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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1357, 21 December 1885, Page 2

A fire occurred at Albury,'S!s.S. W., last night, by which damage to the extent of L 16,000 was done The Supreme Court has Issued an interim injunction restraining the Wilson and Maj >roni Opera 'ompany from performing “Maritaqa” in the colony, pending the action taken against; them tor infringement of copyright.

Another death from cholera occurred among the Dorunda'a passengers to-day. Sir Joh a Robertson has not yet succeeded in forming a ministry in the New Sooth Wales Parliament.

The annual picnic of the Christchurch employes of the Kaiapoi Woollen Maun iacturing Company was held at Governor’s Bay on Saturday and proved a great success.

The regulations for the formation of village settlements are gazatted. New rules under the Bankruptcy Acts provide for the payment of the following rates of commission to Deputy Assignees : —On the net value of the estate realised by the Deputy Assignee, including debts collected, —on the first amount of L4OO, or any less sum, 6 per cent ; on the next amount of L6OO, or any less sum, per cent; on the next amount of LI,OOO, or any lass sum, per cent; on any farther sums, £ per cent ; in each estate in which percentage is leas than L2 2s, L2 2s.

Mr S. E. Nathan dropped dead at his residence, in Christchurcn, shortly after 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. He had been suffering from heart disease for some time past.

A fire in Christchurch early on Sunday morning destroyed Dr Ned will’s stables Insurance, L 250 in the New Zealand office. On Saturday at the 4 road a Mr Bullock offered the privileges in connection with the Caledonian and Wakanui sports for sale by auction. The following prices were realised : Caledonian Confectioner's booth, Mr Davis, L2 ; Right of sports, Mr Page, LI Wakanni— Confectioner’s booth, Mr Davis, LI 10. The pub ioan’s booths were not sold. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning before Mr Robert Alcorn, J.P., William Johns was sentenced to three days imprisonment with hard labor for having used obscene language in a public place.

A very high temperature an<l disagreeable nor’ west wind have prevailed in Ashburton to-day.

The funeral of the late Mr R. W. Shearman will take place to-morrow. The procession will leave the Somerset Masonic Hall, Burnett street at 3 p.m. Members of the Masonic orders and Fire Brigade are summoned to attend. Tne offices of the Ashburton Borough Council and Public 1 ibrary will be closed on Saturday, December 26, and Saturday, January 2 A horse attached to a dray bolted from the Ashburton railway station this morning, but was stopped without any damage having occurred. At Wellington Ah, Gat, a Chinaman, has bean committed for trial on a charge of attempting t > defraud his creditors. 1 dispute is pending in the building trade at Auckland owing to a large contractor intimating that tn future ha will only pay carpenters 9i instead of 10s per day.

The handicaps for the Wiuslow-Tiuwald

New Year’s Doy Race meeting were declared on Saturday evening, and are published in tnis issue, A public holiday is to be proclaimed iu Christchurch to morrow on the occasion of unveiling the statue of the late William Sefton Moorhousa, and all Government (ffices, with the exception of the Customs and t'ost and Telegraph offices, closed.

The Premier addresses his constituents in Dunedin oh Wednesday, and will re▼ljw Major Atkinson's recent speech. An epidemic seems to be prevalent j ust now among the pjultry of Ashbnton One resident has lost ovsr forty, and several large holders have bad their stock of fowls largely reduced. Reference was made during the service at the Wesleyan Church yesterday to the sad accidents which have for the last few days cast a gloom over the town hip, and sympathetic prayers offarad on behalf of the bereaved families.

We regret to learn that Mr S. W. J. Sil000k met with an accident while alighting from a trap yesterday, by which her collar bone waa broken. The injured lady is progressing favorably. the quarterly meeting of tba Loyal Ashburton Lodge, 1.0.0.P.M.U., was held In the Lodge room on Friday evening There waa a large attendance of members. After the ordinary routine business was disposed of, the election of officers was proceeded with, resulting as follows:—G.M., Bro G F. Scott; N.G., Bro T. Woodward; V. 6., Bro Morgan, E. 8., Bro J. Keir The minor offices were satisfactorily filled.—Several candi dates were proposed for initiation. The harmony of the evening was contributed by several members of the Lodge and visiting brethren. After a very eojojable meeting the Lodge was duly closed at 10 30 p.m. Receipts, LSd; expenditure, L3O

The Ashburton correspondea*; of the Lyttelton Times, a gentleman of extraordinary versatility, informs Ills paper that Mr P. Cotton made the handicaps for the <econd day’s racing at the recent Ashbur* con meeting. We are authorised by the Secretary of the Club to contradict this statement. In the absence of a member of the Handle ipping Committee, Mr Coton was requested to fill the vacancy, and readily acceded to the request, but bis presence did not materially affajt the allocation of weights. We notice the misstatement of the Lyttelton Times' correspondent is echoed by a correspondent of the Referee, and as the Handicapping Committee have incurred a good deal of adverse criticism in respect to the first day’s racing we think they should not be so summarily deprived of whate credit is due to them for their efforts on the second day.

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