LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1526, 6 April 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Friday next being Good Friday is one of the two holidays whioh are afforded to printers m the whole year. The " Guardian " consequently will not be published on that day. The Ashburton Baptists hare just finished the erection o! a new oharoh, the building being situated m Peter street, and propose to celebrate lhe event by a tea meeting to be held m the Oddfellows' Hall on Good Friday. On the afternoon of the same day a sale of I work will be held m the hall. A prayer meeting will be held m the ohuioh at 7 am. on Sunday morning, but the [other services on that day will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall, as it ia thought that the large congregations whioh are expected to be present could not be accommodated m the ohuroh. This morning m, .the Police Court, before Major Steward, J.P., an inebriate, Erst offence, was fined m the minimum penalty of one shilling and costs with the usual j alternative. Aa important oivil^action'Js to be heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Rakaia, to-motrow, m whioh the Property Tax Commissioner is Bueing Mr M. J. Brown for railway rates levied by the Commissioner under the Distriot Railways Purchasing Aot. The case it a teit one, and the hearing is looked forward to with great interest by the sottlers at Rakaia and Methven. Mr Purnell has been retained as counsel for the Commissioner, and Mr John Holmea for tho defendant. Mr Ivobs addressed a well-attended meeting of the electors at the Sohoolhouse, Ohertsey, last evening. Mr Btraohan occupied the chair. At the dose oi the address Mr Ivess, m replying to questions, said he was m favor of the abolition of the Upper House, as the Governor had the power to exercise his veing powers if (the Lower House were to paSB legislation whiob, m the Governor's opinion, would be detrimental to the welfare of the colony; he would be m favor of reducing the salaries of highly-paid ofiioials, commencing with the Governor. Mr String, fellow moved a vote of thanks to Mr Ivess for his address and renewed confidence m him as member, which was seoonded by Mr Angus. The Chairman, before putting the motion, olaimed the indulgence of the meeting to &ay a few words m support of the vote, Ho remarked that he had opposed Mr Ivess, but since that gentleman's term of office he had had occasion to write to him on matters affeoting the welfare of jthe district, whioh always secured his best attention. There was one thing which he admired about Mr Ivess, and that was he was always approaohable and willing to listen to everything that a constituent had oooaßion to bring under his notice, and he intended to give Mr Ivobb his support at the forthcoming election. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings, A publio meeting of residents m the Altontoa distriot was held at Mr Biloock's house, Winter's Road, last evening, to consider the question of the advisablenesi of erecting a sohool, and als« to discuss other matters of interest to that district. There was a large attendance and Mr Silcook was voted to tho chair. It. was resolved " That the Ashburton Sohool Committee be requested to urge upon the Board of Education for the North Canterbury distriot the necessity of ereoting a school at Allenton without delay." A long disoUßßion took place with reference to the refusal of the Upper Ashburton Road Board to refund to the Borough Council the amount of the nxponsoa inoarred by the Fire Brigades m attending! the fire at Quintan's Brewery. A motion, as follows, was ultimately unanimously carried :— " That this meeting disapprove of the action of the member representing this distriot upon the Upper Ashburton Road Board m sanctioning the refusal of the voting a sum of money to defray the cost incurred by the Borough Fire Brigade at the late fire at Qumton's; that this meeting request the Board to immediately pay Bach cost, and m the caße of such a payment being disallowed by the District Auditor, the inhabitants of the Allenton district will make the amount good." After some conversation regarding other matters, the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. The latest story m prophecies is anent Maharaja Dhulip Singh, the noted Sikh. The " Sanjibani," an Indian paper, says, relative to the matter : — " Maharaja Dhulip Singh is now residing m Paris, and has given up his connection with his wife and children. This change m the Maharaja haß set many speculating. It is thought that Dhulip Singh may come out to invade India, joining the Russians. In one of the Sikh books it is stated that m the year 1899 Maharaja Dhulip Singh will invade India and extend his dominions from the Punjaub to the valley of the Ganges. The heathen Chinee ia going to invade Berlin. An enterprising Teuton is import, ing a number of Celestials to set up Chinese laundries m the German oapital. At Timaru on Monday the Resident Magis* trate, m dismissing a non-regietration birth oase m whioh defendant pleaded that he had called at his office but had been unable to find the Registrar, said that where defendants could similarly prove they would be absolved from responsibility. Thn South Australian Government have concluded an agreement to negotiate with an English Syndicate for wattle planting m the south-east. Thirty thousand aorea have been leased at Sd per acre, with right of purchase at 10s. The principal members of the syndicate are tanners. The Government also intend to plant 2000 aores m the ninety-mile desert on their own account. Luitpold, Regont of Bavaria, it is said, wished that every one of his grandchildren' should learn a trade. Prince Rupreoht, the eldest son and future King of Bavaria, selected to be a turner, and he works daily m tho workshop of Joseph Endres, m Munich ; the young Prince Franz asked to be a house painter and bis brother Charles has oboaen gardening. jgLColonel Tosswiell, who resigned the commend of the Canterbury Battalion, has agreed to command tho battalion at the Easter encampment. The general committee of the Christohureh Jubilee celebration has reversed the decision of the sub-committee m favor of a statue, and carried, by 83 votes to 22, the proposal to found a Home for the aged poor. Inaction of the Kidneys and Urinary organs causes the worst of diseases whioh Amerioan Co.'s Hop Bitters cures. Read Hollowat'b Pills. — Important for the delicate. — It is difiiaalt to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution, the damp, cold days of autumn and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of spring. Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Hollo Way's Pill, which purify the blood and not as wholesome stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated inedioine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and desponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inoonvenience. No family should be without a supply of Holloway's Pills and Ointment as by a timely reaourse to them the first erring function may be reclaimed, Buffering may be spared, and