LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1374, 19 October 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Intending exhibitors at the forthcoming Ashburton Agricultural Show are reminded that entries close on Friday, 22nd October, “ Trial by Jury ” will be performed at th 0 Oddfellows’ Hall, on Thursday and Friday > 28th and 29th October.

His Worship the Mayor requests the burgesses to keep public holiday on the 20th instant on account of tljp agricultural show.

It is announced elsewhere that the last quadrille assembly of the season, for which an extended programme has been prepared, will take place in the Orange Hall tomorrow evening. Dancing to commence at 8 o’clock.

Reference to an extended advertisement in another column will show that our Wesleyan friends are sparing no pains in order to ,make their bazaar attractive. In addition to the thousand and one useful and ornamental artioles that will adorn the ladies’ stalls, a number of interesting and instructive exhibits will be shown to the patrons of the bazaar. Amongst other things no less three different modes of printing will be shown. Music, an art gallery, Auckland Marionettes, and an enormous bird cage, will all increase the attractions of what we feel sure to be a very successful bazaar.

The Queensland Government intend to use steel sleepers on the railways which run through the timberless country.

The Evening Post says that Mr Ballance has under consideration the question of extending the advantage of the special settlement system to the daughters of settlers. It has’often been truthfully remarked that figures can be made to prove anything. For example the Sydney Morning Herald points out as an argument against a protective policy that in Protectionist America there are about a million of people out of employmentAnother paper considers this an argument in favour of the American fiscal policy remarking that one ’million out of fifty-five millions is less than 2 per cent, while “inFreetrade England 5 per cent of the population is in receipt of parish relief, and out of a population of thirty millions in Great Britain, excluding Ireland, nearly a million and a-balf of artisans are out of work at this moment.” Undoubtedly the latter’s argument is as good as that of the Sydney Horning Herald, but both oases are examples of the common fallacy of arguing that “ post hoo ” is the equivalent of “ propter hoc,” that is to say that concurrent or consecutive circumstances must necessarily occupy the relation of cause and effect on the well-known principles of Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands,

The Lyttelton Times records the capture in the Lower Selwyn of a magnificent trouti measuring 31in in length and weighing 161bs.

The Fielding Star is thus deservedly sarcastic: —“ We would remind Press Association agents that we want facts not probabilities. We want body not ‘ lees ’ in drowning cases. The agent at Wellington was expansive over the marks on the supposed murderer Caffrey’s body, and it will be a joy for ever for us to know that the famous ‘ strawberry mark on his arm ’ was not discovered. Another agent—at Woodville—sent a lengthy telegram to say it was raining there. We had tons of water faking here when wo received it, and a very creditable thunderstorm went on nearly all day, but we didn’t send expensive telegrams all over the country about it. Wo let the storm speak for itself, as it was able to do. We don’t like being too officious. One thing we do observe —when the agent is a proprietor of a paper, his messages ore crisp and to the point, but when one of our staff has the pen he spreads himself. He hasn’t got to pay for the luxury.”

The Ashburton Lodge of Druids held its annual social gathering last night in the Orange Hall. There was a large attendant, about 150 persons being present, and a very pleasant evening was spent. A miscellaneous programme was contributed by members and friends of the Order os follows :—Song, Bro. Piekford; recitation, Bro. Potter; song, Bro. Palmer; song, Miss Taylor; song, Mr R. Barrett; duet, Messrs H. Peate and Pitkford; song, Bro. Wall; song, Miss Berry; song, Bro. Pauling. The items of the programme were interspersed with dances, Mr R. Clark acting as M.C. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Banger, whose catering was greatly praised. The hall was very tastefully decorated with evergreens, flowers, and the members’ diplomas, The meeting was brought to a close shortly after midnight by the singing of the National Anthem. Numerous complaints of larrikiniam have reached us of late. Mr Elston is offering a reward for information that will lead to the conviction of the persons who have damaged the Monthly Advertiser notice boards. It is notified in the Gazette that part of reserve No. 11G7, Town of Dromore, has been set apart as a village homestead special settlement, as also have been reserves 1781 and 1781, Winslow.

Dr Rawlings, senior physician to Swansea Hospital, in the course of a long, able, and eloquent address at Swansea, remarked that his experience as a member of the Board of Guardians taught him that nearly 99 per cent, entered the workhouse directly or indirectly through drink. The new pos'age stamps printed by the Government of New Zealand for the Tongan Government arrived just in time to forestall an intended issue of stamps by tho German traders. Tonga has now a post office in full operation, and very soon the Customs department will be started.

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