the Bay of Islands in 1832, and for many years was engaged in the whaling industry in the so-called South Seas. For some time he lived on the island of Batama, and during his residence thereon he was artistically and elaborately tattoed by the natives. Later Mr Stockman carried on the business of a storekeeper at Kawhia, and subsequently he took up farming pursuits in the Mangorei district, Taranaki. While at Kawhia he married his first wife, a native belonging to the Ngatiawa tribe, she having been captured and taken into captivity after the Waikatos slaughtered the Nga tiawas at Pnkerangiora on the Waitara river, opposite Tikorangi. When the war broke out Mr Stockman acted as interpreter for the Imperial troops, and in that capacity served through the rebellion.