LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

At the Police Court this morning - tema c first offender was convicted of drunkenness and discharged

The census returns gives a population of 4C02, an increase of

A concert is to be given in St. Andrew's Hall on Tuesday, 29th inst., in aid oi the organ fund, at which loading vocalists will assist.

The Government lias accented t-^----ders lor the erection of 25 workmen'"•; homes at Petonc. The prices are saW to be well within the estimate

A telegram from Wellington states iat ,7h? ,BlslloP Hadfield Memorial should take the form o fa Hostel in connection with the University for theological and other students. .Captain Edwin wires:—-" Strong winds to gale from between north and west and south-west after 12 hours from now; glass rise, but falling after that time; tides good; sea heavy on coast; ram probably heavy " wTS oifc?: /f 'nlfarin« *™ f * poit that the Corinth c arrived n t Mymouth Xn X 1 suld , on Saturday lasi Tlio best thing foi . m , rVOI j young KI H S ls Steams" Win,., for it increasos their strength, renews an 1 c - riches the blood and sharpens the appetite. It is a matchless tonic *P

At a meeting of the Canterbury *> Rugby Union last night a spectator was disqualified till the end of the season and warned off all grounds for disputing the referee's decision. T. Jones, a player, was similarly disqualified for six months

Edward Quinn, licensee of the Ponsonby Hotel, was fined £2 with costs by "the Stipendiary Magistrate at Auckland I'm1 neglecting to deface the beer duty stamp on the barrel. Richd. JHewitson, dairyman, Mas fined £1 witli costs for selling milk found to be adulterated by the addition of water.

L. O. McLachlan, the New Zealand professional champion sprinter, had to strike his colors to R. Hourigan, of Now South Wales, in a 120 yds match at Wellington on May 2, when ho was beaten by the narrow margin of two inches. Hourigan is evidently a speedy customer, as ho was timed to 12sec.'—" Auckland Weekly News."

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. •

Mr J. T. Rogan, M.H.R., telegiaphs to the " Wanganui Herald " re the terrible state of the backblock loads, and the suffering of the settlers in consequence. Ho says that the roads are seas of mud, and the settlers are having an awful time. At Ohaliiine goods have to be taken in by pack horse for the first time in ten years. Cough! Cough 1 Cough I Don't cough; take Tussicura ; stops the tickle at once. 8 In connection with the Government proposal to introduce and pay probationer nurses in the different hospitals of the Colony, the Chairman of the South Canterbury Hospital Board (Mr O. Talbot) suggests that such appointments bo made as the result of conipetitive examinations. Otherwise there is likely to be a scramble for the positions, resulting in a system of patronage. There is nothing to equal Witch's Oil for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular pains. 3 Our Havelock correspondent' telegraphs:—Mr Jno. Hadfield Smith, one of Havelock's oldest and most esteemed residents, died here, this morning a«*ed 90 years. Deceased was the father of Mr W. H. Smith, manager of Brownlee and Co. He was a native of Manchester, England, and came to the colonies in the early thirties, residing at Tasmania for 30 years. He was in the service of the Tasmaman Government, from which he retired on a pension, and he settled in Havelock in 1864, where he resided continuously until his death.

For Colds in the Head and Influenza, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.

At a meeting of the Shooting. Committee of the Blenheim Rifles on Monday night it was resolved to start a Morris tube competition, to encourage rifle shooting during the winter months. The first competition is to start on' Tuesday next, in the Drill Shed, at 200 yards range, and on the following Tuesday 500 and 800 yards will be taken. Some special prizes will be given as well as company and prizes prizes. The company have the tubes and targets, but they have not been used, so the competitions are practically a new feature with the company, and should prove very interesting.

Have you a sore that won't heal; if so obtain Witch's Herbal Ointment; a mighty healer. 5

" I feel more than ever convinced," says the Rev. O. C. Harper, Palmerston North, " that the ideal service is that one in which the congregation, choir, and clergy worship together.' When the people came to church to listen to the choir and the minister, the services are not likely to be much help to the spiritual life of the worshipper ; but when the congregation are there to worship, and show by their hearty responses and singing that that is their intention, and that intention is' sympathetically assisted by choir and organist, then the Sunday services became the inspiration and, life of the week-day work, the rest and comfort of the weary and sorrowful, and the expressions of the thankfulness of the happy and grateful."