TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 961, 5 June 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Drowned.

Auckland, To-day. , Mr Alfred Frith, a young English tourist, was drowned at Ohinemu)u yes* terday. The Maori King. Tawhaio, with 300 horsemen, has arrived at Maketu. A Proposed Monument. The Volunteers propose emoting a monument to the late Major Withers. Major Withera’iSuccessor. Captain H. V. Shepherd succeeds Major Withers in the command of the Yoluh- , teers. An Excited Borough. Dunedin, To-day. After the row at South Dunedin last night, the majority of the councillors and ratepayers held an indignation meeting, when a resolution calling on the Mayor and the whole of the Council to reaignwas carried. A 'resolution proposed that, in the event of the Mayor taking the chair at any future Council meetings the rate-; payers should take steps to prevent him, on the temper of the meeting, would have carried, but the councillors urged them not to resort to force. There is great excitement in the borough. ■ Licensing.

The Dunedin Central Committee have cancelled publicans’ licen>es in the .majority of cases of restricted houses. The Commissioners state that in any case where barmaids are employed after hours 7 they would unhesitatingly take away the license. ,

Arrived from Home. The barque Alaster, from Glasgow, is signalled from Cape Saunders,

At a meeting of the subscribers to the Methven Library, on Friday last, the following resolution was carried —“ That the whole of the money at ihe disposal of the Library Committee, viz., LIStS, be allocated for building purposes, and that the County Council be applied to for a subsidy of £ for £.” This was an amendment of a motion put forward, advocating that only Ll6O should be allocated for building purposes. The Committee was also authorised to decide which was the best site for a library. At a meeting of the Committee held subsequently, it was resolved—“ That alternate plans and estimates for a brick or concrete building for a library, not to exceed i L4OO, be called for by advertisement, and that a bonus of LlO be offered for the accepted plan.”

The French are going in so extensively for the production of oleomargarine that the butter producers of Normandy may well shake in their shoes. When this “ bosh ” first appeared in Paris (says the j ßritish Trade Journal), about ten years ago, it was looked upon with great disfavor. Now, however, the taste of the public has changed, and margarine is highly appreciated, because it is cheaper than butter and is much less liable to turn rank. The ingredients, too, are not unhealthy. The principal material is good creamy milk, which enters to the extent of one-half into the composition of the product. To this is added about thirty per cent. of “ margarine,” which consists of fresh suet and 20 percent of oil of arachides—a bean imported from Sonegambia, which tastes : something like & hazel-nut. When these ingredients are of first-rate quality and mixed together during cold weather, the product easily fetches 2£f. per kilo., . while ordinary butter brings 3f. 50c. to 4f. Although the number of factories in the country is as yet limited, France manages to send a good deal of this to England and to Holland, and the trade seems likely to increase. Perhaps it would be an advantage if the French Government kept their eye on the manufacturers of this new luxury for the breakfast-table.

At the Mount Barker (South Australia) local Court on May 15th, Robert Johns Daddow, Primitive Methodist minister, was charged with having solemnised a marriage between Charles Miels and Eva Amelia Chapman, both of whom were minors, without first obtaining the consent of the mother of the bridegroom who was easily accessible. Sarah Miels, mother Of the bridegroom, deposed that Mr Daddow went to her and asked her to Oonsetit to the marriage of her son with Eva Chapman, as certain circumstances rendered it necessary, but abb refused to give her consent. He tried to persuade Her, but she said he had better have nothlhg to do with the matter. He then went away, and she heard that he married the couple' within two hours thereafter. In cross-examination the informant admitted that she had married Her deceased husband’s brother, and that thb boy about whom the action was brought Was his son. Mr Hundey, counsel for the defehce, hereupon said that as such a marriage was illegal the son was really a bastard, and therefore the law recognised no father, and the consent spoken of was not necessary in order to legalise the marriage. Mr von Doussa, counsel for the prosecution, who was entirely taken by surprise by this revelation, admitted the fata! nature of the objection, and the case Was dismissed.

The furred tongue, bad tasting mouth and miserable feeling, says you need Hop Bitters. Read and believe. —[Advt.]

READ IT ALL, IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.—Hop Bitters are the purest and best medicineevermade. They are compounded from hops, buchu, mandrake, and dandelion. “ The ddestybest, moat renowned, and valuable medicine, in the .world, and in addition contain all dumbest and most effective curative properties •f all, other bitters, being the greatest liver regulator, blood purifier, and life and health restoring agent on earth.” They give new life and rigor to the aged and infirm. ‘ ‘To clergymen, lawyers, literary men, laborers, ladies, and all mbse whose sedentary employments cause ittiigularities'of the blood, stomach, bowels, or kidneys, Or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild' stimulant, these Bitter are invaluable, bring highly curative,-tonic, and stimulating, without'intoxicating.” “No matter what your feelings or symptons are, or what the disease Of .-ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t wait mjitQ you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable use the Bitters at once. It may save ypm li(e. Hundreds have been saved by doing so, at a trifling cost.” Ask your druggist or physician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your trieiids suffer, but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters.” “Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, drugged, drunken nostrum, but the purest and best medicine ever made, and no gtison or family should be without it.” Hop itters Manufacturing Co., Melbourne, Australia,; N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp, Paris.—[Advt.]

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