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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 236, 25 May 1881, Page 2

We have to acknowledge receipt of the first number of the Wairarapa Star, a new evening paper published in Masterton. This addition to the ranks of (journalism is well printed, and contains a goodly show of advertisements. Its get-up, both from a literary ami mechanical point of view, is of excellent quality, and we congratulate its spirited proprietors upon their enterprise. A scratch football match was played on Seymour Square yesterday, when a large attendance of players was present. The game was a lively one throughout, and well contested. We understand it is the intention of the local Club to try conclusions with Awateve at an early date, when a good game may he anticipated. A Government Gazette issued on Saturday contains a tariff of charges on the New Zealand Railways covering all changes to date. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr William Syms of Picton and Mr Horatio Nelson Firth of Havelock to ho registrars of dogs for the County of Sounds. Mr P. McLean is appointed Postmaster at Kaituna Valley, which has been newly opened. It is announced that the post offices at the Grove and Grovetown have been closed. To-morrow evening His Lordship the Bishop of Nelson will lecture in Ewart’s Hall upon the “ Making. Spending, and Saving of a Fortune.” It is announced that admission will be free, but that a col- ! lection will be made in aid of the funds of the Wairau Hospital. The band of the I Philharmonic Society will aid in the pro- i eeedings, and we trust to see a large 1

audience present and that the funds of the Hospital will receive a substantial addition. Messrs XV. Nosworthy and Coward have been declared duly elected Borough Auditors.

At Havelock, on tiie 10th May, a man named David Lee died, and a certificate was issued by Dr Sinnock to the effect that the cause of death was typhoid fever. The doctor it appears had only been attending him for a short while before death, and from certain circumstances which have since come to the knowledge of the police, it is surmised that the medial attendant was not aware of the true cause of death. It is stated that sonic two months before his death he.was stabbed in the region of the heart with a file by a woman named Rankin with whom he was living, and was attended for this hy aMr Levin. It is suspected that the dcatli was a result of this, and permission lias therefore been granted to the police to exhume the body, for the purpose of holding a post viorlem examination. With this object in view Sergeant (foodall proceeded to Havelock this morning. Dr Cleghorn will leave for the same place early tomorrow morning, to make the pod mortem examination, after which an inquest will lie hold. In reference to the above a Havelock correspondent telegraphs: —“An inquest is to ho held at Havelock concerning the death of one Lee, commonly known as ‘Red-Light.’ The certificate of death on which he was buried was in the ordinary form, and signed by a registered practitioner. It is alleged that the cause of death was not, as alleged, “typhoid fever ” as stated, and a pod mortem examination will lie made by a Nelson surgeon, Dr Clias. Scott, of Pieton, being prevented by business engagements.” Wc remind our readers of the Organ Recital, which is announced to he held in the Church of the Nativity this evening, when Mr L. Wilson will play no less than five solos. An excellent programme has been arranged, and as this is probably the last occasion upon which a Blenheim public will .have the pleasure of listening to Mr Wilson’s excellent performances, we have no doubt a crowded audience will he present.

The action of the United States Senate in fixing 3 per cent as the rate of interest on the new (lovermnent bonds that are to replace the Five and Six per cents to he paid off this year (says the Home Nems) is bold, and may easily prove disastrous. Evidently there is an uneasy feeling on the subject in America, and if it were found impossible to borrow at this low rate there might be a sharp rebound in tho national credit that would cause complications and, possibly, even panic. The financial position of the country, is not so strong as its trading position. Jlotlninu/’s Ointment «wl Pills, —With the changing season it is prudent for all to rectify any ailment afflicting them ; but it is incumbent on the aged, suffering under ulcerations and simlar debilitating causes, to have them removed, or worse consequences will follow. This Ointment is their remedy ; on its powers all may confidently rely ; it not simply puts their sores out of sight, but extirpates the source of mischief, extracts the corroding poison, and stimulates nature to fill up the ulcer with sound, healthy granulations, that will abide through life. Under this treatment had legs soon become sound, scoibutic skins cast off their scales, and scrofulous sores easy to annoy. .Such hopes for the diseased was unknown in former days.