LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 65, 18 March 1908, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

\ 'NominatiaiiS'i^'.'the Wairau Trot--1 ting Club' s annual. race-meeting, to ■ be\held on April Sth,.close this even--7 ing. : •"•'■■; :'■>/ •; ''. , '~. • s The Auckland Public Library has g been presented with the first publican's license issued in New Zealand. = It wasi granted at Russell to John - Johnston; ill 1840: ' . s ' The contractor for the erection of -■ the hew Nelson JStreet bridge {Mr, B. ! Garnham) is now busily engaged 'on f the work, T ; he iron portions of the structure are 'being pierced and bolted "together at a> rapid 'pace. '.■ ■■ It is understood"that Mr Stevenson^ - a theological of the Presby- - teriari Church 'n^W stationed at Wai- _ mate,, South G^tfter bury, has been apa pointed to the feenwicktown charge. Messrs' Dalgety and Company, Ltd, report the ipllQw,ing : sales 7 of propers' ties:—Blojek 3, Birch Hill estate,' . containing So%;acres freehold, to Mr - A. E. Austin; 550 acres lease-in-per-r petnity at Blind River on . account of Mr James McGivern/.td-Mr F. G. c Scott, of Canterbury j .both at satiss factory prices. v ' . i The annual cotfacert of the Seddon _ Presbyterian .Church on Friday next is advertised in to-day's issue. The railway arrangements are specially 3 suited to Blenheim visitors, enabling c them to return the same evening. . The Marlborough Orchestral Society B and.other friends, ladies and gentlemen, chiefly from Blenheim, are ■- supplying the programme. The Borough Foreman complains of 1 the damage being done by wandering 1 stock to the newly-laid asphalt in . Scott and Walter Streets. What is the Ranker doing to permit this? ' These thoroughfares, and also Hawk- - shaw ' Street, are' constant grazing ~ grounds for stray stock. They may g be seen thero both day and night, f and no effort appears to be made to t interfere with them. To-day at 1 jo clock there were five horses grazing _ on the. road in front of Dr. Pentreath's residence. fc Millions of aching heads every year t obtain quick and happy relief from - Steams' Headache Cure. Many mils lions more could if they would take it. 1 Do you make use of this great s remedy? * ' It is stated by the Kaikoura Sun " that the Land Purchase Board, ac--1 companied by Mr McNab, the Minis- * ter for Lands j will visit the Greenhills Estate during this or next week * with a view to reporting on the ad- - yisability of the Government purchaser ing the property. In regard to the fc Birch Hill Estate, Wairau Valley, it is understood that tenders are to be called shortly for the purchase of the [. unsold portion. i Overcast weather, such as prevailed ? in Blenheim, was reported at a num- <, ber of places this morning, and rain s was falling at Nelson, Cape Foulwind, 7 Westport, Greymouth and Timaru. 3 The thermometer varied between 68 fc at Nelson and 55 at Bealey and Ball clutha, the local reading being 66. , With the exception of Cape Maria f Van Diemen, the barometer .was 3 everywhere below 30 inches. The sea - was heavy on the West Coast, and ? there were freshes in the rivers. I Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., are 3 now opening their new winter goods, l including costumes, jackets, raincoats, 5 furs, millinery, etc., also samples of J 7 all cut materials, including new dress fabrics, Housings,' etc., etc. All ' r goods are the newest, and are marked j at, Wellington prices. Catalogues of . the new winter styles may be had on „ application to our representative, at [ our agency, Charles Street. •

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