LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.
The Aw-atere Racing Club will hold a gieneral meeting on Friday evening.
In connection with the Coronation, celebrations, the Marlborougb Mount^ ed Rifles will parade (mounted) at the Drill Shed on Thursday morning. The following aa-e v, few of our sale OTices:—Blouses, Is, Is lid, 2s 6d; Underskirts, 2s 6d ; Children's Jerseys, 2s lid.—W. F. Dailies; *
The thermometer dropped to 19 degrees on Saturday night, the lowest reading^ of the season. Last night -the minirnuin reading was 27.
The annual missionary meeting will be held in Wesley Church, this evening at 7.30. The Rev. G. J. Wheen, of Sydney, who is one of the most gifted ministers that has visited the Dominion, will address the meeting.
During^the sale we are selling blouse flannels at n'ls per yard. — W. F Dames. . . * "
The Borough School' Cadets will parade to-morrow afternoon to receive uniforms, and all the children attending the school will assemble on Wednesday morning to .receive their Coronation medals.
4-u 5> f? rg°t, we are s-llowing 3s in thi& £ discount on all goods not marked at sale price.—W. F. Dames.*
v Sla,f ah thle^ visited the Albion Football^Cltib's ground in the South i'ark (Christchurch) on Saturday week and abstracted several small sums of money from the pockets of several-of the players . who had left their clothes on the ground during the progress of the match.
; Oiir . fi#Q»v > cdi'fespoAdeiii writes ib^i". on', ?n<>rjiiing Jacleon's :-;oiAfwg ' #arty, were siicees^, ful in, capturing , snowier whale in Tory Channel, making two for the week. - Several Pioton jbeopje visited Te Await© yesterday ■ixx view tihe dead monster. '•• . ; .■....>-'■■ > ■", .• ..'■ ~ Learn to stretch, your money! Come along right now to oiir big remnant swle ana learn.—Auckland Clothing and Drapery Company. i. *
Our Havelock correspondent' writes that the Ronga Rifle Club's fancydress baU/ held at Ca^luke>>n Friday night,'was a complete success. ■The night, music./f ancy dresses, supper,, etc., .were all that could be- desired. The Hayelock orchestra supplied the music. The Havelock: party left Ca'iv liike at 4 a.m. on Saturday on the :return; trip. '■ '..':'-'■:_■■■■''■'■■' ,'■"■■ -■; '•' ••■'• Probably owing to the,wet weather, there has been sin epidemic of thefts of oV«rooats in this city during the lust i'csw days■* (reportsth© Christychurch .Press).- ■:-: ■ A>■ man pleaded guilty at the Police Court on Thursday to such a charge, ,and .,-yas, awarded the salutary penalty of fourteen days'-im-■prisonment.;',.i' ,;.;.,' •■■••'■■'.;:.•>■■■.■'' .'.■■/ :•• ■'■This/is hol ''hot ; .oirj|'' We're stating facts, ..■Our.; big1 remnant sale will increase. rthe\ ; i. buying; ;pow&r of y6ur mtmey; threefdld.^-Anckiand Clpthii^ iand!nDrapery ''■•^'fV;;: ■^TnyvtHk^ Ma-sson v. Itichairdson fin? which the jury, awarded £500 -iFudge Edwardf this morning 'awarded ■ plain-. tiff costs; on /the MgnestV'6^Q^'':-'37b£ hearing of the action emended over tenv day?, and. about fifty : witnesses were subpoenaed on both sides.' ' Eiclu§iye or the damages awarded1 fit is estimated that the case will absorb about £ipoo. > • ; -toadies' golf boots, .walking boots find shoes, wide welte;^—Copp and JECnight/' ■■ ■'~■ ■ ■ '■;.'' v; •, .. ;*o Police investigations into the disappearance of Mr Bernard Hall, manager for Messrs R. G. Dun ahd.-Cotffii mercantile^agehcy- Wellington, show that Mr Hall booked passage for Lyttelton last Thursday week by the Ulimaroa..'...; On the voyage to Lyttelton a Wellington resident cdnyerseu with him on board, though he lost sight of Mr Hall afterwards. The BH«»ng man left a letter in' Which he said that he was going on a lone journey. Goloshes, gaitei-s, giim-boots, firesid'a slippers.-^Copp and Kiiight. '~* At the Supreme\_Court in Ne|son c - smy' Thomason claimed from.Efße Newbiggen Richardson, and Kalphm©'Regina Zealandik Richanlson the sum of £200 damages for alleged wrongful re-entry under leaise granted- by defendants : to plaintiff of certain property in the Maitai Valley. lne. jury brought in a verdict for plaintiff with £275 damages which were,afterwards reduced, on' the apP»cation of plaintiff's solicitor, td boots, 10s'W —Copp and Knight. \ ' * +V,f Wellinft?n telegram says that the estate of the late Mr E. J. Ridflnn nno S fe" probate at *300,000. The large landed interest I is covered by a; deed g ?^ nei#^ with his sons, executed m 1907. Under this deed stamp duty aniountm| to, £12,238 has been paid. Decreas^d^ interest reverts^ to the s^vivtt partiilrs. Jhe three sons, S 7 M iSaxil^'■:*&' Eri^' mw, control ™?' y^fO-acres under the partnerA temperance lecture was <nven fast evening under the auspice? or 1%, CM- G°^ L- Tf m Plars' speaker j«»«- M» Gnmley, of England, and Mi I>. Cameron, oi Dtuiedin. The ivev.. Mr Robb opened iho . meeting Mayor (Mr E. H. Penny) introduced pc speakers m turn. The lady p^I UT rt^,Bo^ force on the evil effects of alcoholic, beverages in the home and-Mr Cameron spoke on xi b«f enciaJ effects of no-license in ■y*? Otago district, proving very clearly the entire success of the closed a x! A vote of thanks to the chair and the speakers, with. the Benediction, concluded the meeting. Zymole Trokeys clear the throat ana, revive the voice—important facts IZol Wh° f1^ 01' sin S- Theiv wWespiead popularity shows their-value.* A great deal of public curiosity, was aroused by a^hare.tn skirt wedding at w a °h? s Chm^> Invercargill, on Ssf? +lay'1 ay ' •inoj?than usuai nt^est 'SSf + S eTVX^ the eternal question of what the bride wore." She and the bridesmaid certainly "Wore 'em? made of white satin they were, and there xsbttle doubt that more attenfS/ti? Pf\£° that fact (w those by 1 c te *° th|;f eremony solemnised ?Sy(rs^s^hrfl^ ftend^^rs^i toW dose-it prevents as well^f The construction of dresd Rni+o j dinner-jackets requires tS lar class of work, and we lVHor£ ~ njte, in posting such a staff. *°gj; agent is now submitting samples nf dress suiting at a special j%£ $
; A Christchiirch telegram states that Latest returns issued by the Dethe three escapees from Burnham ■ partment of Labor show that there were arrested last night at Colgate, were ,555 artisans ' and 3332 laborers j The monthly meeting of the New employed by the Public Works De- ' Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Asso- ! Payment onrailway^construction and elation will take place in Wellington ! 27 artisans- and 3172 laborers on road to-morrow. Mr, J. Penny, presi- worK~d<mt of the Blenheim Association, For influenaa take Woods Great will be present. ; Peppermint Onre. Neyef fails. ,■ The eldest daughter of Mr Joseph WW2s 64 , Hodson^ of South Street, had the mis- The Christchurch Society for the ifortune;-'to., break her leg while .out Prevention of-Cruelty to Animals is cj'cling yesterday afternoon, and was . in,communication with the Farmers' conveyed to her home by Mr E. illnion with the. object of endeavoring H. Best. Jbr Walker set the broken, to prevent as far as possible the loss limb this morning- ~ S . of stock which at times.occurs on shipAuckland Clothing and Drapery Com- One of Sam Longford's practices m panyl '*•"'- ; '.'"-•'■ * the ring is to thFUSt, his jaw forward MrH. F. Ske y ,'of,theChristchuy c h »' a r:, W!i en dr JS Observatory, states that t<>th^ best of fPF^f^^^^hO on^S his knowlige and -belief the heaviest fe}l^^ Tw blhind the rainfaU recorded in Canterbury was tlucKi. skf\> the , ma l n behi nd +l ,l^ in 1886^hen from 9 a^nl^on May 14th; ■l^/ ,b ein S raore damaged.. tlmi to the1 same time the next day 6.98 inches fell. '; it v M:u "LINSEED COMPOUND" for
Coughs And Colds. Relieves asthma and difficult breathing. * Constables on duty in Queen Street, Auckland, the other day, devoted a good dear of attention to the problem of controlling the pedestrian traffic. Many people F^lo Werev. walking 6ft the \v>rong side Qti'tha footpath were*given simplei instructions in.the .iruless of traffic, and groups of friends were requested to continue oheir conversation on the outer $d'ge'of the payements.
Alexander Macdoriald, 10, a> Dundee mill-worker, sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on a charge of fire-raisingj and engaged working at sack sewing in Dundee Prison, during: tlie/temporary absence pi the warder in,charge, fastened one of the ■ threads J-oundhis., neck. The operation xrf pulling/the cord tightlyOccupied only iv few seconds, and before th« (attendant > had discovered what had happened: Macdonal'd had succeeded in stira-ngKng himself. '. !■ CM>te)IJND" for C6ugWa,p& Golds. Loosens phlegm, alleys irritation. » ■ ' the Nelson. Mail /waxes enthusiastic over some potatoes grown at Tui, on the railway extension, and Weighing Htoljlbs. ,'Tui,^ it says?, "may be young as a settlement, but obviously it can grow; potatoes."Tui will have to; grow' much l,afger potatoes than^ Ifc to If lbs hefo^ithev, are worth going '■wtio* e/cs^ie^^vei^f<fi , Compared with tfs-'osp&&ttoj?s. grown;by MM,R> 'F. (Joulteir. aiidi several, 3-. and 4-pounders Jirpdiice^ ?by other Marlborough residents, jthis season, the Tui specimens have, a'-lorig .way to go. . ■■-yVqpiiMn. and falling hairfEtra Bolte" jEair Tqnio is unexcelled. If used; in lconnection with "Etre Belle" special dandruff remedy, will positively euro baldness. Hair tonic, pi 6d and 68 6d per bottl©j-Bandruff remedy 5s 6d' arid.. 3s pof; Jar;: postage 4d extra.:~Mis Gaw, Trafalgar Street, 'Nelspn^';';., > : .-. "•■■ •;;■ ' ■,■■-.■*' f' Evidontly there is money to be xmtfio out of gi"owiiiig flcwors (say® the Wellington Dominion). A Hutt resident sent to thel merket on Friday jonquil .blooms sufiicieni to about fill a banana ease..,Thiei price reabsed et tho auption waji ovei' £7 10s. In the lot there were ,52, bundles, and the figure at which they wiere knocked down to the florist was 2s lid a bundle. As the bundles contained (about 30 blooms tli© buyer paid' a penny and a sixth per'bloom. Violets sold at the same sale 'at from Is 8d to 2s 4d ladoaon bunches. The days are shortening and lamps must be used. E. H. Best, of the "Beet Shop," has just landed, direct from Home, a large; shipment of the famous Governor acetylene gas lamps at prices to suit everyone's pocket. An inspection is invited. He also has a largo stock of mudgriards for the showery weather.. English built new cyoles at £6 10s, £8 10s, £10 10s, £12 10s, £15 10s. Second-hand .Cycles from £1 to £6. f. • The magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the recent collision in the Manawatu River between the steamers Himitangi and Wairau will open at the WelTington Magistrate's Court at 10 a.m. on Monday ■ next, and will be presided over, by Dr A, McArthur, S.JL-. Captains; C. Post and F. Black have been appointed assessors. Messrs Findlay, Dalziell and Co. have been retained for the owners of the Himitangi, Messrs Gray and Jackson for the master of that vessel, Messrs Wilford and Levie for the owners of the Wairau, and Messrs Herdman and Kircaldie for the master. The evidence of Mr A. H., \\oodnutt, first mate of the Himitangi, was taken at the Wellington Hospital on Friday afternoon, as that witness is shortly to undergo an operation. "LINSEED COMPOUND," of 40 years' proven efficacy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, etc. * A "working bee" at Boxhill (Victoria) on a recent Saturday resulted m the erection of a band rotunda of a most substantial kind. Between 60 and 60 workmen got to work in real earnest -about 1 p.m., and at 8 p.m. ti e O olPx tu? cla~wh^cll caches a height ot 2.3 ft. from the ground, has a floorspace of 21ft. m diameter, a soundir,.yboard 3ft. 6in. in Avidth, a neat balustrade, and. various artistic features—was as much a part of the town as though it had been there for years. "NAZOL" is more alive than ever because tho experience of not hundreds, but thousands have proved its absolute merit-in relieving and curmg Nasal Catarrh, Cold in tho Head Coughs, Sore Throats, Bronchitis and Influenza Sold everywhere; 1 3 6d bottle of 60 doses. » The farmers of Marlborough Province have loyally supported aSd patronised that well-known implement nl^'o-1 ef % Rt ld and GrQy wh«se ploughs dwlls, harrows, and other implements are so favorably known throughout the Dominion. An S W ch, an Se has been made in Reid and Gray's business in Blenheim, which will m future be transacted through C. W Parker and Co grain and seed merchants. Mr W. G. Cresswell xs bemg promoted to Hawkes Bay, but will occasionally visit Blen+Ti M *!?* .the farme^ here wSI •sti lwe the benefit of his serviS, Parker and Co. will carry large stocks of .implements and extras, and allin! qumes will receive prompt StteSF» A TOY OR A GAME. Simple inventions of fclus mtuiP iiave yxelcled fortunes. There „ ton' for ll«1>ston street. WellingPresJrv°eT T' 0"7^ 6 Baxtei''s Luni*
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 19 June 1911, Page 4
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