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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1289, 15 July 1886, Page 2

The Christchurch Caledonian Society has determined to offer its medal to Mr Moßae, ol Wairoa, for the indomitable pluck be manifested during the recent eruptions. At the B.M. Court this morning, before Mr B. Alcorn, J.P., James Finn, for having been drunk and having resisted Constable Latimer in the execution ol his duty, was fined 5s and costs on each charge, with the; alternative of 24 hours imprisonment.

The Champion Stake of. the South Canter, bury Coursing Club was run (or yesterday, and won by Moonbeam, the runner up being Symphony. Wo understand that the winner is a full sister to Mr M. Digby’s Bide-a-wee.

At an ordinary meeting of the Geraldine County Council yesterday plans and report of the proposed irrigation scheme were received from the Ashburton County Council. It was resolved “ that the Geraldine County Council thank the Ashburton County Council for the plans and report of proposed irrigation scheme in Ashburton County, and congratulate the County upon the completeness and economy of the scheme.”

The Ashburton hounds met at Mr Corbett’s, Ashburton Forks, yesterday afternoon. There was a large muster of followers and epectators, but the sport was very poor.

The annual ball in connection with the Star of Ashburton L.0.L., No. 23, took place in the .Orange Hall on Tuesday evening. There was a very large attendance, excellent music was provided by Mrs Claridge and Mr H. Gates, and the gathering was most enjoyable.

A most successful entertainment took place at the Ashburton Presbyterian Church last evening. The church was comfortably filled by a large gathering of young people, for whom the meeting was specially {intended, and their parents and others connected with the congregation both from town and country. Tho tea, which was, provided by the liberality of the esteemedjipastor of the church, was on a plan new to Ashburton, and was highly appreciated by those who partook of it. After the tea there were recitations and hymnsj given by the /scholars of the Sabbath School and the£minister’s Bible Class, which were rendered in a manner very creditable to the young performers, and received with marks jof hearty approval from the audience. After an address by the minister, in which he earnestly besought parents to help tho Sabbath School teachers in,their arduous and importantjwork, and impressed tho groat importance of family worship, a most pleasant evening came to a close.

At a meeting held at Auckland, rr Hokianga specral settlement, some of tribe intending settlers, who had inspected the land, said tho Motukaraka land was indifferent, but the land known as the Onehunga Endowment was good. The general opinion is that 20 acres is too little for a family. A resolution was carried approving of the Hon J. Ballanoe’s scheme.

A party of Natives, searching at Wairoa, found on the hill above the township the ruins of a whare, in which the remains of ten Maoris were found.

A most singular accident occurred to a farmer in the Kaiapoi district on Monday last. While in the act of bailing up one of his cows, preparatory to milking her, she turned suddenly restive and rushed at him openmouthed. He unfortunately retreated in his haste into a corner of the shed, where she pinned him. As he had no means of escape or weapon bo was compelled to stand and face her. Instead of using her horns in tho usual way, the cow caught bold of the man’s hand, and, despite his exertions, chewed it up to such an extent that he was obliged to seek speedy medical assistance. On arriving at the doctor’s house the hand was Hound so badly crushed that it is more than likely that two of the fingers will have to' be amputated.

The civil sittings of the Supreme Court at Christchurch lo Lc rather protracted. In one case—Su_'e .sen V .lie—a claim foe damages through fu'j from defendant’s to plaintiff’s land at Litti > River, the hearing occupied two'dr vs, and then the jury, being equally divided in opinion, were locked up all night. Yesterday morning they were discharged, as they could not agree, and the case was to have been tried over again to-day. The case of Knight v. Dr Symes was rather peculiar. The plaintiff, a dairyman, claimed heavy damages alleging, that defendant, a medical practitioner, had stated that the bad water drunk by the dairyman’s oows poisoned the milk, and was the cause of the prevalence of diarrhoea at New Brighton, a suburb of Christchurch. The dairyman complained that he lost his customers in consequence, For the defence the making of the statements was denied, and for a further defence it was alleged that, if theywere made at all, they were made by defendant fond fide, as a medical practitioner in the discharge of his duty as such, and in no way to prejudice the sale of plaintiff’s .milk. The latter was the substantial defence relied upon, and the jury gave a verdict for defendant.

There is no news of the missing man, A. Levy, who recently disappeared from Wellington. The police authorities in Sydney have been communicated with to ascertain if ha is on board the Haurote, but no reply has been received.

In the Petrel case, Mendoza, the second mate, was discharged, and the Magistrate deferred bis decision in the case of the captain |(Beid) and tbs mate (Foley) until Friday.jaSa ■MM

Last evening a very sooceaulul entertainment in connection with the Gospel Temperance Society was held in the Library, Waterloo. Mr W. Harding presided, and opened the mee' mg with prayer. Temperance addresses were delivered by the Chairman and Mr G. Andrews, and songs, readings, and recitations were given by the following:—Miss Williams,, Miss E, Timms, Messrs Antrobus, B. Gilmour, Dunn, Dakers, Osborne, and Wheeler. Hearty votes ot thanks to the performers and to the Chairman were carried by acclamation, and the singing of the National Anthem brought a very enjoyable gathering to a close. Daring :he evening' several new names were added to the roll ot members.

At a moating ol the Charitable Aid Board at Obriatohuroh yesterday morning, the mas ter ol the Burnham Industrial School alaimed £385, for the maintenance of indigent children daring the past three months. A similar claim was received from St Mary’s Industrial School at Nelson. The Board appeared to think that it should not be called upon to pay the amounts, especially as it had

no control over the institutions in question, and decided to make application to the Government on the subject.

Mrßoohfort, Government Engineer, Kaiivri, near Wanganui, states that on July 7 he saw a column ot steam rising from Buapebu in the early morning. Towards evening he observed smoke from the same mountain. The Natives in the vicinity are .alarmed, after the recent Tarawera eruptions. The Wanganui Dairy Factory Company will show over £3OO profit for the season.