LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 260, 2 November 1908, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A Wellington Press Association message states that a tender for a new dam at Wainui-o-mata has been accepted at £46,424.

The Hon. Mr Hall-Jones will leave for London, in order to take up the duties of the High Commissionership, on December 3.

On the back pages of this issue will be found Health Notes, Cricket, Sporting, Wellington Letter, Auckland's Benefactors, Astronomical Notes, and other items of interest.

One hundred and seventy-eight estates of deceased persons were certified for stamp duty last month, lne largest was that •of L. D. Nathan, of Auckland, £235;021. !

. oapt. Edwin telegraphed at 0.10 pirn. ,as follows: —" Southerly mod&ra^eVio strong winds; tides good; sea moderate.; glass little movement; but westerly strong winds after 24 hours; glass fall.". ■ ~[..

Ambulance Saturday m Auckland produced £449-per medium of the oolle^irig r-bo!xes'.'i'The total will probably reach'"£so.o.'> In Wellington the amount -ckrtletfted 'was1 £290, or £20 Less f than''last year. <■

An Auckland Press Association telegram states fiaab. Mr D. D. Hyde, poultry expert, who is on a visit to the .-Auckland province, expresses himself as highly pleased at the progress of the industry, .and considers the outlook for the season extremely hopeful. - / ' r.': ■•■; . ■. .

The Wellington Amateur Athletic Association has resolved to appeal to the Australasian Union against the action of the New Zealand Council, and also to demand that a vote be taken on the question of the removal of- the headquarters from. Christchurch to Wellington.

At Dunedin ;on Friday (reports a Press Association telegram) a plumber named Fred. -Harridge, after repairing a gaspipe at the office of the Nolicens© Party, v tested it with a lighted match, and was promptly blown up and the place wrecked. Harridge's leg was badly.broken. ,

Aboard the Chilian training-ship now in Auckland is a journalist, Mr Luis Popelaire, representing "El Mercurio," of Santiago, Chili. #He has accompanied the vessel sinco leaving Valparaiso last February, and during that time-has visited several of the South Pacific islands, Japan, Albany (W.A.), and Sydney.

The Prime Minister, on being interviewed ,in Wellington, said, regarding the improvement of the Suez mail ' service, that he tnought it impracticable unless the Government provided ■ a "first-class service., Regarding the proposal that;'.connection be made at Suva with' the service from Vancouver to Brisbane, he stated that he I was1 trying to arrange it.

A telegram .from Dunedin states that the D.LC's profit for the year was £14,946; after writing off £4000 on account of the Christchurch fire, above the amount.recovered from the insurance companies. A dividend of 6 per cent, was declared. The chairman mentioned the stringency of ' the money market..and.said that economy must be studied, privately and publjc-

Picton is waking up from its winter nap. Harbour improvement works are being pushed steadily. forward;and' things are looking lively in the building line. The threestorey brick addition to the Terminus Hotel is rapidly approaching completion ; also several new shops, arid villa residences. When the new wharf is built, the Liverpool of the South will be able to hold its own with any town in. the Dominion.

A Feilding:* telegram states that a series of five practical lectures, organised by the Technical School, jcommenced on Friday night, Mr Boucher, Government" Pomologist, giving an adoress on fruit culture. Mr Kirkj Government Biologist, who was present, gaid that the Government would be recommended to appoint eight more inspectors of fruit .trees, who, would probably, be called instructors, and who would visit the public schools and, impart information to the scholars.: ■

At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Employers' Association, on Saturday, the president (Mr Thomson), said that more deliberate perjury went on in the Arbitration Court in a month than in the Supreme Court in a year. He could give instances of a Union secretary schooling his witnesses to swear as facts what he knew to be untrue. He also denounced the standard of living as too high.. Articles of food were claimed as necessaries which were not necessaries at all, and money was spent freely on trams, outings and entertainments.

Whoever has tried Zymole Trokeys never goes without them. Every day their popularity increases, simply because they do just what is claimed for them. *

The 43rd anniversary of the Blenheim Methodist Sunday School was celebrated yesterday. The Rev. W. A. Evans, of Wellington, preached in the morning from Josh. 24, v. 15, and in the evening from <3en. 32, v. 26. He also conducted a children's" service in the afternoon, and gave an address on Luke 9, v. 48. Large congregations assembled at each of the services, the evening attendance being a record 'one. The children sang very sweetly, under the leadership of Mr Tunnicliffe. Miss Rose presided at the organ. The church was elaborately decorated with lyoopodium, palms and flowers, banksia roses being festooned among the ' greenery, the whole forming a charming setting for the ;bright faces of the children. Collections 'were'taken up at each service in aid of the' Sunday School funds.

Is your baby too heavy to carry? Ir so call and inspect our new line of patent Folding Push-carts... These are the first of their kind in. Marlborough, and can be folded and taken in the train or palace car. They are well finished ' and easy running. Prices are within the reach of all.—At Ed. Parker's Cycle Depot, Blenheim. *