LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 15 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

It w reported trom the South that the Hon. T. Y. Duncan may.be offered a seat m the Cabinet without portMJ 1? a nini al" "^tog °* the Kiwi *l , m 1 yJ®*h .' •whlc l h was to have been held last evening; has been postponed until after the Easter holidays j The Marlborough Mounted RifleT have decided not to go to the Easter Jincampment, as not sufficient notice has been given-to the corps to attend. At the Magistrate's Court this ?M mn% bef-r J e tMi; T' Scott-Smith, b.M., Bernard Volckman, , for not S3 k? og >was fined lOs -d

The police report (says a Press Association telegram) that only a very small percentage of women in D'unedin suburbs enter hotels. The chairman of the Licensing Committee endorses that fact.

rhe following will represent the Wairau Cricket dub, in the match against the Athletics (Nelson) on Frife ne*}:~Vi™P<>™t, Mills, Martin, Ward. lerry, Bdmger, Goulding. ti^ m°rT OWr~Sl>eci, al Easter reduc" sknV; t , eS • trimmed skats, full sizes, in beautiful grey and brown tweeds, the newest styles, 8s 6d SSt S Wn rth 15-l M- D^'t fail'to see these. Open till 10 p.m.—Rj Allan «

Six residents of the Wairau Pa were or 4™i befT; th 67 iUa Sc CommS on Monday last, charged with introducing liquor i^to a gMa^ri kafnga. -Iney were convicted and fined in the aggregate fourteen shillings. fW Fee l hocks of earthquake, one of SXt a^? arP °S e ' W6. re felt last night rsays a Press Association telp gram from Feilding)_the firsSt 8 15 the^econd.at.9.ls, and the third at 11 tefu Se Tconds cC°nd laSted"fw fif" .At the harvest festival at the Wellington South branch of the Salva tion Army the flowers, fruits In^ produce with which th 4 ciSl was decorated were- mostly the 7&ta of ,the soldiers and their friends. The Jine display o f wh eat and other cereals came from Blenheim. PnS^ ?-' 7i' -r Shi P^ing Gazette and Commercial Journal is, as its namo a journal devoted to shii ping and commercial interests T& copy which ha? reached us is replete Sw °f SPeClaI iUt6reSt **k -Breakfast luncheon and dinner can lm enjoyed by dyspeptics after taking Pearson's Pepto-chlor. Is, 2s 6d and . A Palmerston North Press Association telegram states that at the-in ciuest on Miss Jones, who died from injuries sustained in a stampede of cab-horsps irom the railway station Sin? ' averd I lct of accidental death was returned. . A rider was added drawing attention to the mantended h vehicles are left una*-

The present fruit season in Auckland has eclipsed all records. The crop is! almost unparalleled in every kind of line. The only crop which failed ip reach the standard was apples. This is due to the many early varities having been discarded, owing to codlin moth. The production1 of grapes was phenomenal, but was equalled by the demand, and outdoor varieties were disposed of without calling upon wine producers. *

There is (says theN.Z. Times) quite a colony of New Zealanders established in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern extremity of South America, where they are engaged in gold-dredg-ing. Mr Norman Wakefield, a former resident of Otago, has charge of the dredge Progresso, which he re-erected after some foreign workmen had made a bad job of it. Two of his crew are Messrs Burton and Silk, of Otago. following team will represent the Opawa FootbWl Club in the match against Oriental (Wellington) to be played on Saturday, 18th April, on the Domain ground at 3 p.m.: — Lane, Costello. Pierpoint, O'Rourke, Mogridge, Oben, Galloway, Morrissey. O'Brian, F. Morrison. Mcßae, Dunckley, Neville, Callan, L. Howell and Baker. . ' ~ jk

To cure any kind of headache in twenty minutes take Steams' Headache Cure. Gives positive relief and leaves the head "clear as a bell." No bad effects, no narcotic drugs. *

A Press Association telegran from Eltham states that four candidates were out in the Opposition interest for Egmont—Messrs B. Dive, J. Marx, G. Preece and C. A. Wilkinson. A. caucus convened by an organiser' was held last night. Mr Wilkinson refused to submit his name, stating that he would stand jagainst all-coiners. Mr Marx withdrew his name, and in' the absence of Mr Preece a ballot was taken between him and Mr Dvie, and resulted practically unanimously in favour of Mr Dive, who was chosen.

Sufferers from indigestion enjoy the good things of the table after taking Pearson's Pepto-chlor. 2

"The English Race" is the titl^ of the official organ of the Royal Society of S£.; George. A copy of the February number has reached us, and an extiemely interesting one it is, being weii printed, excellently illustrated, and; full of matter of a patriotic character, the doings of the Society and its hranches throughout the*world being faithfully' recorded. There are numerous well written articles in the same vein, which will repay perusal, and the magazine should be welcomed by Englishmen everywhere.

Easter Holidays.—yLadies' jackets, lon^, _coats, and macbintoshesj at sweeping prices. A few shillings will buy a dandy jacket. Open till 10 p.m. to-morrow.—--R. Allan. *

"Whatl is the policy of the Opposition? We are not asking what it; is saying; but what it is doing? Are not the mpriey-lof N ds in its ranks spending enormaus sums of money in .acquiring newspaper support, in hiring iournalistric mercenaries big- and little to fight their battle f6r them in the coming general election ? ; The; money is their own, and they are free to spend it, but,if they win by such i means, what will be the result? Our present task-masters are Socialists, our. future, ones would be Plutocrats. Oh the whole we would! almost as soon, put up with the Socialists. "~ Daily Times.

Roll up! Roll up! A real feast in prices. Ladies blouses, wrappers and bodices, less han half-price. Open tilllO plm.^-R. Allan. *

The main electoral roll closed with the Registrar (Mr J. Terry) to-day. It;ij| anticipated that the supplementary roll will this year contain very many more names than it did in 1905, when the number was 533. jn that year the main roll closed in September, and the supplementary roll on November; the. election taking place on 6th December. On this occasiok,; instead of to interval of only two months between the closing of the 'two rolls, the period will be over six months, so that it will be seen at a glance that amendments and erasures to the ihain roll—which is to De printed in Wellington—will be numerous, making the work of registrars very much more onerous.

.Laster Wear.—Ladies' gloves, all shades i of grey, in Suede and Lisle, marvellous value, Is per, pair. R. Allan. * *

"He who hath wealth must be watchful and wary " especially when there are children' about (says- the S + a + Y* araft a 5f WB>\ A Carterton settler the other day was moving, and his "better half." was clearing up the resulting debris. In the room where she was working there was a table, on the table was a ledger, and between the pages of the ledger Were seven one pound notes. Also in the room was a bright little four-year-old girl—a very good little girl, who sat in a corner and amused herself with a pair of scissors while her mother worked. The child finished her play, the mother carefully^ we P t Z thn flUTned ? c^mulated scraps ??„ X^l I' I 1"?, 1* was then found J? the . baby tad opened the ledger, infn iff^ Pretty notes ' cut S^ni ft Pl^-' S,' and cast tb-e™ among the rubbish on the floor. The baftk is seven pounds richer and the settler poorer by that amount. Such

*ii£ rOW'~~?, art loads orbeautiful silk ribbons, all wide widths, real beauties for ties and belts, all shades, Mjard. Open till 10 p.m. —r!

Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs have just aoded to their list of reprints of New Zealand books a specially interesting work. It is the remarkm* & ¥ John Rutherford. tHe White Chief, as he was called.' His narrative describes how he was shipwrecked on these shores some eighty years ago. He an d his companions were captured by the Maoris His companions were killed, but be was befriended by a chief, who took him into his tribe. Rutherford married two of the chief's daughters, was tattooed by them, and lived with the ?« T?vOi r ten years > scaping when an English vessel touched at tlie district inhabited by his captors. The i i'V S a very thrilling one. It has added interest on account of the fact tnat it was published in the first book, ever printed on New Zealand. This work was long supposed to be written oy L,ord Brougham, but it is now »?reed th a t the author was George LUlie Craik, a well-known litterateur ot <0 years ago. The present edition has been edited by Mr J. Drummond. I A'-0., r\/.5., who has written an interesting introduction to it.

Japanese physicians declare it is impossible for internal poisoning to occur :f powdered charcoal be swalJovved as soon as the gastro-intestiiial disturbance is felt French physicians have tested tho power of charcoal, and proved that it is the most active of all known antidotes. The charcoal must be taken as soon as the poison begins to show its effects, and the dose must be large. Charcoal is in no way injurious, and as much as a soupspoonful may be taken in divided doses mixed with water.

Numbers of testimonials prove that Pearson's Pepto-chlor cures indigestion. All chemists, Is,* 2s 6d and 4s ' 1

He came down the Avenue on Friday (the Wanganui Chronicle reports) riding an unusually tall horse, and when opposite Lee and Bing's fruit shop turned his charger on to the footpath and rode into the^ shop. Evidently fruit was not the object of his quest, for he backed his horse out of the building and rode along the footpath to the adjoining shop (Spurdle and Bond's), which he and his horse gravely entered,. The proprietors' hair stood on end as the jatrange visitors made their way between glass cases and rows of ironmongery till they ranged alongside the counter, where the horseman ordered two pick handles. Gn supplying the desired articles the shopman opened the back door and suggested that the horseman might like to turn his horse round in the backyard. "Oh, no; it's all right, thanks," replied the customer, who wheeled his gigantic animal round and rode out of the shop and up the street. The onlookers stood by open-mouthed with astonishment.

Indigestion is caused by failure of the gastric juices; Pearson's Peptochlor removes the trouble—ls, 2s 6d and 4s. 5

Mr H. 'BroUgham has had a somewhat singular experience in connection, with the hot-water system at his. residence (says the Manawatu Evening Standard). On Wednesday' it was discovered that something was wrong with the service, a block having occurred in one of the pipes,' and the confined steam was creating a sensation. As there was. a prospect of the hoir-water tank bursting, a plumber' was sent for, and immediate steps taken to set things ■ right. It was not until the system was •pulled to pieces that the cause of the trouble was" discovered. It was the remains of an eel, "which had blocked a circulating pipe* and prevented the escape of water. How the eel, which was apparently about ten inches long .when alive, got into the system is a mystery.,

Accumulators, Coils and all requisites,- Longueman Carburetter Sprays, Asbestos Copper Rings, in great variety.—At Wellington and Wairarapa Mot6r Co. 12

A .Dunedin resident has brought forward a device to do away with the * need for nightly putting out a jug or billy for the morning's milk. The idea is to have a small hole cut in the back door. Just below this, on the inside, is suspended a tin cylinder, flattened on one side to hug the/door panel, and covered with a lid hinged to the door. The milkman cpmes round in the morning arnted with a small funnel. He lifts a small slide. covering the hole, inserts the "funnel, and pours through it the desired quantity, of milk. He withdraws the funnel, down falls the lid inside and the slide outside,'-and the milk in the tin cylinder is reasonably safe from the dust-born germ or the thirst-impelled cat. The inventor waited, on the Minister for Public Health in Dunedin with a model showing his invention, which he has just patented throughout New Zealand, Mr Fowlds could not give him much encouragement in regard, to,a, modest request that the use of the apparatus should be made com--pulsory _"on ; milk consumers, but advised him to forward his model to the Chief Health" Officer at Welling-; ton. l

Tomorrow.—Sweeping prices. Our stock of ladies' trimmed felts, the very thing for Easter wear, to be fired out at 2s 6d each; worth double. Open till 10 p.m.—R. Allan.

Some very interesting information has been collected by the Wandsworth Guardians, who have just completed a census of the inmates of their workhouse. The census was undertaken to ascertain whether old age pensions would have any eifect on the workhouse population. The census committee was struck with the number of men who seemed to lose all.energy for work when their wives vied, and came into the workhouse. Tt also comments on the number who came to settle down in the house when their wives refused to- keep them any longer, or, as some expressed it, when ':the wife turned me out:" In many cases, drink and laziness were found to be the rause of the wives' action. Investigation proved that very few leave the wprkhouse, even though they have old age pensions or outdoor relief. Some have been in the workhouse for periods of from 15 to 20 years. More than 900 inmates were interviewed and the committee* says that in a large number of eases there didliot seem to be any tar.gible reason why they were in the workhouse at ali Many admitted that they had done no work for years; in fact, they,could not give the date or place there they had last worked. And the condition of the house appear to be conducive "to their disinclination to shift for themselves," says the ( committee

The sharp bite of an early winter which has been felt'during the last few days has caused people to be on the look-out for warm clothino* The .broiling sun of the previous, week has made us indifferent to the new winter goods. But with the first chill of winter we will gladly welcome the new jackets furs etc., that are being slicvn at Kirkcaldie's Agency in Blen-hei.-n. Make an early call and nro3ii c vonr v?arm apparel at Welhnf-