The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1259, 21 May 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1884.

In connection with the Grand National Steeplechases to be held on the Christchurch racecourse oh Monday next, a special train, through from Tiraaru, will leave Ashburton at P. 40 a m. and arrive in Christchurch at 12.30 p.m. ‘ The ordinary 10.55 am. train from Ashburton will not run, and the evening train from Christchurch will start at 4 50 p.m. and bo 35 minutes later than usual throughout the j lurney, Saturday return ticcets will be issued to Christchurch on 23rd, 24th and 26th instant, and will bo available for return up to and including the 31st ivst.

The Committee of the Ashburton Facing Club met at the Club’s room, last evening.. Present —-Messrs Crisp (in the chair), Quill, Purnell, Saunders and Thomas. Mr A. Fooks wa'ted on the • ommittee and reported upon the damage sustained by the buildings of the Club during the recent gale. Mr Quill offered a training track to the Club, and it was determined to leave this and the necessary repairs to the buildings for discussion at a meeting of the Committee to be hold on Friday next. The adjourned meeting of the parishioners of South Rakaia was held yesterday afternoon in the Library. Owing to the rough weather the number assembled was small. The Rev. Mr Chambers occupied the chair. The total subsorip lions collected during the past year amounted to L 174, and the offertories to L9O, the total income derived from all sources being L 315 10s. This was considered good, bei >g about L 47 in excess of the amount available the previous year. Mr Y. A. Pyke was appointed parishiobers’ chu chwarden, and Mr E. Chapman, of Drayton, minister’s churchwarden. The fallowing gentlemen were appointed vestrymen —Messrs Holmes, Coster, Lyttelton, Davies, Oxley, W. Wilkinson, G. H. Allington, 0. S. Allington, Mo gan, and Collins. It was proposed by Mr Alli.ngtonj seconded by Mr Lyttelton, and carried—“ That a hearty vote ef thinks be passed to the Ray. Mr Scott, of Ashburton. and the other gentlemen who had so kindly offered to collect, funds for the erection of a new church at Methven. Correspondence was read from the Yen. Archdeacon Harris, Rev. E A. Scott and Mr A. C. Williams re parish matters generally. After some considerable discussion on the subject of the Methven Church being destroyed by the late gale, Mr Hardy proposed—“ That in the opinion of this parish, the church now standinga t Sherwood should he moved to Methven." Seconded by Mr Coster, and carried. A committee consisting of the following was then appointed to confer with the church property trustees on the matter:—Messrs G. H. Allington, Hardy, Chapman, and Chambers. On the motion of Mr Dixon, seconded by Mr Chambers, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Messrs Robinson and Howell for painting St. Mark’s Church, Rakaia, The moating then .djourned. A two-horse team belonging to Mr Bishop, of Waterton, bolted from Messrs Tucker and Restell's yard this afternoon, with a partly loaded dray, and when opposite Anderson’s saddler’s shop in East street, collided with a buggy belonging te Mr Thomas Brankin. The force of the collision overturned the buggy, and its only occupant, a little boy, narrowly escaped being severely hurt. Fortunately he reco ved only a few scratches on the face and hands, beyond the fright. The buggy, which looked like a new one, was completely wreaked and had to be carted sway to a wheelwright’s shop. The team was stooped just before going on the bridge, and no further damage was done. The inclemency of the weather which prevailed last evening was quite sufficient reason to account for the rather meagre attendance at the Town Hall last evening, when Miss Carry Nelson made her first appearance in .Ashburton. The entertainment consisted of farces, recitations and step dancing, and of its kind was furly good. In the first piece Miss Nelson and Mr McFadyen played a married couple at loggerhe »ds with one another concerning some trifle, and they managed to make the audience laugh. The dialogue was certainly not very brilliant, and one or two doubles entendres, or what were taken as such by a section of the audience, wouid have been better omitted. Mias Nelson introduce i several songs which were appreciated, although the lady was suffering from the effects of a cold and consequently could not do herself justice, Mr McFadyen’s recitations showed considerable power both «f pathos and humor, but ho seemed 'uc ined to be a little too noisy at times. Miss Lottie introduced some clever stop dancing, and she also took part in the final comedietta. The company is worthy of support, and given better weather this evening there should be an improvement in the attendance.

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During the hearing of the inquest on the Spread Eagle fire last evening, the question of fining defaulting jurors cropped up, and Mr Baddeley mentioned that the Act left him no alternative but to infbot a penalty unless the person summonod on a jury attended and gave a satisfactory excuse. Mr Wilding pointed out what was the custom in the Supreme Court, and the Resident Magistrate intimated that he would follow the rule which obtained there. It would be well, therefore, for those who are summoned on juries to notice that their absence will render them liable to a considerable tine. Yesterday it appears that one resident did not answer to his name, but hearing of what Mr Baddeley had said he attended immediately after the inquest was concluded, and his excuse being considered satisfactory, the penalty in this instance was, wo understand, remitted. The second of the series of sixpenny entertainments given last evening in the St. Stephen’s schoolroom was sparsely attended, owing no doubt to the rainy weather. An account of so few people being present, the programme that had been arranged was not gone through in its entirety, aud after two or three items had been given the audience separated. The next of the series will be held a fortnight hence, when it. is to be hoped the elements will prove more propitious Messrs Friedlander Bros’ grain drying kiln in West street was completed to-day. The apparatus was designed by Mr Stephen Potter, and has been erected under that gentleman’s supervision. It consists of a brick floor 66ft by 20ft, at one end of which there are four furnaces which heat 27 flues running immediately under the brick floor to the chimney situated at the otljer end. By this means the temperature can be regulated from 90 to 1500 degrees, and from 2000 to 3000 bushels of grain can be dried daily. The furnaces are so constructed that they will practically consume anything, and half a ton of coal would be the outside daily consumption when the kiln is worked to its full capacity.

Mr F Perriraan has an announcement in ohr advertising columns, which will be found interesting to agriculturalists. Yesterday a man in the employ of Mr S. Brown was loft in charge of that gentleman’s horse and buggy at Mr Blair’s yard, Trevorton. Wishing to give the animal a feed the man removed the blinkers from the horse, which immediately bolted. It proceeded along the town belt tor some distance and then turned up Havelock street and eventually ran into Messrs Baker and Brown’s yaid, where it was secured. The buggy and harness were considerably damaged. At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ashburton Sigh School Board held yesterday, Messrs Fooks and Son submitted plans for the proposed girls’ school, which wero approved of by the Committee, and tenders will at once be invited for its erection \n advertisement requesting p .rents of intending pupils to communicate with the Secretary of the Board appears in another column. Mr MoNall, manager of the Bank of Australasia at Dunedin, will be transferred to a a appointment in the same Bank in Australia, and his place will be filled by Mr Stanton, who has been an inspecting officer in Australia. Mr Stewart, manager of the National Bank, is leaving the service.

At the Dunedin Police Court yesterday a publican was charged with failing to admit a consiable without unnecessa>y delay. Mr Carew dismissed the case, holding that the Act requires tlfat a constable must intimate by sufficient 1 ords that he demands to enter for the purpose of preventing or detecting a violation of the provisions of the Act. The skeleton found on the banks ot the Clutha river was quite unrecognisable, and has been buried without an inquest.

The fire at ‘the Kaitangata coal mine was not so serious as at first thought It was only in the flue, and not in the workings. Work will be resumed at the end of the week.

The : warrant against Symthe, the defaulting Bank clerk, accused of embezzling moneys from the Bank of Australia, Auckland, has been withdrawn by the Bank, as h.o in dying of consumption at Melbourne. It will be remembered Sergeant Belford went to Melbourne for Smythe, but returned without the prisoner, owing to the difficulties of extradition. •

The 1 particulars of the throat-cutting case wh ch occurred et Hume’s private asylum, Waikari, near Dunedin, show that the maniac who did the deed was very dangerous. He came from Canterbury, and Me Hume has written to his friends that he must be removed, as he does not wish to have any inmate who is so dangerous. The man is a religious maniac. Ha had the razor concealed in a bat box wbh a false bottom, and no less than seven other razors hare been found in his trunks. He slipped down stairs from his own room to the other patient’s, and some persons at'the dinner noticing the door open, went to see what was the matter. When they got into the room the maniac was -kneeing at the side of the bed of the other. He had a razor in his hand, but he had simply given the man’s throat a slight scratch. He had his head covered, as if he was praying. The man attacked was weak, and had been in bed a length of time. The matter was reported to the Inspector of Asylums in Dunedin, Mr J. B. Bradshaw, It occurred last Sunday fortnight.

It is stated that H.M.S. Nelson, Com modore Erskine, will shortly visit Wei Itngton.

The natives who assembled at Parihaka for the usual monthly meeting have quietly dispersed to their various homes. A very narrow escape from drowning occurred in the Timaru roadstead yesterday. About noon four men of the barque Auriga, lying in the roadstead, put off from the breakwater. After going some distance they attempted to hoist sail, but the halyards gave way. One of the men then climbed the mast, and the boat capsized, rolling over and over several times Eventually ail four ware picked up by a boat from the schooner Spray, two seamen being in an almost exhausted condition. All are now doing well.

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