LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1475, 5 February 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a proof of the early harvest this i esion m ■ the Ashburton district, it mtj be mentioned that Mr B. Morris, the enterprising proprietor of the Westerfield Mill, has purchased • prime Mmple ot Hooter's white wheat, threshed oat on the 81st nit. on Mi Bemington's farm, near Tinwald. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Aih< s barton Hospital Board was held at the Ooanty Ooanoil Ohambers yesterday afternoon. Present — Messrs W. 0. Walkei j D. MoLean, J. Jackson, A, , Harrison, and the Mayor. The architects, n MessrßFooks and.Son, reported that one ol 5 the oontraets had been finished, and thi ; others was nearing completion. It wai | decided, on the recommendation of Mi Fooka, to undertake minor works, as th< whole of the grant of £300 was not ex< pended. The Board expressed their satisfao tion at the jndioioas manner In which the money had been used, under the superritior of the arohiteot. Th« usual monthy atcounti were passed for payment, and the Boarc adjourned. The sum of £2,257,775 is what the boroughi of Kew Zealand owe. Dunedin tops the lot with £503,000. A rumor is ourrent amongst the Maori) that the GoTernor is shortly to risit Pari haka to meet Te Whiti, and that Tawhiat will also be present on, the oooasion. Doubtless many of our readers will be glac to learn that Master Francis Barnard, who ii • pupil at the Oatholio Boy's Sohool, Ashbur ton, is a successful oandidate for one of th< scholarships whioh were offered for com petitora throughout the Diocese of Wellington The scholarship is of the value of 40 guineas and is tenable for one year. Great credit it due to the Master, Mr Gilboy/.under whose tharge the pupil was. The aboriginals m Gippsland intended tc welcome the Governor ot Viotoria with a oorro boree ; but His Exoellenoy refuses to ooanten ance so demoralising an exhibition. Mr B. Lake, M.H.R., met wiih a nastj acoidont recently. In reaching down a mattool from a nail on a wall, the tool fell edge down wards full on his face, cutting his non through and injuring his face. Somali, m raspeoi to which the Englisl and Frenoh Governments intend to take join attion, is a large tract of country m North east Afrioa, situate on the Gulf of Aden ti the south of Abyssinia, and baa been brough into notioo by the massacre ot European there. Zeyia, the capital, is situate near thi Abyssinian frontier. It stands on a low sand; aape, bounding on the east a harbor whiei has 18 feet of water at low tide. It i enclosed by ruined walla, mounting a few guna and is garrisoned and governed by a thief snbjeet to the Khedive of Egypt. The wife of a settler m comfortable oir eumstanoea at Hamilton, named Ormiaton while driving a cow into the milking shed wai knocked down and gored by the animal which charged her furiously. One of th< horns entered her eye, and tore out the eyi ball. Her injuries were dressed by Dr Mursh who recommended her transference to thi Auckland Hospital for further treatment. The Dunedin Evening Herald says that Sir George Whitmore has written to a Dunedin gentleman stating that he has not the slightest intention of bringing a libel aotion against Mr James Horsburgh, the publisher ol " Paddy Murphy's Annual." Sir George, on the contrary, expressed himself as highly delighted with the amusing description given m the " Annual " of " The March Past "at the Oamaro encampment. Accounts from the country m the Napier district state that many of the peaoh trees apparently dead last year from blight art bearing good crops of fruit this season. The Niro Zealand Herald reports that a serious case of sunstroke, resulting m general paralysis, betel Mr Lawrence Hayes, a painterr of Hamilton, working for the Bailway Department at Ngaruawahia. He was engaged painting the white bandies of the points when he reoeived the stroke, and was at onoe •arried away by some of the railway employees, and the services of Dr Muroh were fortunately immediately available. The brain waa not affaoted, for ha was sensible of the injuries reoeived, but the body generally was paralysed. Dr Muroh has every hopa, however, of his patient's early reoovery, Hollowav's Pins.— Weakening weather The sultry summer days strain the nerves of the feeble and decrepit, and disease may eventuate unless some restorative, suoh as these purifying Pills, be found to correct the disordering tendency. Holloway's medicine gives potenoy to the nervous system, whioh is the eouroeof all vital movements, and presides over every aotion whioh maintains the growth and well being of the body. No one can over estimate the necessity of keeping the nerves well struncr, or the ease with whioh these Pills accomplish that end. They are the most unfailing antidotes to indigestion, irregular •insulation, palpitation, sick headache, and costiveness, and have therefore attained the largest sale and highest reputation. 2 32

] Membera of the Ashburton Kifles and Guards are reminded that the Government Inspection Parade takes place, m drill order, on Monday evening at seven o'olook. In view of the approaching encampment it is to be hoped every man' will attend all parades during the monthu of February and March, so that the two llocal oompanies may be got into something like form. We regret to learn that m consequent ol an aooident, whioh befell him last Tueßday evening, Mr Joha Wood, of Graham's road, is m a very oriiioal oondilion. The injuries were sustained through falling off a dray. At Wakanui, a few days ago, a lad namsd Dalton had his collar-bone broken through a ladder falling oh him. At a meeting of the Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Assooiation held at Ohristchuroh yesterday, Mr John Deans moved a resolution that the time had arrived for opening New Zealand ports for , importation of stook. Mr John Gtigg moved an amendment that it was inexpedient to . promote the admission of stock from oountries 1 where disease prevails.; The Committee finally deoided to postpone the matter to the annual meeting m March.