LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 144, 16 June 1909, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

An election, to fill an extraordinary vacancy on th^ Spring Creek River Board,'will be held on Monday next. The candidates are H. C. Cheesman and Charles Reeves.

A Sydney cablegram states that the steamer Warrimoo, which arrived from Wellington shortly before midnight, experienced exceptionally rough weather'all1 the way.

The School , Committe election at Seddon on Monday last resulted as follows:—Rev. W. Finlayson (Chah'man), Messrs France, Gale, Mcßride, Masters, Condon, Healy.

The sum of: £16 18s 8d was receiver' from the New Zealand Rugby Union by the Marlborough Rueby Union last night. This was the local Union's share of the receipts in connection with the recent Anglo-Welsh tour.

Our Kaikoura correspondent telegraphs that the local whalers yesterday landed two right whales, a bull and a, cow,, /estimated to aggregate from twelve to thirteen tuns. This is the .first catch of the season. The estimated value of the whales is £600.

A Press Association telegram from Wanganui states that wet weather and the river being in flood interfered somewhat with the training operations of Arnst. and Webb, though both have put in useful- work during the past two days, doing rowing and land work. The weather is now fine.

Mr E. J. Harvey, the hon secretary of the Blenheim branch of the National Defence League, will be pleased to enrol members at the conclusion of Mr McNab's meeting tonight. The subscription is one shilling. A copy of the Defence Journal will be given to members on joining.

A man was arrested at Wanganui last week (says the Picton Press) on a warrant issued at Wellington on a charge of forging the name of Mr G. J. Ridel ell, of Picton, to a cheque which he then (it is alleged) attempted to utter to Mr A. R. V. Lodder, of* the City Buffet.

5s in the £ discount at Smith's Bank Demand Sale of Drapeiy, now on, opposite Criterion HotoJ. *

A youth named Robert Howell, a painter in the employ of Mr \V. Sheard, met with a painful accident yesterday on the site of the premises nearing completion for Levin and Co., Ltd. He was engaged on the front of the building at about 8.50 a.m., when the scaffolding collapsed, and Howell suffered a fracture of the left arm below the shoulder.

An accident occurred last evening in High Street, in which Mr W. Barratt, of the Railway Department, Picton, was unfortunate in sustaining a broken nose, cutting his mouth, and greatly disfiguring his face. Mr Middlemiss also received a severe shaking and a cut in the tongue. Both men were riding, one being on his wrong side, which was the direct cause of the accident, the riders coming upon one another suddenly.

Judgment was delivered by his Honour Mr Justice Cooper this morning in the civil cases O'Donoghue v. Bell and W. Smith v. Corry and Co. The full text of the judgments will appear to-morrow. In O'Donoghue v. Bell the appeal was dismissed, with £7 7s costs, and in Smith v. Corry the appeal was allowed and the action remitted to the Magistrate with liberty to the respondent to adduce further evidence.

Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., are offering to their Marlborough customers a special discount off several lines of samples, which their representative in. Blenheim is holding, namely, hosiery j towels, costumes, _ skirts, blouses, etc. We should advise that those persons in want of drapery should look up Kirkealdie's Agency, especially when, they announce a special discount, because ir© know it is germine. . * .

Sir James Prendergast has been appointed Deputy-Governor during Lord Plunket's absence on his trip to the Cook Islands. A Wellington telegram states that a proposal was mooted to give the Prime Minister a banquet before he leaves for London, but_ he has intimated that he has no time. Probate was granted by Mr Justice Cooper in Chambers this morning in the following estates: Harriet Augusta Beauchamp, George Ward, John Withey, Thomas Neville. A motion by the Otago Law Society, calling on a firm of city solicitors to show cause why they should not be struck off the roll consequent on reflections made on Mr Hutcheson, S.M.. at Waikouaiti recently, will be i argued before Mr Justice Williams in Dunedin on Monday.' 100 ladies' and girls' jackets and skirts, just arrived. Must go at sale prices. These are a bargain; 5s in the £ discount.—At Smith's Bank emand Sale. £3000 worth must go. * Included in the passengers by the lonic, which arrived at Wellington this morning, are 27 domestics who came out under the auspices of the British Women's Emigration Society to fill situations provided by a syndicate of Hawke's Bay ladies, who paid their passage-money, each girl to repay in instalments the amount expended in her behalf. The next batch of domestics will arrive> in October. For Children's Hacking Cough at night—Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d. The monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Foreign Missions was held in Wesley Hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs Richards, president, was in the chair. After devotional exercises and the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, Sister Catherine gave an interesting address on the work of Pandita lihamabai among the child-widows of India. Afternoon tea was served by two of the ladies, and the meeting closed in the usual manner.

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

A Press. Association telegram from Wellington states that in pursuance of the promise of the Government, a block of timber comprising ten to fifteen thousand acres, ten miles from the VVaitotara railway station, has been selected to afford to unemployed bush-felling. The timber is useless for milling, and can be burned off. Survey parties are at work laying off and the Labour Department' will exercise supervision. The first batch of men will be sent on June 28, married men to get preference.

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

When the case of Paine v. Cbrjry was called at the Supreme Court this morning, counsel for Mr Paine said that the accounts had been gone into, and an agreement practically come to. It was intended to embody the agreement in writing, and the agreement would be filed, and counsel suggested that his Honor adjourn till to-morrow, when the matter could be taken in Chambers. His Honor agreed, and fixed a Chamber sitting for Thursday at 10.30 a.m., when ho would record judgment in the terms of the agreement.

After effects? None at all. Steams' Headache Cure cures the aclie and leaves the head clear and ready for work. Millions of people have used it last year and more will use it this.

Attention is drawn to the lecture on compulsory military training to be given in the Town Hall to-night by Mr R. McNab, ex-Minister for Defence. It is confidently anticipated that there will.be a large attendance. Enthusiastic meetings have been held in many other towns of the Dominion, and Mr McNab's proposals have everywhere commended themselves. It is not to be supposed that the lecture is for men only; on the other hand, ladies will be_ specially welcomed, as the question of national defence concerns them just as closely as it does those who, should the enemy clamor at our gates, will'have to take up arms. The lecture commences at 8 o'clock.

If you realise the essential importance of mnsic in the home, you realise already that a piano is as necessary in a house as a cooking range. But you may think there are difficulties in your way. Your income may be restricted, the calls on it numerous. The Dresden Piano Company exists primarily to deal with just such cases as yours. It will provide you Math a piano of the highest quality, and payment can never become a trouble. Make inquiry. Mr M. J. Brookes is manager for the North Island. Localrepresentatives, Messrs Griffiths and Son.

It transpires from inquiries made at the traffic manager's office, Pieton, that the rumour that was circulated in town 3-esterday to the effect that the officials connected with both the Picto'n and Seddon trains on Monday morning had been suspended, was incorrect. The guard and driver of the. Picton trains are the only ones that have been suspended until an inquiry, which is to be held at an early date, takes place. Several officials were sent over from Wellington on Tuesday, but some of those have returned, and only men required to fill the vacancies have been kept here. Concerning the delay of the Pictqn-Blen-heim train on Monday evening, it was explained that it was due. to a pipe on the engine blowing out as it was proceeding up the Elevation, and the delay was caused through the train having to return to Picton to enable a fresh engine to be put on.

Where the nerves are concerned, good music is at once a stimulant and a sedative. A good piano provides the best music for the home. Once you instal a Brqadwood, a Ronisch, a Lipp, or a Steinway, you will soon come to regard it as a personal friend. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., has made a special study of the piano business. You have to face no desperate financing. If it is not convenient to pay cash, you can buy on the easy mstalment system. Local representatives, Messrs Griffiths and Son. *

Pianos and Organs.—Dresden Annual Sale now on at Wellington awd at all branches.