LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 133, 8 June 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Six tenders were received for the Dunedin Public Library, Crawford and Watson's being the lowest, £9,085. Another case of typhoid fever—the fourth—is reported from the Spring Creek district. A telegram from Dunedin states that Messrs McGill and Sons were the successful tenderers, with £14,300, for the new Bank of Australasia. The question of granting1 to women voting power at annual parish meet- | ings is being brought forward at the meeting of the Wellington Anglican Diocesan Synod next month. The Dunedin City Council received 91,200 subscriptions for the Waipori electric loan or £30,000 at 4£, varying from par to 112, and £30,000 up to 12s 6d premium. At the inquest on the body of Mr Muir, relieving manager at the Bank of New Zealand at Cromwell, who was found dead in the Bank on Wednesday morning, .a verdict was returned that death was due to heart disease. There is still an amount of some, £1,000 arrears of pay due to members of New Zealand Contingents ""'-which went to South Africa, and the names of payees are published in this week's New Zealand Army List. A deputation of Pomahaka settlers waited on the Minister for Lands yesterdey, asking for a reduction in rents,, Mr Duncan said he believed himself that things were in an.unsatisfactory state, and it -would be necessary for something to be done. ' .'„ ; About forty of thet navvies- wfrd. arrived at Wellington oh Monday by the Turakina have been sent to the Main Trunk Railway works. These are . all single men, arid have been sent to the Taihape end. A number of the new arrivals booked through to Auckland, and it is expected they Will reach Raurinue in a day or two.

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

Considerable annoyance has been caused to the. directors of the Taranaki Oil and Freehold Company, says a New Plymouth telegram, by the publication of a Press Association message on Monday stating that Barr, Laery and Co., and East and East are ;£he-Wellington brokers. The sole brokers are Harcourt and C 0.,: of Wellington.

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

A strong and influential company of colonial theatrical managers has been formed to supply outdoor amusements at the New Zealand Exhibition. One of the ■ principal attractions will be a water chute similar to that at the St. Louis Exposition. The company, whose capital is £10j000,.has acquired the sole rights for all side shows at the Exhibition. " . . Headaches and diziness quickly dispelled by taking Dr. Ensor's Tamer Juice; obtainable all cheunts and stores. -'■■'*• 1 The other night a hospital nurse at Waihi was fouhd sleeping on duty, and was suspended by the matron. It transpired at the enquiry that the nurse had been on duty for eleven hours every night for three weeks, and the trustees reinstated her. As a result the'matron, the two chief nurses, and the two doctors resigned, declaring that the action of the.trustees was an undue interference with the, matron's authority. Tussicura, for coughs and colds, has stood the test of time; procurable all chemists and stores. 2 The kea controversy is not dead.AAst s the Wellington Philosophical Society's meeting last evening, (reports; the Times), Mr C. W. Adams expressed the opinion that the kea; settled on the part of the sheep, near the kidneys bo--cause it was there it woujd , have the roost secure foothold and be least open to attack. The cry...of the kea, he said, was nothing like a mewingj-^s it was designated in '' Birds: of New^Zealand." It was exactly like th 6 Sird'sname, pronounced, as it should-ber pronounced, " kay-a. . \u <.•■ ;>

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

A very good cycling feat, says" the .Kaikoura Star of Tuesday.,, was' put up yesterday by a young man^'who had suddenly been called home on receipt of bad news. Leaving Blenheim at about one o'clock, and riding hard all the way, lie arrived at Kaikoura at 9.30 last night—capital travelling. After procuring tea, he left at ( ten o'clock on the journey to Medbury, via Waiau, about 75 miles from here. !This journey, taken at such a speed,, would test the endurance of the hardiest.

Woman's advice to woman—lf troubled with constipation, headache, liver or kidney ailments, take Tamer Juice. . 16

The very rapid growth,of the poul-try-raising industry in Marlborough warrants our publishing any matter likely to advance this hitherto neglected branch of the producer's business. It is generally- held that while egg production is profitable, the poultry fancier is at a loss, to place the dead poultry product to advantage. In this connection we are informed by Ma 1. A. Leigh Huiit, manager of the; Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Conip'any, that the Empire City - affords at - all times a ready and profitable market for poultry. The birds should be marketed in a dead condition, and plucked, but not drawn. Care should be taken not to pack the birds until after the animal heat has left.' :£he bodies, and they should be put into crates in such a way as to provide a free access of air during transit. Birds should be in good condition, and weigh from four to five pounds each, when they would realise at this season of the year: Hens 6d, cockerels 7d to 8d per lb'. Those prices ,_ usually increase about Id per lb during the late winter and early spring. By marketing the birds in a dead condition the producer is saved a considerable sum in.the freight and other charges^ while the worth of the feathers goes a long -way towards compensating for the labour of plucking.

The foundation of lifelong ill-health may be laid for young girls by failure to keep their strength and health up to normal. Steams' Wine "is best for them because it is a true tonic. *

Age No Bar—Cycling taught free by an experienced teacher. Numerous local testimonials. . Enquire afc Parker's Cycle Depot. *