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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 168, 29 October 1880, Page 3

/. •• W. B. ffarll has been re-elected Deputy G.W.C.T. for the ensuing year. A sub-leader on the election of a Borough Auditor is held over until our next issue. Mr Lewis annual juvenile ball will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd, at the Lyceum Hall. Meetings of the Borough Council and Education Board will bo held on Tuesday next. We understand that the Land Board will adjourn on Monday until Wednesday, inconsequence of the first being a holiday." On Wednesday last Mr C. J. W. Griffiths sold the stock-in-trade, tools, etc., of Mr J. Macallister, Grove Hoad. Some of the items realised remarkably good prices. Monday next being “Anniversary Day” will be observed as a Bank holiday, and most other places of business will be closed. The Government offices, we understand, will be open as usual.

The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court for the town of Blenheim and for the Wairau and Awaterc Districts will be held at the Court-house, at noon, on Tuesday, November 7th.

At a meeting of the Marlborough Lacing Club on Wednesday evening, Mr W. B. Girling proposed, and Mr H. Dodson seconded, that Mr G. Elliott be appointed hrndicapper, which was agreed to. A correspondent informs us that Douslin’s I’atent Log Dams are likely to come into general use in the neighborhood of W estport, Goldsboro’ and other parts of the West Coast, as well as at Invercargill. From our advertising columns it will be seen that Mr C. J. W. Griffiths will sell tomorrow at noon, at the house of Inspector Smith, who is leaving the district, the whole of his household furniture, including many choice items, curios, etc. The monthly inspection of the Blenheim Company will be held on the ‘2nd of Nov., at 5 o’clock, in Seymour Square, as the 9th the Friendly Societies’ sportsand dinner will take place. Ammunition will be served out after drill to the Blenheim men this evening.

.Tames Grainger, familiarly known as “Jimmy the Ranper,” is again in trouble, being “wanted” by the police for an assault committed yesterday, bending the investigation of the case in Court, we refrain from making any comments upon it.

At the R.M. Court yesterday (before H. Mclntirc, Esq., 8.M.), James Armstrong, charged with being drunk in drove Hoad on the previous day, pleaded guilty, and was fined f>s and '2s costs, with the alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment in case of non-payment. Petitions are in course of signature to the Borough Council and the "Lower Wairau Rivers Board against the proposed raising of Halifax Street, and we understand that at the next meeting of the latter body, a motion will be made to rescind the resolution on the subject passed at the previous meeting.

Those who like good beer should taste some light bitter ale in cask, imported from Dunedin by Messrs .Sharp and Pickering, and now on sale at their stores. It is an article not to he beaten, and is pronounced by experts superior of its kind to anything that has been hitherto brought into this market.

MrT. Carter, of Hillersden, is about to erect a bridge over the Waihopai river near Stronvar, to facilitate the crossing of cattle and sheep from one portion of the run to the other. The structure will be a substantial one, 50 feet long, the stringers composed of Oregon pine, and the rest of the work of native timber. Plans and specifications are being prepared by Mr Douslin.

The firing for the Volunteer District Prizes will take place at Blenheim on the Ist, Spring Creek on the 2nd, and Picton on the sth November, Renwick Volunteers shooting at either Blenheim or Spring Greek —whichever they choose. The Blenheim Company hold the first competition for the Cold Medal at the same time.

Ve understand that Mr Hodgson, the Inspector of Schools, will attend the meeting of the Education Board on Tuesday next, when any member of the Board who really feels an interest in education and is in doubt about the work done in any of our schools will be able to ask the Inspector any question tending to elicit information or suggest improvement. An attempt has been made lately to damage the reputation of some of our best schools, and those who take part in this attack ought to attend and examine the Inspector as to the work done, or for ever after hold their tongues. Sermons in celebration of the Sabbath School Anniversary of the Wesleyan Church will be preached at Ewart’s Hall, by the Rev T. O. Carr, in the morning and evening, Hymns specially selected for the occasion will be sung by the school children and a collection will be made at the close of each service in aid of the Sunday School fund. The annual picnic in connection will be held on Monday, November Ist, at the Taylor Pass. A booth will boon the ground for the convenience of the public, and Messrs Earll and Mackenzie will run a conveyance to the ground, the fare there and back being fixed at 2s. each. If the weather proves fine, a large gathering may confidently be anticipated,

Judging from the sound of rifles in the early morning of late at the Butts it would seem that some of our Volunteers mean business on Monday next when the unusual excitement of shooting for the Government prizes and the first medal firing for the season take place. Wo have not heard of any new shots of late and anticipate that onr old Nelson representatives will be found at the head of the list on Monday as usual.

The last of a series of entertainments under the auspices of the 1.0.. GT. was given with considerable success on Tuesday last, at tiic new Temperance Hall, Grove Road. There was a fair attendance, and the bill of fare appeared to bo highly appreciated. The Rev Mr Shirriffs presided, and gave aselection of readings from “Uncle Torn’s Cabin,” in a popular and and attractive style, which deservedly elicited much applause. During the interval a number of songs and recitations were given in a very pleasing manner. The success which has attended these entainments must be very encouraging to the promoters, and will probably induce a repetition of them at a future time. A special meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council was hold at noon yesterday, for the purpose of electing an Auditor in the place of Mr T. W. Millington, who resigned in consequence of having ceased to be a burgess, the railway authorities having taken possession of the property occupied by him. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Crs Robinson, Rogers, Fell, and Litchfield. Mr Millington’s resignation by letter was read and accepted. Crs Robinson and Riley raised the point thae Mr Millington was not disqualified and might lie re-elect-ed. A reference to the Act failed to show that a property qualification was required for an auditor. The Mayor suggested that as Mr Millington had resigned under the impression that he was disqualified, that it would be better to elect another person for the next audit. Mr Rogers said lie begged to propose Mr C. IT. Bushell. Cr Litchfield seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the Council then adjourned. A few short months ago we had to congratulate Master Walter Conolly on his success in obtaining a Scholarship Exhibition to the Nelson College, and we have now the sad task of sympathising with his parents and friends on his untimely decease. Mere words of condolence arc of little avail to mitigate the grief occasioned by the extinguishing of such a bright young life, but nothing else remains, and We may offer this tribute to bis memory. Shortly after obtaining the scholarship Master Walter Conolly left for Nelson College, where lie pursued his studies in such a manner as to gain the approbation and esteem of his teachers, and high hopes were entertained of his future career. Gentle and studious in his demeanour, lie applied himself diligently to his scholastic work, and honorable conduct endeared him to all liis associates, to whom the news of his death would come as a startling fact, and give rise to many heartfelt sympathies About a fortnight since his parents received word that he was unwell, and the doctors advised his removal from the College in the hope that change would conduce to his recovery. He arrived by the steamer, and was at once removed to his home ; but the hope of improvement in his health was destined never to be realised, and ho gradually became worse until an early hour on Monday, when lie expired. The loss occasioned by his death is more than a family one, as lie was in a sense the scholarly representative of Picton in an institution which has educated some of the most promising of onr future men, and had his death not taken place as it did, there is every rensui to believe that lie would have added honor to the College, and made for himself a name not inferior to that now borne by the best of the scholars, and Nelson College may have claimed him as one of the most noteworthy of her alumni. All fervent expectations now lie buried with him, and the only consolation (hat. remains is that—- “ Those that he loved so Ion”, and sees no more, Loved and still loves, —not dead, lmt ”one before.” The funeral took place on Thursday, and a great majority of old schoolfellows, and a large number of the townspeople, followed his remains to the grave, testifying alike to the sympathy entertained for the parents in their bereavement, and the love borne him who that day was laid to rest.— Press. A Bank manager in Gisborne, who has seen the difficulty which people have in meetingtheir bills falling dueevery “fourth. ” suggests that P.N.’s should be made to fall due on the HOtli of the month instead of the 4th, as is now the ease. Tradesmen’s accounts are as a rule delivered on the Ist or 2nd day in each month, but they remain’frequently unpaid till a week or a fortnight afterwards. If the P.N’s were made to fall dun towards the end of the month, it would enable tradesmen to get in their accounts in time to meet them, and would save much inconvenience and annoyance.

A valued correspondent of the Pod favors that journal with the following interesting astronomical notes: —“The two innermost planets—Venus, the bright evening star, and Mercury—are now visible in the west at 7 o’clock. At the same time, in the eastern skv, will be seen Jupiter, nearly rivalling Venus in brillancy ; and below Jupiter, shining with a dull, coppery light, Saturn. Neptune, the outermost of all the planets, is not far from Saturn, but cannot lie seen by the naked eye. Uranus, the planet between Saturn and Neptune, is in the constellation Leo, and does not rise until much later. It is from the action of these four planets that all sorts of mischief are to arise next year, if those prophets, who always prophesy trouble, are to be believed.”

There is now in the museum in the city of Mexico a remarkable sword made from an aerolite or meteor that fell in the State of Durango, Mexico. A Mexican gentleman sent to General Ord, of the United States army a small slab or table 1- , about an inch thick and six inches square, which was sawn out of the meteor. It resembled iron and, in fact, was what is known as meteoric iron. The piece weighed 21b, General Ord sent it on to the national armoury at Springfield, to be worked up into a sword. Considerable trouble was experienced in annealing the meteoric iron, but at last they succeeded. The sword is a small straight blade, and is a fancy dress sword, the mounting representing an eagle with the olive branch and arrows.

The following is the latest of /Eglcs stories about the matter-of-fact nature of station hands:—“ Those who live in towns, know that the instructions to boundaryriders, especially in the lambing season, include an injunction to poison (that is, make bait of) every dead animal they come across, from a bullock to a bandicoot. On the Lachlan, where the native dog were more than usually destructive, the boundaryrider was sent out in search of the station cook, two days missing, and last seen at a shanty celebrated for the power of its strong waters. Very soon Sam rode back to the overseer and informed him that he had found old Caeaghan , stretched in one of the bends of the creek. “ Good heavens ! ” said the alarmed overseer, ‘ is he dead ? ” “No fear,” said Sam, “or else I’d have stopped to poison him,"

This is how the Melbourne police suppress gambling. The Tele//ra/jh says : —- “ Suspicion having attached to several public-houses that gambling was allowed to be extensively carried on. two plainclothes constables visited one of the suspected houses. After indulging in one or two games of billiards, they gained admission to a room in which “poker” was being played, at which they took a hand, and thus allayed the suspicions they first aroused. After a while they proceeded, much to the astonishment of those assembled, to bar the door and handcuff the inmates, the landlord being amongst the number.” A Paying Line.—The most profitable railway in the world is a little affair not half a mile long, which connects the Manhattan Beach and the Brighton Beach Hotels on Coney Island, N.Y., the summer resort of the well-to-do New Yorkers. It is of 3ft gunge, and has two locomotives and four carriages, a train running each way every five minutes. The railway paid for itself in a few weeks after it was opened and last year returned 500 percent, on its cost. The expenses are 30 dollars a day, and the receipts average 450 dollars, the fare being 5 cents. An Italian correspondent of the Lancet calls attention to an insidious and frightfully fatal disease called “ pellaga,” of which no less than 97,000 Italians are said to be dying at the present time, the number of victims representing 3.(52 per 1000 of the whole population, and in the infected departments, especially Lombardy and Venice, a higher proportion than ever occurred during the worst cholera epidemic in Franeei The disease usually runs a slow course, like consumption. Its cause is believed to bo the exclusive consumption of maize in a detonated condition, and the unhealthy state of the hovels in which the rustics live.

A gigantic cuttle fish was recently seen on the beach at Lance Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, still alive, and struggling desperately to escape. In its struggles to get off it ploughed up a trench or furrow about 30ft. long, and of considerable length, by the stream of water which it ejected with groat force from its syphon. When the tide receded it died. On careful measurement its body was nearly lift long, arms were 13ft in length and much thicker than a man’s thigh and its tentacular arms were 33ft long. But this was scarcely more than half the size of a specimen taken at a place called Thimble Tickle. It was the largest yet actually measured being about 20ft, iu length from its beak to its tail, and with arms upwards of 35ft long. A rather humorous episode occurred a day or two aero in the Supreme Court, Auckland. His Honor Mr Justice Richmond, says the Herald, in discharging the jury, desired them to proceed to the Registrar’s office, where they would be paid the sum allowed them by the Government for the expenses of attending the Court in the service of the colony. The following colloquy took place:—His Honor: “But stay —will that be liable to 10 per cent? ” (Laughter.) The Deputy-Registrar, with the flush of a recent bitter experience, said: “ They will have to pay a stamp duty on their allowance whenever it e: coeds 405.” His Honor : “Oh, is that it? Then go, gentlemen, to the office of the Registrar, and

he will give yoinvhatis due to yousubjcct to such deductions as exigencies to the country require.” It is not generally known (says the Pall Mall. Bmhjet) that a Republic of Ireland exists on paper, and that it enjoys the privilege of the national debt. A movement is on foot in the United States towards giving greater stability' to the Republic, and adding largely to the indebtedness. Patriotic Irish servant girls are principal investors in the bonds, which the founders of that State issue for the purpose of raising what they call “ skirmishing funds.” One of these bonds is now before ns. It lias a close resemblance to a United States greenback note for ton dollars. The chief difference is that, instead of the portraits of two distinguished American statesmen being represented oil the face of it, the portraits are those of Wolfe Tone, and Davis. A small cross at the top gives a religious sanction to tie document. The subscription runs as follows:—“The national bond of Republic of Ireland is indebted to in the sum of ten doTirs, redeemable with interest at the rate of (5 per cent, per annum six months from the acknowledgement of the independence of the Irish nation, or at option of the Republic convertible into (5 per cent, interest.bearing Government bonds, payable in six years from that date.” This undertaking is signed by Michael Scanlau as “ Agent to the Republic,” and by C. B. Sullivan, as “ Rcgfstrar.” An eagle grasping a sword, and triumphing apparently over a defeated foe, figures in the middle. A good many bonds must he in circulation, seeing that the registered number of this one is 11,029.

We venture to say (writes the Australian Churchman) that Sir Henry Parkes deserves the hearty, outspoken thanks of every member of the community, for she manly and disinterested course he has pursued. If the stand were to be taken at all, and the sanctity of the Sunday publicly asserted by authority, it were well that the occasion for so doing originated regarding Mr Proctor, rather than with the smaller fry of'the freethinkers and infidels. lie do not for a moment insinuate that Mr Proctor is to be classed with such a crew. A Deist lie may be, an infidel he cannot be; albeit many of his teachings are scarcely to be distinguished from those of the advanced materialists. But we are surprised that he should haVe lent himself to a movement the inevitable result of which would have been the promotion of Sunday trading. Surely Mr Proctor had made quite enough money by his lecturing on other days of the week, to justify him in leaving to the clergy “ the monopoly of Sunday audiences” (as the Sydney Morning Herald puts it), or, as we prefer to say, “ in abstaining from any public action that would interfere with the due observance of the Lord’s Day.’

A Pleasant Alternative. —Several days a fro a white man was arraigned before a coloured justice, down in the country, on charges of killing a man and stealing a mule. “Wa’l,” said the justice, “de facts in dis case shall be weighed wid kerefulness, an’ if I hangs yer, ’taut no fault ob mine.” “Judge, you have no jurisdiction oidy to examine me.” “Dat sorter work ’longs to the regular justice, but yer see I have been put on as a special. A special hez de right make a monfat Supreme Court if he chuses ter.” “Do the best for me you can, judge.” “Dat’s what I’se going to do. I’se got two kinds of law in dis court, the Arkan- sawn an’ de Texas law. I generally gives a man de right to choose for his self. Now what law does yer want, de Texas or de Arkansaw?” “I believe I’ll take the Arkansas." “Wall, den, I’ll dismiss you for stealing the mule ” “Thank you, judge.” “And hang you for killing de man—” “I believe, judge, that I’ll take the Texas.” “Well, den, “I’ll dismiss you for killing de man—” “You have a good heart, judge." “An’hang yer for stealing do mule. I’ll jus’ take de’ cushion here to remark dat de only difference’ tween the two laws is der way yer state de case,”

“ Oeh ! ” said one love-sick, “ what a recreation it is to be dying of love ! It sets the heart aching so delicately there’s no taking a wink of sleep for the pleasure of the paitn”

Dead Wood;—Speaking of the work of retrenchment that is before the present Ministry, theDnnedin Star says:—They have an excellent opportunity of remodelling the whole Service on a less ambitious model, and if they do not adopt the recommendations of the Commissioners as a whole may well consider the opinion they have expressed with regard to existing defects, their causes and possible remedies. It is notorious that" departments and heads of departments have been multiplicb until the heads have grown out of all proportion to the bodies, and the cost of the Service has been made excessive by paying high salaries to officers wiio contribute nothing to the efficiency and useful power of the State”, This is the “ dead -wood” to which we referred at the commencement of this article, and expressed some what of a doubt whether the Ministry would have the courage to cut it out. There are in Wellington several departments apparently maintained for the purposes of certain favored individuals who rejoice in the designation of “ Under-Secretaries,” and have practically nothing to do ; and 1 curiously enough, considering the ostensible employment is under the Government, hardly anybody to help them. Nothing has yet transpired as to the valuable services of these gentlemen being dispensed with, and we should not be at all surprised if they, with characteristic good fortune, survive the present economical crisis.

A meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealander Newspaper Company (Limited convened by the liquidator (Mr H. Bunny)was held at Wellington on Wednesday last, whenabout half-a-doz3ll gentleman, wereprcsentMrßuiiny presiding. The chief object of the meeting was to consider two resolutions, of which due notice had been given, and after a short discussion the resolutions, which arc as follows, were adopted without dissent: —-1. “'That Mr Henry Todd be appointed liquidator in place of Mr H. B. Senior, and that the liquidators, or either of them, be authorised to exercise the powers and authorities mentioned in the (sth sub-section of the 98th section of the said Act, without any further sanction or authority from the company, and that all compromises heretofore made by Mr Henry Bunny be confirmed.” 2. “That the liquidators he authorised to execute all deeds or instruments necessary to carry out the sale made by the company to R. G. Reid, and the arrangement made by the said Henry Bunny relating thereto.” A meeting will be held a month hence to confirm the foregoing resolutions.

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