LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 4 January 1900, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

4 METKonoLOOioAL.— Capt. Edwin wires as follows :— " Strong southerly windß ; glaaß rise." Wibbhjp.— H.M.B. Ringdove wbiob dbb been engaged m Burvey work m the Sonnda arrived m Pioton yesterday afternoon. Several of the ships company have already found their way to Blenheim. Railway Tjujtio.— We learn that aboul 8600 people travelled over the looal railway line on New Ym's Day. This constitutes a record m passenger traffio, and the die* triot manager is to ba congratulated upon the completeness of his arrangements with the limited rolling etook at bis oommaad.

Waibao Vallkv Coach— Mr Hey ward, the Buooeeefal tenderer for the mail contract for tbia line of ooaob announces that ooaohes leave Blenheim Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 a.m., and Wairaa Valley on Wednesdays and Batnrdays at 9.80 a.m. Arrangements can be made for the hire of epeoial ooaobes or oonveyanoeß at any time. Found Dbowned.— This morning the body of a man named Biohard Bead was found drowned m the Tna Marina Greek. Deceased was seventy-three years of age, and bad been misßing since Tneßdßy last. Sergt-Major Msbod, accompanied by ConBtables Price and Lawlor, proceeded to Taa Marina, and took charge of the body, on wbioh an inquest i 9 being held this afternoon. Yacht A coidhnt.— The Wellington-owned yacht Greyhound, whioh competed at the regatta m Pioton on New Tear's Day, was totally dismasted on Tuesday morning when > about five miles from the entrance to Tory | Ohaonel on ber return to Wellington. The , accident happened m a heavy equall whiUt " the yacht was laboring m the trough of the sea. A very heavy sea was running at the '. time, and the position of the yacht and her I crew was one of much danger, but, fortuI nat Iy, she was observed by the officers of , the s.s. Oreti on her way to Pioton, and she . took the yacht m tow to that port. The [ little vessel was chipped over to Wellington , this morning by the Haupiri. , Betibin*.— At the meeting of the Spring I Oreek Biver Board, held yesterday, Mr G. > Dodson, who has held the position of chairr tnaa of that body for the last twenty-five i years, intimated that he did not desire to r seek re-eleotion, feeling that he must retire \ from the Board owing to failing health. > Spbino Obkbk Bivbb Boabd. — The t monthly meeting of this Board was held f yesterday at Marlborongtown. The mem* * bers present beicg — Messrs G. Dodson ' (bhairman), J. H. Bedwood, and J. Gane. 1 Accounts for £*6 were passed for payment, > and the Inspector was authoiised to attend ' to an eroßion at O'Dwyer's bend. Tenders Vj were opened for No. 21 oontraot as follows : ' M. Oblsßon & Co., £3 17a Sd per obain ;B. 1 MoNamara £3 sp, and John Elemore £8 ' 5s per chain. .On a ballot being taken the 1 leader of B. MoNamara was accepted, ' Acknowledgment.— -The Phoenix Assurance Company, through Mr J. J. White, the local Bgent, send us a bandy little memorandum book issued by them. W» have also reoeived office and desk calendars issued by the National Insurance Company, and a very useful blotting book and diary sent out by the Laweß' Chemical Company, for whioh W. E. Olouaton ib the Blenheim agent. I Gabden Paett.— A garden party, the i object of whiob is to swell the Patriotic . Belief Fund, is to be beld m the grounds of 5 Mr 0. H. Mills, M.H.8., at Spring Creek, 5 on the 12th instant. Several noveltieß j will be introduced, and as an effort is to be . made to have a speoial train running, the . attendance Bhould be enormous. [ Death or a Cbimban Vstbban. — Mr John | ) Young, who died at Panmure, Auckland, a j > few dayß ago, was a member of the lßt I Boyal Begiment, who fought m the trenoheß 1 before Sebastopol, at Inkermann and Alma* i He held the medals and clasps of all the i battles of the Crimea, and the good conduc* ■ medal bestowed after the war by the Queen * m person at Aldersbot, 1 Thb Mabbxbd Meh.— A " bon mot" made "■ by the Mayor at the publio meeting last ' night oaused much amusement. If it bei oame necessary to send still another con- * tingent, he said, the men would soon be } found. We oannot all be " Boldiera of the * Qaeen," for the Government allowed only ' single men to go forward. But if it would 1 aooept married men, hundreds would volun- > teer. As many married as single men would * go to the front. In these remarks the andJ ienoe saw domething, like a reflection on the 3 wives, Weplhtan Quabtkblt Mebiirg. — The ' oirouit quarterly meeting wbb held at The . Laurels, the residence of Mr T. Pike, last , evening. There waa an attendance of 25 member?, under the presidency of the Bey W. Keall, Exoellent reports were reoeived from the oirouit Sunday Bohools. ' Mesßrß A, J. Litobfield and T. S. Davieß were elected oirouit stewards for the ooming c year. The senior circuit steward waa elected to represent the oirouit at the conference m r Auokland m Mar oh. Mr Caleb Davieß was \ elected alternative conference representai live. Arrangements were made to supply Seddon and Blind Biver with servioes on i the seaond Sunday m eaoh month. Matter* concerning the Advooate were fully dealt . with. It was deoided to hold the annua) harvest thanksgiving services throughout t the oirouit on Sunday, 25th February. A t hearty vote of thinks was acoorded to Mr [ 'and Mrs T. Pike for tbeir hospitality ; and, upon the invitation of Mr F. Smith j', it j was resolved to hold the next quarterly | meeting at his residence, Tua Marina. ) Match-bating.— -Mrs Harrie, wife of a \ settler on the Pembroke Boad, near Strat- , ford, died on the 24sh inst. At an inquest 3 held on Chrißtmaß Day, the husband Btated - that his wife had told him on the 14th inßt. l that she had clipped the beads off a whole ■ box of matobes and ate them. He gave her 3 emetics, but did not send for a dootor, as f on a previous oeoaßion when bis daughter j bad eaten a small box of matoh heads Dr . Nichols had told him brown-headed matches I were not dangerous, and these were the sort : his wife had eaten. Dr Paget's evidence | was that death was due to fatty degenerai tion of the liver and kidneys, following j upon phosphorus poisoning. A verdict was I accordingly returned, the jury being of ) opinion that there was no oulpable negleot i on the~part of the husband, and that the ; matobeß were taken by deoeased when, 3 temporarily insane. ' Men's Merino Sioglets bnd Under-Pants, ' at Is eaob ; worth 3a 61,— R. Allan. ' A Thief's Bdocks8 docks' fol Bosk.— The New 1 Zealand Times relates that a lady who ' resides at Oriental Bay was retnrning home 1 the other nigbt Bbortly after 11 o'olook 1 carrying a piroel containing a newly-aade ' bicyole ooetume and a small open backet ■ filled with eundry purchases, when a man * snatohed the paroel and backet from her ' and decamped. On recovering Her presence ' of mind, the lady hailed a passing oyolist 1 and asked him to pursue the thief, who 1 could still be seen running towards the oity. The oyolitit immediately sarted m ' pursuit and overtook the thief, On being asked for an explanation the fellow related a ourious story about bia being the lady's brother-in-law, and said he had done the thing for a lark. He spoke so plausibly, and with suoh a wealth of detail, that the oyolist was persuaded of the truth of the 1 etory. "Go and tell her Will did it," said 1 the man; " Bhe'll understand." Unfortunately, the lady did not understand, and she still remains minoe the bioyole costume, aooording to latest advices. The empty basket was pioked up m the street next day. Colored Bugs at 49 6d eaob ; worth 9a ; colored Blankets at 8j 0d pair.— B. Allan. Charles H. Markee, while aoling m the oapaoity of nurse at the Beoond Division Hoßpital of the Fifth Army Corps at Santiago do Cuba used a few bottles of Cham* berlam'a Colic. Cho'era, and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea and found it work like a charm, For Bale by G. M. McKay.