LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1353, 28 September 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A masting of the Ashburton Rifle Volunteer Corps was held at the drill shed last evening, for tbs purpose of electing a Captain and Lieutenant. Lieut. Dolman was elected to the former position, and Sergeant J. Maclean Dnnn to the latter.

The following gentlemen were elected a Committee for the Hinds School District at the meeting of householders held last Wednesday evening :—Messrs Bowles, Norriah, Breen, Hickey, Broom, Bayley, Emmerson. At a meeting of the Committee held subsequently Mr Bowies was appointed Chairman.

The Upper Ashburton Road Board has adopted what should prove a most effective way of getting in arrears of rates. All ratepayers who are behindhand at a certain date will have their names published in the local papers, and not only will they have to submit to this indignity but the Board will also set in motion the “ machinery of the law.”

Our Hinds correspondent writes :—I am given to understand that Mr H. Boyle, of Cowdray House, has undergone the painful operation of having his leg amputated. Some of your readers will remember he hurt it about two years ng j at cricket or football in Ashburton. He was, I believe, for some time suffering acute pain which gave him no rest. He is progressing fairly well under the circumstances, and we hope he will soon be among us again.

Wo are in receipt of No. 1 of “ The Monthly Journal” of the Young Men’s Christian Association of New Zealand, published at Christchurch, under the editorship of Mr T. H. Braeaton, General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A.. with whom is associated as a Committee of Reference the Rev. F. Knowles and Mr W. Chrystall. This publication i& “ designed to be the mouthpiece of the Association whose name it bears, to be a medium of communication on all matters concerning the welfare of young men, and a means of encouragement and strength to the cause of tbe Y.M.C.A. in New Zealand.” It is clearly aud neatly printed, and its contents give promise of the fulfilment of the aim set forth.

The clerk of tho weather seems to have been in a very capricious mood of late. Wo get a few fine days in succession, but these are followed by spells of an almost Arctic climate. During the last fortnight or so we had begun to congratulate ourselves that the reign of winter was over for a good many months to come, but yesterday afternoon the sky became overcast, and appearances denoted tluß, to use a nautical term, dirty weather was brewing. About half-past five o’clock, a thunderstorm, the heaviest experienced hero tor many years, set in, accompanied by a downpour of hail and sleetThe thunder and lightning ceased shortly after six o’clock, but not so its accompaniments, which continued several hours longer. The ground was covered to nearly the depth of an inch wi h hail, and this partially melting when tho rain set in, the roads and footpaths were during the night in a miserably slushy condition. It is feared that stockowners will suffer greatly from tho storm, and orchardists, whoso trees were bursting in blossom, will also experience ill results.

In connection with the correspondence rr tho local Aclirua-isaiion Society and the fishing s;asjn, it may be mentioned that regulations for trout fishing, under the Salmon and Trout Act, in North Canterbury, Nelson, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Waitaki, Otago, and Southland districts, are published in the •• Gazette ” of Tuesday’s last.

Sir Francis Dillon Bell has gone to Oban, north of Scotland, with his wife, who is suffering from a somewhat painful form of melancholia.

The larrikins of Ballarat have been misbehaving ihimsolves. A number attacked a man named Boss, who was making his way home slightly under the influence of drink, He was knocked down, severely maltreated, and left in a pitiable plight, his body being covered with bruisss, and his face disfigured to a fearful extent. At least six were engaged in the savage and unprovoked assault.

Many of our readers will regret to hear that a telegram received iu Ashburton this afternoon convoyei the intelligence of the decease of Mr Michael Sulholme, at his residence, Waimate, Tiio deceased gentleman was the pioneer settler of that part of South Canterbury, and was widely and deserved'y respected for his many admirable qualities. He was a staunch friend, a genial host, a a genuine sportsman, and a thorough gentleman, and his d ath will leave a gap which it will be hard to fill.

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