LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1581, 10 June 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The quarterly (annual) meeting of the Mount Hutt Licensing Committee was held at the Road Board office, Methven, on Thursday, the 9th inst. Present — Messrs D. Cameron, D. Quinn, and J. Jaokson. In the absence of the Chairman Mr Cameron was voted to the chair. Constable Burko represented the polioe, who reported favorably on both the licensed nouses m the district, and renewals were granted m each case, without remarks. In some of the United States the officials have compelled the' Salvation Army leaders to pay taxes like tho ordinary runners of shows.

The Melbourne '" Evening Herald," of a re. sent date, says ; — About].three weeks ago the Imperial Football Club engaged another looal olub, and during the play a fine young fellow named Pascoo, aged 21 was c ' observed to suddenly fall, and appeared unable to rise again. Some of the other players went to his assistance, and he was transferred to his home. Dr Honman was oalled m and pro* nounoed the case a serious one, stating that the lad's kidneys were ruptured. The assistance of Dr Molyneux was also invoked, but both agreed that death must eventually ensue. The real cause of the accident was due to the objectionable practice of " boring " or " kneeing " indulged m by some players— running with full force against an opponent with the knee raised.

The Jubilee Committee met at the Borough ] Oounoil offices last night, appointed Mar- j Bhalls for the procession, arranged for roasting a bullook whole, and got a lot of other business through, which we will report fully ! to-morrow.

We beg to call the attention of the heads of families and all others interested m the purchase of general drapery, clothing, and furnishings at remarkably low prioes (not« withstanding the prevailing epidemic of cheap Bales m these lines) to the new advertisement of Messrs Orr and Aloorn m another column. The desolution of partnership being a bona fide one, the stook must be greatly reduced and at once, so that buyers need not wait till the season is over for winter goods, but purchase at onoe their requirements. — (A4vt.)

Few officers charged with the exeoution of the law have had to perform a more unpleasant duty than that which was recently carried out by a French huissicr m a Parisian oonoert hall. This intrepid offioer seized upon eight boa<constriotors whioh were completely under the control of the lady m whose possession they were, but whioh were, perhaps, likely to prove less amenable to the influence of the representative of the law. After all, it turned out that the snakes had been improperly seized ; for the fair Bnake-oharmer was able to prove that she was not responsible for ihe debt m respeot of which the seizure had been made. The lady for whom she was mistaken was a native of Mauritius, and the Oriental ; appearance of the flnake-oharmsr had con> vinced, the creditor that he had found hiß long-sought debtor. The Bnakes were duly recovered i hut their owner bad to undergo the bumiliatiou of admitting, for the sake of proving her identity, that she was not a native of any country where snake-oherming come ß by nature, but a modest inhabitant of the old world who had learnt her trade from an acrobatic husband.

At the Bow-street (London) Police Court, on April Bth, probably tho biggest prisoner who has ever been m the dook there, or anywhere else, answered to a charge of drunkenness and assaulting the polioe. He waß 7ft. sin. m height, and built m proportion I The " Daily Telegraph " report of the occurrence Btates that the prisoner was with diflioulty arrested, and its veracity m this respeot will no doubt pass unquestioned.

"Do you consider that_the 4 poetic instinct iB fostered by allowing the hair to grow long?' 1 aßked a young lady of her poetical admirer. " I really can't say," was the reply. •• I think it mußt be just a habit, for I don't know why Ido it." " I know," interrupted the infant terrible. •• Well, tell us, then," said the poet, patting the youngster on the head. " It's because you haven't the money to get it out,' 1 proudly roared the little man.

Sheriff Moir, at Glasgow, awarded £5 damages to a Mrs Steward, against ,a constable for having twisted her arm while taking her to the station. The Sheriff said he would have sent the constable to prison if he had been criminally charged.

Memphis, Term., has ordered blood-hounds from Philadelphia with whioh to hunt down criminals.

A number of Toaquin river-pirates were killed by the French not long since, and the Bubsequent examination of their oorpses brought to. light a moat curious circumstance. It was found that m many instances the deceased pirate had scoured his personal property, m the shape of gold coins *nd gems of various 'kinds, by Bewing it under the Bkin of his thigbs. Upwards of a score m all had made for themselves a money box m this very ecoentrio manner.

French physicians claim to have found out by experiments upon rabbits that tuberculosis may be cured by the administration of tannin. Over fifty oases of phthisis have been treated by giving tanuin doses of from two to four grains daily, and an improvement was preoeptible m two weeks, the patients increasing iv weight.

The lover of fun is not unknown among the sorious-looking Celeßtials. A shopkeeper, wishing to advertise his artioles m Chinese language, engaged a Chinaman to paint him a eign, expeotlng, of course, that it would be a very enticing one. It did not answer his expectations, however, for tho only effeot it had on the •' relations of the sun and moon," as the Chinese term themselves, was to exoite a laugh. At length the shopkeeper, by a bribe, obtained a translation m English of the advertisement, and found it to be as follows :— " Don't buy anything hero. Shop, keeper a Rogue 1 "

It is asserted that one hour after the gae of London is lighted the air is deoxodised as much as if 500,000 people had been added to its population. During the oombustion of oil, tallow, gas, etc, water is produced as well as carbonic acid ; m cold weather we see it condensed on. the windows. By the burning of gas twenty-four hours m London more water, it is estimated, is produced than would supply an emigrant ship on her voyage from London to Australia.

Statutory Declaration. — I, Franz Raaber Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sinoerely delcare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on the knoe. I at once took all pains to seoure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877 the opinion was given by Maegilliyray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of the Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my eon within a fortnight out of all danger, and to-day he is recovered. I may just add that it was when the crisis bad been reaobed that the Extract referred to wad first applied. And I make this solemn declaration, etc. — Franz Baabe. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia.this seventeenth day of Ootober, one tbouaand eight hundred and Beventy-soven, before me, Moritz Cohn, J.P.-[Advt.]