LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 101, 27 April 1909, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

At Lawrence yesterday (says a Diinedin telegram) seventeen landowneiis weire fined from ten shillings up to £5 for failing to eradicate Canadian, thistle on their properties. ■ * ■

A West port telegram states that the Millerton mine, which has been closed since February 27 owing to the fire, has resumed working on a small iscale, The.mijig will be in full working order in three l.'or four weeks.

A number of returns of School Committee elections are not available today. Chairmen of committees would oblige by forwarding to this office the iresu.lifcs of the election in their districts at their earliest convenience.

At the Town. Hall on Thursday next the school children's exhibits will be a special feature at the Autumn Show. V

Waves of quite a respectable size disturbed the waters of the Wairau River at the ferry bridge on Friday. The punt rocked on its way across, and it is stated that at least one passenger was troubled with mal-de-mer.

At the Magist.nate's Court .this morning, before Mr- T. Scott-Smith, S;M., Thomas North, who was convicted amd discharged recently for drunkenness, for the same offence wa^ fined 10s, in default two days' imprisonment.

A special prize of 10s 6d has been, donated for the best dressed bicycle (flowers or foliage to be used) at the Horticultural Society's Autumn Show at Town Hall on Thursday next. *

A Piress Asisociation telegram from Auckland states that (resolutions in favor of Bible-reading in schools were caairied at several meetings of householders (last night, but the subject was- not broached at the meeting in Auckland city, representing five large schools.

Back pages to-day contain an account of the arrest of the man suspected of the robbery of cancelled bank notes from the Wellington Post Office. The bursting of a dam, with consequent loss of life, is also recorded, and the two municipal events for to-morrow are dealt with in "racy" style by our horsey contributor. There are also several articles of interest.

Prepare your exhibits for the Horticultural Society's Autumn Show to be held at the Town Hall oai Thursday, nest. * The weights for the Maryborough Racing Club's autumn meeting were declared on i Saturday evening, but, contrary to established custom, they were not telegraphed to, Blenheim. It costs the handicapper nothing, to send them (the charge is borne b§r,i. ; the newspaper) and it would have saved a good deal of inconvenience had he sent them by wire. It is to be hoped that the omission, will be rectified at the next meeting. At a committee meeting of St. George's Society last night the prizemoney (£72 odd) was passed for payment. In (reference to the St. George's Handicap, which was won by M. Stevens after he. had been disqualified by the protest committee, the action, of the latter committee was upheld. It was, however, decided that the stakes for this particular race should not be paid out until the expiry of the time allowed for appeal. A Christchjurch message says: A representative of several high-terrace mining propositions in West-land, who has just returned from the Coast, reports that the most liberal terms that the Hon. Mr McKenzie is at present prepared to concede is a tax of £5000 per annum on 300 heads of water. He says that this is the cheapest in the world. He also says that the waterpower of Westland could be more profitably utilised for sawmilling. Blouse Flannelettes, 9d and Is yard. Hundreds to pick from, at F. W. Smith and Co. s, opposite the Criterion Hotel. * At a meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce' .yesterday it was decided to make strong representations ito the Government as to the (necessity for amending the (railway time-table to permit .the through trip to New Plymouth to be mad© in one day; and also to expedite the service with Wellington. Mr G. W. Williams was appointed to represent th© Chamber at the conference! to be held in Palmerston to consider the time-table Question.

Gisborne was the only' place where the weather at 9 o'clock this morning was not fine. Blue-sky records were the rule at almost every other station. The highest temperature was 62 at Lyttelton, and the lowest 33 at Queenstown. Blenheim was well down the list with 45. , Light winds prevailed everywhere. Heavy seas were reported from Gisborne, Napier and Castlepoint, but at other, coastal places the water was moderate to smooth.

Cheapest in towin for ladies' underclothing and hose. —F. W. Smith, and Co., opposite Criterion Hotel. * An effort is being made to form a Book Club in connection with Quartly's Music Depot. It is the intention of the inaugurators that there shall be placed in the library two books for each member elected, and not less than fifty books will be added^. yearly. Persons desiring to become members before the end of this month, Vill have an opportunity of suggesting three books, two of which will be added to the library at its formation, making a collection of books chosen by the members. The library will be opened each day and evening after 150 members have been elected. The monthly meeting of the Blenheim branch of the Women's Auxiliary of Foreign Missions wias held in the church.! parlour at Wesley Hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs W. Jordan: (vicepresident) was in the chair. After the singing of a hymn, the Rev. T. R. Richards engaged in prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Mrs Jordan, on behalf of all present, expressed pleasure at the visit of the Rev. W. R. Pofole, and also welcomed the Rev. T. R. aaid Mrs Richards to the meeting. Both gentlemen having suitably responded, Mr Poole gave a deeply interesting and instructive address on foreign, mission work, and emphasised the need for organised effort in order to secure the best results possible. At the close of his address, afternoon tea ,was dispensed ," by two. of the ladies, 'and'several'ne-w. members gave in their names, bringing^the number up to fifty. After Mr Poole had again expressed his pleasure at meeting with such a hearty and sympathetic reception, the meeting closed with the Benediction. The attendance was good, some forty being present. , Do not try to endure that nerveracking cough. Zymole Trokeys will stop it and remove the irritation. They dispel hoarseness and strengthen the throat. In. glancing at some of .the varied aspects of the subject of "National Evolution" at James's Hall, Sydney, a few evenings ago, Mr G. H. Reid, M.H.R., made many points which! appealed to the audience. "'WheriV ■'I think," he said at one [stage, ' 'of the miserable social distinctions v which separate humanity } evemi in our own civilised communities,..'l cannot! help looking ' with intense adiriirationf on the sweet democracy of childhood. You see the little children playing'to geth'er regardless whether their parents are in the wholesale or tihe retail line. (Laughter and applause.) It is only as these sweet little democrats grow up and become vitiated by false, snobbish ideas of life that it becomes possible for the tlady whose husband has a warehouse in York Street to refuse to iaissociate with the lady whose husband keeps a shop in Balmain. (Laughter.) It even goes lower down than that, because the lady with a very small shop would not- think of associating with the lady \ who goes out washing. But the craving for distinction is a good thing if well directed. One of the best things about At is that there is a new kind of social distinction coming up,, among the many spurious kinds, arid that is--the distinction 'that man.... or womani gets by acts of unselfish devotion to their less fortunate human creatures. (Applauise.) The most melancholy spectacle in ifene world which comes under the head of pleasure is the spectacle of the pleasures which are enjoyed by the idle rich. There are, according to what I have read, no more melancholy, slave-driven creatures than' those who- are tied to. the chariot wheels of fashion. If: you want to know what slavery is you will try to. go through a London society season."

The municipal elections take place to-monw, polling being from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Questions have ariseni as to •whether husband and wife can. both vote. ' The answer to this is—Yes, if they are both on. the roll. The Act provides that any qualification possessed by either husband or' wife as possessed by both. The qualifications are a registered freehold worth not leas than £25 a year, or occupation, as tenaaut for at least three months of a house, shop or office of not less than £10 a year rental value.

For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails: Is 6d and 2s 6d.

A visitor from America, arriving by the Sydney boat (says The Post), found fault immediately with the method of handling baggage. He discovered a link in the chain of transport missing. In America, he said, the shipping companies checked the luggage right through, and all the traveller had to do was to walk down to the Customs office and claim his baggage. There was much less I friction in that method. He made a few inquiries among the wharf and was better satisfied as w> the destination of his gear. Still he reckoned it was not a fair way to treat a stranger to force him to make investigations about the wharf as to what to do with luggage.

Residents in Botany Road, near the Lakeside Woolscouring Works, Sydney ,_ were roused from their sleep about; six o'clock one morning recently by the soundof. smashing timber and buildings being hurled with violence to Mother Earth. Above the noise of wreckage strange trumpetings rose,j and startled people rushed out of doors in sleeping garb in anticipation of the Crack of Doom being in the vicinity. No doom was to be found, but a bolted elephant was providing crack with a lavish trunk. This Jumbo earns his living as a side issue /in a circus, but on that morning he was taken from the romance of the tents and the comfort of the sawdust to drag a waggon, laden with waste material through the gloom of the sleeping city out >to Botany. Whether the indignity of the load annoyed him, or, as has been advanced, a gun short scared him, is not certain, but the fact is demonstrable that he became unmanageable. Had he kept to the roadway all might have been well, but he made a dash at a terrace of houses. He banged through a fence and nearly knocked out one side of k. weather-board cottage. Then he set off through the nearby back yards, leaving behind him a trail of smashed fences and overturned outhouses. Finally, he tore through the dividing fence of the Lakeside Woolscouring Works, and espied the nightwatchman. That'- worthy, did not stand upon the order of his going, but went —unobtrusively, but with much speed. Yet, my lord the elephant had seen him, and the onlookers were afforded the strange spectacle of a man streaking for the rising sun pursued by several tons of enraged elephant and a bounding waggon. En route to the sun-rise ,the leviathan brought up in the woolscouring works, where he parted company with his waggon. His attendant, who had pluckily attended on his charge as well as he could, there captured the escaped animal, and, quietening him, conducted him back to the place whence he had come, subdued and very disreputable.

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