LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

In the Seddon ,Hall on Wednesday evening a farewell I social will be tendered to Trooper Allen, who is shortly to leave;;for the front..,

In/the I&fc or, donations, to:,: the jailors I'utidjiPuibHshed. on; June 19, tHe sum of £10\va^credi%l; to Mr v and Mrs ~W: JJaraes. ;This ,was a I misprint for Mr, .and Mrs. ; W. ;Jones, I <fof Groyetown. . '-, ■'. ' - V;\v vv- ■,-■'■■<:, ■■■

r..-,:;Tlae'; higli;coafb-;;'o p f' paper and other publishing difficulties are notjpreventing the enterprising N;S.W. Bookstall Co.-, Etd.., from adding new volumes to tits• popular shillirig ' series. • : Another hovel has just been published, from tho pen of Stcele ; Rudd, the industrious," author of-; a - dozen, pi; so books, whoso flow of readablo "selection" .stories is «ppsu;eutly inexhauFtiblc. "Grandpa's .Selection" mostly concerns : the irascible old gentleman..who runs a sort, of family colony which- wdrks -so hard to liis advantage that 'ihis, account flows : over at.tho local bank and,runs into several other banks." Tlie rest of the family are equally interesting, especially Uncle Dan, "vvho is a. perfect gonins in stupidity. Sixteen, drawings nnd cover j design by Lionel Lindsay ■further brighten; fcho book. .

Professional ■"■■ and commercial mien * who smoke, much indoors will ,find, light pressed Golden Eagle mild jparj ticularly "suitable for iridoo'r sniokmg. !Is tin.--r-Advt. , ■.'■::■■ " i /'.

I The 'Nelson Cdlonist. states 'that | some;of the inmates of tlie Alexandra j Home. 'whi(?li %^vas destroyed l;y fire on i Tliursday night, were comparatively: ! hea-7:y losers. One old man had placed quito a considerable ' suni of money with the manager tinly the day before, and this was lost]' '■Another old '-man : stated that jhe had lost two -.watches.'. arid two siiits of ''Simday clothes," I while a third regretted the loss of a ; pound of tobacco, whjtph; he said meant! : a good deal., to hirii.' Mr and Mrs ■ Crouch, the-master and matron.of the i \ home, lost except what I I thoy stood ;up in.. ■ . ';'

j Woods' Grea* Peppermint Cure, for ; coughs and colds, never faftsw—AdvA. ! Our Pelorus Sound 'coiTespoHdont ! r€}Xirts fihat a. good deal of rain has | falten lately, and tho land has been j well soaked. The season continue?? ito bo mild,, and there js still a I grG-vvth.of grass. ■

The amount ; of Customs duties collected at tho port of Wairau (including Picton) last month wag £1552 11s 3d, as against £.2333 16s 8d" for the previous Juno. The beer duty amounted to £1192 2s 9d, a;? compared with £70. ;

Last riionth .24. births were registered in the district of Waii'au- being those. of 11 males and IS females. Fourteen oirtfis took place in the borough, and 10; otxt of it. The number of deaths recorded was 10, of which 6 H rere those of females." Seven mai-riag© certificates were issued.

;llainy weather continues .in tho XqrtK. Island, and in. some parts of the South ."'lsland:. At nine .o'clock tJiis inornirig the thermometer was down to 28 degrees at Queehstowii. i Oilier readings are: : Auckland 51, ■ Wellington: 61, Dunedin 43, Christ-; ■ church 41, Blcnheiiri 39. R«p6rl/S as to this state 'of. the sea are: Capo , Campbell, { considerable; Wairau ; "Ba:*,' 'moderate; .Stephens' Jsland, • rough; Cape Palliser, moderate.

L The proviripial secretary of ; . the; : Belorus Sound and District EJSTiners' • Union ; lias ', received a .rep-ly; -to tlie . Union's request tWat; .Nelson be :con- ■ 'noctbd with -Flat Creek by .telephone;: Tlie Assistant Secretary states that it would be necessary to-erect at jheavy cost a..m_.etailio circuit-between Ne7son - arid•'./Havelock^.-smd that an 'adequate telegiraph sorvioe ali'eady . exists;' and in tilie present circum- . stances it is regi'etted that the work . cannot "bo imdertakcn. v

■ The-settlers of Jordan,.;/".: A watered last Saturday gave a send-bfE to Miss Moore'; " who- has been .schpclmistr^ss . tl^ero.. fpr the ? past six* years. :^ Miss; Moore ■_! Was the guest 'of. van Oafteiv noon-tea gathering a_t wiaolx she. rra* presented with v a silver brush,: and comb and a miiTOiv uMuch regret \vos. expressed -at her departuie, anJ! M;ss Moore;, wlio lias; been trmisferred" to -. the French Pass, feelingly re- . spcrided; > . Mr OsAvajd matlo tho presentation -, '- and mnsfral • items were rendered by Mi's Engelbrw;h-t.

: The Executive; of "the ■Marlbo.rough. Farmers' Uniori.:held ■the monthly meeting on Satui-d'ay, six-: members being' present, and Mr P.; Meehan v.o'ecupyiiig the chair, i A1 resolution \?as passed expressing /condolence with the relatives in the death of Mr John Watson. Consideration,w«is given to-' Semite on the order, paper; .for the Dominion Conference,- ;and- the Union's delegate, Mr H. J.. Stace, was asked, to suprpoi't certaia _ prd- \ positious and exea-ciso his. 'own1 discre'tiori as; to- other remits after hearing tlie arguments thereon. Accounts j>mounting to £7 10s 9d were passed ■forv payment. ■..-• : . \." . ' To realise the meaning of tho words "sale price" vigitJ. W; O'Neill's sale. —Advt. '-'■'■■■ '■' ■ ■■■".' -:'■'■■■; . . ; '■:':■'<

We have receh-ed, "*fit>ia the secretary of the .■•■• Recruiting Board; in 'Wellington (Mr J. D. Gray) a booklet containing a series of'the celebrated cartoon's by rhe Dutch artist, Louis ,Eiaemaekers. ' A supply - these booklets,h-as been received from the Ijiigh Comnussioxier, and the Reciiiitirig Board is of opinion , that they should i prove a useful akl to recruiting;, as thpy sho^ clearly and' fQroibly wJxa.t the people of this country, may expect should tho Germans triumph, .and- alsc: frmu exactly what fate the 'eligible manhod-of the Dominion are iaisked to protoofc their womenfolk and children. -Copies; are ■•■being; sent to every local authority in the Dominion for "free distribution amongst the people of each distinct.