LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 9, 11 January 1908, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

In yesterday's issue it was stated in the Courb civil list that the Wairau Hospital proceeded against R. W. Boyle. Thi* shotijd read R. W. Boyce. It is: reported that Sydney oranges I infested with fruit fly have been distributed in Christchurch. The matter is being biought under the notice o* the Minister for Agriculture. Two of the barley crops threshed in the Lower Awatere, one at Sea View and the other at Richmond Brook, are reported to have yielded fifty bushels per acre of high quality grain. , Capt. Edwin telegraphed at 0.30 p.m. as foLlows:—"Strong westerly winds to gal&; -tides moderate; sea heavy on coast; rain probable; glass fall.'* The agitation is being revived at Hokitika for thespeedy completion of the Ross railway, which has proceeded in a very tardy manner for the last 12 months. ■ Tuesday Next.—Air goods are marked in plain figures. You see the reductions for yourself.—H. F. Hall. * There is a probability that some of the flaxmills that have ceased operations owing to the unpayable market price will shortly resume work, owing to a substantial reduction in the cost of the raw material. Caterpillars have made their appearance in the Wakapuaka district, Nelson, and it is reported that they are destroying the oat crops. A resident in the district offected stated yesterday that-his oat crop has been reduced fully one half by the visitation, and other farmers are also suffering. Our Sale will commence Tuesday, January 14th, for v two weeks only, and will not be extended.—H. F. Hall. * The general average of tempora-' ture in the Dominion was higher to- , day than yesterday. Seventeen places recorded temperatures of 70 degrees j or over, the highest being Tauranga and Gisborne (76), Castlepoint (75), and Blenheim, New Plymouth and Clyde (74). The lowest reading was 57 at Invercargill. Rain was falling at Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Bealey, Dunedin, Queenstown, Balclutha, Nuggets, Invercargill and Bluff. Be sure you see our inset in Mon.day's Express. /It will save you money. At our Summer Sale all goods will- fee reduced right viu-ough the shop.^H. F. Hall. The Timaru Habour Board yesterday considered a special report by Mr J. P. Maxwell on the wharfage needed now and the future expansion of the harbour. In.regard to the latter -he purposes to remove the north mole, and construct a new one to provide a larger area, and also to extend by 500 feet the eastern breakwater, recently completed. The Boarcl accepted, with a slight modification of position, this proposal for a 600 feet jetty in ferroconcrete ; the other proposals were left to the future. It was resolved also to advertise for a resident engineer at a salary of £400. Summer Sale. —Look out for it. AH goods will go at half-price. Starting Tuesday morning.—H. F. Hall. * Owing to the difficulty attending the preservation of the natural flora on Rabbit- Island, and the trees planted thereon, it was resolved at the' meeting of the Nelson Land Board to recommend the Government to change the purposes for which the island was originally reserved, viz., " quarantine" and "gravel," to the purpose of a public park, and thereafter to bring the said park under The Public ' Domains Act. Consequent on this decision the Board decided to renew the occupation license formerly held by the late Mr H. Redwood. , The area of the Rabbit Island is about 2640 acres. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., of Wellington, beg to notify their Marlborough customers of the change in address of their Blenheim Agency to Charles Street, near Bank of New South Wales, in new buildings lately erected by Mr Wensloy. The new agency is more convenient and larger, and with the extra space, they intend keeping a more representative range of samples of their Wellington stocks than they have been able to previously. •

The work of laying down 701b steel rails on the main lines of the Dominion is being pushed on by the Railway Department as rapidly as circumstances will permit. Some hundreds of miles of 531b rails have been taken, up and laid down on branch lines,; replacing the 281b rails which have done duty for many years. Last year 84$ miles were covered with the heavy weight rails. j On Tuesday next at H. F. Hall's will commence the sale of the season. Our ordinary prices have always been keen. Our sale prices will stagger you. Come early and secure the pick. —H. F. Hall. A Press Association from Dunedin states that welcome heavy rain fell during the night and early this morning. Welcome rain has also fallen at Hokitika, after a long period of dry, hot weather. The rainfall will be valuable in renewing feed supplies for stock. Heavy rain fell during the night at Gore, and will bring on the late turnips. The early crops of these look splendid, and the cereals give promise of an abundant harvest in the district. Tuesday Next.—Remnants of Ribbons, Laces, Muslin, Prints, Cretonnes, Sheetings, Calicos, etc., all at half-price.—H. F. Hall. * .Mr D. F. North, brother of Mr F. North, the American tourist who lost his life in the vicinity of the Greenstone River in April or May last, has arrived in the Wakatinu district from America, and is making a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of his brother. He has visited the Green-, "stone, and he will probably make a search of one or two parts of the river. The missing man left most of his papers and personal property in his portmanteaux in Melbourne. Sale Prices.—No goods entered at sale prices, the prices will be too fine. W-H. F. Hall. .•■.■"* \A novel contest, with Feilding as ■'finishing point, took place this week. Taylor, of Clarkson's staff, Wanganiii, left that place on(a bicycle, and l^awrence, an old-time runner of Martoiji, left that place, each at 2 o'clock}, the latter on foot. The match was for\£lo a-side and- a £5 Vlonatioii. .G'yeat interest was taken, and a* large n\imbe.r of-people awaited the arrival of the contestants. Taylor, who Rad to v come 44 miles, arrived first, just on 15 o'clock,, having passed Lawrence one and a half miles from the winning p-ast. Lawrencete .distance ...-was .18 raiies^ Taylor lost 30 niiiiittos mending- pictures. Taylor's actual riding timewas 2 hours 25 minutes. v ■ A Warning.—The public Nsi Blenheim and surroundings distridts are hereby warned that if they don't attend H. F. Hall's Sale, commencing on Tuesday next, they will miss the greatest bargains ever offered in-th_e drapery trade.—H. F. Hall. * A business man interviewed at Dunedin agreed that there was not much prospect of flour or bread being any cheaper for the next nine months at any rate. The latest cablegrams 'pointed to a firming market. Oatmeal, it is said, will be much "cheaper thi3 year than last. Valjd reasons for the prediction as to the high price of bread and flour can be found in the last estimate to hand of the world's crop by " Beerbohm," the Bible of the wheat world, it shows that the areas sown in wheat were all smaller than last yeary and the crops show an alarming decrease. The yield of wheat, in fact, is little more .than half the average of the pre-' ceding five years'. . . Pearson's Pepto-chlor dispels that fear of taking food by curing indigestion. All chemists, Is 6d, 2& 6d and 4s. ; ;■"'■■ ■•;•■■- The statement for. the year ended December 31st of the imports and exports of Timaru harboiir shows that the imports were 86,220 tons,, an increase of 7067 tons-on the previous record- The import of timber was 8,830,912 feet,-and increase on last year of 2% millions. The exports during 1907 totalled 65,052 tons, less than last year by 11,960 tons^wool showing a' decrease of 6800 bales', and oats 8500 tons. The export of frozen mutton, was 837,997 carcases, a record for the port, and an increase on the previous year of 49,000. The total revenue was £25,036, as compared with. £25,643 in 1906; The value of the imports (foreign and intercolonial) was £297,547, an increase of £57,000, and of the exports £1,216,542, an increase of £100,000. Pearson's Pepto-chlor is a safe and sure cure for indigestion. All chemists Is 6d, 2s 6d, and 4s. The specimens of wheat and oats that came to hand through the post on Wednesday last, without anything to show whence, were from Mahakipawa. The letter that should have accompanied the specimens was apparently taken on to Wellington by the person who had promised to post it in Blenheim, as it bears the Wellington postal mark. From this communication it appears that the crops in the Mahakipawa are this year better than ever. Indeed, it is stated that the farmers there stand to make their fortunes if prices keep up. The oats were from Mr Cullen's land, and the wheat from that of Mr Sutton. In the latter case the land has been cropped with grain for nine years in succession without the use of fertiliser. Such a productive district deserves to be more widely known. Time saved is money gained. There is money gained by using the Hornsby Binder.—Reid and Gray, Agents. * The Auckland Star is respons; ble for the following:—When the wind was in its most capricious mood at Ellerslie, a woman at that mysterious age when her friends speak of her as "wellpreserved," made a dash around the corner of the grandstand. Her gown was of the lightest of summer muslins, and on her head she wore a marvellous creation of gauze and flowers. Every vagabond wind in that vicinity instantly began to do tricks with the muslin gown. Sooner than it takes to tell that summer gown was describing the most alarming aerial flights. But its owner, a hand on either side of her hat, kept on as stubbornly as if such a display of open-work hosiery and lingerie were an every-day affair. " Madame," cried another woman, rushing up to her, "you are probably not aware of it, but your skirts are above your knees." "I don't care," retorted the other, never moving a finger from the flowery bonnet; "I've had those legs for forty-five years and can't lose them, but I've just paid three pounds for this hat, and I don't mean to let it get away." "That tired feeling" is not always caused by the weather, as some people would have you believe. The fault ues in some derangement of your digestive organs. Your stomach is out of order, or your liver has become sluggish, and refuses to perform its functions. All you need is a dose or two of Chamberlain's Tablets and that feeling of weariness will disappear. For sale by J. Benning, Blenheim, and W. Syms, Picton. *

Pearson's Pepto-chlor will certainly j remove that frightful pain in the I chest. All chemists, Is 6d, 2s 6d and 4S. . ;; ■ ■ ■ At the meeting of the Havelock Cottage Hospital (says the Guardian) the following resolutions were passed: That this Committee view with satisfaction he proposed to provide an Old Men's Home for the whole of the district ; and in the event of the Pieton Board declining to take over the old men they be asked to obtain the Government subsidy on" the amount recently sent to them from Havelock and utilise the money in making additions to the Hospital. Dr Williams notified that he would require a fixed sum of £60 per annum provided the Gottage Hospital was used as a Hospital; otherwise he would attend patients at the ordinary town charges, less 30 per cent. The following accounts were passed for payment: — Mrs Price £16 4s 4d, R. W. Price £3 6s, C. Smith £1 16s 2d, Dr Williams £7 10s, stamps 3s 6d. Farmers wishing to see something new, novel and up-to-date are requested to call and inspect the new Hornsbys now on view at our show room. — Reid and Gray, Agents. There has been trouble in Nelson concerning the Old People's Home, the recent hot weather appearing to be responsible for certain things, which occur even in the best regulated homes at times. According to the Evening Mail report of proceedings at the meeting of the Charitable Aid Board, butter has been kept in the bedrooms, the inmates persisting in taking it there, and though this article- of consumption was bad, 'it; was not so bad as that In the cupboard, where it should be kept. It was after discussion decided to obtain a meat safe, a necessary article which the institution appears to have been doing without hitherto, and also to arrange for more frequent supplies of butter. The condition generally of the old home was said by the chairman to be too bad to speak of. "There were things at the home he would be ashamed to tell people about." A new building is to be shortly available, and a motion to obtain some necessary furniture for the old one was negatived, mainly because it would have to be destroyed^ upon moving to the new quarters !— It was reported at the last meeting of the Nelson Hospital Board that the Old People's Home had been sprayed' with formalin in an endeavour to rid the place of,vermin. If you want to keep your family together, to sweeten daily intercourse, to smooth away life's little runs and ironies, to keep the children devoted to their home, you must have music in the house. In short, you need a piano. There are pianos, and pianos. If you "try to ' pick »ip a good second-hand piano cheap," you; tyjll find buying a piano a riskier business thaa buying a horse. Better be sensible; The Dresden Piano Company are experts. It is their business to see^Wt you get exactly what you want. You^w-UJLjenwre a better bargain, than any you-■'can hope to make- the other way. If you are not disposed to pay cash, the Company will arrange terms to suit you. Tfie Dresden Piano Company's local agents at Blenheim are Messrs Griffiths and Sons. See them. , *