LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1489, 22 February 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr 0. Braddell desires to acknowledge the reeeif t of the following contributions towards the museum :— Pair o! Dutoh^ wooden shoeß, JJula aasegai.and pieoe chipped off Cleopatra's Needle, Mr John Steel; coins, Mr Mullaney. About 45 Rifles, under Lieutenant Mftller, and 80 Guards, under Captain Restell, mastered at the Drillshed last night for the Government inspection. Major Douglas, who eonduoted the parade, gave the men an hour's useful battalion drill, m whioh both com* panics acquitted themselves fairly. There is, however, muoh room for improvement, aud it seems a pity that the men do not avail themselves more largely o! tha opportunities tflorded for company drill. We are glad to i learn that Ashburton will not be unrepresented tt the New Zealand Rifle Asiooiation's mcc)« ing at Ghristchuroh, several members of the Rifles having eigoifitfl their intention of com* feting. A special meeting of the shareholders of tha Templar Ball Company was held at the Company's Hall last eight. Present— Mr R. Elstoo (Chairman), G. Andrews, ( H. Gates, W. B. Smith, Oaldwell, Tutty, Bteele, and Andrews (.sen,) The business before the meeting was the advisability or otherwise of winding-op the company. A diwussion ensued, from it appeared that the share* holders attributed their present difficulty to the lack .of support from the temperance bodiea, for whose epeoial benefit the flail was built. There waß a mortgage of £150 •now overdut, with interest, and the mort* gagee had threatened to take legal proceed* ings againet the trustees unless they imme* diately paid the amount due to him. One shareholder asserted that if the Good Tern* plars had stuck to the Hall, instead of deßerting it, and had only paid 3s per week rent, the company would now have been m

a satisfactory position. Other shareholders

thought the company might be placed m a satisfactory position by removing the Hall to a more central site, and a suggestion that the shareholders themselves undertake the removal appeared to be favorably received. It was, however, ultimately resolved that the direotora be empowered to sell the property to the best advantage; that the company be voluntarily wound up ; and that a special meeting be held within one month to confirm the resolution. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings.

We are m receipt oi No. 1 of Typo, a Printers' trade journal, published m Napier.

It is very creditably got- op, and deserves suooeis.

According to the North Otago Times tbe Government have definitely determined, as the result ot the Hon. Mr Ballasie's recent

visit to that district, to resume the Eurow

run for settlement under the email graaing [-run system. In faot, it has reaion to believe

that thfl 13 months' notice required to be given by law will be given to the present 1688608 before the Ist of next month, and that the laud will be available for settlement on the Ist of Mareb, 1888.

A repent isiae of the Wanganui Herald has the following :«~The new wheat is being offered for Bale rather earlitr this season than usual, owing to tbe exceptionally hot and dry weather during January. The millers m Bangitikei and Mau&watu are offering 3s 6d a buehel for the new grain, and several eales have been made at that figure. Ia Wanganui sound wheat of this year's crop is worth 3d more. Tbe prioe of tbe South Island orop haß not yet been settled, pending deliveries, but it is thought that 3s 6d will be about tbe figure for good samples.

Tbe Taieri Advocate reports that a very painful aooidont happened ia Moegiel oo Tuesday. Mr F. Seatou and tome other's •were ia Mr J. E. Jago's workshop, Mr E. Beaton, who was sitting ou ajbeneh, having a chieel m one of his bands. It would appear that Mr Beaton was m th« aot of getting off. tho bench jast as another piraon wti getting ou to it, They came into oolliiion, and the ohieel was koocked out of. Mr Beaton's band and penetrated one ql bis eyes. He was soon af forwards taken to Dunedin. to Dr Fergueson, and we have since . heard that bis eye was totally destroyed by the accident, Great sympathy is expressed for Mr Beaton, who ia uiuob' reßpeoted iv this district. It it but right to add that the occurrence was punly accidents}, aud no bJama osu be laid upon anyone for the aooident.

Hoi-LOWiT'S PILLB AND OINTMBNT.^The itteotion of all sufferers is drawn to these well-known remedies, for the; possess conspicuous advantages as a safe and reliable aid m all those emergencies to'whioh travellers, emigrants aod Bailors are oo eepebtally liable. They have been largely patronised by wayfarera by land and eea, and, m fact, by all ofasoß ol the eoiomunUy, to their very great advantage. The pills aro beyond all doubt one ottoe Qjost eflMUYfl ifijifidigj «voi discovered tot eauea of obstinate oonstlpation, popQrmed indigestion and colic;, complaints ffb.Jqfa am engendered b.y euoaore and irIteoolar leeding, q?o§ aitftmeS will bf ?ound 01 toe very greateat gerrioein oasea o! piles, abiocßßos, erysipelas, Qud %}\ kiuas of looal oloeratloti?! 2}

Tha Poverty Ba^Sbrald states that m consequence o! the stoppage of all native land dealings, the New Zealand Land Settlement Ccnripany innet wind op its transactions.

A littfle boy, two years jji age, and son oi Mr^W^Welah, /ol^ Rflas&nrpoin% died on Saturday from the effeoti of estlng matohea.

An ootopia of large eiaa has been caught m the Wellington waters. The oreaturo hugged the boat, and it was some time before its captors could kill it:

A correspondent of a Poverty Bay paper tells of having shot ahorse thirty-eight years of age, and says that up to ths last year be was able to pull bis halt ton on good ground, and to the day of his death would jump any fence m tbe district.

Tha exeoationer of Gaffrey and Perm was a man named Lewis, who also officiated m Napier, m 1884, at the hanging o! Edwards.

M. de Lesseps states that 187,600,000 tranceare still needed to complete the Panama

Canal.

A young woman named Margaret Borgenval is said to have laid m a trance m the French village of Thanelles since June 1, 1683.

The snms promised for a Thanksgiving Fund to celebrated the Jubilee of the Wesleyan Ohuroh m Victoria amounted to £87,000.

The Berate says that Bir William Fox has decided to reside permanently m Auckland.

Eecont visitors from Taupo state that »t late Tongariro has been unusually active, aad the hot springs at Tokana manifested the game characteristic.

Sour stomaob, siok headaeha, and diasineas, Amerioan Co.'c Hop Bitters cures wit> a *m drops. See

SANDER and SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of; the world-wide tame oat manufacture has acquired all over the globo, we publish the following :— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Bays m an editoral published m the Clinical Reeord :— " We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufactures ; the j preparation of Sander and Bona was the only j one that proved to be reliable and correspond' ing to scientific tests." Another concoction called " Refined Extract of Euoalyptus," has made its appearanoe since. This produot stands, according to Dr Owen, foreffloßt m causing idjurious efleots. That gentleman communicates at a meeting of the Medioal Sooiety of Viotoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady states on the strength oi statutory declaration that she Buffered cruelly from the effeots of the same eonoootion. To guard tbe high reputation ot our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing tho above facts, and desire the publio to exercise care and preoau* ♦ion. SANDER & SONB.-(Advt.)