LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 58, 9 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Manawatu. Railway/wCompauy pay a dividend of 7 per cent, for the, year.' " : ■' ■

The Premier visits Te -Aroha aii'd Rqtorua. At .the'latter place'he unveils memorials to native chiefs.

The Electric Light Company has refused ;the offer of the -Wellington: City Council to take over the,, works for £100,000. ''■'" ■"r-"'1- "■■"'

In the Police Court to-day John Kershaw, .charged with, drunkenness, was fined 10s wit;h 2s costs, in default; seven days. ' . . > ■>

Over 2300 sheep were landed at Lyttelton on Monday, 1058. from the Chatham Islands, and 1260 from Pelorus Sound.,

, The proposal to purchase the Canterbury Hall for the city ofr Christchurch was lost at the poll yesterday by 2044 to 809. \

A Takatea (Auckland) settler named Chas. Rawlinson has been, missing since Tuesday, when he intended going gum-digging. lie took a revolver with him. Search-parties are oute

Capt. Edwin- wires:—"Strong winds to, gale, from between west and south and southieast; glass rise; tides high; sea heavy; rain probable, and weather much colder."

The Ashbiirton County Council decided to :pay threepence per hfead for 'jfats caught in the county; also to .charge a registration fee of 10s on motor-cars, and 5s on motor-bicycles 'using jthe. county roads.

At a meeting of the Canterbury; Chamber, of Commerce yesterday it >yas stated that there would be a Congress of Chambers during the ExhibiLjtiqn. The Chamber joined in the protest against the.closing of the railway goods sheds at 4.30. •

' To-day Mr T. Scott-Smith, S.M.", delivered his reserved judgment in the case of Corry and Co. v. T. Philpotts, claim for £10 10s 6d, made in the capacity of plaintiffs as sole agents for the Wellington and Marlborough Cement Company. Judgment' was for plaintiffs with costs £2 6s. .

/ At a meeting of the ratepayers of ".the"" North Ward of South Invercargill yesterday it was resolved to petition the Minister for a revision of the valuation, on.the grounds that it was excessive. Whereas the unimproved value three years ago was £26,000, the amount is now raised to £35,000. Threshing machine owners of South Canterbury have been informed by the local Inspector of Awards that they must pay f-water-cart men- the same.; wages as other hands. Hitherto the Eractice has been to pay the waterman y the week, as he Has to be on duty no niatter what the weather is, he having a horse to look after. Allan's Drapery Scramble—To-mor-. row, wide silk ribbons, real plums, 6d yard.—R. Allan. * Mr Dunhill, who is conducting the examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal"College-of Music, London, this year, vice Mr Graham P. Moore, arrived by the San Francisco boat last Tuesday. He leaves Wellington for Blenheim on the 15th. There are 156 candidates in Wellington. Allan's Drapery Scramble—To-mor-row we will upset lovely jackets, 12s 9d ; worth 255.—11. Allan. * In the Magistrate's Court this, morning judgment went for plaintiffs by default of defendants in the following' 'cases:—Bythell and Co. v. Cobeldick, £102 18s 2d and costs- £7 4s 6d; Robinson v. JV Walden, 145,:, with costs'"^;""Horto'irßros. ~ >.' Jas.. Roberts, £1 13s 2d., with costs ss; same v. H. - Humphries, £2 14s lid, with costs ss. -.■:" : Allan's Drapery Scramble —To-mor-rom there wjili. ~ be, trouble,; ladies' blouses Is 6d each; worth 4s lid.—R. Allam : -; >-• At the meeting of the Licensing Committee in Christchurch (says a telegram) the police spoke in high terms of the, conduct of the hotels during the last 12 months. Drunkenness had decreased one-third, and the control was much improved. Mr Bishop, S.M.. said that, without patting the Magistracy on the back, some of it was due to the heavier fines inflicted for drunkenness. Allan's Drapery Scramble — To-mor-row there will be a great nutter; you can't go wrong;— R. Allan. * Send to the "Express" Office for bill-heads in all sizes; counterslips and memorandums in all sizes; invitation, ffcddiugi and raemoriam cards.

A telegram from Auckland says that a young Tvomaii saw a man behaving improperly in Victoria Park before some little girls, and seized him, hanging on for some twenty minutes, despite his struggles, till a constable arrived. Some men looked on and afforded, no help. The man got three months, and many expressions of admiration at the girl' behaviour were made in Courts "\

The cases for trial at the forthcoming circuit sittings of Supreme Court are gradually being.thinned down, the action Roskruge and Dick v. Wiffen having been discontinued by the plaintiffs yesterday. It will be remembered that in an action by the same plaintiffs against the same defendant, the plaintiffs were non-suited before Mr -Justice Cooper at the last circuit sittings. , ,

The theory that the theatrical profession is necessarily unrespectable appears to be held still in some quarters, says the " Lyttelton Times. A schoolmaster had the temerity to marry ah actress recently, and the school authorities, after due consideration, have asked him' to send in his resignation. The fact that the lady was a very good actress apparently made no difference.

Captain James S. Adams, whose death ijs announced as; having taken place in Wellington on Monday, figured in Blenheim's earlier history. A Napier exchange says that he was a master., mariner of the old school, having had charge of a sailing ship out of London at'a very early age. He came to this colony about twentyfive years ago, and traded on the East Coast with the schooner Awaroa and other vessels. About twenty years ago he was deck hand on the Union Company's -Waihi, then .doing the tendering service to the roadstead, and through the untimely death of Captain Rutter he was appointed master to take the vessel tp. Wellington. He was,most successful in opening up the Blenheim trade. When the Kanieri came out he was appointed to take command of her, and after a year or so was transferred to the Orowaiti, then to the Southern Cross, Australia, and other well-known vessels of the Union line;; his last being the Whangape, one of the largest intercolonial tramps in the service. Captain Adams was a most genial and well-liked skipEer, and as a nayigator could not well c beaten: The Union Company have lost a valuable officer, and his host of friends, bith in Napier and the South, will hear of his death with considerable regret. ■ ■ v ■ .-v -,

Allan's Drapery Scramble —To-mor-row a huge picking for our country friends; dresses, 8s each.—R. Allan. *