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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 286, 9 December 1914, Page 4

HUBIILUJIIMMUMIIUIIIIUIMHIJIII _ HTWTTTrmrn TTTffiT-r^; Not having seen each other for J eighteen months, two brothers, Pri- , i vate F. C. Key (4th Middlesex Regi- < ment) and Private A. Key (Ist South Wales Borderers) met again in a hos- : pital ship on its way to England. Tliey knew nothing of each other's, presence at the front. They now lie side by side in Tunbridgo "Wells Hospital. Don't forget. Four big States added to the Prohibition area in America by immense majorities.— Advt. Men entered into property speculations nowadays, remarked the Chief Justice yesterday, that the people of 30 or 50 years ago, though with neither more nor less knowledge of finance, would not have thought of imposing on. themselves. They plunged into these transactions, making all sorts of bargains and burdens, and more than half of them . came to grief. ' A superb stimulant—Watson's No. t 10 whisky.—Advb. I Heavy polling is anticipated for both, the general, election and the licensing election, to be held to-mor-row. The hours of polling will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m..; and the usual display of local and Dominion results will be made in the evening in fr6nt of Tee Express office. The statutory half-holiday under the Shops and Offices Act will be observed to-mor-row, and the licensed premises will be closed from noon till 7 p.m. Boys are worth infinitely more than barley.—Advt. The annual distribution, of prizes among the pupils of the Marlborough High School took place last night in Wesley Hall, and was a popular function. His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, presented the prizes, and delivered =an admirable address which touched on-the essentials of character-building, the standard of individual conduct, and the enrichment of mind \ that was derived from the cultivation of nature studies. An unusually interesting report on the record of the school for the year was read by_ Dr ; J. Inntts, the principal. Mr John Conolly presided, acting in _that capacity at the request of Mr J. J. W.. Wliite, chairman of the Board ot Governors, who. Was suffering from a cold. Owing to the pressure on the space available to-day, the lull report of the function is held over for next issue. . * The British Army ration of rum is , two teaspoons-full daily. Thousands of the soldiers never draw it.—Advt. The members of the Wairau i Harbor Board, at the meeting held tins week, expressed much regret on receiving the resignation of Captain H. Fisk From the position ot pilot and harbormaster. The chairman (Mr L. Griffiths) mentioned that Captain lime had carried put his important responsibilities at the bar for a period of eleven years—four of 'which he spent in the service of the Government and seven in the service of the Board. Moreover, he was an old identity in the river-steamer service, in the history of which he would figure prominently. He iktriew that his colleagues would share with him the regret that he felt on "the severance of Captain Fisk's lengthy associations with the river trade. Other members expressed similar sentiments, and Mr L. Homes mentioned that he served as a cabin boy, under Captain Fisk locally, 34. years ago. Captain Fisk feelingly acknowledged the expressions of goodwill. 1 Watson's No. 10 whisky engenders '• a fine spirit of geniality.—Advfc. ' The monthly meeting of the Spring ' Creek River Board, held on Monday, was attended by 'Messrs H. C. Cheesman (chairman), C. Beeves, W. Gifford, J. Watson, and J. H. Sutherland. The debit balance was reported to be £420 6s 9d. The following reso--1 lutions. were passed:—That the Government be asked to allow the district engineer to make a survey of the Wai- :• rau River and prepare plans of the , works required; that willows be trimi mcd in accordance with a request • from the Wairau Regatta Committee, all the cuttings to be placed on the 1 banks; that the members visit Mr C. • Matthews's property and recommend to the new Board what was required to be done to prevent an erosion; that \ the Lower Wairau River Board be asked to join with the Board in the I removal of willows growing in the bed of the Opawa. River - between the Opawa. bridge ansO'Dwyer's bend; - that Mr Watson be asked to erect a * stile over the fence along the Wairau 1 River at the end of the Flaxmill * Road and the willows in the drain leading to the new culvert at Grove--1 town be removed and the broom on j the flood bank leading to the Peninb sula flaxmill be cut. The secretary was-instructed to add ten per cent. v to all rates unpaid after the 22nd T inst. r "TAN-OL" is unequalled as a floor j and furniture polisher. A brilliant i shiner for tan shoes and leather. A better polish with less labor. One trial will convince.—Advt. x The following members were pre--3 sent at the monthly meeting of the r Soring Creek Road Board, held on i Monday: Messrs H. C. Cheesman (chairman), W. Gifford, F. Redwood, r J. Watson, C. Reeves, and F. W. J. \ Gane. A debit balance of £513 10s 3d was reported. A ratepayer wrote complaining of the number of stock b straying on the roads in Grovetown, 3 day and night, and asked that Ifoe " nuisance be abated, as not only was it 5 a danger to traffic but also ihis fences 5 were being knocked down. The chair--7 man said that many such complaints had been made to him personally. > The Board was unanimously of opini ion that the nuisance must be dealt - with firmly, and it was decided to in- , struct the impounder to proceed at i law against all persons who allowed - their stock to wander on the roads. » The inspector was instructed to have, > the earth thrown out of the .drain on the Flaxmill Road levelled and the approach to O'Dwyer's bridge fenced. Other resolutions were: That the cul--1 vert between- the Swrine: Creek bridge I and Redwood's milj be lengthened; ' that the inspector keep the gravel ' carts off the roads except for urgent » rerairs; and that ten per cent, be* ' added to all rates'unpaid after the ■ 15th inst. . ■ 1 It is reported a common custom of ' the Germans to make attacks-just before dawn, when the vitality of .our 1 men is lowest, arid consequently the resistance offered cannot be so effective. It is the same way with a cough or' cold. When, the system is. run down you are more liable to influenza and colds in the head or chest. It is a wise- precaution to take Baxter's Lung Preserver at the first indications of an attack, as this preparation builds up the system in a wonderfully short time, and mil enable you to avoid epidemics of colds and influenza. -Baxter's Lung Preserver, Is lOd a 'bottle »t all «tpres a/ri chemistr.." £dvf." (

A young man. named Albert Bailey, , an ex-inmate of an industrial school, . committed a number of tnefte at the - Avondale station on the 7th inst. He - stole a cheque for £5 and two £1 notes, the property of Daniel Lester; 7s 6d, the property, of one Fletcher; postal notes of the value of 10s and 2s Gd in cash, the property of John: • Ly ttelton; a pair of leggings, 7s 6d, ■ and half-sovereign, the property of persons not named in the informations. Bailey attempted to escape • from Blenheim yesterday, but was intercepted by Constable Doggett, who ■ journeyed from town by motor-car and arrested the fugitive on a river steamer as it was nearing the bar. The accused was brought before Mr F. 08. Loughnan, S.M., this morning and, pleading guilty, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on each of five charges, the sentences tobe cumulative. ; i In addressing an enrolmen/fc meeting at Fendalton on Tuesday; bight* Mr O. T. J. Alpers expressed srtrprisb -■ at the extraordinary way/in which a great many people just now-were -■ worrying about the wrong thing. A great many people were worrying : over the question whether or-not the Bible should he read in .schools, whereas the only 'thing really to worry about was whether the Bible in future should be read in the English or Ger-man-version. A great" many other people were worrying about whether m the future we should or should nofc drink beer. Again .they were worrying about the wrong thing. The only thing worth considering just now was - whether in the future wo should drink British beer or German beer. Mother, your child needs ".NAZOL," which is easily and. simply inhaled. Its soothing, penetrating, healing „ *■ properties give instant relief to coughs and colds.—Advt.' "What might- have been; what, merely w.as," was touched on Tightl by the Rev. A. M. Johnson, vicar o' St.. Paul's, Wellington, on Frida, - evening at a welcome home tendere i him. It; was due in a great measure to the skilful generalship of the- - captain of the Indrabarah, on which, he travelled, said Mr Johnson, thai they had got safely through on their voyage from England to New Zea- ', land. When vessels giving familiar names called them up on the wireless, and "asked who and whero they-were, their skipper shrewdly answered: . "Nothing doing." Other vessels had heeded such calls; other vessels had -. gone down. The Indrabarah's captain, ' had brought them through safely, and: when tliey thought of what might have been, and nearly was, they werethankful indeed. , "The most frightened and anxious ; people in London during the crisis immediately before the declaration oi* war," said Mr Geo. Swan, of Wanganui, who returned from England this ' week, "were the Americans. They ! all seemed to be afraid that once ws& j broke out they would not be able io get back home. There were_ several" j Americans staying at our hotel— ih» '• Strand Palace—and on the Sunday preceding the declaration of war (August 2) there was <a big gas explosion in 'the vicinity. When _it ihap- * pened one young American girl, with her face ghastly pale, said: 'Goodbye, mother, the Germans have* come I' And she honestly believed it. A few days later the American contingent began to dimly realise the real ! power and resources of good Old England." . ,- r The patriotic spirit, always reliable. Watson's No. 10. whisky .—Advt. A casual visitor watching discharging operations on the- Russian shrpPampa at Lyttelton on Tuesday ; afternoon heard several of the sailors- ] whistling a tune which sounded! (strangely familiar- (saj-s the Christ- ! church Press). He was enlightened! • j when one of them, a short tnickrsefc j Finn, broke into song. His ship- ■ I mates laughed, but though he sang: •! in broken English, <thero was no mis- ; j taking the words: "It's a Long Wayf ■ to Tipperary." . 'J A" unique episode occurred the 1 i other evening' when the Austrian ' 1 cargo steamer Tunil, which was re- •.. eently seized by the Commonwealth] 1 Government arrived at Wellington : , with transhipments ex the Common-' wealth and Dominion liner Port Mac--1 quarie, from London, which has been ' diverted in Australian waters." Th& > TuruL which is officially known as Cl, *I is bemg niade to earn money whilst; [ j being held as a prize captured from > "the enemy. ; Let "TAN-OL" help you in your ' housework. Easy to use, gives bril-. i Jiant results. Makess home brighter " and work lighter. : In tins—liquid Is; paste 6d.—Advt. L A few days ago, while fishing irt . the Rangitata, Mr Harold Curtis, of r Ashburton, caught two trout-^-one . weighing 111b and one 161b. The 111b t fish had a disc attached to.it with ;the number 951 on it, showing that the , fish had been captured in the Selwyre ;■ five months ago and released, and J, since that 4ime it had increased 21b i m weight and had travelled from the . Selwyn to the Rangitata. ' When the ketch Jane arrived at ' Okum last week, the residents had1 . ( been without flour and sugar for a i fortnight, and the stock of potatoes } was also very low. The settlers ha<J' 1 made arrangements for-a pack-hor-se • " party to proceed across Haast Pass ' to_ Pembroke for the purpose of ob- . taining supplies, when the news cam© L that the Jane had left Hokitika. , The- ' safe arrival of the. Jane at Okuru was^ , the subject of much jubilation and? ' irelief to the settlers. It was ther ' 'most seveive shortage of'foodstuffs es- ' perienced since the beginning of tn© Isettlement. , '.'- DOCTOR .'VNAZOL," cough and 2 }.. cold specialist, "At Home," all" . , chemists .and stores daily. Give him? ; ] a trial. Sixty treatTnents for eighteen— [ ! pence.—Advt,