LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 95, 24 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

In the report of the Seddon School Committee election the name of MiLyons was mistakenly given yesterday for that of Mr Sames.

Captain Edwin wired at 12.24 p.m. as follows:—« Northerly strong winds to gale-, glass fall; tides, moderate; sea, heavy on coast; rain, probably heavy." . -

It is understood that the Snowflake Minstrels intend giving their next entertainment in the Town Hali on race night. A special representation of the South Pole, with aurora australis, is being painted by Mr Melville. The Wanganui Chronicle, in publishing a telegram recently in connection with a man who died in his sleep, says: " Heretired at 8.30 in apparently good health, and on his wife waking Kirn at, 6' "this morning she found he was deadl" , / 1

'>- Hughie Paseoe, against whom, vO^i his refusal to pay a fine of 35s for introducing liquor into a, Maori kaianga, an information was laid in the Magistrate's Court by :ibhe'Village Committee of the Maori Pa, has paid the fine, and the information has accordingly been withdrawn. '

■A Taupq telegram states that Mount Ruapehu is not visible through the heavy clouds. Glaciers have been tumbling down 'the mountain-sides with a. s gr3at noise,*and the ice on the glaciers is much Jbroken, through the shaking of the mountain during the period of its eruption. A sad accident happened at Kaikoura on Sunday. A girl, 13 years old, named Mary .Ann Sweeney, was driving a milk cart, which contained also a younger brother and sister, when the horse swerved and threw the occupants out. Mary-jell, in'front, and one of the wheels passed over her head, death resulting shortly, afterwards . The dreaded potato blight is reported to have made its acquaintance with several of the crops in this district (says the Kaikoura Sun). In one case a f ai> nier on starting': to dig his poatoes found them perfectly.-sound,- but they were left for a week while some other, work was attended; to, and when ;Sjbart-V ed on again were found -to^oe rotten with the blight." ; r M)\T"' . ~i;

The Kaikpura County fclerk jrepoifk* ed, .at Saturday's? meeting of the County Council,^ that the' credit Bank balance was £1306 Vls lld-^-just over £1000 better than at the corresponding date last year., "Thirds^^ "fourths" and' royalties, amounting to £257 13s lid, have been paid intu the County Fundv by the Receiver of Land Revenue.., ;

A Press Association telegram fr jip Hastings states;— The weather is beautifully fine for the autumn show, and a large number of people are flocking into town: . There is ever? prospect of a record attendance. The bulk of the judging .was completed yesterday/ and this' afternoon will be occupied by various competitions.

Mr Jas. Draper has just purchased two very large bullocks that have been th& subject of remark in connection with Messrs Redwood* Bros.' farm for the last year or,two. He paid £10 each for the beasts. Mr Draper intends holding a live weight guessinocompetition upon one of the animals^ the. proceeds to jt^e, divided between.the Blenheim Garrison Band and the Wairau Hospital: n>

_ Quite a largyfiumKeFof-men, teamsters and navvies, have been,put oii the Main .Trunk railway works during the past fortnight. On Thursday (says the Taihape Post) twenty-five teams were knocked off, and it is expected that more men and horses will be dispensed with by the end"af the month. The Minister for Public AVorks intends : handing over the length, Taihape to Mataroa, on or before June Ist, to working railways. Speaking at East Ham upon his return to England, Sir John Gorst said he had found that, there were no poor children to feed in New Zealand He had not succeeded in hearing of a single child not woperly kept, and he had never in.hi^ life seen such a magnificent .set of. Jmnian animals- as tile New Zealand children. This was due to the good general and special conditions or the workers in New Zealand, which enabled the parents to feed tIW children properly.

Mr John Graham, M.H.R., returned to Nelson on^Saturday (says the Mail) arter an extended combined pleasure and business trip through the colony Ho has had a « real good time." He has been heartily congratulated everywhere on the; success tf the harbour works, and he had a valuable business .interview with ,the management of the ; union Company, who have been thoroughly convinced; of the utility and durability of the new Nelson entrance. * ■'.■.■-•' .

Cough! C6ugh ! Cough! Don't cough ; take Tussicura ; stops th^ isickJfi at;once.

Blue sky with nothing heavier than passing clouds" was the description of the weather throughout the Colony this morning, with few exceptions. Rain was falling nowhere at 9 o'clock. The pressure on the mercury ranged consistently from 30.05 inches in the far north to 29.59 at the Bluff. From light to fresh breeze was the force of the wind; and the direction ranged between north-west and east. Cape Egmont, Cape Campbell, and Hokitika reported rough sea.

. Sir John Forrest, of West Australia, started well. He has guaranteed i/000—-the cost of' returning to Ausja a ron^ Soutll Africa 1000 stranded Australians. It is one of the most sensible things that have been done for a long time. That thousand will be the best band.of immigrants Australia could get;, they,..will all come back satisfied Australia is the best country in the world after, all, and will be eon-,l;e,nt-8d to remain- here, and-become goo.d . citiaens.. Forrest's action is ' ? R?-ompt and decided—which is: Another good ppint.— Exchange. -~-,:-■:•,

_-^here is nothing to equal ;.Witch & Oil for ■ rheumatism, "sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular Da.-ns. 3

Last night the committee formed in connection with the recent bazaar held in the Town Hall in aid of the fund tor a Protestant Hail met for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet, which showed that a sum exceeding £100 was available after paying all expenses. . Gratification was expressed by those present at- the success achieved, a large measure of which was due to the untiring efforts of Mrs D. McCallum, the president of the Ladies' Committee. At the close of the meeting the Yen. Archdeacon Grace, on behajf of the_ Lodge, presented Mrs McUallum with a silver tea-pot and an address in appreciation of the able and successful manner in which ,she had filled the office entrusted to her.

Gout is really a special form of rheumatism caused by excess of uric acid in the blood. Whether yewr gout is acute or chronic, RHEIJMO will eire you. All stores.

A Dunedin telegram states:— T'.o Mayoral and Council elections are being conducted with vigour. Mr London's candidature for the Mayoralty is most favourably regarded, and it is not anticipated that any of the Labour candidates will be returned.

The Taihape butter factory will close down in about five weeks' time, after a prosperous season, it being stated that the output has resulted in the sum of £17,000 being turned over. An indication of the dimensions of the dairy industry and its impending expansion is afforded by the fact that one firm alone has placed orders for 180 installations of milking machines in South Taranaki tills season.

China is awaking surely. It is suppressing the opium habit. Within ten years^the cultivation of the poppy, and the use of opium must entirely cease._ In six months all the opium dens in China are to be closed, aiid in three months all teachers, scholars, soldiers and sailors must be free from the curse, or must retire from office. Australia will now realise that it has something to fear from this wide-awake nation of a few years herice. ,

The Exhibition Orchestra opened to v small audience at Invercarglll on Friday. The Orchestra was officially welcomed by the Mayor, who compared its playing with that of the Melbourne Exhibition Orchestra, to ciie latter s detriment. Mr Alfred Hill m response, said that the object of the tour was not to make money, but \\r V?- d beein arranged by a well-known Wellington lady,1 whose desire was to enable as many people as possible to Lear the splendid Orchestra-. Personally he did not thirk the tour could payj because of vhe high salaries of the players and other expenses. A chance visit to the Christchurch Exhibition a few weeks ago was the means of bringing about a meeting between two brothers who had not set eyes upon each other for 40 years. The elder brother left Dumfriesshire at the age. of 19, and settled in: New Zealand, leaving behind a younger brother aged 11 years. The latter subsequently came to this colony and took up his ?»bode in Dunedin, and on visiting the Exhibition recently he "ad the felicity of meeting* his brother, whom he had never seen since he left the parental roof 40 years ago to seek his fortune in this colony, the elder brother having been engaged in pastoral pursuits in Canterbury for many years past, -

Mountain King Asthma Powder never fails to give relief in old and chronic cases. If suf faring give it a trial at once. - " .■•:-■• • 4

General Bothay who fought against Britain in the South African War, according to the English cables, now gets an income of £4000 per year. '' How Britain forgets her enmity !" comments a daily paper. But tfiis'has another side. Recently a worn out warrior who was one of the gallant six hundred of Balaclava j -was picked up starving in the streets of London, and was buried, in a pauper's grave.- He fought for England, the former against it. Also in the Sydney Police Force at present as an ordinary constable is an .ex-soldier, who went to Africa sec-ond-in-command of a contingent, received the Distinguished Service Order and was for a time A.D.C. to an Australian Governor. Till he got his policeman job he was practically starving:

Woman's advice to woman—lf troubled with constipation, headache Infer or kidney ailments, take Tamer J/.JO.';^:.' ' .■■ ■ •" ■ ■~'.■.:. '.■■ ■■ ■■■

■'Mr A. G. Campbell, a well-known English angler, who has fished pretty well all over world, says the dangor m New Zealand in the future will be that of overstocking. Be does not think rod fishing will ever be sufficient to keep down the numbers^ and behi>\es it a great mistake ■. to limit the number, or. weight of fish a man may take with the rod. except in the reighbourhood of'large- towns. He advocates the restricted use'of nets in these places . where. :-over-stocking''is rite. This, he says, would be better than rod fishing, because if the decrease depends entirely on the rod, then in time to come a generation of trout will be developed that has descended from fish that have systematically a-7oMed the angler, "ar>d # tlip 1-abit of refusing the angler's bait wsii become hereditary.

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

The (i Jap " is commencing to push his way into South America, as he has already done in Hawaii and the States. A contract has just heen signed for 6000 Japanese labourers for Chili and 6000 for Brazil. Unquestionably (says a correspondent) South America offers a splendid field for Japanese extension, and it will be a good thing for Australia and Ne*vr Zealand if that extension takes a turn for this part of the world instead of Australasia. The industrious Japanese, willing to. work and live economically, would do well for-himself here, and be a boon to those employing labour. Only those who have had to put up with "Latin" labourers can have any idea of what that means. The men who come to Argentine as immigrants from Italy, Spain, and other Latin countries are a decidedly poor lot. They are accustomed to live poorly, and are not capable of a heavy day's work for.some time after reaching here.

RHEUMO cures rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lumbago quickly and permanently. It is a thoroughly safe and absolutely reliable remedy. All chemists and stores, 2s 6d and 4s 6d.

The recent death in London of Miss Nelly Wicks, world's champion " lady shaver," at the early age of 21, has served to remind Londoners that there are only two " lady barber " shops in their city. Miss Wicks came by her speed legitimately, being the daughter of a redoubtable barber, one " Professor " Teddy Wicks, who taught his daughter the art of shaving when she was a little girl. Nelly won her championship at a public contest at the Koyal Aquarium, no longer in existence, where a chnd of only 8 years she shaved 21 men in less than that number of minutes. Even then her prestige was such that no other woman dared to compete with her Other women are very rapid shavers however. The woman for whom Nolly worked could >have a man in " six seconds under the minute, not counting the lathering, of course. But " she added, "I would not attempt it In London. London gentlemen would have a nt ir one shaved them at that lightning pace." The worst—or the best—ot barbermg, viewed as an occupation tor women, is that the business is a higii road to matrimony. Employers of lady barbers ail say'the sa)ve thing. " I can't keep the nicest tnvla. They meet men here. They all get married."

No matter how delicate the stomach, Steams' Wine ahvays agrees with the patient. Thus it can he used as a tonic when other would bo useless. It is a great restorative. "'

At last the date of the publication of the first issue of " The Lone. Hand "is fixed on. It is May Ist. Originally March was to be the favoured month, but owing to the non-arrival of .the machinery from England—and it went against the. grain of the Bulletin to have to send across the seas for it—it had to be postponed. But everything is to hand now, however. The Bulletin has been looked to for many years to start such a magazine, and feeling that one day it would, like a mother it has been putting aside choice stories, choice articles, choice art for —c literary child it hoped would be born one day. The child has come, and to it has been given all the aforesaid choice things. Amongst the prominent contributors are Henry Lawson, Albert Donington, Edward Dyson, James Edmond, G. B. Lancaster, Hugh MacCrae, Eugenia Stoner, Agnes Conor O'Brien, Grace Palotta, Hopkins, Lmdsay,. Lambert, Spence, Vincent, Sass, and Ethel Rodway.

A half-caste Maori named John Holland, and Paraone Koikoi, his Maori j wife, invoked the aid of the Minister i for iiarids at Tauranga yesterday (says I a Press Association telegram) in order to extricate them from an embarrassing and anxious position. They had for over thirty years held undisputed possession of section 8 of Block X., Tauranga, with an area of 57 acres, but recently they had been ordered by the Crown Lands Ranger to leave, as they .had no title. There was no record in the existing registers, but Paraone Koikoi said that Mr Brabant, S.M., had awarded the> land to her some years ago, before the Tauranga Post Office was burned down. Mr T. Asher, a Maori interpreter, informed the Minister that probably some records were destroyed during the fire, including many of the documents appertaining to Paraone's tribe. He also believed that a certain Government official, who left Tauranga some i time ago, took with him some docujments. Documents relating to Motiti Island were also missing. Mr McNab, 'who took considerable interest in the. matter, said that there was evidently some misunderstanding, and he would i look into the question. ■■ -

Hitherto it has not been found, pos-sible-to convey. meat in a chilled state l long distanced Several attempts, designed to abolish the freezing chamber, have been made to bring chilled beef from New Zealand, but. though in one or two cases fairly good j results' were obtained, those interested : apparently decided that results on the whole were not good enough to warj rant further shipments on commercial j lines.- Many attempts have been made during recent years to supersede or modify the conditions of the freezing process, but though patents without number have been taken out for pro^' cesses designed to abolish the freezing chamber, few of them have proved worth anything. The majority of inventors have striven for the preservation of perishable products by chemical means, but as a rule it has been found that'food subjected to chemical processes .has been prejudicially affected in colour or taste, or both. Latterly inventors have devoted themselves to the question of sterilising, which process applied, say, to beef intended to be carried at a "chilling" ! temperature, from the time of killing Irto the day of landing at the wharf, and also applied to the ships' chambers in which the meat is conveyed. Attempts have been made to .discover a process win should prevent the formation of mould on Lue' surface of meat, and so prolong its! "life" considerably. Quantities of chilled beef brought from South America are ruined owing to this moiua, which gradually eats into the meat. The most successful venture made in providing sterilising appliances is that of Mr J. A. Linley, whose plant is installed at the Southampton cool stores. After severe tests were applied, a company was formed (the Improved Chilling Company), and recently some quarters, of Argentine beef, ; having passed through the process for[an hour, were kept in the store under I ordinary conditions for a week, and were then sent to Smithfield market, together with some quarters from the same ship that had not been treated, ihe state of the former, compared with the untreated beef, was so favourable that no doubt could be entertained of the value of the process. Messrs W Weddel and Co. are. the London correspondent of. the Lyttelton Times unJ derstands, associated with this sterilisi ing process and giving it financial support, so it may be fairly assumed that there is " something in it." - .

A stands for Asthma, the patient may B for the Breath he hardly can get • C for the Cold and the terrible Croup: D tor the dollars the doctor will scoop; ■ • E for theJSase that one longs for in vain; F.for the « Floo," it is at one again ; I* tor the Giant— Ureat Peppermint Cure—H for the Health that follows it,sure. *