LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1587, 17 June 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is Atmounoed that the next Aahburton stock »le will be held on Tuesday, '2Bth June.

We specially invite the attention of our readers to an advertisement; m another jolumr Announcing the issue with, this week's Cantuibnry Timea " (" Jubilee " number) o* joap of the British Empire, Bhowing m th?didinotive coloring of Imperial red all the Bi%.i possessions throughout the world. It ia Dt only a memento of the auspicious oooasiofwhich all the world is now celebrating but willje an exceedingly useful referenoe map.

Aioordtng to a telegram to a contemporary, Sir Wilfatn Fox has definitely dooided to .stana Or Nelson.

It it said that physioalfy the Czar of Russia t the strongest man m Europe.

The Soirsa/B that a Frenoh manufacturer rf projectiaa is engaged m constructing an •erial torpedo for the Russian Government tblohvdl oarry 9901 bof melanite.

3onß curious phenomena have been obsulec'in Italy since the recent earthquakes. NqrVareae, a large fissure has opened m

thtmountain about twenty centimetres wide,

butot unknown depth. From this fissure ste.m and bituminous vapors proceed. Strong osollatOT? movements are felt at Monte Ba'do, the whole mountain seeming to move.

The loltowing figures give some idea of the Romar Crtholio mission work :— At present ■odia ha? 26 bishops and archbishops, and 1.00 priests ; China and Japan, 50 Apostolic vi«rs *nd 1400 missionaries; Afrioa, 2 anhbisiops, 12 bishops, 17 vicars, and 16 Apistdio prefectures ; British America has 30 biaopa and 2000 priests ; Australia, 23 •ißhop and 900 priests. As will be seen by advertisement m another column tie " Weekly Preßa " of to-day contains typical [of the principal 'Vents v the life of the Queen, anl inoludes ftveral portraits of Her Majesty. This speoial o'itionof the popular weekly journal number^ Ci pages, and Mr E. J. Paul, the local agent, injorms vi he has had a groat run on them. Xhe adjourned meeting of the South Rakaia [licensing Committee was held at the Town Hall on Thursday.— Present Messrs Lyttleton, Elolmes, Coster, and Cox. — An application for , transfer of license from Alfred Stenning to trs Miller for the South Rakaia Hotel was ranted.— -A renewal for the year was granted t Mrs Miller, to A. 3. Howell, and Henry Ciilda for the Cbertsey Hotel.— A wholesale j lianse was granted to C. A. C. Hardy. — Aoounts were passed for payment, and the testing adjourned. One of the Wairarapa candidates (Mr fawkins), m a speech to tie eleotors, exires3ed strong approval of Mr Ballance'a pecial-sotUement polioy, and ridiouled the fault-finders who begrudged him a few thousands for settling the unemployed, while they voted tens of thousands lot public works. These sentiments were loudly applauded. The Wellington correspondent of the • Evening Star " Bays :— •• Sir George Grey, mmediately after addressing his constituents if Auckland East, will make a tour of tbe lolony, visiting all the large towns m both islands. He assures me that he has a new »olicy to lay before the country, and with it lo hopes to effectively turn the tide against tie Stout- Vogel Ministry. From a return attaohed to the Financial Statement it appears there aro m the colony 17,013 persons and 32 companies owning bttween 5 and 100 aores of land each ; 15,451 persons und 21 companies owning between 10a and 1000 acretj, i(jis persons and 30 companies owning between jlooo rrnd 10,000 acres ; 213 persona and 17 companies owning between 1000 and 5000 acres ; 18 persona and 11 companies owning »over 50,000 acres each. The Very Rev Monßignor Pynes, Roman Catholic Vioar-General of Auckland, died yesterday afternoon at his reßidenoe, Parnell. The deceased prelate had restded m Auckland since 1859, When he arrived from Sydney m 1851 he was appointed to the ohsrgo of Panmure and Howick districts, where he remained about twenty years, and m 1871 ho was named the parish priest at Parnell. Monsignor Fynes had suffered for some time from an internal complaint, which was the eauso of death. According to the Wellington correspondent of the " Press," It is stated, officially that Parliament cannot possibly muet before 15th September, and that it is more likely the date of meeting will be the 20th September.

The attention of Masonic brethren is directed to Graft notifications appearing m this ißsne. An impression having got abroad that the special Jubilee full choral service to bo held m St. Stephens Ohuroh on Sunday* will be confined to Masons only, we aro authorised to intimate that the service is open to all, tbq same as the ordinary Sunday services.

The " Feilding Stw" says :— " The friendships of animals are singular. In Feilding there lives a well-bred terrier, who, from age andinflimity, is unable ito pursue the pleasing occupation of rat catching, whioh he followed ia the days of him youtft with considerable suooess, . His chief friend and companion now is a cat, whioh, from her youth upward, . developed considerable skill as a huntress of 'rats and suota Bmall deer.' She, knowing the proclivities of her friend, « goes a ha nting ' and brings heir prey to him alive, whioh he slaughters with many demonstrations of delight and satisfaction, she standing by watching the proceedings with much interest."

A famous Parisian barber of the old school, named Lespes, has (the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says) just gone the way of all flesh. Like Nello's shop m Florenoe, tbo establishment dirooted by M, Lespes was onco the matutinal resort oi the literary and artistic ."celebrities, of the day, as well as a local landmark for foreign tourists and provincials. The interior of the shop was not only decorated with skotohes by wellknown artists, but waß also embe"ished with scraps of prosa and verse, contributed by soma of the. leading litterateurs of Franfle. It was Lespes who invented the famous Portugal decoption with which French coiffeurs anoint the heads of their customers, and he actually received on this account the crosd of the Order of Christ from Don Luiz of Portugal.

SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of the world-wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish tbe following :— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says m an editorial published m the " Olinioal Record : "— "We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufactures ; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one ibat proved to be reliable and correspond' ing to scientific tests." Another concoction called " Refined Extraob of Euolalptua " has marie its appearance since. This product stands, according to Dr Owen, foremost m causing injurious effeots. That gentleman communioatea at a meeting of the Medical Sooiety of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another oase a lady states on the strength of statutory declaration that she suffered cruelly from the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation! of our manufacture we feel warranted m exptsing the above facts, and desire the publio to exercise oaro and precaution vfhQtx buying SAN.DFR ana SQNfJ, :r [4flYt.J