LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 224, 21 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

"The Dominion," the new daily morning paper at Wellington, will start publication on Monday, next.

The Garrison Band will play a programme of music, at the Hospital tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock. , j. ; A Press Association telegram states that the Pahiatua Racing Club intends to increase the stakes for the next meeting to £1100.

Those who visited the Technical School, on Wednesday may be interested to know that the whole of the cookery exhibited represented an outlay of only eleven shillings. It is evident that though the wages of a working man may be small, there is no reason why his food should be unattractive when so many delicacies may be prepai'ed at so little cost.

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

The mother., of the late Guy Boothby, the popular story-writer, died at Bournemouth, England, a few weeks ago, after a long and distressing illness. She was married to Mr Thomas Wilde Boothby, who was it member of the House of Assembly in South, Australia, but Mr Boothby had predeceased her. Mrs Boothby was very proud of her eldest son, Guy, and read his storiesi with avidity.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds, never fails. Is 6d and2s6d. *

The Borough Council received a report last night to the effect that the black gelding, "Prince," purchased some three years ago for work in the drays and water-cart, had -injured himself seriously as the result of an accident at the gravel pit. The veteiinary report stated that the animal had long suffered from a malignant internal growth. The other day he reared and fell across the shafts of the dray, bringing matters to a crisis. From the report it is gathered that the horse will be turned out for three months if he can get up from the ground in a week. If not, he will have to be shot. The price of the animal, which won the first prize at the 1905 Show, was about £55.

No coupons or other catch prizes with Lipton's choice Teas. They sell on the name and quality.—Walsh and Son, sole agents.

The meeting of the Maori Council which was to have been held last night was attended by only three members, and there being no quorum the general business could not be dealt with. After the accounts were passed for payment Mr Tahua Watson (chairman) addressed the Council, uring upon members the need for activity on their part in suppressing drinking in the pa. It was not sufficient, he said, for them to lay down rules, and by precept only endeavour to secure the end they desired, but councillors should so act themselves that the rest.of the people would only need to emulate their conduct to be free from this vice. The whole object of the Council was the suppression of strong drink and the removal iof all insanitary conditions, and their efforts must secure this end, or they were missing the whole reason for their existence. Reports received from the various village committees from time to time disclosed the fact that great improvements have been effected in the directions indicated, and this was very gratifying to the Council. Hahaimona Pateti was in attendance at the meeting, and expressed his willingness ot accept an appointment as advisor to the Council, it being- understood that the Maori at present filling that office was not doing so in a manner satisfactory j to the Council. !

Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., are now showing samples of their spring and summer wearing apparel, including ready-made cost n vw. blouses, skirts, etc., etc.; alsr>. -anijjJes of all materials, which tlu».v \;:!l supply in Blenheim at the same \r, ■;• •■>■ i,s charged in Wellington. *

A Press Association telegram from Ashburton says:—To mark his retirement from active business life, Mr David Thomas, who has been an auctioneer here for 30 years, was banqueted last night, and presented with a silver salver and a tea-and-coffee service.

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

Councillor Brown, Chairman of the Town Hall Committee, asked for the direction of the Borough Council last night in reference to the Jessie Maclachlan Company's cancellation of an engagement of the hall for Monday night next, after having kept the Pollard Opera Company from using it on that night. He moved that the fee be remitted, on condition that the Jessie Maclachlan Company use ft later on. He understood the health of the principal of the company did not permit of the concert being given on Monday night. Councillor Griffiths said the hall should be run as a business concern. He sympathised in the case of illness; yet, considering that the Pollards were extremely anxious to secure the hall for Monday night, and that the Jessie Maclachlan Company would not make up their minds about their concert till the very last moment, he thought the fee should be collected. There was no guarantee that a concert would yet be given. On Councillor Carr's motion, in the form of an amendment, it was resolved that the fee be collected, and that the Jessie Maclachlan Company be given the use of the hall free on some future night not already pencilled.

Headaches and dizziness quickly dispelled by taking Dr. Ensor's Tamer Juice; obtainable all chemists and stores.

Following is a copy of the letter sent to the Pelorus Road Board by the Blenheim Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, in reply to the Board's strong recommendation that a branch of the Bank should be established there:—-"Referring to my letter of 30th ult., with reference to opening a branch of this Bank in Havelock, I have now received a reply from my General Manager. After careful consideration of the matter it is thought that the business of the district does not at present warrant the establishment of a branch, and that it would not be practicable to satisfactorily conduct a weekly agency. I regret, therefore, that we are unable^to comply with your wishes.—T. A. Woods, Manager." This decision (says the Guardian) will be regarded by the business people of this town, and by the principal settlers in the district, as very unsatisfactory.

After a long, exhausting illness, when health is slow about returning, Steams' Wine is always found of great value. By gently stimulating the appetite it aids nutrition and restores strength. *

Councillor Carr can always be relied upon to come out with something at least startling in his contributions to the tame discussions that drag their weary courses around the Borough Council table. Last night he said the trooping of the colours and all the rest of it next Thursday in Wellington woald not keep the Japanese out of the country. He had recently seen three Japanese warships in Wellington Harbour, and from the way they drilled, he thought the fewer public exhibitions of the Dominion's soldier-play the better for our safety. He characterised the whole Dominion business as "twaddle." Several of the Councillors blinked at the gaslight and said nothing. Tiie Mayor reassured Councillor White by promising that any display that might take place would cost the Borough nothing. He understood the Volunteers and the school children were taking the matter up, and he would have the proclamation read, in accordance with the general arrangement, at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning, from the Government Buildings steps.

The Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company, Ltd., have £800 worth of motor car tyres and tubes in stock. Michelin, Moseley, Midland, and English Dunlop. Round thread, square thread, and non-skid. All sizes. Prices right. 2

There was some discussion at a public meeting at Palmerston North recently (convened in connection with the Dominion Day celebrations) on the proposal to change the name of the town, in view of the confusion arising owing to there being a Palmerston in the South. It was decided on the motion of Mr J. M. Johnston, president of the Chamber of Commerce, to recommend the Borough Council to approach the Governor-in-Council to have the name Palmerston North altered to "Manawatu." The resolution was carried with \>nly one dissentient, though it was pointed out that confusion would still be apt to arise owing to the existence of a Manawatu electorate and a Manawatu County, in neither of which is the town situated. It was also considered that letters to the Manawatu County Council would be very apt to find their way to the Manawatu Borough Council, and vice versa.

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

Attending the Borough Council meeting last night after two "absences," Councillor Carr could not withstand the temptation to hark back to root causes when one or two of the many great schemes at present "in train" came up for discussion. Referring to the proposed by-laws for regulating and licensing vehicles plying for hire, he asked what was the need for any such thing in so small a place? What had "instigated it? Not getting any reply, he suggested that it all arose over one ppor"old cabhorse with a sore leg, which the police could have shifted had they done their duty. He did not believe in all these sets of rules. The fewer by-laws they had the better. Why, very soon one would need to be trained as a lawyer to learn how to live under them. The by-laws were referred to a committee of carriers and the Special Committee of the Council for revision. Councillor Carr: "That's all right for the cab-drivers, but who's to look after the public?" His Worship "The Council's Committee."