LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1496, 2 March 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notios of alterations m the railway timetable for the Methven line will be foand among to-day's advertisomonts.

Speoial train arrangements for to-morrow m connection with the race meeting are notified m our advertising columns.

The last quartorly meeting of the Lioensing Committee for the Borough of Aahburton wftß held at the Courthouse at noon today. Present— Messrs T, Soaly (chairman), D. Thomas, J. Tuoker, C. Harrison, and B. Hughes. An application was made for a transfer of the license of tho Railway Refreshment Rooms from R. J. Whittle to W. Drummond. There being no opposition on the part of the police the transfer was granted. An extension of the hour for dosing from 10 to 11 p.m. was granted to W.Pattman, licensee of the Somerset Hotel, the polioe reporting very favorably on the manner m which the house had been conduoted.

Letters from places beyond the colony, received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of November, and addressed to the persons aftermentioned, are now lying unolaimed, viz., Charles Davies and J. Taylor.

An aooident took place late last night on the siding opposite Messrs H. Zander and Co.'s premises. The employees of Messrs Matson and Co. were working late loading oats for export per steamer, and two loaded trucks not being ooupled on to the reßfc ran down the line and over the buffers at the end of the rails. They were unloaded this morning and replaced on the lino without injury.

Trooper A. E. Reiner, who has been stationed m Ashburton for the last two years, has received notice that he is to be transferred to Timaru. Daring his stay here Trooper Remer has performed bis duty m an exemplary manner, and has made many friends who will regret his departure. Trooper Casey, of Timaru, will, we understand, take Tooper Remet's place here.

Some sensation was caused at the Melbourne Wesleyan Conference by Dr Bentoul declaring that the contest m the Presbyterian Church was m its last resource a contest between Christian righteousness on the one hand and looseness of living on the other.

Our veracious country contemporary (the Waihato Times) says : -On Tuesday evening a cat was observed m the Viotoria road standing on its hind legs and contentedly sucking a cow's teat. The cow did not appear to object, and stood perfeotly still for the opera* tion to be performed.

A lOoz nugget is reported to have been found m an abandoned olaim at Teetulpa.

It is stated that within a radius of twelve miles round Louth, m Lincolnshire, there are 22,400 acres of land without tenants.

The Waipawa Mail says that early on the morning of the 22nd ult. there was a frost at Onga Onga sufficiently savere to cover standing water with a thin coating of ioe.

Seventy-two failures occurred m New South Wales last month, with liabilities amounting to £77,104.

We are glad to find that the acolitnatisa. tion of the nightingale is being attempted else-whera as well aa Oamaiu, the Hon Mi Larmach having had a number of these exquisite eongstera liberated on the Peninsula. Dunedin.

Chronicling the fact that' the mother of Kendall, the Australian poet has been committed to the Sydney Benevolent Asylum, the AvcMand Herald truthfully, remarks that bad she been the mother of a jockey or a sculler better provision wonld have been made for her m her old age.

Should he live to Bee the 22ad instant the Emperor William will have reached bis ninetieth birthday. In anticipation of the event the German residents of Wellington are taking stops to celebrate the occasion m a fitting manner.

American Shakers, who number about 4000, are worried over their own wealth, wbioh is valued at about 12,000,000 dollars. The elders begin to feel like monopolists and that the possession of so much property is oontrary to the Gospel scheme which they desire to follow.

A Napier paper records the sudden death of a Maori named Karuarina. He was bathing m the Manawatu river, and it was seen that he was suffering, blood flowing copiously from bis nose and mouth. He was brought ashore, and a few minutes afterwards expired.

The Fiji Times says :— lt really is wonderful m these times of depression to see what can be effected by energy, rightly directed. Within eight months the Oburoh of England m Suva h*s beea subacribed for, erected, furnished, and paid for, and has now a balance to credit of upwards of £200. Something like work this and highly creditable to all concerned therein.

On Saturday at the V.R.O. Autumn Meeting the New Zealand horse Nelson won the Esseadon Stakes easily by throe lengths, and another of our horses, Mr Stead's Loobiel, won a big race, the Newmarket Handioap. Nelson is quoted favorite for the Australian Cup at 3 to JL.

The " North Otogo Times" remarks, that it will interest poliojholders m Ihe Government Insurance Department to learn that the bonus certificates are m the course of "preparation, and every effort is being made to have them distributed this month. The cash surplus is nearly £250,000— bciog 25 per cent of total assets at time of valuation, a result which we understand, has not hitherto been attained by an institution of only 15 years standing. Cf this sum, £150,000 will be divided, leaving £100,000 to be carried forward.