LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1422, 2 December 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have been requested to state that the weights for the Ashburton Oup, as appearing in the Mail of this morning are in each case 81ba excessive, the error being the result of a wrong copy which oame to hand. The weights appear correctly in this issue. A oonoert in aid of the Hampstead school treat fund will bo held in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow evening. The Ashburton Rifles, Geraldine Rifles, and Ashburton Guards are ordered to parade at Ashburton in review order on the 16th inst. (Anniversary Day), at 1.30 p.m. It is understood that the Garrison Band from Timaru, under Bandmaster Sydney Wolf, will also be present on the occasion.

A cricket match was played on Wednesday between teams representing the Ashburton High School and the St. Stephen’s Sunday School C. 0., resulting in an easy victory for the former by an innings and 4 runs. High School, first innings, 60 ; Sunday Sohool, 18 and 38. For the High School A. Buchanan (12), Foley (11), and lanes (10) were the chief scores ; whilst W. Kidd made 4 and 26 for the losers.

At the R.M Court this morning, before Mr R. Alcorn, J.P., a first offender, for having been helplessly drunk, was fined 5s and ISs costs.

The report presented at the annual meeting 0! the North Canterbury and Ashburton Charitable Aid Board, yesterday, stated that there were 370 persons receiving relief besides 100 children in Industrial Schools.

A meeting of the Chertsey District School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening. There was a full attendance of members. After the disposal of the usual routine business, the Chairman stated that as the result of the late dance, and subscription lists which had boen handed round on behalf of the school prize fund, there was to hand the sum of over £9 for school treat and prizes. It was accordingly resolved to hold the school treat on December IGth in the school grounds. A selection of suitable reward-books was than made, in which the Committee was materially assisted by the master, Mr D. Todd. Other necessary arrangements having been made, the meeting adjourned. Budlhism in Japan has been virtually disestablished since 1874, White there were 393,087 Buddhist temples in 1714, there are now but 57,824. Few new temples are built, and many are going to ruin..

The late Thomas Walker, ot Sydney, was a millionaire. Probate has been granted of his will, when the real and personal estate, exclusive of property outside New South Wales, w»s sworn at £937,984.

At the Napier Education Board recently, one of the members, Mr White, said some of the children attending the Wnipawa School were married women. Mr Hill, the Inspector* capped this by saying that at an examination held by him in the country three ot those who passed standard one, and were very proud of the performance, wereo:der than his grand, father I They were Maoris. A suggestion has lately been made that the question of fuel for ooean steamers—the substitution ot petroleum for coal—could be solved by freezing the petroleum, using it in the form of bricks, when it could be packed as safely as coal, and it is urged even more so.

According to a Nelson writer, at All Saints’ Church, in that city, when the Bishop preached, the offertory from over 600 people came to £9 15s sd, or a trifle over 3Jd eachThe writer adds—Verily, if it is only widows who give mites in Christian temples, there must be an awful lot of them in Nelson.

The Journal of Agriculture says the value of fresh eggs for toning up a horse’s system is well understood by most manager of fine horses, farmers having good horses and very cheap eggs would do well to break one m each horse’s feed occasionally during the spring of the year. The Timaru special correspondent of the Lyttelton Timet says that it is rumoured that in the event of Hail being committed for trial an application will be made by the defense to have the scene of the trial shifted to some place outside the Province, probably Wellington. The reason given is that both in Christchurch and Dunedin public feeling is so high on the subject, that it would seriously prejudice the cause of the accused.

During the progress of the Hall-Houston trial we {TeUding Star) had a daily visit from a young man about eighteen yeats of age, who manifested the keenest interest in the proceedings. Since the acquittal of the lady we had not seen him again until yesterday, when he returned from a bush, felling contract. He now informs us that he is that interesting young lady’s half-brother. He states that his mother was married twice, there being three children in the first family, of whom Margaret Houston is one, and five in the second family, of whom he is the oldest, ONo one can be sick if the stomach, blood, liver and kidneys are well. American Co.’s Hop Bitters keeps them well. Notice.