LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 14 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

It is stated that another medico is about to start practice in Picton.

Two hotels in Picton, the Terminus and the Railway, have recently changed hands.

The Spring Creek Tennis Club wi: play the return match with Picton o: Saturday week.

At the annual regatta of the Wellii'gton Amateur Rowing Association, to be held on Saturday next, Picfcon will be represented in the Junior Fours and the Junior Clinker' Fours. The Renwicktown Sale Yards Company, which was formed about four years; ago, held a meeting at Shaw's HoteJ, ltemvick, latsfc night, when it was decided that the yards should be sold

Sarcastic par from Eketahuna " Express " •__" No fewer than ten divorce cases are set down for hearing at the sitting of the Supreme Court, which opened in Patmerston North on Thursday. Yes, Pahnerston N. is advancing!"

Silk embroidered pure-wool double width Amazon cloth, in navy, myrtle, cardinal, brown, etc., one dress only. H. F. Hall.

It is understood that the first workmen's homes in the Wellington district will be erected at Petone. The plans of the five and aix-roomed cottages prepared by the Government architect have been approved by the Cabinet, and a start will be made almost at once to erect some.of them. The village is to be known as the Herotaunga Hamlet.

Allan's Scramble — Just trot along Handsome 'flette blouses, Is 6d, tomorrow.—R. Allan.

The effect of the tourist season is recorded in the Gazette, which shows that 48J8 persons arrived last January from pversea, while 1726 departed. Of the arrivals., £502 shipped at Sydney, which rather proves that the line is fed from Melbourne and the West than that the people of New South Wales are the greatest travellers. Moreover, there are many returned New Zealanders, who prefer the return by Auckland and Wellington.

On Thursday morning, white Swiss embroidery and insertion, 3 to 14in. wide, 6d, Bd, and lOd; honestly worth double.-§, I', JfcU,

A good joko (against an auctioneer) happened at a sale not a thousand miles from Blenheim on a recent Saturday. The auctioneer was hard at work in the yard inviting bids when a few yards away came a reply in sharp tones "Nine bob!" "Nine bob has it," said the auctioneer, but imagine his disgust when he found that the bid came from a neighbour's parrot, who was at once consigned to a warm region by the Knight of the Hammer.

'Allan's Scramble—Hundreds visit it daily. Beautiful white 'flette 4s 6d dozen; to-morrow. —R. Allan. *

An alarm was rung by the firebells shortly after five o 3 clock yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the discovery of a conflagration in an outbuilding at the rear of the Royal Hotel, wherein was stored empty cases, etc. The chemical engine, manned by energetic Fire Brigadesmen, was quickly in manipulation, to the almost instant allaying of any further danger. In addition, steam was got up in the "Fire King," and a jet of water played upon the shed. The damage would not be more than could be covered by a few pounds.

Drawing room tidies, the latest thing, useful and ornamental, 20 only, 4s 6d each; worth 7s 6d—H. F. Hall.*

At Blenheim this morning at nine o'clock a north-west "fair breeze" was blowing, the barometer registered 29.83, and the thermometer 69; the sky was overcast and the river low. At sixteen places there was" no wind at all at the time the meteorological observations were taken. The highest temperatures were 72 at Christchurch and Tiritiri, and 70 at Gisborne. Wellington, Nelson, and Farewell Spit reported rain. Tides were good, and the sea off the coast was smooth and moderate in the North Island, but rougher in the South. Allan's Scramble — You can't go wrong; a winter dress for 9s, to-mor-row.—R. Allan. * The All Black Family Musicians performed to a large and enthusiastic audience at Seddon last night. This was the largest gathering ever seen there. At Picton on Monday they had the hall filled to the doors, and had the largest audience ever seen in Picton at an entertainment, the public evidently being determined to see the family's farewell performance. To-night they give the first of their farewell performances here in the Grove Road Hall prior to their departure for the South Sea Islands and Australia. Save your eyes, and buy our pillow cases at 9d each, full size.—H. F. Hall. * At our opening sale on Thursday morning, large picnic baskets Is 6d each; worth 4s 6d—H. F. Hall. * To show what some land will realise there at auction, the Kaikoura correspondent of the " Lyttelton Times " relates that a nice, compact little farm of 215 acres, Crown lease, with the optional right of purchase, with 30s per acre to pay in three years, was knocked down, after some spirited bidding, for £900 cash. Other land sold on the same day was 66 acres situated in the middle of the "Flat," which which brough £31 10s per acre, and 44 acres at £14 per acre. This is all good land, and suitable for cropping. A piece of land containing two roods thirteen perches, near the proposed new wharf site, brought £40. Allan's Scramble — " Ding-dong " value in colonial blankets; beauties for 17s 6d pair; 10s 4d to-morrow. — R. Allan. - * Allan's Scramble — Rattling gifts in ladies' winter cloaks and jackets, 12s 9d each to-morrow. —R. Allan. * Thus the Wellington correspondent of the " Dunedin Star":—ln political and financial circles where the speeches at the last meeting of the Bank of New Zealand are remembered, it is considered probable that at the end of the present financial year the Bank of New Zealand will be found to be in a position to warrant its taking over the remaining assets of the Board at the end of the financial' a year 1906-7, and if that is the case, is regarded as quite likely that the Cabinet will consent to the necessary, steps being taken to that end. It follows that the end of the Assets Board is in sight at last. Those who remember a certain night of 1894 appreciate the pleasant significance of the fact. On Thursday morning, fur collarettes and muffs, real bargains, children's white fur boas,'ls each.^—H. F. Hall. •;•* Don't miss this line, ladies' tan kid gloves, three domes, high quality, at 2s 6d a pair; usual price 5s 6d.—H. F. Hall. ' ■'. In the course of an interesting chat witn an " Otago Daily Times reporter on South Africa, Mr R. G. Knowles, the well-known society; en-' tertainer, who is just starting a tour of the, colony, expressed himself lii terse but emphatic terms. "I made a lot of money in South Africa, but there's no use in talking decorative generalities. South Africa is a country with no past, an impossible present, and an absolutely hopeless future. It has the finest sunsets in the world, but they are not marketable commodities. There is a weird, alluring, unique light after sunset, too. It creeps out of nowhere, and bathes the land in a soft effulgence, wonderful and all-penetrating. In that light every object posed against the sky stands out in such sharp silhouette as is almost startling. But you can't realise on that light, and you can't bottle it.' To stay in, I like a country with some purpoes and some spine. South Africa seems to have neither." 100,000 envelopes just received at "Express" office for trade purposes.