LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 185, 7 August 1907, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The Wanganui Borough Council has accepted the tender of Messrs Wolfe and Co. (£41,776) for the construction of electric tramways. Capt. Edwin wired at 1.5 p.m. as. follows:—"Northerly strong winds to gale after 12 hours; glass fall; tides good; sea moderate: indications for rain." A Press Association telegram from Oamaru states that in 7 months only 6i inches of rain has fallen, and rainmaking experiments are to be tried. In 1891 some were conducted that j were hopefully spoken of. In the Magistrate's Court this morning two Springlands parents, Mrs Newberry and Mr E. Vercoe, were fined'4s and 2s respectively for failing to send their children to the school, in accordance with the School Attend- ' ance Act.

The Eyesight.—Mr. G. S. Jones, F.8.0.A., Consulting Optician, Christchurch, may be consulted at Mr. Powell s Dentistry Rooms, Bank of New South Wales Buildings, on next i Saturday (10th) only. Hours, 10 a.m. 'till 12; 2 p.m. till 5. * ; The following will comprise the C.B.C. B hockey team in the match against Arapawa in Blenheim to-mor-row :—Coleman, Broadmore, Gillett, Harris, Cooke, Gee, Scott Smith, McCallum, Cameron, White, Macey; emergencies, Cresswell and Campbell. Play starts at 4 p.m. Tussicura, for coughs and colds, has stood the tesb of time ; procurable all chemists and storsi. SJor the Wanganui Education Board Mr D. H. Guthrie has been re-elected for the middle ward, and Mr Cargill (proprietor of the Patea Press) elected for the northern ward—defeating Mr Gilbert Carson, the sitting member. Mr Alf \Fraser was returned for the southern ward without opposition. Headaches &nd dizziness quickly dispelled by taking Dr Ensor's Tamer Juice; obtainable all chemists and itores. At St. Mary's Church to-morrow morning at ten o'clock a memorial service in' connection with the death of the Very Rev. Father Lewis will be held. Over twenty visiting priests will take part, and solemn Gregorian requiem mass will be rendered by a choir of clergy. The preacher will be the Rev. Father Power, parish priest at Hawera. Why feel so dull and lifeless when it's your liver that's out of order. Take Tamer Juice. 6 The three essential features of a ball —the floor, the supper, and the music —have received particular attention in the arrangements for the Garrison Band's "long-night social," commencing at the Town Hall this evening. At the same time all the minor features have not been overlooked, everything tending to the comfort and pleasure j of their patrons having been thought j of. The ball should be a great success. Woman's advice to woman —If troubled with constipation, headache, j liver or kidney ailments, take Tamei The monthly meeting of the Blen- j heim School Committee was attended ; last night by Messrs; White (in the chair), Vail, Jordan, Brown, Pike, Brown, and Lord. Leave of absence was granted Messrs Penny (Chairman) and Birch. The Headmaster reported. that the average attendance of boys for the month had been 189.3, with a roll number of 232, and the average of girls 176.6, with a roll number of 210. The attendance had suffered considerably through colds and influenza. Whooping cough had now broken out in the infants' department. Messrs Penny and Vail were appointed Visiting Committee for the ensuing month. \ slight irritation in the throat may lead to a hacking cough. Zymole Trokeys stop it; they soothe the irritation and strengthen the throat. The monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held in Wesley Hall yesterday afternoon. At the conclusion of business matters it was arranged that the next meeting be an open one, and friends specially invited to be present. The subject for discussion will be" The great responsibility of women, who through having the franchise are enabled, if only they would, to suppress the two great evils of drink and gambling in this country." The petition that has been lately circulated for the abolition of the totalisatqr has met with hearty support in this district, notwithstanding the short time it was in circulation, being signed by over 500 persons. Rheumatism can be cured—then why will you continue to suffer. RHEUMO has effected wonderful cures for others, after all else had failed. It will cure you. Try it. The Committee of the Rugby Union appointed to consider the best means of expending the grant of £10 for the assistance of football in primary schools reported to the Union last night. They recommended that the schools be classified into two grades, arranged according to number of scholars in standards above the fourth; that two cups be purchased and played for every year, the winning school to hold for twelve months; the cups never to be won outright and to be the property of the Union; that £3 3s be spent on the purchase of the cups; that only boys who have attended school the required number of times according to school regulations during the quarter previous to the matches be allowed to take part; that all matches be arranged and j played in such places as the Union direct; that the balance of the £10 be spent on travelling teams; that any school intending to compete must notify the Secretary of the Union not later than 27th August; schools not to be allowed to enter more than one team for either grade; no first-grade school Jbo be allowed to enter a team in second grade as well as first grade; all disputes to be referred to the M.R.F.U., whose decision shall be final.. The report Avas adopted, and a . committee appointed to carry out details. Yes, sleep will sometimes cure a headache, but why depend on such a slow, uncertain and inconvenient way, when Steams' Headache Cure will do it in a few minutes, without inconvenience ? Mr J. C. V. Behan, the first Rhodes scholar from Victoria, who has returned to that State for his marriage, says that the Rhodes scholars have settled down now, and Oxford has got used to them. Originally they were always introduced as "the Rhodes scholar," and this was most embarrassing. The £300 a year provided is just about sufficient, with careful management, to meet requirements. There are about 170 Rhodes scholars at Oxford. Mr J. A. Thomson, of New Zealand, has Avon the Burdett-Coutts scholarship in geology; and Mr Wilfred Barton (son of Mr Justice Barton) the Vinerian scholarship of 1907. No other sections of colonials or Americans can show such & high average. Mr Behan has to return to Oxford before the October term begins, in order to take up his lectureship. When the term of the Elder scholarship expires, he intends to go into chambers in London and be called to the Bar. Some poets rhyme for fame alone, And some for bread and butter; Some rhyme, because their nature is Poetic thoughts to utter. But these poor rhyme's have nobler aim, They're written to secure The health of all humanity By Woods' Great Peppermint C-.iro. 6 During the heariij-sj of a licensing case at Pirehill (Staffs.) it was stated that one publican sold only half a barrel a week. He had two customers and consumed most of the beer him- \ self. He had paid no rent for tv>-o years. The club room upstairs was used as a fowl run.

In our advertising columns to-day ; appears an announcement by the Blen- i heim Debating Society of their usual 1 fortnightly meeting, to- be held tomorrow night. The subject—the Saturday half-holiday question—is one of great interest to the community generally, and should prove a very profitable one for discussion. At a recent meeting of the committee, arrangements were made regarding Mr M. A. Cheek's "Musical Evening," to be held on the 30th instant. The meeting is to be of a public nature, and should prove both educational and entertaining. Full particulars will appear in advertisements later. There is nothing to equal Witch'b Oil for rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, and all muscular pains. 3 ; A large " right" whale (estimated by the whalers at about ten tuns) passed, between two of the whale boats at Cape Koamatu, at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound, on Sunday morning last. The whalers state that the whale must have passed through Tory Channel, past the whalers' "lookout," before daylight on Sunday morning, find so the Tory Channel whalers missed it. It, however, passed close to Mr Daniel Love's boat as above stated. The whale was estimated to be worth £500, and the crews of the boats were much annoyed to see this amount pass from their view in a northward course into the Pacific Ocean. For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1b 6d and 2s 6d. 2 The Salvation Army, which has been celebrating its twenty-third anniversary, brought the series of meetings (which have been conducted by Major Twyford) to a close last night. The proceedings commenced with the timehonoured tea-meeting at 6 p.m., which was largely attended. It was fully up to the usual standard of the Army's catering, abundance of good things being provided for all. At the after meeting a good audience assembled. Major Twyford took command, and gave a short address, bristling with racy anecdotes. An excellent musical programme was Jthen presented, the following being the items rendered: — Company song, " Looking this way " ; Chairman's address, Major Twyford; instrumental quartette, Messrs Eyles, McDonald, Marston and Sampson; violin solo, Master C. Brown; pianoforte solo, Miss Wilson; recitation, "The Lifeboat," Miss Wakelin; solo, " The Skipper and his Boy," ,Major Twyford; instrumental quartette. Messrs Eyles, McDonald, Marston and Sampson; pianoforte solo, Miss Lucas; recitation, "Murdered by Drink," Major Twyford; solo (encored), " Dream of Paradise," Miss Wilkinson (violin obligato, Mr Broadley); reading, " Condemned to be Shot," Major Twyford; company song, "Going down the Valley"; recitation, " The Two Ships," Mr Bailey. At the conclusion of the programme, Adjutant Marshall conveyed the hearty thanks 6f the Salvation Army to all kind friends who had rendered willing assistance. Afterwards a coffee supper, was held, to which a large number remained. Right from the first dose RHEUMO gives relief from the awful agony of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, etc. 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Obtainable from all chemists and stores.