LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1467, 27 January 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following gentleman were to-day nomi. nated as members of tho Ashbnrton Licensing Committee, and being the number required, were declared by the Itoturning Officer, Mr C. Braddell, to be duly elected :— Messrs A. Harrison, B. Hughes, T, Scaly, D. Thqmag, and J. Tucker.

Mr J. C. Duncan, the local agent for the Victoria Insurance Company, has forwarded U5 a handsome and useful alraanao, issued by fhp company l}e ropreseptp.

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Fire Brigade will be held on Friday eveping, when important business will come up for considerat|on,

Lady Wilson, who reoently died at Westgate-on-Sea, bequeathed the whole of the fortune of her hußbnnd (the late Sir Erasmus Wjlbou) to the Royal College of- Surgeons, as residuary legatees. The whole amount received by the college amounts to over £250,000.

An exchange has the following : — " It|is said that people who have seen New Plymouth once never forget it. An old gentleman who was a conepiououslflgurej m the;town something like forty years ago, but who has been Ebaenfc sines, returned the other day to fhe dear old place, and was inexpressibly delighted to find |tf)i|t W had noj changed m the leabt. |

The Waimrapa Star reports a painful acoident to Alfred Matthews,|farraer,'at Opaki. He was at work with a reaper and binder, when by some means he was jolted off m front of the machine, which; passed ; over him, the knives cutting hi 3 {shoulders] and legs very severely.

Pride ourselves as we may on" the vast growth of advertising as a feature of our advanoed age, it is a question whether, after all, the art of effeofcive posting is so modern as it is sometimes thought to be. It appears that on the previous dead |walls of Pompeii there are no fewer than 1500 announcements painted relative to the municipal elections for the year 79. The candidates, by their own account, were all excellently w«H suited for the post of redile ; but by reason ot that unfortunate eruption of Vesuvius their rival olaims are still unsettled. Yet their names live still.

The Hinemoa's aearoh for new fishing grounds off Oamaru has, so far, proved unsuccessful.

A new sleep-producing drug called hypnone has been brought to the attention of the medical world m the Freuoh General Bulletin of 2'herapeutics. The claim is made that it does not produce the unpleasant after symptoms of opium. It is a distilled mixture of acetate of lime with benzoate of lime.

According to the Oardener's Chronicle, ptootanthrus fructicosu* (a plant which belongs to the same order as mint, sage, and marjoram) and the common elder, will keep flies oat of rooms. "On the continent wagoners use the shoots of the latter stuok into the halter and^other parts of the harness to keep flies from horses and draught oxen."

This is a plant m Australia (Pisonia grandsi) which is a natural bird-catcher* "The seeds are like an elongated barley corn, and are ooversdjwith a very sticky gum, which adheres to the legs and feathers of any bird that comes m contaot with it." One tree, m the colony of Victoria, is known to have captured one hundred birds. After getting into the gum they fell to the ground and could not fly away. The plant 18' described as ornamental.

A very enjoyable concert was given m a small provincial town. Among the performers was a popular tenor singer, who was announced by the programme as prepared to sing an aria, " Sound an Alarm," by Handel. This he sung with strong effect, and was horrified the next day to perceive m tbe local paper the statement that he had " sung with great taste and expression a fine song by Handel, entitled VMaria, Sound an Alarm.' "

Iron says it is intended to construct a large tower m London m commemoration of the Jubilee year of Her Majesty's reign. This tower is to be 440 feet high at the extreme top, and 420 feet at the top platform, from which may be seen eight or nine counties. It will overlook every other structure yet built m London. Tho base of the tower will be 75 feet square, and there will bs a foundation of some 25 feet. It is proposed to erect this structure at the top of Oxford street, where the ground lies high, and it is expected that the work will be commenced m January.

II Morggn'm reports that at the last meeting of the Agricultural Society of Dresden, M. Bley made a communication on the poisoned honey frequently imported from Trebizond. Stramonium grows there spontaneously, and, being taken up by the bees, poisons the honey, which is afterwards exported. Resulting m cases of disease— some with fatal issue — have been officially certified. In American honey, also, some poisonous principles have been found, gelseminum especially.

SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.— In protection of the worldwide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following : — Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of tbe Mind and Nervous Syßtem, says m an editorial published m- the Clinical Record '. — " We have examined half-a-dozen speoimens of different manufactures ; the preparation of Sander and Sons' was the only one that proved to be reliable and corresponding to scientific tests." Another concoction oalled " Refined Extract of Euoalyplus," has made its appearance since. This produot stands, aocording to Dr. Owen, foremost m causing injurious effeots. That gentleman communicates at a meeting of the Medioal Sooiety of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady stateß on the strength of statutory declaration that she suffered cruelly from the effects of the same concootion. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing the above facts, and desire tbe public to exercise care and precaution when buying.— SANDER & SONS.— (Advt.)