LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Gazrttt ■ notifies that the sitting of the Distriot Court for the Ashburton district is fixed for November 19th. We presume that it is scarcely necessary to remind the public of Ashburton ot the gathering which is to take place this evening in St. Stephen’s Schoolroom in honor of Mr Horace Gates, aa we feel sure there will be a general response to the invitatinn. Mr Gates has so frequently and generously assisted in musical and other matters that he well deserves the compliment which it is proposed to pay him. Independently of this, however, the gathering will be well worth attending for tho more selfish reason ot the enjoyment which is certain to bo experienced, the arrangements made promising a most pleasant reunion.
At the Borough Council meeting last evening a letter was read from the Colonial Secretary, requesting the Mayor to bring under the notice ot tho people of this district tho movement for presenting H.R.H. the Prince ot Wales with a testimonial in recognition of his services in connection with the inauguration of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition now being held at Horae. Individual subscriptions it was stated were to be limited tej two guineas. The Mayor said he had received several promises of subscriptions. The Council [left tho matter in his hands to take what action he thought fit; that action, he intimated, would be the immediate drawing up of a subscription list. Use American Co.’s Hop Bitters once and you will use no other medicine. Test it. Take no qjber. Be sure and read
The questioD;of the payment of the ex-1 pensea incurred by the Fire Brigade in attending fires beyond the limits of the Borough again came before the Borough Council at its meeting last night. The Fire Brigade Committee of the Council recommended that the Mayor and the Chairman of the Committee receive the Council’s authority to wait upon the various Town and Eoad Boards in the neighborhood of Ashburton with a view to amicably arrange the matter, and after some discussion the recommendation was adopted. The opinion was expressed that if such a proposal were acted on the effect would be to put “the cart before the horse," it not being a function of the Borough Council to wait on neighboring bodies to request permission for the Brigade to attend fires beyond the Borough boundaries. The members of the Committee stated the reasons that had actuated them in bringing forward the report, saying that having considered tne very serious consequences which, possibly, might be involved in the withholding of the services of the Brigade from a fire beyond the town belt, they had thought ic desirable to depart from the course which would, under ordinary circumstances, be pursued, and put the matter before the local bodies of the district in order that they might see the exact position they were in, before giving their final decision.
As we stated in last evening’s issue the Minister for Public Works has authorised the expenditure of £IOO on relief works for the Ashburton unemployed, the rate of wages to be the same as in Christchurch, viz., 4s fid per day. Mr Walker, the Chairman of the County Council, has consented that this amount shall be spent within the Borough, and the Borough Council at its meeting last evening instructed the Works’ Committee to decide upon suitable work upon which the unemployed may be engaged. There are from ten to fifteen men who will bo put upon this work, and as the Government grant of £IOO will be spent exclusively in wages they will be employed till a season when it is probable labor will be in greater demand than j at present, and they will have an opportunity I of otherwise gaining their livelihood.
Mr Borgan, engineer for Messrs M’Eeone, Robinson and Avigdor, contractors for the first section of the Midland Railway, was to leave Christchurch to-day for Stillwater, about eight miles from Greymouth, r where it is proposed to commence operations as soon as possible.
Mr W. B. Compton has been appointed poundkeeper, ranger, and inspector of nuisances for the Borough of Ashburton.
Spring weather has at last arrived, and although the genial warmth is a pleasant change after so long a period of rain and cold, the inevitable drawback of dust is evidently not far off. Will some of our Municipal Councillors be good enough to take the hint, and see to it, that the water-cart and appliances provided last season are forthwith put to their proper use.
An inmate of the Old Men’s Home, named Thomas Glenn, left that institution last evening and has not since been heard of. Glenn is totally blind, and it is feared he has drowned himself in the river. He has been in a depressed state of mind for some time past, and has on several occasions since his admittal to the Home, about two years ago, expressed his determination to do away with himself. Some time ago he refused food for four days, and when he did take some sustenance ho had to be compelled to do so by force. Constables Smart and Berner were to-day engaged in scouring the river bed> but owing to the muddy state of the water it was impossible to discover any trace of Glenn, if he had been drowned in any of the streams. It is possible be may have wandered out into the country, and, in that case, any persons who may see him are requested to give information to the police or the Master of the Lome,
In a divorce case before Sir James Hannen on the 6th August, the petitioner, Mr Joseph Cookson, hemp manufacturer, of Manchester, sought a dissolution of marriage on account of his wife's infidelity with the Kev A. E. Morrison Finlayson, formerly curate of St. Philip’s, Chorley, and now organising score! tary of the Liverpool district of the Colonial and Continental Church Society. The corespondent denied his guilt, but the improper intimacy was proven, and the jury found for the petitioner with £IOOO damages. It was shown that appointments were made between the parties by advertisements printed backwards in the Christian World.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1347, 21 September 1886, Page 2
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