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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1275, 28 June 1886, Page 2

The next “ Ingleside” meeting, In oonneo. tion with the Ashburton Caledonian Soeie’y, will take place on Friday, July 28. We are given to understand that several novelties will be introduced.

Wo notice with pleasure that Mr AlexJ Craighead, of this town, has been appointed draughts editor to the “ Canterbury Times.” We congratulate our enterprising eontem* porary upon baring secured the sendees of so able and painstaking a connoisseur. There was a large attendance at the glass blowing exhibition on Saturday evening. Tonight is the last oeoasion upon which It will open here, and we notice that four prizes will be given for the two best and the two worst conundrums, respectively, having reference to the exhibition.

Exceptionally severe frosts have been experienced during the last few nights. The reservoir in the Domain is odVered with a thick sheet of ice, and yesterday morning several gentlemen were able to skate there. The experiment, though rather risky, resulted in no mishap. Some ice taken from a pool in the Hinds river on Sunday was, we are informed, almost three inches in thickness.

A meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton County Hunt Club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday evening. Meets for the month of July were fixed. Tbg Secretary was directed to advertise the eteepleobase programme and arrange for use of course and totalisator. A sub-Oommittee was appointed to report upon the advisable, ness of holding a hunt ball or dinner. The Committee then adjourned.

At the R.M. Court this|morning, before Mr B. Alcorn, J.P., and Mr D. Thomas* J.P., David Cairnoross was charged with having been drunk while in charge ol three horses and a loaded dray on Saturday night* The accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s and costs. John Craford, an old offender, who was found lying helplessly drank on the crown of the road in Burnett street on Saturday night, was fined 5s and coats. Andrew Clairstrom was also charged with havingjbeen drunk. The accused denied the offence, but it being amply proved a fine of 5s and costs was inflicted. Mary Holborongh was brought up on remand charged with vagrancy. The girl, who is a cripple and ol weak intellect, has been before the Court several times on similar charges. After the evidence of the father and mother and another witness had been taken, the girl was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor in the Ashburton Oaol.

It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Bev. Mr McNieoll will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening in

the Orange Hall on the subject of Land Nationalization. We have been requested to state that after the lecture an opportunity will be given for those present to ask the lecturer questions bearing upon the subject.

Mr W. 0. Walker, the member for Ashburton, arrived in town by the last train on Saturday evening. Mr Walker will return to Wellington this evening. Mr J. Iveas, the member for Wakanui, passed through Ash* burton by the express this morning en route for Timaru.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held this evening. The “ South Canterbury Times” reports a sale of milling wheat at 4a 6d, f.o.b. at Timaru. The Magisterial enquiry into the wreck of the Lyttelton was virtually concluded on Saturday. The Captain of the Grafton was recalled, and some few questions asked, mainly bearing upon the instructions given to him to tow the Lyttelton out, and from whom they proceeded. He stated that he was instruoted by the agent of the steamer, Mr Spalding, of the N.Z. Loan and Mortgage Agency, who was also agent for the ship. Two boatmen were also examined, but their evidence was immaterial. The Court then adjourned to Wednesday, when Captain Boorman will bo cross-examined, but as his evidence-in-chief has not been traversed hy any given since it is not likely that any important evidence will be elicited. The quarterly meeting of office-bearers of the Ashburton Wesleyan Circuit was held last Friday evening, the Kev D. MoNiooll presiding. The statement of receipts and expenditure which was presented by the stewards showed an unpleasant debt, and a prolonged conversation ensued as to how the quarterly income might be augmented, and the existing debt extinguished. Encouraging reports were received from the various Sunday schools of the circuit, and the spiritual state of the Churches was a subject of earnest consideration.