LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 132, 7 June 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

On the first and fourth pages of this issue will bo found interesting reading matter, headed as follows:—r" The New Zealand Premier," " Lower Wairau River Board," "Flaxbourne Settlers' Association,''." The Town of, Seddori,'' "Patents,!' " Awatere Road Board," " Addington Stock Markets," "Rifle Shooting," "Horticultural Notes," "New Uses for Brown Coal/ "Brief Mention," and " Is Hector McDonald Dead?"

Work on the Picton wharf has been seriously, hindered this week by the, want of trucks, says the Press. • ; r

The petition to include in the Wairau Electorate the western side of the Pelorus Sound is being largely signed, reports the Guardian. .

The output last year from Messrs Blrownlee. and Co.'s sawmill at Blackball aggregated 3,600,000 feet of timber. The mill is now cutting 16,000 ft a day, having large orders to fill.

On Saturday next Mr John Harris, Postmaster at Tua Marina, leaves for' a trip to the Old Land, after having; been in the colony for 35 years. MiHarris is hoping, to see his mother, who lives in Cornwall, and is 84 years of age. His friends wish him a pleasant time and a safe'return.

As there is no suitable accommodation within reasonable distance of the school site at Ward on the Flaxbourne settlement, the Committee there is applying to the,-Education Board to have a teacher's house built whon the new school is erected. . - . ■' .

The new • chaff-cutting plant which Messrs Higgins, of Seddon, recently recently brought overland frpmyCanterbiiry, is busily engaged on Flax-f bourne, where the settlers had experj-i encod great difficulty in getting theii? chaff cut. It is'reported to be giving every satisfaction, and to be turning out 800 bags daily. - ;

At the .'monthly meeting ofthe Pictoh Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday Mr A. 6. Fell'sresignation as a member of the Board was accepted with regret;•and^' on the recommendation of the Picton Road Board, .Mr.. J. C. Chaytor -was elected to fill, the vacancy, and the same gentleman was afterwards, elected chairman.

Many of our readers will be interested to know that the maps for the three counties of Marlborough, Sounds, and Kaikoura are now lithographed, and can be obtained at most reasonable prices at the Lands Office, Blenheim. From personal "'knowledge we can say that there are few offices in the col-i ony so well equipped with maps as that at Blenheim,. . . ■ i i

Headaches and diziness quickly dxspellod by taking Dr. Ensor's Tamer Juice ; obtainable all cheouts and stores. X

A short sitting of the Warden's Court was held this morning. Mr McNab applied on behalf of Frederick Oscar Lindstrum, of Top Valley, miner, for a prospecing license in respect.qf 100 acres at Top Valley as surveyed for, and formerly known as, the "Just for Luck" claim. There was no objection filed or served, and the Warden, Mr T. Scott-Smith, granted the application. ■ :

For Children's Hacking Cough at uight, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. ••

The Rev. H. Rauston, the newlyappointed Methodist minister at Tua Marina, lectured in- the Methodist Church last evening on Tennyson and his Poetry. The lecturer, who isa good speaker, handed the subject in an able and hearty way, and the audience listened with apparent interest. Many of Tennyson's wroks were reviewed by the lecturer, and it was regarded as being a profitable and instructive subject for the hearers. The reverend gentleman was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for the lecture.

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

The Wanganui Herald says:—"lt is with deep regret that we hear of the death of Mr Charles Small, one of Wanganui's oldest settlers, who died at Auckland. Deceased was born here about 57 or 58 years ago, and was a son of the late Mr Charles Small. The late Mr Small served in the colonial forces in tlie Maori war, and was present at the capture of Te Ngutu o te Manu. During the most of his life he was engaged in tanning pursuits. During the last year he had been ailing."

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

In response to the information about New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), recently supplied by the Melbourne Leader, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Swinburne, announces his intention of sending an expert to New Zealand to purchase plants for the planting of a few . hundred acres of Crown lands to show what could be dene in that direction.

Mountain King Asthma Powder never fails to give relief, in old and chronic cases. If suffering give it a trial at once. 4

"Did you ever know of any vessel except the aonga capsizing three times?" asked counsel of a nautical witness at the Magisterial inquiry at Lyttelton into the capsizing of the Ronga. "No, I never did," was the reply. ''Very few vessels get the chance." Learned counsel apparently realised that one capsize was usually .sufficient to finish a vessel's career.

Cough I Cough! Cough! Don't uoagh; take Tussicura; stops the tickle at once. 3

Mr Llewellyn Smith,-chief draughtsman of the Survey Department, and Mr J. Steyeii's'on, Government surveyor, stationed at llaetihi, are at present in Wanganui, engaged in making subdivisional surveys of the Morikau Block of 10,000 or 15,000 acres, which is shortly to be placed on the market. The land is situated between Jerusalem and Raetihi, about eight or ten miles from the latter township.. As soon as the roads have been located, the. land will be subdivided into suitable areas and offered to the public. The Pipiriki-Raetihi road runs through the northern portion of the block, the whole of which is easy of access. When this work is completed the officers will deal with the Whakarangi Block, adjoining the Morikau to the northwest, and the.cutting up of other lands will follow.

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

At a meeting of tho Wellington branch of the Nmv Zealand Socialist Party last week, the following resolution was passed:—" That the party protests against the attempt now being made to give power to inflict indeterminate sentences on criminals, for the following reasons':—(l) That it is against all conceptions of ..'justice and equity to prinish for offences that hy.iy possibly in future be committed; (£) that the power about to be sought placed in the hands of Judges would be a menace'to public liberty-; (3) that the proposal savours of a return to barbarism from the fact that experience proves that as punishments have been reduced, crimes in the aggregate have reduced accordingly; (4) that as the present competitive system is mainly responsible for the creation of the modern criminal, the upholders of the system desire that its objectional products be safely removed, and maintained at the. public expense."

Tussicura, for coughs and colds, has stood the test of time; procurable all chemists and stores. 2

It has transpired that during the Premiers' Conference in Sydney (says the Melbourne Age) a suggestion was made by the proprietary of the Brisbane Australasian, a weekly journal in London, through Mr Carruthers, to the effect that each of the States should pay the journal some hundreds a year as a subsidy—£soo. a year in the case of New South Wales—in return for which the publication would give so many pages per week to official and other State news, and supply a large number of copies for gratuitous circulation by the Agents-General. The proposal was not proceeded with, and Mr Kidston, the Queensland Premier, sacrificed both it and its authors. "In the first place," he said, " it is a paper that has been run very much in the interests of the stinking fish party. .' . . Indeed, I. think it has done us more harm than good; What we want is a paper circulating in the agricultural districts at Home. . '•"•_• What Australians in London think is a matter of small concern to us. "What we want is to get at the agriculturist in England through the medium of English newspapers. When,a newspaper like this asks for a subsidy, I am inclined to say what the third Napoleon said when application was made to him for a subsidy by a newspaper: ' If you need a subsidy you are not worth it, and if you are worth it you do not need it.'"

There is nothing to equal Witch's Oil for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular pains. 3