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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 984, 2 July 1883, Page 4

•of .Sir John O’ShanasayVes'ate is put down at L350.00C. r At Dunolly, Victoria, a fortnight ago, ft itt young' vfoinan' named Susan Bowles, agad 19 years,- shot herself while,in a fit of mHancholy.’ 1 She placed the gun below iberhreut, and the charge parsed out -of her back, shattering her ribs and tearing her stomach (frightfully. She stated that ■ she was'tired of life, but expressed sorrow for her act. V'Theunfortunategirl was to have been married that day. She committed the deed in a very deliberate manShe loaded both barrels of the gun before breakfast, and- having partaken of the meal waited for an opportunity, and in the absence of her aunt went to her bedroom, closed the door, and placing the muzzle under and in front of her left breast leant forward, and pulled the trigger. '-‘-An enquiry was held, al which it toms elicited that deceased had shown signs of insa l ity for some five or six weeks, especially when the subject of her approaching marriage was mentioned. Canon Farray has been lecturing before the Teachers’ Training Syndicate; at Cambridge. The lecturer himself has.been an did public' school master. Canon Farrar (Intone. *>f th6'first assistants at Marlborough.;: He was fifteen years at row;., He then (returned to Marlborough as ita bead'master, ruling that school for sixyears.' In these- varied positions many pf Englishmen passed under his After being appointed to his Caiionry,at Westminster, he has been kept as an examiner iff the Civil Service. With such experience it is not surprising, (that the Canon should have been asked to address those university atndsntawho intend to be school teachers and sebeoi inapectora. On the use of the birch as a means of securing discipline, thbite V » ! of bourse diversity of opinion. Ck&dn'Farrar, with very slight' reservation, pronounces against the practice. A SjpaUyagopd should rarely, if ever, resort ed u. He is the best master who punishes least, especially by means of corp3rtd*'' punishment. The remarks and suggestions on a kindred subject deserve CUOffifleratiop. A clever master, worried by an obstinate hoy, while refraining from the use of the cane, may yield to the temptation of being terribly sarcastic. SomefeajihhrV have been known to shout OOt “little idiot," “stupid donkey,” etc., to their boys. From any point of view, most persons will agree with the Canon, tSetOtidhtOtidact is ill advised. No instructor can be guilty of it without loss of dignity and influence. The practice is quite as degrading as the habitual use of she rod. JlKDrtrgie-nSbre cures made with Hop Bitten than all other medicines. See flags and all.—{Advt.] Holloway’s Pills. liver;Complaints. —The digestion cannot be long so seriously disordered without the derangement being, perceptible, on .the countenaacfctnese pins prevent both unpleasant i hji 'MflUrn —;* .tneyimprove the appetite and of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilatiSn in the stomach. Holloways Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or, diseased * «* tractiiig nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach, and bowels, over all of''which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of’-this malady to these purifiying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to health t and 'strength, an d his sallowness gradually vanishes.—[Advt.]