LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 189, 11 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

A dance will be held in the Okararr.io Hall on Friday night.

A dance will be held in the Tua Marina Hall to-night at 8 o'clock.

The welcome Homo Social to have been held by the Salvation Army on Thursday night has been postponed indefinitely.

Locad Knights of the tambo and bones performing at H.M. Theatre tonight.—Advt.

The Mariborough Shipowners' Union has appointed Messrs C. de V. Xesehemaker-Shute and W. G. Rudd as delegates to the. conference of Dominion Woolgrowejirs.. to be held in Wellington on tho 18fch inst.

Those attending' the Watorloa fancy dross ball will be plonsod to note that a full range of .make-up and greasepaints can be obtained from Penney's Pharmacy.—Advt. ,

The Tua Marina Defence Rifle Club will fire ■ a competition for Robertson and Mills' Cup at the Vernon Range oji Saturday. They will also defend the Dodson Cup against Renwicktown.

No old stock will enter our new .ohriwroom. S:> there are bargains .about.—Brown and Hills. —Advt.

It.was a rather remarkable featureof the week-end Rugby throughout the Dominion, that alf the principal grounds, with the 'exception of those at Auckland, were in,: a bad condition.

"Tho Starlet Runners" are not a colleotio'i of beans—they ivro local minstrels out to help the Wa.terlea cause at H.M. Theatre to-night. —

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The- executive ot the Returned Soldiers' Association are grateful to the Spring Creak ladies' guild for the gift of a splendid wall-clock for use at tho Soldiers' Club. The clock bears a gold plate and the inscription states: "For services rendered."

Visit G-irling's showroom for special bargains before tho cilose of great winter sale,—Advj;..'

There was a substantial exedus from Blenheim this morning when the Mariborough Rugby team left for Nelson and West port. The fortunes of the "reps." will bo keenly followed by a large numbed* of. supporters during the tour, several, private cars having accompanied the party. *

.Ladies' nnd maids' tweed coats, must be stold, 6s IM, 9s lid, 12s-6d to 3os.—Brown and"-Hills.—Advt.

Ratepayers of the Wairau Road Board are notified that copies- of the petition in connection with ' hydroelectrics are available for their signature at the Wairau Valley Store; Mr F. Bonnington's residence, Te Rou; and at,the Office of-the Board, Blenheim.

Plantation melodies at H.M. Theatre to-night... ."Tilie .Scarlet Runners" are en the' job. The pleasure will be mutual.—Advt.

At a meeting.of, the Wellington Central Chamber'■ of Commerce'" the chairman said that he had received a letter from Christehurch, stating that it was intended to start the beet sugar industry in the South Island. He hoped- that 'a'.' similar industry would be started in the North Island. In th(j South Island it was proposed to put down three' thousand acres at a cost approximately of £250,000.

Girling's wile..prices for nil Manchester goods'are 'Vcc.nsidcra.bly below wholesale new prjf.e. lists for next season. You willjho well advised to talks, advantage ,<j£ prices quoted at their great winter' sal©.—Advt.

Tho .principle of military training was denounced-by speakers at la.st night's .meeting .-of. the Wellington Presbytery (says, n- Press Association telegram), as tending further towards-v-arfare .<nd bein^ inimical to the moral uplifting bf the youth of the country. A motion fully setting out the reasons for objecting to the Government's1 military proposals was discussed at some length. The discussion was then adjourned to next Jreeting. ' '

Every trimmed bat will be solid at 5s lid.—Brown and Hills.—Advt.

There is an acute shortage of sugar in Christchurch. It was expected that the rise in price would be followed immediately by a slackening in consumption, but this anticipation is not being borne out in practice. The demand is just as keen, although grocers believe that some customers aro already endeavoring to lay in stocks against ah inevitable period of scarcity in the 'fruit season.

Girling's great winter sa'e is nearing its close. Gull early and secure your drapery and clothing at bargain prices.—.Advt.

The measles epidemic in and about Dunedin seems to be persistent. No fewer than fifty-six notifications were ■received by tbe Health officer for the twenty-fo-ur I'ouis ended at noon on Thursday. TbA other notifications numbered o:>lv 'fi-'e from the whole of Otago and Poivfchhind, but it is disquieting to learn .that two of these five are American smallpox cases in Invercargill.

Double, sheeiinc: n.f. 2s 9<l till Saturday.—Bro.vn and Hills-—Advfc

As was tho o,ns© locally, cold weather followed the heavy rain in other centres. . Wellington reported 6.6 degree?; of frost this morning, and the thormometric readings in other centres at 9 a.m. were: Bealey 28, Cbriistchurch 40, Dnnedin and Blenl.eim 42, and Auckland Z5. Rough seas wero reported off Cape Palliser and Stephens Island and a moderate swell off Cape Campbell. At the Wairau Bar the tide was moderate and the sea smooth.

The Tenth M.R, Band, R.S.A. Orchestra •'SV^rlot Runners," nnd Pictures at H.M. Theatre to-night— 2s and Is.—AdVft.

A rumor ha.sibeen in circulation 'that Sir Joseph Ward had failed in the negotiations for the. Southland Jiydro-elGctrio loan, but the chairman of the board states that this is not tho case. A lcw.n of £1,000,000 could have bw-^n obtained m London at 5-| per oont., but the whole of the money would have to bo taken et oncra, and this would have moant the reinvestment of tho greater part of the loan by the 'Southland Board, a.s the greater part of the- money will not be required for two or three years.

Mr J. W. Hislop, of the Repatriation Department's heud office- is visiting Blenheim on departmental lusiness.

Be on the favorite and ask for Watson's No. 10.—Advt.

A special general meeting of the Renwick Defence Rifle Club will be held on Saturday, when important business will be transacted.

Motor-ear painting, for style, qualitl, and finish; estimates free. — Wintringham and Mitchell.—Advt.

Dv aud Mrs Noble-Adams, Mr nnd Mrs 11. R. Bagge, and Mr and Mrs 11. E. Burden left this morning for Nelson and Westport.

Seagrass squares and mats. Ow stocks of these goods are the largest in town, all. f-izes kept.—Goo. Gibson's.—Advt.

Mr J. Torrance, who was transferred from the local Lands and Survey Department to the Auckland district, ip on a health-recruiting visit to Blenheim.

Costumes at half-price till Saturday.—Brown and Hills.—Advt.

The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society has this year hatched a million and a quarter of trout ova. The young fish will be liberated in various Canterbury rivers. .

The whisky of the wise—Wat-son's No. 10.—Advt.

"These cases of bicycle thefts must be stopped," said Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., at the Magistrate's. Court in Wellington, while sentencing a -man to one month's imprisonment, for stealing a. bicycle.

Why not have the best—demand Watson's No. 10.—Advt.

Linen casement cloth, drawn thread, just the thing for coming season. Only Is lid per yard.—Goo. Gibson's. — Advt. Reports are current of an extraordinary religious movement among the Maoris in Taranaki. It is stated that a native has been preaching and practising faith-healing. Five hundred people profess to have been cured "by the power of God and belief in His Name.'"1

Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskys, but is worth the money.—Advt.

Tyro repairing by latest methods. All repairs guaranteed.—Wintringliam and Mitchell.—Advt.

Amongst the reading-matter on the inside pages to-day are articles entitled "Bousing Shortage," "Price Control," "Not Caught Napping," "Australia's Debts,'" "Archbishop Mannix," "Polish Measures," and "Supreme Court."

The age, quality, and mellowness of Watson's No. 10 whisky is guaranteed by the leading analysts of the world.—Advt.

In tho Yosemite, Los Angeles, 355 miles petrol c jonomy trial an Overland 4 Avon in Class A, averaging . 60,71 ton miles per gallon. And an Overland 4 Sedan won Class B, averaging 51,4>l ton miles per gallon. United States gallons.about 20 per cent, less than Imperial gallons.—Advt.