LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1455, 13 January 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ths examination of the Ashburton Forks sohool by Mr L. B. Wood, inspeotor, took place on Thursday last. • The Inspeotor expressed himself as well pleased with ths result of the examination, and said that agricultural chemistry and physioal soienoe had been very intelligently taught by the Master, Mr W. Hale, as well as domestics eoonomy by Miss Doherty. He also favorably commented on the discipline and tone of the school generally. The Leisure Hour says that Jews, or men of Jewish descent, edit all the great journals of Paris, including the Debats and Figart, and fill the ohief plaoes m the Government. An article m the Warsaw Gazett* has paused a sensation m Vienna. The writer warns Poland that m oringtng to AustroHungary she leans upon a deoaying empire, whose miserable collapse is drawing near, and that the empire will soon be partitioned, as was Poland, amid the exultations of one-half of tho people, who are now living m grumbling disoontent under the Hapsburg saeptre. ■Kidney complant, one of the most common and yet most negleoted diseases of this country can be readily cured by the use of Hop Bittera. Be sure and get Awerioan m kg. See,

There are between fifty and sixty fire brigades m New Zealand.

Erickson, who invented the American monitor, has completed and put m practical operation an engino operated by heat derived from the sun's rays. It is intended for use ohiefly m hot countries.

A magnificent patchwork quilt is to be exhibited at a bazaar m Dunedin, containing no less than 5733 colored pieces. It is bordered with costly lace, and ocoupied seven years m construction.

The Auokland correspondent of the Christ, ohuroh Telegraph wires that Sir Julius Yogel is greatly benefiting by his sojourn at Waiwera. The change of air there and the baths have had a most beneficial effeot, and Sir J. Yogel it now able to stand up on his feet, although he is not yet able to walk.

A London paper points out that on Ootober 18th there were announced to be offered m London lots of Australian opossum skins, oomprising 80,000, 11,000, 100,000, 20,000, and 250,000, amounting m all to 461,000. The paper adds that if lOOOJmen killed five Australian opossums a day each it would take three months to secure the number of skins offered for sale there m a single day.

We have to acknowledge the receipt from (he Government printer of a copy of the Official Record of the Industrial Exhibition, 1885. It is admirably printed and bound.

The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton County Counoil will be held to-morrow.

The Ashburton museum ia steadily increasing m importance. Several new exhibits having been acquired lately. Among these are a sample of merino wool, thirteen inches m length of staple, presented by Mr A. Cook, and a bottle of Australian lizards, presented by Mr H. Zander.

Mr P. T. Mayo has just finished the first threshing of the seasr >. The crop was of oats belonging to Mr T. Lv^ o .;y, of NewlandsThe yield was a very good one.

At the E.M. Court this morning, before Mr R. Aloorn, J.P., John Clifford, an old offender, conTioted of drunkenness and riotous oonduct, was ordered to be imprisoned for three day 3.

We are sorry to gather from the Dunedin papers that Lady Jervois has reached Dunedin m a very bad state of health. She had to be carried on a litter from the Hinemoa to Bishop's Court, and the services of a doctor were -'at once called m. She is forbidden by her medical attendant to receive visitors for the next week or ten days.

The well-known race horse Winchester while being exercised a day or two ago reared and broke his near hind leg, and had to be destroyed.

It is said that the Messrs Baring have made about a million by the Guinness " boom." They praotically bought the concern for five millions, taking all risks. The offer was first made to the Eothsobilds, but they would tako no risk, and asked a heavy premium.

" Taranaki'wool " has been the source of many a joke at New Plymouth's expense, but this article of commerce io coming to be respected. The Patea Mail says : — " We often hear the idea of fungus gathering derided as an imaginary method of earning money, but it must be admitted there is very strong ground for the imagination when we state that Mr E. G. Homer alone has shipped over £1500 worth since September last."

A physician, passing by a gravestone cutter's ohnp, called out, " Good morning, neighbor, hard at work I see. You finish your graveBtones as far as •In memory of,' and then wait, I suppose, to see who wants a monument next." " Why, yes," replied the old joker, " unless somebody is sick, and ycu are doctoring 'etn, then I keep right, on."

We clip the following import an. uiatimor.-sl from thel llawarra Mercury, N.S.W., on the 30th Maroh. It needs no comment : — " Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. He says seeing the said Extract advertised m the Illamarra Mercury, his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosting, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gnve him great relief at once. He states that between rhe 10th Maroh instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and on the 19th the use of that medicine oontinued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract a euro fo rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the Mercury. We have much pleasure m complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannot be be doubted, and who can have no object m view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity." — (Advt).