LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 153, 2 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The art union, in connection with the recent~" Winter Carnival" was drawn at thev-Town Hall last night under the supervision of the police. The winning numbers were: First prize 1748. second 946, third 1062, fourth 2243, fifth 2422; gixth 3070. Although rain fell during ten diys last ( mbhth was raffcher^ry, the total rainfall being 183" points. On the 18th 94 points were recorded, and on the 10th the fall was 54 points. During the other eight days, therefore, only 35 points were registered. I

Last; month's output from the' Blenheim gasworks was a record for j the institution. The quantity Of gas \ manufactured was 1,831,700 cubic i feet, compared with 1,547,600 cubic j feet for the corresponding month of j last year —an increase of 284,100 [ cubic feet. j The bachelors-ball, held in the StdI de-n Town Hall last■■".night "was very j numerously patronised, and the furicj tion was one of the moat succassful j | yet held in the district. The floor j , space was fully taxed by dancers, and i ! proceedings were of an enjoyable j character until the termination at an I early hour this morning.

! Notice was given in the House of : : Representatives on Tuesday by Mr 1 R. MeCallnm to ask the Minister for ! j Marine whether he will consider the ! advisability of arranging with the i ; corporation of Wellington for the ! necessary extension of service so that j i Barrett's Reef may be lit up by o]ec- i tricity. f I A good many of. the newspapers of • the Dominion • have wrongly inter- {' preted the notice published in a re- t cent issue of the Gazette regarding' the kaka or bush parrot. The effect; ot the notice is absolutely to protect * the kaka. The penalty for killing a ; kaka now at any time of the year is • a fine not exceeding £20. »

1 The vital statistics for June ar© as j follows: In the - borough—B births, 1 death, 1 marriage; outside the ] borough—22 births, 3 deaths, 2 max- '< riages. j The orders in the bands of nursery- j men indicate that an exceptionally J large number of pinus insignis trees . : are to be planted in Marlborough. this i season. j '- A London cablegram reports the ; death of Lord Wemyss and March. 1 He was aide-de-camp to the King in ■ 1901, and was a captain of the Royal ! Company of Archers, the King's fecot- . tish bodyguard. He was 96 years , of age. ; The beer duty collected at Blen- ! heim last month amounted to £70— I similar to the revenue derived from • the same source during June of last year. The Customs revenue totalled ; £1005 15s 7d, an increase of £138 8s ' Id in comparison with the returns for • the same period last year.

A sitting of the Warden's Court ! was held in Blenheim this morning, 'Mr F. 08. Loußhnan, S.M., presid-

; ing. Mr A. T. Bent (Mining Begisj trar) claimed from Joseph Bradoock • and Hugh Murray the sum of £129 I 18s 9d, representing rent accrued j from their Top Valley claim. The Warden held that the rent was not recoverable, and ordered the forfeiture of tie claim. Every tobacconist sells Westminster REGENT CIGARETTES. Every

smoker should try them. Smoke them

and share in the great Free Gift Scheme. Write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. Sixty Free Gifts. Under the Fruit Preserving Industry Act of 1913 it was enacted that advances up to £3000 could be made by the State Advances Department for the purpose of erecting cold stores for fruit, fruit-canning works, or for other works in connection with the preservation of fruit. Apparently this amount has been found inadequate, for in a Bill introduced this session by the Hon. W. F. Massey it is proposed to increase the amount oi the advance to £9000.

It is understood that notice has been served on the trustees of the estate of the late Thomas Carter by the Government to the effect that the Wither Run is required for 'purposes of settlement. The estate comprises 7040 acres, of which 600 acres are flat land. The frontage of 300 acres is all good la.nd, and the balance (save about 150 acres in the Maxwell Pass, wihioh is also good) is mostly inferior flat land or good grazing country. The Wither is situated about two miles from the Blenheim post office. Headaches are most frequently caused by eyestrain. Consult OooU and Sandstein, ophthalmic opticians, 348, Lambton Quay (opposite Banli of New Zealand), Wellington, whc will give you a thorough examination, Eighteen years' English and Colonial experience. London certificates. Consultation free. Note: Visits will bt made to Blenheim every quarter. Dates will be advertised later.—Advt. The Government has decided tc send Mr M. O'Brien, of the-Agricul-tural Department (who has. been'acting as general secretary to the New Zealand- Executive Council set up ir connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition), to San Francisco tc supervise the erection of the New Zealand Government's and other exhibits. Through the local centre secretaries, Mr O'Brien has notified exhibitors that if they will set ur their displays in Wellington, and have them photographed, he will see thai they are arranged precisely in accordance with the exhibitors' ideas REGENT CIGARETTES' do not dr? or burn the palate. Smoke them and share in the great Free Gift Scheme. -Write for Free Gift Catalogue tc F^frGifts 3* 331> Wellin Sfcon- Sixt^ During the month -251 estates of deceased persons were finally certified for stamp, duty. ■ The largest were bE? Sr? r^- inkr ? llssell WkS! ,«7-y ii- ISS£°6> Steßhen J. P. Alpas (Wellington) £42,468, Winter John Hamon (Otago) £19,950, James T. Hunter (Wellington) £19,261 ±,18,230, Louis G. De Peli«TiP,t fflawke's Bay) £17,878 Fr^kl! iJremer- (laranaki) £17,778. The Marlborough estates are those of John Burroughs £4698, James W. SPTJ^ r £3^ 4' Robert Daniel Palmer £1145, and Thomas Hopgood £765

An exceedingly interesting addition to the collection of medal! & tS Canterbury Museum, and one which •possesses great historical value is being dispJayed in the "reeen? meda/, whS^gh lon^St 'pS belong eocpoßure to the wea^ is still in excellent state of preservation. The medal was struclf to commemorate the second vova-e of Oaptam James Cook with the ships Resolution and Adventure. On one side lt bears a representation of th 0 ™ ■ ships, with the names Resolution ani Adventure on either side. Below is roplecl by the inscription, "Cloov^ lll..King of Great Britain, Ireland, and France." The medal was found many years ago on the beach of a kT,? s M^faore Bay, in one ol: the Marlboro ugh Sounds, by Mr James Jackson, senior, a well-known identity and a,n old-time whaler who lives at Te Awaite, , Tory " Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound. Mr Jackson Had the medal m his possession for 56 years and through Mr Stephen Tapp °t Blenheim, and Mr William Wood! ot Ghnsfcchiireh, has been induced to present it to tho Museum. The minstrel boy to the war has pone, In the ranks of health you'if fi^d him; Woods' Peppermint Cure he's depending on, And he left his cough behind him. Don t leave home when abroad yon roam

At the Wellington Poultry Show yesterday Mr J. Kitching's exhibits gained the following prizes:—Ladies' class, first prize with White Wsrant-r dotte pullet, and second with Black Orpington cockerel; utility class, first and second with White Wyandottes; Black Orpingtons, third cockerel; White Wyandotte, third cockerel. Mr , A. C. Elliott was a successful ex- ' hibitor in the Minorca class.

The death occurred at Richmond on Saturday of Mr James Haycock, who arrived in Nelson with his parents in the ship Thomas Harrison in October, 1842 (states the Colonist). The deceased, who was nearly 76 years of age at the time of his death, spent his early days in the Waimea and Marlborough districts, and after his marriage took up a bush, farm at Ngatimoti, which he subsequently let to his eldest son, Mr Edward Haycock, then retiring to Richmond. He was a man of kindly, genial disposition, and was highly respected by

those who knew him. He leaves a widow, three sons, and five daughters.

A paH%r of representatives of the Lower Wairau River Board proceeded to Wellington yesterday with the in-

tention, it is understood, of bringing under the notice of the Minister for Publio Works the situation that has been created by the Supreme Court order to d&troy a portion of the groyne in the vicinity of Condor's Bend. The work in question was carried out in accordance with plans provided by the Government resident engineer, and is a part of the scheme of flood-relief operations subsidised by the Government. The deputation consists of Mr A. McCallum (chairman) and Messrs W. Carr and Frank Adams, members of the. Board.

The half-yearly meeting of Court Blenheim,. 5085, A.0.F., was held last evening, there being a good attendance m of members. A letter was received from the District Secretary informing the Court of the death of Bro. J. J. White, senior trustee for the Wellington district. After tlhe ordinary business .had been disposed of, the* installation of officers for the current haif^year was proceeded with. Bro. A. Jellyman, P.C.R., installed■ Bro. J. W. Fraser into the office of C.R., after which Bro. Fraser installed the following brethren into their respective offices: —S.C-R., Bro. E. Norgrove; Secretary, Bro. W. Jordan; treasurer. Bro. A. Jel'yman; S.W., Bro. W. C. Lucas; J.W., Bro. Wyett; 5.8., Bro. J. Fryer; J. 8., Bro. G. F. Wills; Trustees, Bros. R. McArtney, S. Tapp, and W. Ching.

The demonstration of pruning given by Mr B. G. Goodwin, Government orchard instructor, on Mr W. D. Sanders's property, Hammerich's Cross-road, yesterday afternoon, was well attended. The orchard in which the expert operated was a welldesigned one covering ten acres, planted with young apple trees of the Jonathan, Stunner, and Delicious varieties. Mr Goodwin's manipulation of the secateurs and his explanatory remarks were given olose attention, and, judging from the comments and tlie questions that they adduced, were generally educative. The demonstration was especially valuable as showing that different varieties "of trees required different principles of pruning.' At the instance of Mr R. F. Goulter, a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Goodwin for his course of instruction. In general discussion the expert gave some useful information on the subject of spraying, and mentioned that it was possible to carry the lime-and-sulpnur treatment to excess. The owner of one large orchard in Marlborough had, so far as the eradication of scale was concerned, obtained successful results with the continual use of this specific, but he had found that the repeated drenching of the trees had retarded their growth, and on this account he had decided to revert to red oil this season.