LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 59, 10 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

■To-morrow will be observed at Hoki tika as Hospital Sunday. .

Captain Edwin wires:—" Strong winds to gale from between north and west and south-west after 12 hours from now; glass, fall soon • tides, moderate; sea considerable oh coast: rain, probable." '

_ The "Examiner" states that the directors of the " Pahiatua Era " have xSSn'4° »ilct; ease capital by &% m Mr T- M. Byrne, formerly of the Tuapeka Times," Otago, will be manager.

The final match for the Men's Championship Doubles, left undecided at last Saturday's tournament, was played at the Marlborough Tennis Club"'s courts; last night, when M. Rudd and M.•■(Wiffen met H. E. Burden and F. H. Fish, and defeated them by 9-1

The Borough Council last night resolved 5 that the premium due on the Accident Insurance policy be paid. Ihe Mayor remarked that it was at present rather a heavy item, the Corporation shaving so many men employed.— Or. Carr: "A tax on enterprise; that's what it is."—Cr. Wiffen: 'Its no.use growling; I always iust pay mine without."

—At the Blenheim Bowling Club's Green yesterday afternoon, in the Junior Handicap, Dr. Innes defeated Uo niter (two points) by 1. The hnal between Dr. Innes and Johnston, will be played on Monday. This afternoon, in the Badges contest, the holders, Macey's team, were to play Reid's team. The latter consists of Johnston, Goulter, Jackman,. and,Reid.

The King of Greece, having expressed his willingness to accept a copy of the Bible m remembrance of his recent visit to England, the Bible v ?*£ *"« forwarded to Athens tne English Bible in four volumes, similar to that presented to Queen Victoria on her first Jubilee, and also Nestles Greek New Testament, for presentation to His Majesty.

. A relic from Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, in the shape of a lock of an old-time muzzle-loading rjfle, was brought in to J^ awera frpin the historical spot by Mi^'R;- Johnston the other day, states ■the Wanganui " Chronicle." It probably played a part in the battle when Yon leriipsky lost his life. Messrs 1 tirser Bros, have the memento in their possession.

During the month of February the sl&ugntenug fees at the Blenheim municipal abattoir amounted to £41 10s( as against £42'7s 6d for January. The number of animals killed was as Icllows:—Cows. 7, bullocks or heifers ;'. ca>ves 3, pigs 34, sheep 395, lambs Id 4. One heiter was wholly condemned for tuberculosis, and one partially.

, Blenheim was one of the ten places in the colony that reported no wind at 9 o'clock this morning. The barometer had risen to 30.29 at Bealey, and 29.97 at Blenheim, while the thermometer ragged from 65-at Auckland and Tiritij-i to" 49 at T,aimo. The local figure&was 58; ChristtifiHrph registered 57, Wellington 59, and Nelson 61. Rain #as' not in evidence at any meteorological station, the majority recording:., blue sky with clouds. A moderates sea was running off Cape Cajflpbeil sand Kajkoura.

Allan- $ 'Scra,uabl,e To-nightr—A treat in store for "jfm}. AH wide silk ribbons Od yard—R. Allan, '>*

The Secretary of the Blenheim Garrison Band, in a letter received by the Borough Council last night, stated that at a meeting of the Band held l't'cently he was instructed to write to the Mayor and Councillors asking them to convene a meeting to consider the advisability of holding a band contest in Blenheim in October or about that time. Councillors generally questioned whether the bandsmen would not be more successful Were they to cuijl the meeting themselves. However, thto request having been made, it war, resolved iha't the -Mayor \be authorised -to call a yuhljfi meeting.

Men arc urgently wanted for the North Island Main Trunk Railway construction works, and to get them the Labour Department is taking on unmarried as well as married applicants who are fit for the work, and is also relaxing the rule which demands, as a preliminary condition, that the application shall sign on order for half of his wages to be paid to relatives who are dependent upon his earnings. Allan's Scramble To-night—A few silk flette blouses Is 6d; worth 4s 6d. -R. Allan. * A resident of the Marlborough Sounds district tells us that the native grass is most effectively choking out the fern, and that, in consequence, the sheep-carrying capacity of ;he Sounds is largely increasing. The litroduction of the oil launch, of which there are now a large number, has developed the Sounds in a marked degree. The Kenepuru Sawmilling Company, ivhich is about the largest railwaysleeper mill in Marlborough, is making good headway. Mr Reeves, the managing director, informs us that a log hauler with an engine and boiler of eight-horse power has been imported from AVellington, and is working to entire satisfaction. The hauler, which is worked on the principle of an endless cable, is an economising appliance of considerable value. It can be worked over an area of several miles, and enables the company to do away with the bullocks, of which nearly twenty were employed. The process is less expensive than the use of bullocks, and less liable to disorganisation. Frequently a bullock would be injured by falling timber, and occasionally an animal would be killed. The Company possess now about six miles of tramway and employs from 10 to 14 men. It turns out. large quantities of birch and rimu sleepers, the bulk of which is transported to Lyttelton. Allan's Scramble To-night—Beauti-ful murve silk, a real plum, Is lid yard; worth 4s 6d.—R. Allan. * Whilst cruising in Queen Charlotte Sound on Thursday last Mr Davisj oi the Middle Remvick Road, and his party discovered an oil launch in ar abandoned condition lying on thf rocks in Anakakata Bay in the vicin ity of Cape Jackson. After, obtain ing "assistance and some launching gear from Mr C. H. Turner, o Ravenscliffe. they returned to th< wreck, and were successful in theii efforts to launch her into the water and then towed her to Mr Turner's, leaving her lashed to his jetty at high water mark. Although making water, it was quite possible for one hand bailing to keep it under. A launch similar in appearance was seen to pass Mr Turner's place on Wednesday last dur-. ing a strong south-east blow, and it would appear that an accident has happened to the owner and the boat drifted to where she was found. The I name on her is the "Advance," she is about twenty-seven to thirty feet long, has a five h.p. " Standard" oil engine in her, and from appearances was engaged in 'the fishing business. The authorities have been communicated with, and we trust ifc will be found that no loss of life has occurred in connection with the wreck. "The only documents on board were written in Italian. The latest sensation in Blenheim is the new autumn and winter wearing apparel which Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., are now showing at their agency, High Street. The goods include new jackets, new costumes, new blouses, in fact everything new. We have issued books of styles, which are now ready and may be obtained on application to our representative. * You can do a suffering friend a kindly service by saying " Steams' Headache Cure will quickly cure that headache." A trial will convince you if you have not yet used it yourself. * The man who says "there is nothing perfect on earth" never used a McCormick. Agent, E. F. Healy, Blenheim- , , • - -. *.