LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1333, 4 September 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Twenty-five years ago Rose Bell was one of is Queens of opera bouffe and was petted, ited, and lionized. The other day she died i London, poor, neglected, and forgotten, he was fifty-two years old. A Mexican • died the other day who was allowed to the grave by eighty-seven sons ,nd daughters, and had buried thirteen. He rns a father to the grand total of 100 children. A football match was played on the Borough School ground yesterday by a picked ;eam from Hampstead and Tinwald Schools igainst one from the Borough School. The play, which showed a decided improvement in the players from each school, resulted in a win for the Borough by 11 points to nil. For the winners J. Husband, W. Love, W. Kidd, and W. Jamieson played well, and for the losers A. Jamieson, It. Williams, G. Clark, W. Clark, R. Armstrong, and A. Williams did good service. The Borough School plays Rakaia School on the same ground to-day.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr r. Bullock, J.P., M. Duggan, for having been kunk in East'street, was finlOs and costa with the usual alternative. Jeremiah Leary, foi having been drunk in Wills street, was fined 10s and costs with the alternative of 24 hours imprisonment, and for having made use of profane and obscene language was ordered t( bo imprisoned for three days. A first offan

der for drunkenness was fined 5s and costs, in default 24 hours imprisonment. An experiment was made recently at Pavia, in Italy, with two swallows, to determine their speed. Two hen birds were taken from their broods, carried to Milan, and there released at a given hour. Both made their way back to their nests in 13 minutes, which gave their rate of speed at 8?i miles an hour. The Eev Mr Kerry and Mrs Kerry, whc have been engaged in missionary work in India for many years, conducted a mission meeting in the Town Hall last evening. The ohaii was occupied by Mr Sawle. The attendano* was not very large. A very interesting account was given of the habits and custom; of the natives of India and the labors am trials of the missionaries at work amon; them, but we are compelled through pressur on our space to omit a detailed report of fh lecture. The earthquake of yesterday seems ti have been experienced throughout the colony The shocks were also felt at Kaiapoi, Bar giora, Amberley, Sheffield, Waiau, Groymout! and Kaikoura. At Greymouth servera persons on the quay, who did not feel th quake, saw houses shaking. The bar bccatn rough all at once about the time of the eartl: quake. At Kaikoui'a two distinct shocks wer experienced. A tremulous motion was fin observable. A slight shock than took plac< followed, after an interval of a couple c seconds, by a very' smart one, about th heaviest over experienced in this locality The direction was N.E. and S.W.

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