LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 176, 27 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

On Sunday afternoon the Garrison Band will play in Seymour Square, when a collection for the benefit of the orphans of the late Mr and Mrs Kerr will be taken up. The programme will be the same as that given last evening in the Town Hall.

Messrs McLauchlan and Co. inform us that a launch will leave Picton for the Grove after the arrival of Wednesday morning's train, and persons wishing to inspect properties offering at Mahakipawa can obtain passages and refreshments on board free of charge. The launch will return in ample time to catch the evening's train.

Headaches and dizziness quickly dispelled by taking Dr Ensor's Tamer Juice; obtainable «H chemists and ltoree.

In reply to an inquiry made by Mr Ewing, of Endeavour Inlet, through the Member for the District, asking whether the Government will give a pound-for-pound subsidy towards the proposed memorial of Captain Cook's landing at Ship Cove, the Premier says that the matter will receive consideration. Similar replies were received in regard to requests for a grant for the improvement of the Ward cemetery ; a grant to complete the road between Bartlett's Creek and Langley Dale, and a grant to construct a small bridge and track leading from Mahau to connect with, the main Sounds track.

Woods'1 Groat Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Cold*, never fails. li .Wand 2s 6d. ■ 8

At a meeting of the Marlborough Racing Club Committee held last evening it was resolved to hold the spring meeting at Riverlands on the 21st and 22nd November, the two days immediately succeeding the Agricultural Show. The Committee find that the dates usually taken, which are the first week in October, come too early in the year to have a successful meeting, arid as the dates now chosen do not clash with any North Island club, there is a probability of larger fields than the Club' usually races with In the spring. It is understood that the trotting race will be eliminated from the programme.,

Tussicura, for coughs and colds, has stood the test of time ; procurable all chemists and store*. ■

A conference of local bodies, convened by the* Spring Creek Road Board, was held in the Borough Council Chamber at the Literary Institute yesterday auernoon, for the purpose of arranging for the deputation that is to proceed to Wellington. It was decided that the deputation leave to-day. Messrs R. J. Bell, 3 as. Gane, J. H. Redwood and others will comprise the party. The requests to be submitted to Ministers ar'e'fpr an increased subsidy for the"'*Wairau traffic, bridge, assistance.for the Omaka Road Board in its bridging' requirements, also in respect1 to the Nelson Street bridge.

Cough ! Cough ! Cough 1 Don't cough ; take Tussicura ; stops the tickle at once.

On the subject of technical education in New Zealand some very scathing comment was passed on Wednesday night, in the course of a lecture on coal tar, at Wellington., by Professor Easterfield, who is a believer in German thoroughness in all things. " Don't think," said the lecturer, "that if you send your sons to a technical school to learn chemistry eight hours a week they are' going to be able to solve scientific problems or make fortunes in the field of invention." The man who wishes to succeed in science must work all the day and part of the night. I consider the educational ideas we have in this colony are very flimsy, just as they are on many other things, for instance, socialism. I do not object to socialism, but the socalled socialists, here are rank individualists. Nearly all discoveries in science have been made by men who were indifferently paid, because they did not seek to enrich themselves, but to add to tue store of human knowledge."

The Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company, Ltd., being large wholesale traders, are showing the best display of cycle accessories in Blenheim at their local branch, next Town Hall.*

, The committee appointed by the last General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand to recommend for adoption " a book or books for greater uniformity in the conduct of public worship and the administration of ordinances and offices in the Church than now exists, have a report in the Outlook of the 20th instant. Their inquiries are not yet completed, but they have reached such a-stage that their conclusions are not likely to be materially shaken by replies yet to be received. By a majority, the committee have agreed to recommend the book of Common Worship of the rresbyterian Church of the United States for adoption by the Assembly, the consent of sessions and presbyteries being obtained. The reP°J* ajw>, deals'-with the questions of a book suitable for providing some • £ °f' la 7 helP?rs to minister in the conduct of services in out-stations; books of prayer- for home use: and nu -■«v? rtttre of the Presbytery of Unristchurch regarding a directory for public worship with forms for the administration of baptism and the Lord's empper and the conduct of ordinations, marriages and funerals, etc. Another matter, the committee consider, seems worthy of the attention of the Assembly, namely, the recognition of the three principal days in the Christian year, Christmas, Good Friday and!

T£ e ckld that just "feels bad" and cant tell why, needs Steams' Wine tn? matchless and delicious tonic fo>children, renewing appetite and aiding digestion from the first dose. .^Chinaman named Joe Chong Lee or Maryborough, is bankrupt. Hi* unsecured creditors represent liabilities totalling over £1000. The estimated, deficiency is over £300. He attributes his bankruptcy mainly to ar unprofitable partnership with a Maori. He began business two years ago with a capital of £28,

n-T f re ls notni ȣ to Gflual Witci-v Oil for rheumatism, sciatica, Ir.v bago, and all muscEJ&r pains.

■ The Guardian states that Mr H. ; F. Palmer, of the Grove, has sold his. farm, and will be leaving the Linkwater district shortly. Mr Palmer, who is the " father "of the successful Lihkwater - RiHe Club, will be very much missed by last year's Shield winners, especially as they have also lost the Beauchamp brothers. Mr J. A. Kinsella, late Dairy Commissioner to the New Zealand Government, has been appointed the first dairy expert to the West Australian Government. The decision of the Moore Government to establish dairying on a commercial basis is evidence of its desire to advance the rural interests, of its State. In addition to appointing an expert who is an undoubted authority on the manufacturing end of the business, the West Australian Government has imported seventy head of cattle of proved milking strains to sell to dairy farmers. Mountain King Asthma Powder never fails to give relief in old and chronic cases. If suffering give it a rial at once *

The late Mrs Gibson, wife of Mr Mont Gibson, whose death took place at her husband's residence, Custom House Street, yesterday afternoon, was the daughter of Mr F. Thomas, now of Canvastown; her mother having died; about six years ago. It is only about a year since Mr and Mrs Gibson were married. The immediate cause of death was peritonitis. Very much sympathy is extended to Mr Gibson in the time of his bitterest sorrow. The funeral took place this afternoon.

Have you tried Zymole Trokeys? If you haven't, get a box and be convinced that they are the best throat relief on the market. They stimulate the secretions and refresh the mouth. * A very virulent type of distemper is at present raging amongst the dogs in the Palmerston district. The Palmerston South Times says that five valuable dogs, the property of a shepherd employed at Shag Valley Station, recently succumbed to the disease, and heavy losses are reported from other parts of the district. Mr Kerrigan, Government veterinarian, who was in Palmerston the other day, recommends the following (which is^Mr John Murray's recipe) as a simple and efficacious remedy for the disease: — Mix brandy and heated milk in equal Quantities and administer a tablespooiiul to the animal three or four times a day. The dog should be kept warm,: and should not be allowed to take any food.

Woman's advice to woman—lf troubled with constipation, headache, liver or kidney ailments, take Tamer 3 so.

Mr Samuel Turner, who was in the employ of Mr lies as a tailor, having resided in Blenheim for about three years, died suddenly last evening. Deceased, whose age was about 35 years, had been clipping a hedge outside his house, near the Church of England, and called Mrs Turner out to inspect it. Returning to the house to attend her,child, Mrs Turner was presently followed by her husband, who hastened in and asked for a drink. He then reclined, xipon the sofa and expired. Dr. Bennett attended deceased, and pronounced that death was due to hemorrhage on the brain, caused by a fit. Mrs Turner, who will have sincere sympathy in her bereavement, is left with one child, two other children having died recently. ■ For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure I«6d«nd2s6d. 2 Tuatara lizards, which were onca plentiful on Stephen's Island,,: are getting scarcer year by year, said the •keeper of vie lighthouse to* Post reporter. Wild cats were responsible for the wholesale slaughter of the'-old-fashioned' saurians, but the slayers themselves were soon subjected to an annihilating persecution. "We have killed nearly all the cats," stated the keeper. "We must have destroyed three or four hundred of them with dogs and guns during the past year or two. We seldom see a cat about now." The plague of cats was brought about by the progeny of one puss; brought to the island by one of the keepers. The cats used to vary their tuatara diet by feasting upon, dove petrels which came ashore in thousands to nest. RHEUMO has cured thousands of sufferers from /rheumatism, gout sciatica, lumbago. It will cure you. .lry it. All stores and chemists, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. A positive cure.