LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1596, 29 June 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In an artiole on '.Eetrenohmeat," reprinted from the " Mail," wbioh appears on* the fourth page of this issue, a typographioa error has esoaped correction. For ** constantly receiving deficits," as printed, read •' constantly reourring difioits.'^ Constable Coffey, who, it will be remembered, gave evidence of a rather sensationa* character m the Gallagher oase, whioh cvi- ■ dence formed the subjeot of a departmental enquiry, and who was, shortly after the hearing of the ease, transferred to Timaru has been further transferred to Napier. Mr W. Doherty, of Greenstreet, had a narrow esoape of being drowned while crossing the river the other day, the strong current running overturning the trap. He had con* siderable difficulty m making his way out. The unemployed cost the Sydney Govern, ment last month no less a sum than £15,780* Diptheria is now somewhat severe at New Plymouth. The Technioal School at Timaru now boasts of 105 pupils. Whalofishing is now being agitated at Hobart. It is proposed to [look for black whales m Antarotio waters. Russia will soon have m the Pacifio no fewer than twelve men-of-war, including three ironolad frigates. .

Apples arc now oonveyed from Australia to London for 6d per oase. From Tapaoui to Dunedin (says the " Tapanui Courier ") tho rate is 2s. , An old Scotchwoman, while admiring the illuminations m Dunedin on Jubilee night, was heard to say, " Eh, mon, iifc would be gran', if it was only daylioht.". A man- lately walked into the offioe of an Judge of Probate m America and asked : " Are fyou the Judge of Reprobates ? " "I am the Judge of Probate." "Well, that's it, I expect. Yod see, my father died detested, and he left me several little infidels, and I want to bei their exeoutioner." The only European army that is numerically superior to the Italian is the Russian* Italy has a permanent (thought not per* manently aotive) fighting force of 802,687 men, and mobile and territorial militias wbioh brif_g up the available strength for defensive purposes to a total of 2,387,332 men inclusive of non-oombatantß. . Judging from the following, clipped from the " Taranaki Herald,'.' they must have been having a very different sort of -season up there. Snow and strawberries certainly wouldn't go together, but if strawberry ices are wanted it would be easy to fix them up between Ashburton and New Plymouth, the latter finding the fruit and the former the ice This is the extraot abovo referred to:— ''Strawberries m winter, ond grown m tbe open air, are a novelty, yet wo have had somo sent ua by Mr John Vealo, sen., who, owing to tho mildness of the climato m New Ply. mouth, is able to produce thie delicious fruit all the yoar round. The strawberries sent us are large, v. oil-flavored, and equal m moat respects to those crown irr tbe summer." It is said that a daily paper m the interests of protectionists will bo published m Dunedin during the forthcoming elections.. The «• Auokland Herald " says that "The first ostrich egg laid m New Zealand can now be seen at the Industrial Exhibition, Wyndbam street. It was brought down from the Kaipara, and Bhows at all events that thufi distriot can supply whatever is necesaary for tbe composition of the shell, which is aa hard and has all the appearance of ivory." We fancy the " Herald " is mistaken as to its being the first, as we have a notion that Mr Matson's ostriches at Christohurch have not only laid but have reared one or more broods ofobioks. The " Taranaki Herald " wants to know ■ " What necessity there is to .have a seßßion of Parliament every year ?" and goes on to say " The colony would go on quite as well if the House met every other year, or even onoe m three years. A large number of the members only meet with a hope of turning those m powor out, thinking there may be a chance m the confusion existing at such a time to reap some personal advantage. If we reverted to sexennial parliaments, with sessions ;every other year, we should have quite enough legislation for the oolony," An exohange has the following :— " In looking back over some old newspapers lately we came aoross the following paragraph, quoted from the " Otago {Witness " of the 21st Deoembeir, 1854:— « Wo -hull bo unable to furnish our readers with a paper next week as we b aye m hand some other printing that must bo attended it.' What would the publio cay to suoh a notice at tho present day ? It would have the effeot of killing the paper outrig ht." The " Australian aud South Amerioan" romarks that the troubles m Afghanistan are of a more werious nature than the Indian Government cares to acknowledge. It is more than suspect. id tbat they are fomented by Russian; ageniis, m order to Bap the power of the principal Jbarrier to Russian advances on India. Russia is playing a double game, with one hrmd on Cantral Asia, the other on Con* stanti nople, and Bhe will ultimately übo her power: m the inferior to weaken English opposition to her designs on tho " unspeakable Tu\'k." All the railroad work she is doing on th o Afghan frontier is not for naught. Drafts for the relief of members out of work •during the dull spell that has prevailed for 'several years m England havo reduoed tho funds Of the United Sooiety of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders from £108,515 m 1883 to £21,895 m 1886 1 Banana, -terns are found to yield a fibre resembling liomp m texture and oapoblo of supplanting manila, for paper making especially; The wheat crop of the Argentine Republic is beleivodt.o be thclargeßt over known, yielding about 12,000,000 bushels for export. All available .ailing vessels at Buenos Ayres havo been chartered to load with wheat and linseed for Europe.

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