LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1352, 27 September 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A consignment of live ferrets was aent to Baling this morning presumably intended for rabbit destruction.

The Premier, Sir R. Stout, passed through Ashburton by the express this morning on route to Dunedin. Mr Thomas Harrison, of South Rakaia, has applied tor a patent for a horizontal feed seed-sower invented by himself.

Sergeant Felton, as gaoler at Ashburton, has been appointed a probation officer under •• The First Offenders Probation Act.” The latest conundrum at the London clubs concerns Miss Fortesoue to whom Lord Oarmoyle paid £IO,OOO for not marrying her This is it; “ What is the most expensive kind of oil ?” “ Garmoyle. Because it costs £IO,OOO per gal.” The Temttkii Leader publishes the following as an on dit which it believes to be true, viz., “ that Mrs Mackintosh, wife of the Bay E. Mackintosh, lately pastor of the Presbyterian Ohuroh at Tetnuka, has been left a legacy of £30,000 by a rela ivo lately deceased.” Information which we have received goes to show that the above is not strictly accurate The facts are, we believe, that a relative of Mr Mackintosh, lately deceased, has bequeathed the sum mentioned io the reverend gentleman and bis sisters conjointly. The London corresponded; of an exchange writes that Sir John Hall and most of the members of his family were to start for New Zealand in the Kaikoura on August 26. Sir John, however, leaves all bis sons behind lit college. His own health is greatly improved, but whether ha intends to resume active political work on bis return to New Zealand has net yet transpired. The sumptuous new edition of “ New Zealand Birds ” which Dr Buller is going to bring out during his stay in England, will, the publisher anticipates, cost not less than £BOOO to produce. Amongst the visitors at Brighton daring the holidays were the two sons of Sir Julius Vogel, who are now being educated at the Charterhouse. Lady journalists in London must have a fine time indeed if the following advertisement in the London Time* is a sample of the du'ies required of them :— Lady of position (titled preferred) is offered an opportunity of earning from £sooj,to £IOOO a-year ia a pleasant manner, payable weekly, monthly, or as may be arranged. Occupation in connection with high-class journalism such as any lady may undertake without social inconvenience, and chiefly out of doors. Private carriage provided it she has not one of her own. The (lady should be young and clever. Post permanent to a suitable applicant. Numerous sociable advantages in addition to tne income. The Jewish Now Year, 5647, commences on Wednesday, September 29th, at 6 p.m. The Day of Atonement, held sacred by a fast, falls on Saturday, October 9th.

The annual s’aughter of 100,000 elephants is required to keep the world supplied with ivory. England alone uses up the product ot 83,000 elephants, or 1,200,000 pounds. New scales of fares, rates, and charges for the N. 7» railways, and to come into force on Oct. 4th, are published in a supplementary Gazette.

Since the police have been invested by the Borough authorities with power to seize dogs not provided with collars, a considerable number of canines have been caught in the streets and rudely dragged off to the precincts of the police station. Many of these have been claimed and released, but seven or eight have been despatched to the happy hunting grounds by the remorseless “ men-in-blue.” A few are still in durance vile, and unless they are shortly released by their owners the coup de ffra* will be administered at the hands of the captors. The unemployed have been set to work in the Domain and in the river bed. In the former place the reservoir is being cleared of weeds and some work is being done on the islands. To enable this to be done the depth of water has been reduced by about two feet, and a number of fidi evidently taken unawares by the sudden diminishing of their native element were left high and dry. A meeting of the members of the Ashburton R fie Volunteers Corps will be held at the dtill-shed this evening. It is announced that the Rev H. C. M Watson will deliver a lecture in St. Stephen’s Schoolroom to-morrow evening on " Impressions of England.”

The annual horse parade of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Saturday. The number of entries showed a considerable falling off, only 25 horses being on the ground. The quality was not above the average. The best known remedy is SANDER and SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, cold, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Ilia Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universi iea, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International (exhibition, Amsterdam all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc. : Burning of the right band through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epirdermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted np as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were banging loose, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed in tinea weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing Tbe patient has etained the full use of , hand.—(Advt.l