LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1479, 10 February 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bruce Herald states that the heavy gale of Saturday has done enormous damage throughout; tho district. Many of the ripe grain crops have boon laid, and m some oases threshed out, while the fruit trees have been well nigh stripped.

Mr W. Corrie Johnson is announced to deliver a series of Gospel addresses at the Town Hall, commencing on Sunday next, at 3 p.m., when the subject will be " Balaam as a Spiritist."

The cheap railway excursion to Timaru to-day Y?a3 largely patronised. The express train from Christohurch consisted of thirty oarriages, drawn by two engines. The number of passengers wa3 1050.

The I/ijttelton Times calls attention to an anomaly m railway matters, m that " a workman can travel between the City and the Port for Is 2d, but if he wishes to make the shorter journey, between Opawa and the Port, be must pay Is 6d." We oa,n supply our contemporary with another. Torday excursion tickets to Timaru and back were issued at Ashhurton at 4s, and at Tinwald, a mile and a half nearer to the South Canterbury metropolis, Qs 3d was the oharge for the single journey by the same train,

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It will be seen by a Press Association telegram that the Premier goes Home to attend tho Imperial Conference, leaving by the next 'Frisco mail steamer on the 28th instant. The special correspondent of th ■-. Lyttdllon Tows, adds that ho is convinced that Major Atkinson will accompany Sir Robert. [Since the foregoing was set up we have received a telegram, which will be found elsewhero, stating that Sir Robert has finally decided not to go Home, and that the representation of New Zealand will be en'rusted to Sir W. Fitzherberfc and Sir F. D. Bell.]

A woman with no less than nine illegitimate ohildren applied to the Otago Benevolent Institution last week for relief.

The Sonth Australian v.h.iu crop is double that of laßt year. Viotoria has 50,000 tons available for export.

Speaking at a meeting m Rosa the Most Rev the Primate is reported to have said "At present they were enjoying all the blessings of a great State ecluoation, although religious instruction was shut out from tho grand system, and however muoh that might be regretted, still, perhaps, the proper place for that was m the ohurches, the Sunday Bohooln, and the homes."

A report on religion and morals brought up at the Presbyterian Assembly, now sitting m Auckland, condemns gambling m the billiard--rooms and on the turf, and censures the church for sanctioning the| same principles m lotteries and bazaars. Objection is also taken to Volunteer parades on Sunday as tending to desecrate and secularise the Sabbath.

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