The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1592, 24 June 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Plumpton Park Coursing Club's Meeting yesterday, Mr M. Digby'e bk w b Ringdove by Ring wood— Zoebeda, won the St. Leger Stakes, every oonrse being settled decisively. In the JunegPlate, the same owner's Ringer went down before Bismarok m the first oourge. The Southland Cotmty Oounoil have determined to reduce the salaries of their otHoials by 10 per oent., and to reduce their surface men by Gd per day. The women of Heligoland have deoided to present tot he Queen a Jiibileo gift, m the Bhape of a oarriage rug made of the white feathers of the sea birds whioh frequent the island. A terrible lynohing scene haß been witnessed m Kansas. Tho victim was torn from the prison, a rope waß put round his neok, and he was dragged to death behind a galloping horse. The newest thing iv Algeria is a trial of speed between camels from Tuggurt to Biskra, a distance of about 140 miles. The affair waß got np by the «« Sooiete dea Course?, deßißkra." The winner covered the distanoe m 25 hours, the Seoond m 29, the third m SO. The Ceylon Legislative Council has sane? tioned a grant of £24,000 for constructing batteries for the defenoe of Colombo. A man who haß two artificial legs, having lost his limbs m an accident, has started to walk from Newcastle to London and baok. Some of the omnibuses m London are no^r lighted with gas, a store of which is carried ' by eaoh vehiole. | A gossiping correspondent remarks that the cost of the Cunard steamer Etruria's outward and homeward voyages to and from New York amount to £15,000. She haß, howeveu. carried passengers on the two voyages who 3« fares reaoh to £30,000. The enormous quantity of [coal which the craok Atlantic liners consume forms a very serious item foor the great steam companies. j A oase of great interest to journalists bats just been been deoided m the Supreme Oour 1, Dunedin, by Mr Justice Williams. This was a suit for libel against the " Tuapeka Timeß " by a Mr A. Peterson, who claimed JE3OO damageß, for certain comments by that paper on his (Peterson's) examination before the Assignee m Bankruptcy. The Judge hold that the publication of the examination on oath of a bankrupt was on the samo footing as the publication of an examination of a witness before a Court of Justice, and was protected m the same way, and it followed that fair comment was protected. The article complained of seemed fair and reasonable under the circumstances. Judgment for dejendant with oosts as per eoale, disburse ments, and witnesses' expenses. • India has taken' to brew her own beerOnly some 875,000 gallons were imported for Government ' purposes last year, and the Government will shortly, it is expected, depend npon the native breweries alone. It is reported, says the "Daily," that a | Wairarapa solioitor inadvertently swallowed ! the other day a half-sovereign, and immediately resorted to his medioal adviser for assistance. The dootor, so the story goes, applied a stomaoh pump to the suffering lawyer, but after repeated and vigorous efforts only succeeded m bringing up three and fourpence. Benjamin Shurtleff, of Ohioago, recently cold a piece of land m that oity for £27,000 whioh he bought m 1859 for £160.

At the R.M. Court this morning Mr Purnell made an application that a number of summonses for rates issued by the South Bakaia Boad Board should be heard m Ashburton on Tuesday. He adduced speoial reasons m support of hiß application, whioh was granted.

The drizzling rain of the last fortnight was succeeded last night by a steady downpour. To-day the Ashburton and Bakaie rivers are m heavy flood, and low lying land m the district is under water.

A two months' ohild, a eon of Mr W. Hicks, died suddenly en Thursday molding. An inquest was held to-day before MrH.C. S. Baddeley, coroner, and a jury of six, of whom Mr W. Adams was ohosen foreman. The evidence showed conclusively that death was the result of natural oauses, and a verdiot m acoordanoe therewith waß returned.

A well attended meeting of the Jubilee Committee was held last night m the Borough Oounoil Chambers. The Mayor Mr T. Scaly, m the chair, gave a report on the results of the demonstration on 20th June and thought that considering the, many dis» advantages the Committee had to contend with, that everything bad passed off well, and that great loyalty had been Bhown during the whole proceedings by all concerned. Votes of thanks were passed to all those who gave donations of refreshments, and also. to those who assisted the Committee on the grounds and elsewhere with their personal service* Various reporta were given m by membera of the Sub-Committee as to receipts and expenditure, these showing an amount of £53 7s 3d as the total of Monday's receipts, but this amountisto.be increased by some further sums not yet handed in.— A number of accounts were considered, and some of them passed for payment. It is requested that all olaims against the Committee be sent m by Monday next, to enable aooounts to be made up and balance shown. The Committee are to meet again on Tuesday evenjng. next, for settlement of all aooounts and oifc business oonneoted with the Jubilee demonstration.

We are requeaeed to remind members of St Johh's Lodge, E.C., that the annual installation of officers takes place at 7.30 this evening at the Masonic Hall, Tanored street

A large number of Mormon saints are on their way to Cass* Grande, Ohihuahna, the site of their new colony m Mexico.

Beport from Borne bas it that six or seven miles of untrodden catacombs have been dieoovered under the Eternal City

According to the "HaweraStar" the next Parihaka feast is to be the biggest on record, Every white man's cart and dray on the Plains whioh could be begged, borrowed or hired was engaged by the Maoris at the beginning of last week to oart potatoes up to Parihaka every day this week, a numbar of fat cows and bullooks have been driven up, and cartloads of carcases of smoke dried pork, shark, and other Maori delioaoies have joined the procession, bo tha* a mighty feast is confidently looked forward to. The Maoris up and down the coast very generously make presents of food to Te Whiti, and then with charitable forethought, m order that the food may not be i wasted, proceed to Parihaka to eat what they have sent and as muoh more as they can get*

Mr Verooe, of Te Puke, Tauranga, had the enormous return of 90 bushels of maize to the aore from th.cc acres *his season.

From information recently collected by the police, it is estimated that there are now fully 400 thieves at large m the city of Sydney. It is not au. prising to leara* that, robberies are getting very f.-equent ia the suburbs.

Four Gei man wrr vessels — tl c Biamarok t Olga, Oarola, and Sopie — arrived at Sydney on the Oth irjßt. Just before the Olga entered the heads Captain Von Beiohenbaoh fell down m a fit of apoplexy and expired.

The so-oal'ed toughened glass, wbioh caused so muoh interest a few yearß ago, is now hardly ever heard of. Thereaßon is that an imperfectly understood change seems to go on among tbe moleoules of the glass, whioh renders it liable to burst into minute fragments without the slightest provocation.

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