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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 547, 30 January 1882, Page 2

Samuelson’s Reaper and Binder.—A public trial of the above well-known machine will be held at Mr Hjudson’s farm at Wakanui, on Ist Feb.

Poultry Stealing at Rakaia. —Four men were sentenced to fourteen days, with hard labor, at the Police Court this morning, for fowl stealing at Rakaia. Sergeant Felton informed the Bench that the offence was becoming very common ajtf Rakaia. When there one day last week,; three complaints had been made to him of mysterious disappearances of fowls. One resident of the place lost fifteen fowls in one week, and another resident had given up the idea of poultry-keeping altogether, for he found he couldn’t keep them. The pursuit was poultry-losing instead of poultry-keeping.

An Operator’s Mistake —The Mainiwatu Herald says the intelligent telegraph operator and the unintelligent compositor are the causes of a great deal of unnecessary anxiety in the wo.dd. A few days ago this telegram i was received in Melbourne from the quarantine station, and I repeated, viz., “ Many clearly sickening for the disease” (smallpox). The anxiety of course became great, but it was allayed considerably upon receipt of a correction, that “ many clearly” should hav;e been “Mary Cleary. ’ That operator would make a most intelligent compositor. ”

The New Licensing Act. —Today’s Timaru Hera'd says.—“ Considerable surprise and dissatisfaction was manifested by the Licensed Victuallers of this town on Saturday afternoon, on receipt of verbal instructions received by them from the Inspector of Police that the provisions of section 154 of the Licensing Act passed at the last session of Parliament, and which was supposed to come into operation on the first of last October,, would be brought into operatisn on that evening. This section provides that all | licensed premises shall be closed—“(a) c’n Saturday night from ten o’clock until six o’clock on the following Monday morning ; and (b) on the nights of all other days from ten o’clock until six o’clock on the following morning.” Steps were at once taken to call a meeting of publicans at which legal advice was obtained, and a decision unanimously arrived at that the houses should be kept open until eleven o’clock, notwithstanding the orders issued by the police. This course was followed in every instance, and we shall doubtless hear more of the matter in the course of a few days. ”

Holloway’s Pills.— The changes of temeprature and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful of tljeir health, and most particular in their diets.! These correctives purifying, and gentle aperient Pills are the best remedy for all defective actions of the digestive organs; they augment the appetite, strengthen the stomach, correct biliousness, and carry off all that is noxious from the ,‘ystem. Holloway’s Pills are composed of rare balsams, uumixed with baser, matter, and onjthat account are peculiarly well adapted for ; the young, delicate, and aged. As this peerless! medicine has gained fame in the past, so will |it preserve it in the future by itsrenovatingand invigoratingqualities and its incapacity of doing harm.—[Advt.]