LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 25 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

A moaibrial service will be held in the Church of the Nativity to-mor--10ft" morning at 11 o'clock. A Avelcome home social to returned soldiers' '-,of the Grovetow.n district will be held in the Coronation Hall on Wednesday.

, The revised valuation roll of tluPicton Road District is now on view at the Road Board's office in Blenh< im.

Ihe Flaxbourns Saleyards' Association propose holding a sale in their yards at Ward on 2nd .December. If this sale receives proper support, it will be made an annual fixture.

A by-election to fill an extraordinnry vacancy on the Blenheim Borough Council will be held on Friday, November 14th. Nominations close on the 7thi of November, at r-oon.

The committee of the Marlborough branch 'of the Post and Telegraph Association passed the following resolution last evening: "That this branch emphatically protests against the proposed allocation of the j, war bonus as being most inequitable and unacceptable to the whole service, and calls upon th^J executive to voice the dissatisfaction .of all officers in

an uncompromising manner.' ',

In connection *vith tha sheep weight guessing competition at the A. and P. Show, the correct weight of the three sheep as received from the ' Abattoirs was ■ 155J-lbs. The prizes offered of £2 2s and £1 Is will

bo divided among three people who tied in their guesses, viz., Messrs F. S. Ball, loolbs, A. Buckman, 1551b5, and A. Viekers, 15o£lbs. A great rr:any other guesses were in the close vicinity of the correct weight.

To-day the prevailing wind was westerly wijbh a southerly tendency in the south' and a northerly tendency in the north. On the average the sea was moderate and the tides were good. The sea off Capes Palliser and Campbell and off Stephens Island was moderate. The tide at the Wairrm Bar was fair and the sea smooth. The thermometer readings were as follows:—Auckland 57, Wellington 60. Blenheim 65, Christchurch 58, and Dunedin 53. The lowest temperature was 50 at Nuggets.

On Monday evening a meeting of the Soccer Association and its supporters was Jhel'd in the Loloma Tea Rooms, when the Dakin and Swift Cups were presented to the winning teams. Mrs Dakin presented the Dakin Cup to the Convent Boys' team. Mr L. Lewis, the secretary of the Association thanked Mrs Dakin for her generous gift and then the Swift Cup was presented to the victorious Excelsiors by Mr J. Thomas. Refreshments were handed round and musical items were rendered. On behalf of the Association Mr F. Bradley thanked Mr E. March for the interest he had taken in , the soccer teams, and Mr Phipps for his good work as referee during the season. In a short speech Mr Lewis said that he held bright hopes for the coming season, as he had already communicated; with the Wellington Association re the likelihood of a Wellington rep. team coming to Marlborough at the beginning of next season and the reply he had received was favorable.

At Greymouth. the other day, whilst playing on a railway turntable, a boy named Walter Newman, aged six years, had his left leg so badly crushed between ihe joining of the mils that it was found necessary to nmpu.ta.t6. the broken limb.

The whole of. Poverty Bay is now boing stimulated by the efforts of what is called a vigilance committee. It. is really a combination to secure for Poverty Bay fair treatment in the matter' of public works expenditure.

A Labor rally is to be he'd .in Picton on-- Monday (Labor J)ay), when matters of vital importance are to be discussed. Labor is showing a keen interest in political matters • just vov,*, and a good attendance is looked for. The Gore branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants passed a. resolution of protest against the Railway Bill in similar terms to those employed by other branches, ond supporting the executive in any action /to secure a Irwny; wage to the luwer-paid men.

The Wesley Church Sunday-school anniversary services will be held to-morrow. The anniversary preachers will he: Rev. Win. Greenslade 11 ' a.m., Rev. H. Ryan 3 p.m., and llev.Wm. Greenslade 7 p.m. The Sunday School scholars will render anniversary hymns at all of the services, and the offertories will be in aid of Sunday-school funds. Why waste time boiling and mixing compounds when in NAZOL you tret ready for use a complete .remedy for coughs and colds. Sixty doses.. Is 6d..—Advt. The following reading-matter appears on the inside pages to-day: — Parliament, Miscellaneous Cables, "The Borough By-Laws," Correspondence, Our Yorkshire Letter, "TwoUp " Raid Sequel, Commercial,, the A and P. Show Prize-List, "Our National Education," "British and Foreign Bible Society," Theatre Gossip, Poultry Notes, "Lucerne Growing," and yesterday's second edition "news. . .. ' ~ . '

In a, case before the Petone Magistrate's Court recently evidence showed that a man, his wife, and six cl ildren, whose ages -ranged from 20 to 3-i years, were occupying two looms and a scullery. It was also alleged that the occupier was not satisfied with, the human element, hut also kept birds and guinea pigs in the rooms and a dog in the yard.

A peculiarly daring theft was perpetrate I .it the Auckland Education Board's i)ffices the other afternoon. The office was left unattended for a few moments, Mr Kalaugher and las staff being in a room adjacent, and during this brief interval someone vulked in and removed a first-class typewriter from one of the clerk's desks.

A parrot, noted as a brilliant talker, disappeared last May. toI gether with its cage, from the Silver Gate Hotel, South Melbourne, the licensee of which, Mr J. D. Pearson, is the owner of the bird. 'Recently Plain-clothes Constables O'Halloran find Kennedy, of Bourke Street west Police Station, discovered the bird nnd cage, which are valued at £50, m the possession of a. woman in Park Street, "West Melbourne, whom they nrrested. When Mr Pearson was Drought to identify the bird it appeared to recognise him, for it danced ap and down on its perch, screeching. "Hello, Pearson! Hello, there! Whisky and soda for cocky."

That the milking Shorthorns have been steadily gaining ground in Marlborough was plainly evidenced at the A. and P. Jubilee Show this week. Their representation was hugely responsible for the marked .improvement Ithaib the leaHflfte class showed both numerically and as to quality. One significant "'ndication of tlie increasing popularity of the breed is the fact that the butterfat competitions at the last two shows were won by milking .Shorthorns. The winning cows were entered by Mr F. Pattie. of Dillon's Point district, who also took . the first and second prizes in the exhibition class for milking Shorthorns, For some years Mr Pattie has been finding this iireed very. profitable on his daily farm, its worth being proved,, not enly so far as the milking returns nre" concerned, but also—and this is n point especially in favor of the Shorthorns—as regards the sale of surplus stock for beef purposes. Mr A. Vickei's, who hr>.s done a. lot of aood work in the last few years in bringing the milking Shorthorns to the front in this .district, was a snej copsful exhibitor at the Show, and he Jia^ played a / leading part in the strengthening of the catr,le class. Cther creditable representatives of the breed came from the farms of Mr J. O'Dwyer and Messrs O'Dwyer Brothers.

After the theatre or party take a sniff or two of NAZOL. This wards off chills and sore throats. Can be carried in pocket or purse. Get the ' genuine.—Advt.

In view of the? agitation which lias arisen in Melbourne, and the enorn &us quantity of goods awaiting shipment to New Zealand, there appears every likelihood that some kind of steamev service will shortly be re-j instated (says the Ota-go Daily limes). It therefore behoves the members of Parliament foi.* the South Island, merchants, and, in fact, the people generally, to see that the old loute is observed. The old route i'*ed to be Melbourne, Bluff, Dimedin, Lyttelton, Wellington. Thtre is apparently a mova in t.ho North Island to make the route Melbourne, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Fluff, Melbourne. Su':h a move should be sternly combated. It is imfair, and not in the way of econcmy, and but. one more instance of ir embers of Parliament and business men of the North Island using: theiV influence to sacrifice the South Island to the interests of the North Island, iind in the interests of parochial )< nlousy. Indeed, the attitude taken up by some North Island peonle as regards the rights and liberties of the people of the South Island is r< .ally astounding-—more especially at the end of the biggest fight in the history of the world for freedom.