LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 86, 13 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The Tiia Marina Defence Rifle Club will hold the annual class-firing tomorrow afternoon. 'Air members are requested to attend. .

A general meeting "of the Pukaka River Board will be held in the Marshlands reading room on Monday evening to discuss banking opera-; -tlbns. ' ' ,•-.;■; •; ■• V. •

Jjaiies' black glace kid laced boots, kid caps, sewn soles, ajl sizes 3 to 7— 18s 6d, at Hannali's.-rr-Advt.

At the monthly. meeting of the Havelock Town Board' oh Wednesday evening the action of the chairman in fixing the local commemoration of Anzac Day for April 25th was endorsed;- -. . '■ ■■ •■■:' ' '■■•'■' ■'•'

A meeting of ratepayers of the Omaka Road■■■ Board district /will bts. held in the Council Chambers to-mor-row morning, for the- purpose of, electing a District Committee of Advice in connection v wj£h'the National Efficiency; v ßoard.v V .',,' ' J ; / Barrac,lough'fi Magic/-Nervine instantly stops toothache rr-r-Advt. The picture^programme shown in Blenheim last night will -. be. repeated in Seddon this evening and "Renwick to-morrow. Next ' week's bookings for the circuit are Carluke on Wednesday, Oanvastown s oh ! Thursday; Deep Creek on Friday,; and Havelock on Saturday. ' ' r

Our enemy tho wet weather soon w>fiks through. Have; your boots soled with solid leather arid put in winter trim. No undue waiting.—Hislop, the Blenheim Boot Store, Market Street.—Advt;. " .■■":'■■:: ': '

At the Havelock Toiyn Board's nieoting on. Wednesday Mr Orsman Irow attention to the,'1 absence of any formal farewell from; the Board* co soldiers leaving Kavelock' at the end of their final leave, amir it was resolved that at al! times theainembers of the Board endeavor, to- gif^-^he depaji-ting boys a farewell. ~ _» ; ;.

Bring .along; your motor ■sprhigs for I'cpair or renewal; : :We have 4-leaf harrows' for. sale, cheap.—JV Nicholas. —Advt: -■--:■ : '■•._'<: ,V■ ■' .-'■ ..

A letter.was recoived by the x Haver lock Town Board on."Wednesday from the Mayor of Blohhbim (Mr J. J. Corr3') "thanking tho Board for the offer of the Town Hall for an address to th<; ratepayers onr tho subject of liospital expenditure, •' and expressing the hope that'he and?-other members of the Hospital Board/would be able to come through for that purpose' at an early date. , •'

For children's hacking cough at nierht-—Woods' Great -Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2a 6d:~Advt.

. At the South Island championship rifle meeting on Tuesday Rifleman W. H. West, of Blenheim, secured second place in the Masefield Memorial Match (600 yards) with a score-of 47, and won £2* 14s. He was placed thirteenth (winning 18s) in the champipnship aggregate, with a total score of;-307, including' 44(the "second.highest) ,in the final shoot" .at 700 yaTds. Tlie winner (Lieut. A; J. Green (Bth Comp., N:Z;G.A;) scored 322. ?

Children's black-- glace kid Derlnlaced boots, plain fronts, no caps, sizes 7to 10—9s 6d, at Hannah's.— Advt." ■ ' \ ... .;

A wellrattended; meeting of those interested in the holding of an p.uf.umn show, was held in Picton on Wednesday night. It was decided to make the show, a ])a.ti*iotic one, and to deArote the iiroceeds (less expenses) to the Pi.cd Cross. The Rev. A. A. Armstrong asked that the function might be devoted wholly or in part to the V.M.C.A., but .'as the Red Cross ministers more widely and thoroughly to the men, and as Picton had only a few days. as;o given a successful effort in behalf of the V.M.C.A., the suggestion was not adopted. The show will be held on the 25th'inst., and will be enlarged to include three stalls—produce, work, and sweets.

TTie best chest protector is worn on the soles of the feet. Have your old boots repaired by practical shoemakers. Keep your feet dry and thus save doctors' bills. Finished on shortest notice ■ —Hislop, the Blenheim | Bc# Store, Market Street.—Advt. Lrln connection with the:local observpance of Anzac Day—-the date of ! wliieli tlie Government has altered from .the ■■'25th to the. 23rd inst., in order to avoid clashing with the municipal election—-it is interesting Ito note that the Marlborough branch of the Royal Society ■ of- St. George i (whose annual festival falls on the 23rd) is the only one in^the Dominion. ' The association of Anzae Day with # the lionorin^: of England's patron saint lias therefore a peculiar fitness for our own community. It may be expected that the dual celebration, possessing as it does such an appropriate significance, will be attended by much enthusiasm. It is hoped that a general response will be made to the Mayor's invitation to citizens to attend a meeting in . the Council Chaniber next Monday, night and make arrangements for the observance,of Anzac Day. . * : :

Itv the Magistrate's Court this morning a first offending inebriate was-convicted and discharged. Herbert Wilkins, -charged/with drunkenness, was remanded for seven days for medical treatment.

Children's black glace kid- ankle-? 6trap shoes, "Clark's' make, all size* 4to 6—3s lid, at Hannah's.—Advt. Judgment by default was given by Mr F. 08. Loughnan, S.M., this morning in the following cases:—W. B. Girling and Co., Ltd., v. Bert Keeper, £2 os, with 17s costs; W. B. Girling and Co., Ltd., v. A. J. Payton, £4 6s lid, with 5s costs'. "~-

Did you hear that Durrant had made the New Commercial the most comfortable house to stay at in Wellington? Stay where you are known an^ appreciated.—Advt.

The .matter of .arranging for th© visit to &* paid to Blenheim by Captain Hugo, the New Zealand. Inspector of Fire Brigades, has been left to the. new Borough Council. Captain Hugo is to attend a meeting at which will be discussed the question of adopting the Fire Board system in Blenheim. O. Plum has always a good word for ''No Rubb/taig" Laundry Help, because it; lias" justly darned its popular reputation as the abolisher or washboard slavery, and. also because the famous Thinker Note Book is given free with every Is packet of "No Rubbing.'"'—Advt.

"The borough authorities show more consideration by sending the owner of a property notice to cut overhanging trees than is the ease with the Telegraph. Department," said Mr L. /G. Reid, S.M., at Lower ,Hutt Court on Wednesday during the hearing of a case. "The department employees are not gardener^, and they have the right to cut overhanging trees, without giving notice, and there is no redress."

Yon cannot be sure that your invention is "yours" for very long unless voit protect it with "letters patent." l"b.is worth your while—many a big fortune has sprung from seemingly trifling items—-b'nt. they were patentad before "the other fellow" got busy. Consult Hchiy • Hughes- Ltd., Patent Attorneys, ?157 Featherston Street. Wellington— Advt:;

Speaking at the meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council last night, Councillor E. S. Parker, Chairman of the Gas Committee)- said that the gas-: works would show about ;the same profit for the financial year ended on March 31st last as it .did for the previous year. to a he said the hope was entertained that it would he possible to carry on the works without increasing the price of 'gas, but without the prospect' of maintaining tne, same margin of profit. RHEUMO - oures rheumatism quickly .-r-Advt. WATSON'S No. 10 mellowed by age.—Advt. ' A return showing the numbers of different'classes .of stock slaughtered at the Blenheim municipal abattoirs during the financial year ended ou March 31st last was received by the Borough Council last night. The figures are as. follows, with the particulars for the * previous financial veai\ in parentheses.:—■ Cattle, 1079 (11 TstY : • she<?p, 10,027 (9239) j lambs, i-69 (3900); pigs, 1134 (1100), calves, 84' (8?). Dtuing last month there were slaughtei-ed 103 cattle, 9SU shpep, 61 lambs, 98 pigs, and.,s calves; and of these 2 cattle and 1 sheep were found to ho diseased.'.'

For influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6x3, 2s 6d.—Adyt. l

The Blenheim Borough. Council held the final'meeting-of'its present term of office, last night. The -ordinary business having been transacted, the Mayor (Mr J. J. Corry) thanked the Councillors for the consideration they had accorded him., throughout'the two years; of their association, and coiy gratulated them on the success whicii they had achieved during that period. Good, solid work had been done for the- borough, and the record was a satisfactory one financially. He also expressed his appreciation of the manner in which the Town Clerk, the Foreman of Works, and the other members of the Corporation staffs had carried out their duties. The DeputyMayor (MrVß,'. S. Parker) reciprocated the ; Mayor's sentiments, and expressed pleasure at the fact that, while nothing practicable, had be-jn; neglected, -the finances were left in a better state than they were two years ago. Tlie other Councillors present spoke, mainly in a congratulatory strain. Several complimented the Mayor on ,his leadership; and particular refer.ence was made to the good work done in extending the street asphalting system and reconstructing the Alfred Street bridge. The hope was expressed that the next term would see a further substantial extension of the asphalting. Councillors W. E. Gascoign and A. Curry regretted that the Council had not seen its way to give more attention to the outlying parts of the borough, and s trusted that 'amends would be made in the near future. A return was presented showing the financial position. It appeared that the overdraft on March 31st, 1917. was £901. as against £532 on March 31st, 1916;

The re-capture of the prisoner who recently escaped from the Terrace i Gaol, Wellington, was brought about by a smart piece of work on the part of Constable Greggan, of Hokio, in the Manawatu district. The con- ' stable,-.with his wife and child, was walking along the beach near Hbkio, when he saw a man carrying a swag and a gun, whom he thought might be a convict who had recently* escaped. The man was then some distance away and apparently keeping a keen lcok-out. Constable Greggan while ostensibly playing with.the child, was gradually lessening the distance, between himself and the suspect. When close enoxigh to him, he sprang.at the man and after a brief struggle hand-' cuffed him. The prisoner was said to have had £10 worth of stolen goods in his possession. He was wearing a stolen suit and carrying a revolver and, a gun whidh also r were not his: property. ; •-,. _'- .■■ ■ ,-. ;.'■;.;./ -.. ■\*^'-'':- ..■"-;-; '■/

At a large and representative meeting at "West-port on Wednesday '. night it was resolved to form a Protestant Association. A ma.n was rescued from a rather , perilous position oh Sunday night (state* the Winton paper). Hrj was caught by the flood waters between the Oroti bridge find the new vbridge erected near the Awarua dairy factory. To attract attention he lit a fire on a piece of high ground. The black, stormy night was not very inviting, yet Trooper Norman Cowic, at present on final leave, 'mounted on the steeplechaser Ghent, crossed and rescued the man, who must otherwise have perished of cold. For chronic chest complaints^— .Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6d.—Advt. During the past year eggs have come into New Zealand from Australia, according to Mr J. B. Merritt, secretary of the Poultry Association, in his annual report to the confer-ence-on Saturday, but these importations have been small, and, with duty and freightage added, had not affected the position of poultrymen in New Zealand. Mr Merritt stated that American eggs had also come4n freely, but with the rising p*rices of foodstuffs in that co.uhtry, and the duty and freightage added, Araeriqan eggs would merely supplement the local supply. f ; More effective than any mixture in stopping a cold is NAZOL. Penetrat-. i«g and g«rm-killing. Keep it handy in home,.shop, or office. Is 6d buys GO-loses. —Advt. '..- , -■•. ; ' In a recent■-.-lecture ChaplainCaptain ;Tighe, S.G., of North Sydney, who has just returned from the trenches, gave a vivid account of wonderful combination 'of joy and sadness on the battlefield, and impressed upon his hearers^.,that throughout all the horrors and | tragedies'•■'. the - boys were saturated with a cheery optimism that astonish- ; ed beholders'. "Speaking of the food supply in the trenches, Father Tighe said that a favorite, dish was "lancecorporal' 1 bacon. This was so described "because the1 bacon generally i consisted of a big slice of fat, with ■ one almost imperceptible Hue of lean ( streakins}; "down the ' centre. (Laughter.) ; .'.■': New Zealandei^s wboi Kayo v an ' ac-. quaintanco'with'Apia, Samba, will be v interested to l(?arn that the 'Tivoli JH'itel r thei-e was totally destroyed by" fire on March 38. The fire was discovered by Private Ruffin, of Vjctorin, an "Anzac," who was staying at the hotel, but as he was a stranger io, the place he could not locate the • hand-grenades. The natives, with a" posse of soldiers under Lieut. Woller- i niann,. succeeded in saving the church next door after a big fight. ! The natives especially (says, the local paper) strove with frantic energy. There was something touching in the ■ grave concern they exhibited at the prospect <}f losing their beloved place of worship. "Save the church," Seumanutafa, the high chief," exclaimed: "'Wo must save the church if we lose our lives!" Put it in your cruet—SHARLAND'S Malt Vinegar. Mellow and mature. Most wholesome and mosc palatable vinegar in New Zealand. In bulk and boctle. Atj grocers.—-Advt. In vhe course of a letter to friends in Wellington, a New Zealand gunner relates that a new gas helmet is being served out to all tho forced on the British front; Before the men are allowed to go up to the front-line ; trenches they are: served with these ', helmets, and undergo six hours' drill 1 with them-, until they are proficient enough to adjust Iho helmet from _a i?lun£ position in the space of six seconds. After attaining the neces-. sary speed (which is needed where the' trenclies of tho opposing armies aro close together, enabling gas cloiids to be liberated from <a position fifty ( j ards away), the men,, are put into nuts and "gassed" with tear gas (tho most penetrating and irritating but \ not most dangerous of the gases used), after which their eyes are examined. If they are found to be running as the result of the gas, the hehrnet is at once discarded! and another io served out and similarly tested.

Furniture, floor?, and linoleum look like new \vhen rubbed with TAN-OL. Brings up wood-grain and, patfcein—Ogives a lasting polish. - In; tins—liquid Is ; r paste 6d.—Advt. j Tlie habit of meddling viith other people's - umbi-ellas, though looked , upon generally as a more or less yen- I ml offence, is not always safe (says the Auckland Soar). A man who ' came before Mr E. C. Outten, S.M., j on Thursday, on a charge of theft of an .umbrella; explained that it was really a pretended theft by^ way of a joke." He was drinking with several ] men in an hotel, he said, when one of them, who he didn't know, left his umbrella hanging on a hook. He j shifter! the*umbrella, and, putting it behind \a door, said nothing, when the man made a fuss about missing it, and called a policeman. Next day he j took it from behind the door, and put I it in another hotel neaivat hand, with the intention of telling the constable who had received the complaint so that the owner might get it, but the I information that he had put the urn- j brella there readied the constable I first, and he was charged with theft. He admitted that the joke was on him. ;md made no conmlaint when he j was fined £2 for his fun. j

• Times ' are prosperous „in the Marlborough district Wool cheques are largo," milk suppliers are having a good season, and most people am considering in what way they can have, a mor-r comfortable time with their increased receipts. One way is improved methods of travel, viz., by owning a motor-car. .Most, cars now have some kind of self-starter attachment and other refinements, but to the ordinary person it is hard to choose which are tho most reliable. The designers of the Chevrolet.car have succeeded in giving absolutely the best results known. The price is right. It is the lowest on tho market for a fully equipped car. The weight is right, henco tyres run longer mileagesJ the w*lf-*tarter is a properly builfc-in reliable one, .one of tho most expensive makes on the market!-the springing is on a new design, giving splendid riding results; the Zenith carburettor is economical rtnd reliable; the engine is of the overhead valvo^type, so weliknqwn m connection with Buick cars, giving- sweeter * i unning. and extra power. The whole car is of latest design, woll finished in overy' way, and" fills the wants of ,th"c farmer motorist absolutely. Ladies can drive, as there are no starter troubles. Users in this district are delighted with their choice.—Advt.-

A circular received by the BletTTioim >. Borough Council last night from the* - Waipara County Council advocated; that overyone with a small area of hmd'bo urged to cultivate it and grow potatoes and other vegetables, thus. • -.iclping to meet the situation, caused by th© serious decline in the, quantity or the world's foodstuffs. It suggested that a personal canvass be undertaken with this end in view. "It is • thought," said the communication, "that the half-holidays could bo - profitably and healthily used in tho cultivation of small areas." The idea, of a personal canvass did not appeal to ttie Blenheim Council, but it was agreed that a borough such as. this • one afforded much scope for usefeut production, of the description indicated. The Waipara resolution was approved, and it was resolved to recommend it to the favorable consideration of the Efficiency Board. . F®r pieklmg, there's no better vinegar on the market x than SHAR'IiiAND'S. Brewed from niaifc and . sugar.. Free^ from mineral acid. Sold in bulk and bottle. All grocers.— Advt. .. Something over 12 months ago - (states the Mail) Mr H. G. Hill came to Nelson on the invitation of leading growers for the purpose of qrgainsa-^ j tion work in connection with the fruifc " industry As the i-esult of his efforts,, ': described by many as almost super- - 'human, he succeeded" in bringing a, i large number of growers to a common; basis of thought, regarding actual steps to be taken in the organisation, of the industry, and tjie formation. ofi'.'■•■; I the Nelson District Fruitpaekers», Ltd., was the direct outcome of his - efforts. It is recognised on all aidesI that Mr Hill's % tireless energy andl organising . ability have been veryj largely' responsible for the progress made. Unfortunately, however, illhealth has overtaken Mr* Hill, and -her ,:. has now resigned tho general managership) of the company. In ac- . cepting his resignation; the- directors - of the company passed the following; resolution, which speaks for itself:— "That this meeting of directors ->I the» Nelson District Fruitpackers, Ltd., ! acknowledges : receipt' of ■ the resigna^ ( tion of Mr H. G. Hill ,as general manager of the company on account: of continued ill-health, and accepts,<?ame with regret. It is our desire to-. place. on m;6rd o.iir appreciation of" the: etcelseinti services he has. ren.~ -;. ■ dored organising the fruit industry' in . this district, thr; formation and flota-r \iionf of the company and its management." " -..'.. .-, . WHISKY AND-WAI-RONGOA. This is the choice of the man who;' wishes to take whisky in the* pleasantest and most beneficial wayl i The mildly aperient and diureticS! ualJties of ,Wai-Ilongoa Natural^ lineral Water counteract the astrin—• ■ grerit tendency of whisky and make? the. flax or softer, mellower, fuller^. Wai-Rongoa also blends perfectly with vines, milk, etc. hotels, clubs,, : : stores.—Advt. ■' ' -•'-