LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 176, 2 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Mr W- Fuiler, of Seddon, has purchased Mr L. Borck's property at Maori Bay, Pelorus Sound. A commencement lias been irade to remove the timber cargo from the steamer Lauderdale, wrecked near Greymoutli recently. Messrs Fuller Bros., of SedcTon, will commence their half-yearly cftsh sale to-morrow, and will offer exceptional bargains in drapery, clothing, boots, fancy goods, etc. Mr W. Gifford has been appointed the Spring Creek Road Board's delegate to the monster deputation in Wellington on Monday next in reference to the South Trunk Railway. The Spring Creek Road Board yesterday passed a motion of condolence with the relatives of the late Mr George Cheesman, who was an old member of the Board. "LINSEED COMPOUND," the "Stoekport Remedy" for Coughs and Colds. Of 40 years' proven efficacy.

I The vital statistics for July were: Births, 23 in the district and 16 in the Borough; deaths, 7 in the district and 3 in the Borough. Three marriage licenses were issued. j At a crowded meeting of ratepayers at Palmerston North last night it was decided to form a river board to deal with the erosion of the Manawatu Kiver between Longburn rail- ' way bridge and the JVlanawatu Gorge. \ ' A cablegram from Sydney states ' that Dr. Brown, the veteran Methodist missionary, will: celebrate bis golden wedding to-day. He married a daughter of the late Rev. Mr Wailis, of Auckland, at Raglan, in 1860. The inspector of the Picton Road Board notifies that tb> bridge on the Para-Koromiko road; near Mr Taylor's residence, will be closed for all traffic from to-morrow until further notice. The young man who ran through the streets of Wellington on Sunday morning wearing nothing but a pair of socks was brought bef6re the Court yesterday, and w,as ordered to be sent back to PotfiruaV from which place he was only recently released. The bullock weight-guessing competition arranged by Mr J. Draper in aid of the. Wairau Hospital resulted in three of the 83 Competitors t^mg with the exact weight, 8691b5. These were Miss B. Draper, and Messrs J. D. 'Popplteton and ;'ty. : Sowman. It is reported that F. Kerr, of Picton, wl*o has been chosen to reprer sent New Zealand: in the featherweight class at the- Australasian boxing championship meeting m Auckland, will be unable to compete owing to having had the bone of his right thumb dislocated in.the contest at Palmerston .'North last week. The Pipifcon-Press reports that the funeral of. the late Mr G. H. Harris took place ji oii Friday afternoon. There was; a '.large attendance of friends from all? parts of the district. The ceremony was impressively performed by' the >Rev. T. J. Smith. Feeling reference to the deceased gentleman was made by. the Vicar in the course of his sermon at Holy Trinity GMreh on; Sunday evening. Try W. J. Martin for the most re^ liable watch, in metal, silver, and gold;.; all guaranteed. ■A[little Latin .is a dangerous thing. A, bonteiriporary, referring to /the trouble at the Paparba coalmine, says:—"Matters connected with the Paparoa!coalmine remain in a state of quo since the Union sent its ultimatum, demanding the reinstatement of and compensation to Smeaton.and Harris." Our readers may sleep.undisturbed to-night; this "quo" is not an infectious disease. '?: Attention':is drawn to the sale of Mr T. H. Johnston's furniture, which will be offered by Messrs Griffiths and Son at the residehcey Maxwell Road Extension, to-morrow, at 2* p.m.' The auctioneers wish to emphasise the fact that this furniture is practically new, and is greatly abovb the ordinary class of, goods seen at furniture sales. They consider it oho of the best lots they have, yet had to offer. . ' . , Lovely enamel belt bucklesy only a few, iat W. J. Mar^in'si, ihe leading ■jeweller.. '■ ' ..'■ '•;'■- ■;-)-; •>■.•■••■•■•'■:.*; i'; ' L . The highest temperature at 9' o'clock,this morriing; was 58 at Cape Haria van Diemen, and the lowest 30 at Queenstown.' The Blenheim reading was 39, Wellington and Nelson 42, and Christchurch 43,.....The weather in the' north of AucMand was still unsettled, but the majority of the other- stations^ reported blue skies. The sea was1 "heavy at Taiiranga, and rough at Russell, Tiritiri, and Cape Campbell. A good many 'places recorded frosts. The largest estates of deceased persons, certified for stamp duty d-uring* July^ were as follow^:—-Janies Allardice (Wellington) <■ £27,233;' Edward' Gorton .(Wellington) £23,694; May Sievwright (Otago) £18,217; Isida Alexander (Auckland) £15,609; William Tombleson (Gisborne) £12,474; Thomas Currin (Nelson) £10,409, and Thomas Brown (Auckland) £10,100. The largest Blenheim estates were those of George Taylor (£4045) and William Tindill (£1410). 8-day and 14-day strikers, chiming, cabinet, and hanging clocks at prices to suit all. * . During the year ended March 31st, 4131 applications for advances to settlers were received by the State Guaranteed Advances Office. The total amount applied for was £1,----539,150. The advances granted numbered 2745, of a value of £1,095,120.. Of a total of 28,735 applications, amounting to £10,245,265, authorised up to March 31, 862 were from Marlborough, the value being £354,930. Marlborough has had 136 applications for advances to workers, amounting to £34,460, granted, the totals for the Dominion being 4253 and £1,074,225 respectively. Latest designs in clocks just arrived at W. J. Martin's, the leading jeweller. * \ A Feilding: telegram states that at a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board last night Mr Fred Pirani was re-elected chairman for the fifth term. Mr Swanger was granted leave of absence from the secretarial duties of the Board to act as secretary to the Education Conference in Wellington. Mr Pirani was authorised to prepare an orderpaper for the Education Conference. He explained* that his idea was to group the sub j ects and ask th c Conference to appoint four committees to report on the different groups; then the whole Conference could deal with the recommendations.'. "LINSEED COMPOUND"^-Trade-mark of Kay's Compound Essence of . Linseed for Coughs and Colds. An improvement is to be noticed in the Magistrate's Court room in the nature of a raised rostrum for the Clerk of the Court at the head of the counsel table. This is a reform which should have been initiated long ago, and there are other and even more pressing reforms needed than that. On more than one occasion the Magistrate has pitied the difficulties of the reporters in the position in which they are set., and his pity has not been misplaced, for of all the wretched arrangements of the room the reporters have the worst. An improvement, something in the nature of the clerk's stand, raised sufficiently high to command a hearing, would be a boon that the press representatives would he very thankful for. i THE KING. The king of table waters is " WaiRongoa'"—the only water in Australasia that sparkles...and bubbles with j its own natural gas. An authority re- j cently said: "It is exultingly alive—i truly a laughing water." Apart from the valuable medicinal properties held in solution, the natural carbonic acid : gas has a most beneficial effect on the I human system. * (

A quarter-acre section near the cen- j tro of Ashburton was sold for £320. The purchaser intends to ereot a private school on the section. i Altogether there were eighty acci- ' dents to waterside workers during the year ended March 31 last. The largest number at any one port was | 27 at Greymouth. There were 16 ao--1 cidents at Wellington, and 12 each at : Auckland and Lyttelton. There we : ! two fatal mishaps, both of which oc- ! curred; at Wellington. I The Government Insurance Recorder for July mentions that Mr W. J. i Rudd, who is seventy-five years or I age, and has been an agent of the : Department for over thirty years, has * taken over 11,600 .proposals, the net ; result of his work being a total of ' closed business amounting to just ! upon £1,500,000. j Silver-plated belts and buckles, in i great variety, at W. J. Martin's. * j The Customs returns for the month !of July for the;-Port of Wairau ! amounted to £902 10s, as against £767 6s 4d for the corresponding period of last year. The beer duty amounted to £60, the same as last year. The Customs returns for the Port of Picton amounted to £9 4s | 6d,, as against £10 9s 8d for July of ; last year. Recently a walking contest took place between an equal number of representatives of the vegetarian diet and the meat diet. The course was from Feilding to the reservoir and back, a distance of about ten miles. A beef-eater was the first in, being half a mile ahead of the next man. :Some of the vegetarians,. states the Star, couxu not last out th«, journey, and had to be given a ; lift home* For Influenza take Wbods* % Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d,256d. ' ■■••■'. ; v J-1;"" ; , ' ' It is now almost twelve months . since the Jubilee of Marlborough was celebrated; but despite the time that has elapsed since the,great ceremony which took place, on the 50th anniversary of the Province the prizes awarded, to the schools which were successful with their, decorated traction engines -have not been handed over. The FairhalL people are> commencing to wonder if it has been an; oversight; or, if all the funds of the s Jubilee Association were absorbed without provision being made for these .prizes.. i ■'■~' ■',]'■■'■ : '/'" 'v ; y Kirkcaldie's Agent, here has just received a new range; iof Axminster and BrusseUs carpets, also samples of a big shipment of linoleums^ These are really fine goods, and the patterns absolutely new to Marlborough. ;We would earnestly advise those requiring anything in the way of floor coverings to go through these samples. ■•* A reminder is given, of the Compe-! titions' Society's concert at the Town Hall to-night, The object is a worthy i one, and deserving of support, and j the programme is varied enough to j J suit everybody. A feature of the con- ! cert will be a brass quartette, the I music of which has been specially composed for the occasion by Mr A. ■ Mullinger; the new conductor of the Garrison Band. It is something to know that we have a composer, of music living in our midst, and the hearing of his first local essay should be interesting. Included in the pro- | gramme are the names of Miss Nevin, ! who will recite "The Last Shot"; Mr Gray, who is spoken of as, a coming tenor. Miss Penney, a visitor from Auckland; Master Brittain, the b6y_ soprano; Miss M. Rose, Mr A. Rose, j Mr L. "Holdaway, Miss Morrison, Mr Lucas, Mr Perry 2 and .Mr-J. Bowman, i the last-named singing Scotch; humor- ! ous songs. The price of admission is fixed at 2s and Is. New designs in gem and engagement rings at W. J. Martin's. Hundreds tq choose from. ',* ' ■ .Something of a sensation was caused on the Middle Renwick Road on Sat- ] urday night,' when a number of Ren- | wick people were stuck up by some J unknown person while on their way j home from Blenheim. Mrs Shaw was ! the first to be accosted, and when she | refused to stop the horse she was ■j driving the highwayman attempted.to jump up on the back of the conveyance. He received some lashes with a whip from the driver, and then | ran round and caught the horse by the head and stopped it. A few cuts with the whip made the animal play up and free itself from the grip of • the ruffian. Mrs Shaw, upon arriv- . t ing at Renwick, rang ,up the police ■,' station and informed Sergeant Han- ! son of what had happened, and he, ■ with a constable, proceeded along the | road in the hope of catching the culprit. A young man named Haines was also stuck up, presumably by the ! same individual, but he escaped and ' went on home. When accosting people the man asked them where were their lights, and thus endeavored .to engage them in conversation. "LINSEED COMPOUND," for Coughs and Colds. Of proven efficacy I for chest complaints. , Surprise, quickly followed by con- ; sternation, was experienced by the ! chairman of the Otago Hospital Board ■ the other evening at a meeting which ' was attended by 11 members (says the Daily Times). Matters connected with , the apportionment of insurance risks i were under discussion, and a member ' pointed out that anyone, "directly or ! indirectly interested in the business ! being transacted, was not allowed to ; take any part in that business. A [ shareholder in an insurance company j and a sub-agent immediately left the ! room. Other gentlemen looked thoughtful, and then a country memj ber confessed that he also was a subJ agent, but in another district. It was, ! decided that he was subject to the bys law referred to. Then a city member rose and said that a son was materially interested in an insurance comi pany; he was therefore indirectly mii terested. and would not take part in : the" business. A fifth gentleman said jhe had two suburban agencies; amid i laughter he, too, retired. Then a j sixth member rose and said that he, jas a business man, was directly inI terested in insurance work, and he could not take part in the discussion. A rapid count by the astonished chairman showed four members and himself remaining at the table—and a j Hospital Board quorum is eight, j Without any hesitation the Board resolved that the question of apportioning insurances be held over until next meeting, and that in the meantime expert advice be obtained as to the application of the words "directly or indirectly interested.'' PROVISIONAL PROTECTION. Provisional protection can be obtained over an invention for a period (in New Zealand) in order to demonstrate its value, to raise capital etc It is inexpensive, and fullest particu- ' mpurabe o^ained from HENRY | HUGHES, Patent Agent, 157' I leatherston Street, Wellington. " \d- ' j vice to Inventors" post free on appli- ' . cation. •

Since the beginning of the present year there have been 17 bankruptcies in the Wellington district. Two ofi these were during last month. Thirteen members of the Maori troupe which performed at the Newr York Hippodrome for nine' months* returned to Auckland from San Francisco on Friday night, travelling i» the Mariposa to Tahiti, thence by tm Talune to Auckland. The remainder of thfe1" Msioris are remaining _ ltt Aindtibsi for another month, having, accepted a music-hall engagement ltt San Francisco. The local policemen are on the-look-out for cyclists riding withoutbells and lamps. There is no reason, why anyone should be without either when bells Can J% procured from M. and lamps from & 9d, at B. H. Best a, Alfred Street. Not better than the "Best." but better than the rest. "Beet 1' cycles. "Quality first, lastj and all the time" our motto. In lecturing upon earthworms atCanterbury College the other evening,. Professor Benham, of Otago University, said that the worms of New Zea-_ land differed very much from those or other parts of the world. At any" !• rate, those of the South Island were- | markedly different. This fact was. known to very few naturalists, because the worms that were met with lin gardens and cultivated lands hadT been imported from other countries,, and it was only in the back country,, where the soil had not been worked, that native worms were found. A distinguishing feature of the New Zealand worm, "Maoridritus," was thafcthe "saddle" was very much furtherforward than in the European or jumbric,, and.there,, .were certain markings upon its "bocly ;that made recogni* tion easy.., He added that the Maori& had used-: worms for food, certain^ kinds being reserved for chiefs, another to make , a soup of which thetaste was retained in the mouth for; two days, and another to be cooked' for dying rneny but whether the latter died "propter hoc" or "post hoc' 7' he could not say. Recipes for the* preparation of those dishes would be* fbtind in the "Transactions of the Newf Zealand Institute." • . v . Mr H. Mitchell, of the Hawjse'sAutocar Importing Company, Ltd., Ohristchurch, has ■ ( entered inter partnership with Mr Wintringham-. of the late firm of Wintringham anct Peugarde.,r The-new, firm nave beett sttooessrul yin securingl such agencie* as Wolseley, Siddeley, Alldays, BeY nault, and a number of other well^' known makes of motor-cars,* and? further Are prepared to indent these* '■ cars,from manufacturers' prioesJ By; ' this method prospective purchasers;, will immediately, recognise a saving off fully 20, per, cent., compared witty : hitherto existing conditions in t the** purchasing of cars. The firm hare a*splendid four-cylindefed car for hiring:. at any hour, day or night.at, most* reasonable charges. Messrs Wintring* ham and Mitchell are the only firm vir» this Dominion who absolutely guarantee their repairing* to oars, launches^ and cycles, etc. Their stocks consists of a very fine range of new speciaE cycles at prices to suit the pocket of5 strictly moderate means. The stocks* also comprise a full range of motor" and cycle sundries, and persons should? in their own interests obtain quotations from Wintringham and Mitchell before ordering definitely elsewhere. "*"