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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1490, 17 March 1885, Page 2

It is unnecessary to remind a large section of our rd&ders—the scions of Ireland —of St Patrick’s Day. Every son and daughter of Erin, fighting the battles of colonisation, although far removed from Horae, have to day turned many a fond thought to the shamrocks and “ patron ” of the “ Old Dominion.” Generous, light-hearted, witty, reckless Irishmm all over the world have “ riverinced ” their patron saint to-day and conjured from the “dusty travelled past" pleasing reminiscences of the “ ould contry. ” May their amour patrioi never wane, _ but burning to the fullest, truest blaze dispel the gloom that has long overhung their native land. At the adjourned meeting of the shareholders of Bruce’s Royal Flouring Mills Company, held in Timaro on Saturday, the Committee appointed to consider the reinstatement of Mr Bruce, as working manager, reported that the directors would not employ Mr Bruce under any circumstances, A recommendation by the Committee that Mr Bruce should receive as compensation LI,OOO or L2OO a year for five years, was adopted. Messrs Scott Brothers, of Christchurch, are the successful tenderers for tbe construction of locomotives for the Now Zealand railways. A ipember of the firm is President of the Canterbury Industrial Association.

The Borough Council have resolved to remove the lamp at present situated opposite the old Counc;! to the corner of Burnett and Williams street.

A serious affray took place between Italian fishermen at Taumutu, near Lake Ellesmere, yesterday afternoon. A house belonging to Rafael Portelli was occupied by Nicholas Bassi, who refused to quit. Portelli and two other fishermen went to obtain possession, when Bassi fired at them with a gun and wounded a man named Antonio Qurar in the leg. He then clubbed the gun and struck Andrew Nicholas •on the head. Eventually the three managed to overpower him and sent for the police. Mr James Keir, of Ashburton, has applied for a patent for an improvement in wheels of drays, carts, and other vehicles. A special ipeeting of the Ashburton District School Committee, wrl be hold at the Borough School this evening, at 7.30. Jn our description of the clock in course of erection over Mr Murray's place of business a discrepancy occurred. The dial of the timepiece should have been represented as 30 inches in place ol 18 inches. We understand, from a good authority, that it is the first turret clock made in this colony ; every part has been constructed in Mr. Murray’s own establishment.

Wo would remind our readers of the Grand Irish Concert to bo given this evening in the Oddfellows’ Hall by the Ashburton Orchestral Society. }ln'addition to the popular selections to be rendered by the Society the following favorite vocalists will contribute solos : Mrs Hodge, Misses Butler, ipdd, Barratt, Messrs Lowe, Higgins and Hose, and Mr Wood will play two violin solos. The programme is a most attractive one, and we hope to see a large audience.

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A skating rink will be held in Mr T. H. Zouch’s grain store, West street, to-mor-row evening.

Mr 11. 0. S. BaddeLy, R.M., pressed at the R. M. Court this morning. Tw> inebriates, James Beaumont and Robert Rankin, were each fined 5a and coats 7a, with the alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment. James Miller, charged with stealing a fife, of the value of LI ss, the property of .1, H. Stone. Methven, was, on the application of Sergeant Felton, remanded till Monday next. Bail was allowed in two sureties of L‘ls each, or one surety of LSO, and himself in Lso. Thomas Gaffney was charged, on remind, with stealing a pair of ducks valued at ss, the property of G. E. Milner, of the Central Hotel. Accused pleaded guilty ; he had committed the larceny while in a state of drunkenness. —G. E. Milner deposed to having missed the ducks in question from the back yard of his hotel on Friday last:—Charles Ray, machinist, re siding opposite the Central Hotel, said on Friday last he saw the accused come out of the hotel with a pair of either ducks or geese under his coat, and proceed towards the East Belt. Accused apposed to *e I sober.—Norah Daley, a married woman living on the East Belt, stated that accused had offered the ducks to her for sale on Friday afternoon. Witness bought the pair for the sum of two shillings. On the following morning witness was in the act of preparing the birds for deglutition when Constable Neill appeared and took possession of them. Accused was apparently in a sober state.—Constable Neill said he arrested accused in the Central Hotel on Friday evening. Accused denied having committed the theft when charged by witness. On examination blood and down were found on the inside of accused's

coat. Accused was perfectly sober. —It 1 transpired that accused had previously I figured in the Court on many occasions in answer to various charges, and had some 1 time ago received a sentence of two years £ >r larceny.—His Worship said although the offence was a trivial one it was ridiculous to inflict a light punishment upon such a hardened character, and ordered accused to be sent to gaol for four calen- I dar months, with hard labor. In the Tirmru Herald of this morning there appears a lengthy account of the festivities in connection with the celebration of the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs J. L. Morris, at Pleasant Point. Amoni those present were the Mayor and Mayoress of Ashburton, Mr Hugo Friedlander, Colonel and Mrs Eichbaun, Mr and Mrs W. C. Fendall, the Rev Jasper and Mrs Smyth, and a large number of friends from Titnaru, Christchurch and South Canterbury. The weeding presents were costly and numerous, mostly the gifts of relatives. A number of speeches appropriate to the occasion were delivered. The Kev Jasper Smyth, at the conclusion of a vtry happy address, made the follow ing remarks . —“ Some persons may possibly be oflended that I, a clergyman of the Church of England, should be present during the solemn season of Lent at any kind of festivity ; to such persona I would say this is not an ordinary, but an extraordinary occasion, an event which occurs only once in a man’s lifetime. Moreover, Scripture tells mo most distinctly “ To weep with those that weep, and to rejoice with those that do rejoice.” That is my authority for being here to-t>ight to rejoice with my friends who are now rejoicing. ”