LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 141, 17 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Messrs Fuller Bros., the Seddon store-keepers, have just landed direct from London a large assortment of seasonable goods. An important meeting of the Society for the Health of Women and Children will be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon.

Mr R. McCallum, M.P., will deliver a pre-sessional address in the Town Hall next Monday evening. The chair will be occupied by his Worship the Mayor.

A concert will be held in the Omaka schoolroom to-morrow evening in aid of the organ fund of the Qmaka Presbyterian Church. Among the items will be spectacular drills executed by the children.

| A meeting of the Wairau Valley ' Land and Railway League will be J held in Griffiths and Son's rooms to- / morrow afternoon to arrange a ■ deputation to the Minister for I Railways.

The Public Service Commission states that the classification list of civil servants will be ready at tihe end of the month. —Press Association.

The Rugby Union has received advie© that the Auckland touring team will not be able to include Marlborough in its itinerary. The Nelson Union has also notified its inability to send representative teams to Bleniheim this year.

Producing a newspaper dipping at the public meeting last night, Mi- R. McArtney asked whether anyone could tell him who was responsible for the circulation throughout the Dominion of the libel that Blenheim- wasl "a filthy town." The man who sent this falsehood round was no true citizen; he ought to be thoroughly ashamed of himself.

! An Auckland Press Association tele- ! | gram states that two barmaids named j I Marion Abbott, of the Thames Hotel, and Millie Hunter, of the Star Hotel, were fined £2 each and costs for serving Norman Walsh, aged' 17 years, with liquor. It was contended for the defence that Walsh appeared to be more than 21 years of ege. The cases against the licensees were dismissedl.

Referring to the Invercargill Mayor's telegram produced! by Councillor Cooke at the public meeting last night> Councillor Carr retorted that ex parte recommendations were easily obtained. If someone telegraphed to the Mayor of Blenheim, for instance, about the water and drainage scheme, he would get something quite different from what he would elicit from Councillor Carr. A piece of philosophy which much amused the audience.

Every woman is keen on practical money-making ideas—-plans that can he carried out by the average housewife in her home. To such the June issue of Everylady's Journal can safely be recommended. Among the many money-making ideas will be found excellent articles'" on Irish crochet, embroidery,- and general household decoration, but the most practical article of all is a finely illustrated one on "Raffia Work." This is the first of a new series of instructive articles by which it is hoped to teach readers of Everylady's Journal how to make pocket-money in their own homes. Other interesting features of this number of Everylady's Journal are several articles showing how an increased' oost of living may be offset by more economical methods on the part of housewives; a beautifully x illustrated Nature story by Charles Barrett; the continuation of a story describing the adventures of a young Australian girl in society; and a further instalment of the fascinating serial by Mrs Humphry Ward—"The Mating of Lydia"—which is declared by many critics to be the finest story she has written in recent years.

L/Tho Moutere Football Club held j their annual social in the Marl- | bo'roughtown Hall last Friday i evening:. Although the weather [was not all that oould be j desired, when dancing commenced about 50 couples took the.floor. Great praise is due to the committee for the way in which the arrangements were carried out. The hall was tastefully decorated with flags and ferns, | and the floor was: in perfect order. i The music was supplied by Miss I Horgan, of Tua Marina. The waPs ! of the old schoolroom, in -which-the, i supper was set, were artistically ; arranged with tree-ferns and creepers, ( showing off to advantage the beauti- | fully decorated tables, which, were | bountifully supplied with good things 'to which ample justice was done. i Just before the supper adjournment, !Mr W. W. Lamb, in behalf of the | club, welcomed the delegates of the s Marlboroush Rugby Union (Messrs i G. C. Griffiths, 'j.* Priddle, and J. | Strickland), and a,lso announced that j an assembly would be held in the hall jat an early date, notice of. which | TT-ould be advertised. Mr Griffiths, ; in behalf of the Union and delegates, | thanked the club for its invitation, i and also expressed regret at the non- [ arrival of the. medals won by the | Mout-ere Club's team at the seyen-a----i pifTi© t-ourrjament held in Blenheim on ! June 3rd. Dancing was carried on j i- nt-o the small hours of the morning;. I when the gathering dispersed afW '■ having spent a very happy and enjbvi ab'lfl ovenintr.

It is tmderstood that among: tb© retirements from the Public Service will be that of Mr Roderick Murray, manager of the Government system of water-races at Naseby, and Mr R. J. B. Hickson, of the Treasury, Wellington.—Press Association.

Another burglary occurred! at Christchurch last night (says a Press Association telegram). The residence of George Palmer, of Papanui Road was broken into, and jewellery to the value of £150 stolen. So far the thieves have made a haul of over £760 worth of jewellery in Christchurek.

A Gisbqrne Press message states that Patrick O'Connell, who recently, was fined £50 for sly grog-selling at Matawai, was again convicted to-day for a similar offence, and fined £100, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment. He elected to serve his sentence.

In the current number of the Agricultural Journal, Mr J. L. Bruce says that "it is no optimistic prediction to assert that New Zealand is easily capable of carrying not 24,000,000 (as at present) but 50,000,000 sheep, and still provide excellent scope for the ex* pansion of the dairy industry on the rich low lands less suitable for she4l> but eminently adapted for dairying.'?

A, Palmerston North press telegram reports fine weather for the opening of the tenth National Dairy Show. Judging is proceeding. In field roote F. Wesbury (Taitai) secured most of the prizes. The. Weraroa Training Farm for boys also got a number of awards. Lord Liverpool arrived at mid-day, and was entertained by the Borough Council, it being his first visit to the town. In the afternoon he officially opened the show.

It is understood that one of th« Bills to be introduced by the Government during the coming session will be one dealing with the Judiciary. In the first place the measure will'provide for increasing the salaries of Supreme Court Judges, from £1500 to £2000, and that of the Chief Justice from £2000 to £2500. Another provision is on© enabling litigants intake oases from the Lower Court direct to the Court of Appeal if both parties desire; so as to obviate the delay of having them heard by the intermediary Supreme Court.

One of the speakers at the recent conference of the Otago Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union stated in the course of discussion on one of the remits that some little time ago he had been penalised to the •extent of £5 lls 6d for loading grain, the weight being about. 21b per* bag more than was permitted by the law. Tho consignment was a big one of 140 sacks, and was one of three similar consignments. The Department's action in that case was, he said, unreasonable. Shortly, afterwards, however, the Department failed to supply a sheep truck which he had ordered for aram and ewe fair, the fault, the speaker said, lying at the .door of » Government official who was responsible for an error in a telegram, i The non-arrival of that truck meant a» absolute loss to him of £50. In 'the latter case the Government would allow him no ..redress.1 The conference, says the Otago Daily Times, decided to write to the Minister for Railways on the matter.