LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1495, 1 March 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. * We are m reoeipt of a hand-book on the fishes of New Zealand, prepared under the instructions of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, by Mr R A. A. Sherrin. A variety of useful information as to the fish whiob frequent our ooast, and vory complete chapters on curing and canning are given. . A meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton Tradesmen's Raoing Club was held I last evening, Mr A. Harrison m the chair' Final arrangements m connection with the race meeting on Thursday- next were comr pleted. Two new nembers were elootod. A half holiday on the ocoasion of the faces on Thursday has been declared. An eleron of the Ashburton High School CO. last Saturday journeyed to Bakaia where ' they met an eighteen of the looal sohool. The match, which was played dnring heavy rain, resulted m a very easy win for the High Sohool by an innings and 4 runs. For the visitors A. Buchanan, who alogged up 27, .was the top scorer, whilst none of the ' eighteen made any stand against the bowling of the Buohanan Brothers. Soores: — High Sohool, 62 ; Bakaia, 24 and 34. At the conclusion of the game three oheers were given for Mr Dixon, whose kindness added a great deal to the day's enjoyment, and who umpired throughout the match. After wo went to press yesterday the hearing of the information laid against Samuel Thompson, licensee of the Alford Forest Hotel, for having sold liquor on a Sunday and for having permitted drunkenness on his lioensed premises was concluded. Thompson was fined £5 and costs, with the alternative ol a month's imprisonment on the formei charge, and £10 and costs, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment, on the latter, the convictions to be endorsed on the license. Regarding the case of permitting drunkenness, the Magistrate made some verj strong remarks. He said he would punist heavily any publioan convioted before him or snoh a charge, espeoiaUy if the offence tool place m an out-district where the ohanoei oi detection were co small. A writer m Pepular Science, supporting th< view that a higher civilisation tends to bald' ness or a lessened growth of hair, cites thi fact that 48 per cent, of men at a Patii concert were bald, while only 12 per oent. 0: those who attended a Sullivan prize figh were without a full head of hair. A sandwich factory has been started ii New York on the east side. Factories, offioee business houses, and restaurants are'supplied The bread is out by machinery and there ii continuous Blioing of beef and poultry ant tougues. Sandwiches are turned out by thi thousand, and sold so cheap that the retaile may sell them for a nickle apieoe and make 1 fair profit. A sandwich faotory has beei running m Chioago for a year with a profit 0 30,000 dollars.— Washington Star. There will have to be three costly viaduct on the Northern Trunk Line, one of wbioh i m the Waitati oontraot just let at thi northern end. This and another m tfci southern portion will cost about £30,001 each. The third, m the centre, will rui into some £10,000, the three represents about £100,000. The engineers have strivei m vain to avoid these viaducts and ooatlj works, and even now a double party are cur voying m the endeavour to find some mean of esoaping them. The cost of the sou then mduot is compensated by the saving of nim miles of road. " Dog Cribbage " is the last means devisee tot whiling away the tedium of a journey One fellow takes the right and the other thi left of the road and counts the dogs. Th< developments of the game caused muoh excite ment. Dogs turn up m the most unacoount able manner — m ladies' armß, peeping out 0 doors, and through windows. Some orosa thi road before they score for one party and ar< secured by the other. Passing cross streeti affordß infinite amusement. When the desti nation or some given spot is reached thi respective numbers are taken and the losei shouts. If A plot of freehold land m Elizabeth street Melbourne, 28 feet 7 inches was sold at auotioi recently at £800 per foot. As an instance 0 advanoe m the value of city properties, th< last sale m this block realised only £180 pel foot. At a meeting, m Melbourne, of oadet offioeri and head teaohers of schools, a motion wai carried affirming the desirability of sondinj 1000 cadets to England m honor of th< Queen's Jubilee. It is estimated that th< cost would be from £20,000 to £30,000. To the Ladies.— Owing to ill-health, I have been unable to master the sixteen miles ride to Church or Chapel, and hence my Sunday savings have amounted to 21s 6d, and as the Committee never send for my cash, I thought of a good way m which I might spend the said 21s 6d, viz., by paying for this advertisement for a short time, and relieve suffering humanity, by telling them ot the worth of Ferriman's Marvellous Steam Washer, During a very trying sickness it has been a source of great comfort to see my little Polly, just turned nine, doing all my was'i, and saving me worry, besides the saving of ».he fuel, clothes, soap, time, and adding to the health of my husband and nine children.— (Signed) A Mother, who is blessed m the possession of a good Washer. Mv name and address may be had at the office of this paper on paying the cost of a Washer for a sister of mine m Otago. — Advt.