LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Capt. Edwin wir-ed at 1 p.m. as follows:—" Southerly moderate to strong winds; glass rise,; tides good; sea heavy; rain probable.''

In the Police Court this morning George Carter was convicted on a charge of disorderly behaviour while drunk in .High Street on Saturday night, and discharged.

A Press Association telegram from Palmerston North states that the Borough Council has decided to take no action in the direction of changing the name of Palmerston to Manawatu.

On the afternoon of Dominion Day the Pollard Juvenile Opera Company will give a matinee, especially for children. " Bluebell in Fairyland" will be staged, low prices for admission being charged.

It has been decided to hold the last of the series of the Catholic socials on Wednesday, the 2nd October. A strong committee are working it up, and it has been arranged to hold a progressive euchre tournament in connection with the socialj which should prove interesting.

The pick of the sections in the Rimu Gully block disposed of by ballot recently, which was drawn by a cash applicant, has already further changed hands. It is understood the buyer has given £600 for the section, for which nearly two hundred people applied. The price received by the Crown was about £330. How much do you care for your head ? If it is worth much to you don't let it ache. Steams' Headache Cure relieves all kinds of headaches quickly and without bad effects. * Members of the Marlborough Mounted Rifles are notified by an advertisement in this issue that a footparade will take place to-morrow evening, for the purpose of discussing matters in connection with the annual training camp: also that the final match for the Company Cup and prizes will be held at Vernon on October sth. Take Zymole Trokeys for your cough. They will stop it by soothing the irritated membrane of the throat. Hoarseness is relieved and the throat strengthened. * It has been decided that Dominion Day, the 26th instant, is to be observed as a Post and Telegraph Office holiday, subject to the usual holiday attendance at the Blenheim and Piqton Telegraph Offices. This is not an extra annual holiday, but will be substituted for some other Post Office statutory holiday to be hereafter announced. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., are now showing samples of their spring and summer wearing apparel, including ready-made costumes, blouses, skirts, etc., etc. ; also samples of all materials, which they will supply in Blenheim at the same price as charged in Wellington. .."... 3L—

Throwing stones on people's roofs after they are all in bed and asleep is, no doubt, a form of amusement that commends itself to a certain section of the genus hoodlum on account of its safety, as by the time that the master of the house has rushed to the door, the chicken-hearted "sports" are round the corner. Did these individuals but reflect —or, rather, had they any honourable feelings—the cowardliness of their action would come home to them; but louts who throw stones for fun have no time for power to remember that there are women and young children inside the houses they so bravely bombard.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d. *

The annual meeting of the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association was held at Timaru on Saturday, Mr J. Talbot, chairman of directors, presiding over a large meeting. In his address to the shareholders, Mr Talbot said that the year just closed constituted a fresh record in the history of the Association. The business all round showed a healthy expansion. The turnover was £900,000, the net profit £22,000, and the net amount available for distribution £24,715. It had been decided to allocate this by the payment of a dividend of 8 per cent, on the paid-up capital, 6 per cent, bonus on purchases by shareholders, 20 per cent, rebate on commissions (wool excepted), 6 per cent. bonus on salaries and wages; £3000 had been added to the reserve fund, and the balance carried forward. The reserve fund now stands at £45,880. The meeting (says a Press Association telegram) passed a resolution expressing appreciation of the action ot the Government in declining to remove the duty on wheat and flour.

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

The Journal of the Department of Labour for September has the following:— ci Blenheim. — Building trades continue busy in all branches in the town and suburbs. A number of buildings are in 'the course of erection, and tenders have been let for several others. Engineering trade: Quiet; employed chiefly in doing small jobs and repairs. Clothing trade (factories) : The tailoring trade is good for this time of the year. Dressmaking is also fairly busy. Boot trade (general) is very fair, the making-to-order and repair branch busy. Retail trade in general is fairly good; grocers, ironmongers, butchers, and bakers report trade as being satisfactory, though ready money is scarce.. Miscellaneous : The coachbuilding, sash and door, furniture, and upholstering factories report business as fairly good. Blacksmiths and tinsmiths are busy; cyclerepair shops fairly busy. Unskilled labour: There have been no applicants for employment during the month. Several of the flaxmills are now commencing work again, and no man able to do a day's work need be out of employment in this district.

Why feel so dull and lifeless when it's your liver that's out of order. Take Tamer Juice. *

The Wanganui Herald of Tuesday says:— TKe local lady whom we mentioned a fortnight ago as having completed 25 days of a 40 days' fast completed the latter period yesterday at 6 p.m.. Seen by a representative of the Herald to-day, the lady—who is fasting for health purposes—said she had never felt better in Eer life. She is able to do her ordinary housework quite easily, and on Saturday last did a good day's gardening. She has lost only 221b in weight in the time, but declares that, so far from her strength failing, she actually feels stronger than when she began her self-imposed task, and so far as looks go there seems not the slightest reason to doubt it. She broke her fast at noon to-day—4o days 18 hours after starting—taking a small cup of soup, "Not," she says, "because I wanted it." She intends, however, to continue fasting for as long as tli estate of her health seems to need it, and declares she has little fear of effecting an ultimate cure.

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

The town of Roma, Queensland, is the scone of a strange phenomenon. Several years ago a bore was put down several hundred feet in search of a-rtosian water, but instead of water a supply of gas of high illuminating quality was struck. For over two years no uso was made of the gas, which was apparently inexhaustible in quantity. A loan was then raised, a gasometer was constructed, the town was reticulated, and businoss premises and private houses were connected with the mains. For a time everything went well, and the gas was largely availed of for both illuminating and heating purposes. Suddenly the supply failed, and Roma returned to the use of kerosene and firewood. All efforts to restore the supply proved futile, but now, after the lapse of a year or more, the gas has again appeared, and it is hoped that the supply will prove permanent.

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