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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 948, 21 May 1883, Page 2

The Debating Society will meet this evening in their room at the Arcade Chambers. It is understood that a Royal Commission will shortly be appointed to enquire into the past management of the Dunedin Gaol, with reference to the punishment inflicted upon prisoners in that institution. Joseph Sloana, an old offender, against whom a prohibition order had been taken out some months age, was brought up at the Court this morning, before Mr T. Bullock, J.P., charged with being drunk and disorderly, also with resisting the police in the dicoharge of their duty. The constable had considerable difficulty in bringing accused to the lock-up, and in the course of the scuffle the uniform of the former was torn. A fine of 30s with 12s costs was inflicted, the Bench informing Sloane that the next time he was brought up he would be sent to prison, without the option of a flue. The half-yearly meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club will be held on Tuesday, June sth, and in our advertising columns will be found two notices of motions there to be introduced. The intention of Mr Quill’s motion is to reduce the training fee from LI Is for each horse to LI Is for each owner, irrespective of the number of horses trained. Dr Ross’s motion is merely an indorsement of the action of the C.J.C. in abolishing section lof racing rule 11, which provides that the top weight in a handicap shall not be less than Bst 101 b, and if the highest weight accepting be less than this it shall be raised to §st 101 b, and the other weights shall bo raised in proportion, consolation handicaps excepted. A prolific yield of oats is reported to us from the Ashburton Forks district, where, during the past week, thirteen acres of land have been threshed out, the result being 1,622 bushels of Tartarean oats, or an average of 124 bushels to the acre. The owner of the land, Mr ‘Robert Mclntyre, attributes his success to careful farming, and not to any special goodness in the soil. He has allowed the gtound to lie fallow for a period of four years and has carefully drilled the land instead of sowing broadcast. The oats were threshedby Mr Thomas Perks, of Ashburton.

Our Rakaia carrespondent writes : On Saturday evening about 5 p.ra., a gentleman riding from Leeston, on reaching the Rakaia bridge found the gate open for traffic, and no signalman in the box. Concluding that all was safe he proceeded to cross ; when about three-quarters of the way over he saw an engine right ahead of him. However, thinking that some shunting operations were taking place in the Rakaia yard, he proceeded, and when nearly over he found it was a train coming along at a good pace about one hundred yards away. He had no time to reach the south end, and nothing remained but to turn his horse and gallop for it. Surely now that there is communication between the station and bridge by telephone and across the bridge, there is no reason why the public should be endangered. Had it been anyone crossing who was unacquainted with the bridge a most serious accident would in all probability have occurred, not only to the horseman but to the train and the bridge. Our Chertsey correspondent writes : A very successful entertainment, consisting of a soiree, concert and dance, was held in the schoolroom on Friday evening in aid of the Incidental Fund. The ladies of the district came to the front on the occasion in first-class style ; and it was generally remarked that the display on the tables was superb. The tables were furnished and superintended by Meadames Doig, Todd, Stringfellow, and Silvester, and Misses Wilkinson, Strachan, Stringfellow,'Silvester, and Doig. Valuable contributions to the feast were also sent by Mesdames Downie, Collins, Campbell, Mangham, Thomson, and Osborne. Altogether, the catering of the ladies was worthy of the highest commendation, and could not have been excelled in a much more important district. A special meed of thanks is due to Messrs McDonald (Chairman) and Gray (postmaster) for the gift of a sumptuous supply of fruit, which was highly appreciated. The concert was then proceeded with and proved an unqualified success. Among the most successful items were a piano solo by Mrs Sheppard, songs by Mrs Thomson, and Messrs Mangham, and Fowler *, readings by Miss Kate Wilkinson and Mr Todd; and a duet by Messrs Matthews and Silvester. The room was then cleared for the dance, which was speedilj graced by all the youth and beauty of the district for miles around. Mr V. Mangham officiated as M.O. in his usual urbane manner, and the music, excellent of its kind, was supplied by several musical residents and visitors. Special credit is due to Messrs McDonald, Doig, and Todd for their indefatigable exertions in attending to many matters of detail on the day of the meeting, which helped substantially to render the entertainment a thorough success.

By the outgoing mail nominations for 604 immigrants, equal to 516 adults, will be sent Horae. The total amount received on their account is LIBO9 2s. The following is a summary of the nominations—Auckland, 127 souls, including 40 single men, 56 single women ; amount received, L 607 17s. ” Taranaki, 14 souls, including 4 single men and 4 single women ; amount received, L 45 7s 6d. Hawks’s Bay, 20 souls, including 5 single women and 5 single men ; amount received, LSB, Wellington, 81 souls, including 15 single men and 16 single women ; nationalities, 4 English, 18 Irish, 8 Scotch, 15 foreign ; amount received, L 238 7s 6d. Nelson, 5 souls; amount received, L 8 10a. Westland, 5 souls, consisting of single women ; amount received, L 5. Marlborough, 12 souls, including 11 single men and I single woman ; amount received, L4O. Canterbury, 124 souls, including 24 single men and 32 single women ; amount received, L 361 7s 6d. Otago, 104 souls, including 18 single men and 30 single women ; amount received, L 271. Southland, 50 souls, including 17 single men and 13 single women ; amount received, L 193 12s 6d. Since the resumption of the immigration system nominations for 6584 souls, equivalent to 5813 adults, have been forwarded Home, and the amount received is L 183.000 15s 9d. Of these nominations 2573 have been for English, 2365 for Irish, 1538 for Scotch, and 173 foreign. The single men number 1429, and the single women 2264.

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