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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 845, 18 January 1883, Page 2

Dkuids.— The recently formed Star of Ashburton Lodge will hold their opening ceremony at the Ashburton Hotel on Monday next. , Dog Collars. —By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen where dog collars for the different districts in the County can be obtained.

Charge of Conspiracv. —At the Dunedin Police Court yesterday, Wm Nimmo was charged with having conspired to defraud the creditors in the estate of John Adam Berg, of Christchurch. Accused admitted being the person mentioned in the information, and, on the application of the police, he was remanded for the purpose of being brought up at Christchurch.

Painful Accident. — A old man, who is known by the name of “ Yankee Sam ” fell into a Bee at a camp near Waihi Bush yesterday morning, and was very Severely burnt about the arms and neck. It is supposed he was seized with a fit. He was brought to Timaru and placed in the Hospital, where he now lies in a somewhat precarious state. He is well known in the country districts.

Phrenology.— At the Town Hall this evening, Professor Fraser will deliver a lecture on the above subject entitled “The Living Temple.” The discourse will be illustrated by a large number of diagrams, and as there will be no charge for admission for this, the initial lecture of a series, there will no doubt be a large attendance, especially as Professor Fraser has earned considerable repute as an exponent of phrenology.

Invercargill Wool Sales.—Notwithstanding the resolution of certain local wool buyers on Tuesday not to purchase under the condition that they should pay one-eighth of a penny per lb for delivery, the wool sales were continued yesterday and passed off successfully. The attendance was good and the competition keen, prices in nearly every case reaching the reserve or over. Nearly all offered was sold.

Pisciculture. —At the meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society held yesterday afternoon, in Christchurch, a letter was read from Mr A. H. Shury, stating that the perch he had obtained from Dunedin had been turned out at Hunt’s, and were doing well. Next year the Society could obtain spawn of those fish. He considered that the Ashburton river gave promise of being well stocked with trout in a few years. There were at present a considerable number of fish in the north branch of that river. The Revenue of the Colony. —The Wellington correspondent of the Press telegraphs as follows :—The returns of the colonial revenue and expenditure for the three-quarters of the current year—that is, for the nine months ended December 31st, have been completed. The total receipts from the consolidated fund during the period was L 2,421,704, to which must be added balance at March 31st last, viz., L 128,779 ; total, L 2,550,000. This is Lllß 000 more than three-fourths of the estimates for the full year, deducting property tax, of which none was collected up to December 31st. If we omit balance in hand at starting, viz., L 128,779, or rather allow it to go against property tax yet uncollected, the actual receipts for the nine months will then come within HO,OOO of three-fourths of the year’s estimate, notwithstanding that the railway revenue fell short of the estimate by L 30,000. And it must be remembered that the March quarter is usually the best iu several main items of the revenue. The ordinary expenditure for the nine months was L 37.000 less than thieefourths of the estimated expenditure for the full year, so that a substantial saving has been effected, in spite of the heavy increase of the railway working expenses, viz, L 70,000. The land sales in the nine months realised L 199,431. ' The balance of the public works fund on the 31st of December was L 229,889, subject to liabilities outstanding.

Police Court. —Three men were brought up at',.<jhe Court this morning, before the MslJWr (D. Williamson, Esq.) 'Charged with’ drunkenness. Each was fined sa, and 2a for cab hire. Foom) Drowned. —The body of a roan named John Dale was found in the river Mataura yesterday. Deceased, who had been dr-liking for some time, was in receipt of remittances from England. The body bore marks of violence which the doctor thinks were indicted before death. Local Industries. —A Dairy Factory Company has been successfully floated at Oamaru, and as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected operations will be commenced.—The Woollen Factory Company has accepted tenders for the erection of a suitable building, and it is calculated that within six months the Company will be able to place their manufactures in the market.

Cricket. —Mr Wardill, hon. secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, advises Mr Shelton, the hon. secretary 6f the Otago Cricketers’ Association, that the contemplated New Zealand tour of the English Cricketers had to be abandoned, owing to the curtailment of the trip and to the professionals being under engagement to complete the tour of the colonies by March 11th. Mr Wardill adds that “ three or four of the gentlemen players intend proceeding Home by way of New Zealand, and s» will see some of your colony en route."

Railway Charges in England. —An Oldham correspondent gives to a Manchester paper a tremendous catalogue of the charges which cotton passing through Liverpool has to bear before it reaches the spinner. They are equivalent, he says, to a farthing a pound on every pound of yarn spun in Oldham. To that extent is the Oldham spinners’ profit mortgaged at Liverpool, and his contention appears to be that if this is allowed to go on the trade of Lancashire will be ruined. Oldham, he says, pours L 320.000 into the lap of Liverpool and the railway companies every year. His argument, of course, is that the one thing required is the ship cmal, and he supports the argument by a list of charges to which cotton is subject in passing through Liverpool that is certainly formidable. Liverpool dock and town dues come to 8s Ijd per ton, and a lot of minor charges, such as “ proportion of watchman’s wages,” “ Customs entry,” “ insurance on quay,” and the like, makes up the sum to a round 10s per ton. Then there is 12s 3d per ton charge, for carrying the cotton from Liverpool to the mills at Oldham. Altogether, therefore, the cotton is mulct for transit charges alone about 22s 3d between entering the port and entering the mill. A New Bullet. —A German chemist, who may or may not have been inspired by humanitarian instincts, says the Newcastle Chronicle, is reported to have invented a new bullet, the use of which would, he asserts, make war a much less dangerous occupation thanit now is. The new projectile is a sort of explosive—a brittle case filled with a powerful anaesthetic which will break on the slightest contact, discharging fumes which will render a man unconscious for twelve hours. Thus, we may suppose two armies peppering each other with the new bullet. Thousands of gal'ant warriors would in cbie time be stretched bn the unensanguined plain, and while in that condition, we are informed, might be carted away as prisoners of war. Are we about to witness a proof of the assertion that science will eventually render war impossible ? Men will rush with ardor into “ th’ imminent deadly breach ” and “ seek the bubble reputation at the cannon’s mouth.” But what man is so patriotic a<; to consent to be shot with a stinkpot for the benefit of his country 1 Even patriotism' has its limits. Would the gallant captors of Tel-el-Kebir have rushed with a cheer over the enemy’s entrenchments if they had run the risk of being ingloriously laid low with a mere odour ? Then, again, how about a retreating enemy? What would be the effect of a shot in the back ? It is to be feared that the trans-

formation of bloody campaigns into stinkpot shooting competitions is not likely to be realised just yet. The Maori King.—ln an article describing the recent visit of Tawhiao and suite to Wanganui, the Chronicle has the following description of the dusky monarch :—“ Tawhiao himself seemed affable on his arrival at the pa, and listened to his European and Maori interrogators with a dignity which is natural to natives of the old school. He spoke in measured terms, with a species of mock reserve which would be highly amusing if it were

not so truly regal. Tawhiao, who is said to be completely illiterate, brings with him a tall, well-formed, intelligent Maori, who acts as interpreter, and ‘ shepherds ’ his Majesty so judiciously that he is protected from that undue questioning and

familiarity which s iould by no means hedge about the throne. To say that Tawhiao is ‘ every inch a King ’ would be to flatter him. He is a highly tattooed, under-sized, simply-dressed native, and neither in appearance nor manner is their anything to indicate the high order of natural or cultivated intelligence so often found in other prominent men of his race. His face would probably wear an amiable aspect were it not disfigured by a defect in one of the eyes, which gives him a stolid appearance when the face is in repose. His costume is European, and the adornments consist of huia feathers in the hat, a few greenstone ornaments and the gold railway pass in the form of a medal, which Mr Bryce gave him at the Waikato. Tawhiao resembles somewhat, but vary little, the professed portraits which are now in circulation, but he is in face and form a sparer mui than they represent him to be.”

A Singular Delusion. —The Montreal correspondent of the New York Herald writes as fellows : “A remarkable case of prolonged voluntary fasting occurred here. A young man named Charles Fallon, a book-keeper in a large produce house here, took it into his head more than a month ago that he was commanded by God to abstain from taking food. The appeals of his mother and sister were unavailing, and he would listen to no remonstrance either of the family physician or the pastor of his church. He was moral in character and exemplary in conduct. His family are in comfortable circumstances. Dr W. H. Kingston attended him and watched the case. A week passed and beyond an occasional sip of water young Fallon would take no nourishment. There was no insanity about him, neither did he meditate suicide. In answer t) all entreaties he said that God would tell him when to eat again. Three weeks passed and still Fallon lingered. Then Dr Howard, an expert in insanity, was called in, and said that the man was sane, and that force should be used. Dr Hingston would not sanction this course. The patient was so emaciated that he (the doctor) doubted whether his stomach would ever retain food enough to nourish his body again, and force might kill him instead of doing him any good. Meanwhile the Rev. Canon Baldwin, whose Bible class Fallon had attended, was doing all in his power to induce the young man to eat, ‘ Have you a revelation from God that I am to eat 1' was the answer of Fallon. This nonplussed the reverend gentleman, who however, enlisted the prayers of Chriitians for him. Finally, on the thirtythird day of the fast, Fallon remarked to his mother that he thought he would eat something. Dr Hingston then provided such food as he believed the emaciated body could stand, and Fallon is now on a fair way to recovery. The case is one that creates much interest in the medical profession here. ”

— -The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club 1 endorsed the disqualification of Atkins, jockey of The Laird, for pulling at Ongaonga races. Disqualification of Atkins' trainer and The Laird was deerred ponding the receipt of evidence. Mixed Up.—The following “ mixed up” local' appears in the Adelaide Observer : A narrow escape. A young man named James Lightbody (states the Hamilton Spectator ) while walking across a paddock at Drik Drik, on Monday even ing, was bitten by a snake on the calf of the leg: He struck at death passed on him, but it will no doubt finally result in a life of penal servitude. There is a general feeling of regret expressed for the unhappy wretch, but it will be as well for termagant wives to remember that when they hag a husband until his life has become a burden to him they should not do it when he has got a box-iron in his hand. Deaths From Sunstroke. —The Timaru Herald records two cases of deathfromjsun--stroke which occurred yesterday in that district. The heat during the greater part of the morning and afternoon was excessive, the thermometer at one time registering over 140 in the sun. The brightness and warmth of the day was,;of course, very favorable for harvest operations, and farmers took full advantage iof it and employed largo numbers of men. Unfortunately, probably through the men themselves not taking sufficient care to shield the back of their heads and necks from the rays of the sun while stooping at their work, two harvest hands received sunstroke and died from its effects, while several milder cases occurring in various narts of the district are reported. The fatal cases were James Sullivan and David Hutcheson. Sullivan, a middle aged man, was employed by a Mr. Sutherland to assist in harvesting a crop on Mr Thomas Teachemaker’s estate, Otaio,, Sullivan, after dinner yesterday, left the camp and proceeded in the direction, of the harvest field. Nothing further w»as seen of him until he was found, aboiut half-past] one o’cleck, lying in an unconscious state in the field. As no doctor resided in the neighborhood Sullivan was brought in to Timaru by the express train in charge of another man. On arrival at Timaru he was prompty conveyed to the Hospital, where ha expired at a quarter past six o’clock last evening. D. Hutcheson was aged 21,' a native of the County of Armagh, Ireland, arrived in Timaru a few days since from North Otago, in which district he had been working for some time. Hia brother, Mr George Hutcheson, has a crop on Tiko Flat, near Mount Horrible, and David Hutcheson was at work there yesterday harvesting. During the course of the day the two brothers were _ tying sheaves, each taking a different side of the field. Mr George Hutcheson, about two o’clock in the afternoon, on reaching the spot where he usually met his brother, found him lying on the ground with, a sheaf over his head. He was quite unconscious, but still breathing. He was carried to the hut, about a quarter of a mile J>way, but expired before it was reached, having never spoken from the time he was taken up.

Holloway’s Ointment and Pius.;— Glad Tidings. Some constitutions have tendency to rheumatism, and are through, the year borne down by its protracted torture Let such sufferers bathe the afflicted parts with warm brine, and afterwards rub in this soothing Ointment. They will find it the best means of lessening their ■ agony, . .add, assisted by Holloway’s the surest way; of overcoming their disease. More need .not be said than to request a few days’ trial' of the safe and soothing treatment, by which the disease will ultimately be completely swept away. Pains that would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by Holloway’ easy and inexpensive remedies, which comfor by moderating the throbbing vessels and calm ing the excited nerves.—Advt