LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1591, 23 June 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr ctftwo's boraes, advertised by Messrs Friedlander Bros, for Bale on Saturday* will arrive by (be South express to-day, and can I be inspected at Totty's stables to-morrow. The Auckland Apple Farm Company floes not eeem to be a very prosperous conaarn. It has already expended £7500, and it was Btated at a recent meeting, at which it was suggested that the concern should be wdund up, that another £1000 would be requirad to \ make it pay, and it was eventually resolved that an effort should be made to get that amount subscribed. *■ Indigestion, weak stomaob, irregularities of ; the bowels, cannot exist when Amerioao Hop fitters are used. See

A Jubilee servioe will be held m St. Stephen* Ghuroh this evening. A meeting of the Jubilee Committee will be held this evening at 7,30 p.m. A Wangantri exobange publishes the follow, ing warning to eleotora;— Wo learn that many of those potting m claims to be placed : on the eleotoral roll have made the fatal mistake of only giving the initials of their Christian names. All suoh names will be invalid, and those patting them m be debarred from voting at the coming eleotion, if they do not at onoe oall on the Eleotoral Registrar, and amend their applications for registration, by inserting their names m fall. No matter now many names an applicant has, he must give them all m fall, or his ap« plication will be rejected as informal. The meet of the Ashburton Hounds at Elgin Sohool on 11th inst. and Methven on 16th inst. were unfortunately held m very wet weather, consequently the attendance m eaoh case was very Bmall, bat nevertheless several fair runs were enjoyed by the few who braved the elements. The Jubilee fixture on 21st inst. atTinwald was a decided success. At the appointed time some 40 or £0 persons had arrived, and the hounds were taken to one of the Lagmhor paddocks adjoining the river, and almost immediately a hare was viewed away, taking a splendid direotion for a time. The fences at the commencement of the afternoon were big and wire m mosl of them high (which caused several spills, but without any serious results.) After about 15 minutes run the Mount Somers railway line was reaohed. The hounds crossing gave the followers no other course but to jump the railway gates, as they were looked. Some half a dozen horsemen negotiated them very prettily. After this, however, some difficult country waa found; the hounds again orossing the railway line, whioh was here fenoed with high barb wire, and it was with some difficulty that the paok were picked up again. The hounds then changed hares ; the fresh one took a straight line] towards Maronan, the fences near the end of the run being thick but free from wire. A good many more were able to join m the chase, whioh lasted altogether about an hour, and op peared to be much enjoyed by everyone. The several visitors from Cnristchurch and Timaru expressed themselves well pleased with the sport shown, and also stated that they had no idea that the pack could make suoh a paoe. After a short spell another hare was set going, but was eventually lost opposite the Winslow Railway Station, after a run of about forty minutes. This brought the afternoon to a olose, We we're very pleased to see several visitors from a distance, and hope they may be able to have several more days with our bounds during the season. Amongst the followers were — Messrs Siitt (master) ; George Palmer, C. Mills, B. Lane, from Christchurch ; George Rutherford, from Dalethorpe ; R. H. Black, J. A. Graoie, and George Hart, from Timaru ; Upton, Russell, Merewetber, Denshire, Norrieh, Hewson, Death, Burnard, Wrought on, Pitt, Warner, Hunt, Jowett, O'Connell, Simpson, Joynt, Hargreavea, and others. A young man m Auokland proposed to a girl m Wellington by telegraph, adding "Answer yes or no at my expense." She sent him 600 words of explanation, collect, without coming to any conclusion. Gir'B don't like to be courted by telegraph, it's tco awfully sudden. The dimensions whioh the ferret nuisance is assuming, even m the immediate neighbor* hood of Dunedin, may be estimated by the fact that during the lagj week one resident jat Movnington Toafc ten fowls m" a single night, and another at Eaikorai Valley double that number also m one night. It is not generally known that Lord Aberdeen had a narrow esoape of being killed on hie trip to Wellington some time ago by the Manawatu Company's line. He was descending from, a carriage at -Paikakariki when, by some carelessness m shunting, a slight collision took place, knocking the Earl off his feet and almost under the wheels of the carriage 1 He interviewed the person responsible, and xeoeived a good deal of abuse as a reply. An old soissors grinder named Clarke, 70 years of age, who has been found dead m Kyneton, Victoria, is believed to have died while defending himself from native cats, Twenty years ago at Tueana, N.S.W. Joseph Cramp was committed for trial for sheep-stealing, but] before the sitting of the Assize Court was held he absconded, and nothing was heard of him from tnat day until tiie 6th inst., when he was arrested at Crook, well. He freely admitted his identity, but said nothing would now come of his trial ; and his confidence does not appear to have been misplaced, as all the witnesses are either dead or have disappeared. Tha head of the DuttecUn Burns' etatuo was put m a bag on Saturday night by some larrikins, and the article of adornment was taken off by a policeman with an eye to propriety, and perhaps a soul for poetry. The "Waimate Time 3" states that Mr Allan M'Lean, of Waikakahi, has forwarded a donation of £100 m aid of the Jubilee Memorial Home, m addition to the amount of £23 .2s subscribed by his employees for the same object. American Indians are fast diminishing; there are now but 131,952 m the whole of the Dominion of Canada. Of these 33,959 belong to the North- West Provinces. A largo proportion of the Indians m the Eastern Pro vinoes are more or less civilised. Things m Auokland must be pretty bad at the present time, judging from a remark made at a meeting of creditors held m tha* oity a few days ago. The Assignee pointed out that the bankrupt, m carrying on business, evidently knew he was doing so at a loss. To this a local merchant replied that he thought it needless to pass a resolution condemnatory of suoh a proceeding, as most men m business did the same thing (i-c> knowingly carry on at a Iobb), The other creditors seemed to share this opinion, for no aotion was taken.