LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1469, 29 January 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Braddell deßires ub to ra. ition, with thanks, the receipt of a photograph of a new description of power loom manufactured by Messrs Sohoßeld and Kirk, and presented to the Ashburton Museum by Mr Hanson Sohofield. The oodlin moth has made its appaaranoe m the Tuapeka district. Mr E. J. Fooks has been appointed Olerk to the Tinwald Town Board. A resident of Ashburton had three valuable cows poisoned last night through eating tutu. The usual monthly meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held last night at the Board's Offioe. Present— Mesara F. T. Mayo (ohairman), Hunt, Orr, Fawoatt, ana Andrews. Correspondence was read from the Borough and County Counoils. Messrs Wilding ; and Lewis wrote drawing the attention of the Board to an obstruction m Manse street. The Clerk was instructed to have it removed at once. The Olerk was also instructed to write m reply to the Borough Oounoil's olaim for work done on the East Belt. The Olerk was ! instruoted to vigorously oolleot the rates, and prooeed at once m all cases where he deems it necessary. A number of accounts were passed for payment, and after the transaction of a considerable amount of routine business the Board adjourned. A Rangitikei paper notes tho oircumstance that Sir William Fox was 75 years of age on Friday last. ' There is a growing belief m political ciroles at Home that granting Home Rule to Ireland is inevitable. The Premier is to lay the foundation-stone of- a new Lunatic Asylum, at Sunnyside, on the 22nd February. Looomotives now run m Jerusalem, "and the Bhrill steam-whiatle is heard m the streets once trod by King David. The London Standard says : — lt is seriously proposed at Sofia to nominate an Amerioan as a candidate for the Bulgarian throne. 11 Anybody that knows a thing before it happens is called a reporter," was the definition on the slate of an eight-year-old sohool. boy. Queen Victoria has the finest desert service of old Sevres m the world. It is estimated by competent judges to be worth £10,000. Many interesting particulars found m no previous life of Weslej are promised m a biography by Eev John Selford, to be issued immediately by Messrs Hodder and Stoughton. The Wanganui Herald says that it ia whispered that proceedings are likely to be taken against a certain resident m Wellington, who is reported to have made a handsome thing for the past two or three years by similar practices to those of whioh Dr Russell, of Christchurch, stands accused. A cockatoo whioh has been m the Wentworth family during the last ninety years died at Sydney on the sth inst. W. O. Wentworth the statesman, owned the bird when he was a sohoolboy, and taught it to Bpeak. In all probability it was fully a century old. According tojProfessor J.Norman Lockyear, the English astronomer, the number of stars of whioh some knowledge can be gained with the optioal aid now available is from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000. Only about 6000 are visible to the naked eye— 3ooo m the Northern Hemisphere and 3000 m the Southern. The American Angler states that thousands of bushels of seed oysters are being planted m Hampstead and Jamaioa Bays. Eleven sloops, four sohoonera, and one steamer are employed m bringing the Beed from Newhaven and Bridgeport. Hannah Sands, an aged maiden lady at Rye, N. V., who was supposed to be very poor, died last fall. A search among her effeots brought to light 400,000 dollars m money and bonds sewed up man old skirt. Her only living relatives are four nephews, all of whom were poor, and the money has been divided between them. 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 ana Diseases of the Mind ana Nervous System, says m an editorial published m the Clinical Record : — •« Wo 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 called •• Befined Extraot of Euoalyptus," has made its appearanoe Bince. This product stands, aooording to Dr. Owen, foremost m causing injurious effeots. That gentleman communicates at a meeting of the Medioal Society of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy beoame most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady states on the strength of statutory declaration that she suffered cruelly ora the effeots of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing the above facts, and desire the public to exercise care and precaution when buying.— SANDER & SONS.— (Advt.)