The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1625, 2 August 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Master ef the Home desires to acknow. ledge, with thanks, the receipt of a parcel o! clothes from «• A Friend," papers from Mr Paul, and bootß from Dr Leahy, for the use of tbe inmates. * As there appears to be some misapprehension aa to when the season for BhooHng native gamo closes, wo may state that under the regulation of the Ashburton Aoolimatisation Society, published m a recent ••• Gazette," the Beason closed for that district on 31s July. Hares and rabbits oan still be destroyed having been declared vermin. Among the passengers by tfra R.M.S. Ruapehu, whioh left Lyttelton on Thursday, was Mr J. Leesmitb. He takes wifch him sample stud Bheep from some o! our leading flookmastcrs, including Messrs John Reid (of Elderslie), Garforth, Deans, Threlkeld, Royse and Anderson (of Hawkt's Bay), and Washbourne. Theße go to the River Plate, via Riode Janeiro, and are probably the precursors of a diraot stook trade with that country.—" Otago Daily Times." James Hoag, of. Cedar Springs, iB, undoubtedly, the Bmalleßk man of his age no* living. He is forty-five inohes m height, weighs aeventy-Bix pounds and ia seventy-two years old. He was born m 1812. In 1850 he became acquainted with Tom Thumb at New York. Then Tom was heavier than Hoag, although the latter waa the taller. Sinoo that time Hoag has ' fleßhed up,' and is now qnite portly. ' He is a single man and now lives with his nephews at Cedar Springs; He ia m good health and makes considerable money by braiding whiplaßhes, at.wbioh he is an expert. An Auokland telegram of Friday last says that as there have been several enquiries from farmers and country settlers m that district re means of getting suoh produce as oheese, butter, fruit, etc, to the Home and foreign markets, the New Zealand Shipping Company are prepared, should sufficient m. duoement offer, to ereot cool ohambers for this purpose m some of their steamers. The sea Honß oaptured by Oapt Fairohild, and sent Home by the New Zealand Government, aro reported to be doing well m the ponds of the Zoological Gardens m London* where they attraot a lot of attention. This js the ftrst time this Bpeoies of seal has been Been alive m Europe. The tuatara Hzards> whioh Sir Julius Yogel exhibited at the 11 Colinderiea " last year, are also alive and doing well m the reptile-house at Regent Park, whither they were transferred when the Exhibition closed, Mißtresß (to servant) : " Did you tell those {adies at tbe door that I was not afc home ? " Servant; "Vis, mun." Mistress: "What did that cay?" Servant: " How fortinit.^ *' So you have got a stepmother," she eajd to a little girl of nine. " ¥es." " \yell I feel sorry for you." " Oh, you needq'fc do that," replied theljtyle one. " Tleaße be Borry ?Qr pa." The oQjoial list |ssi;ed by the *' fteqteqheß Handelearohiv " of the imports from Germany into the Cameroon region of Wast Afrioa jg highly suggestive. The imports were ; — ;,52.9,029 litres qt rum, 37,800 bottles of gin. ]L 589 old muskets, and IOQO cartridge^. JJest jio {these requisites for intqxioatioq and blood* shed, were 1,112,000 kilograms of sugar, js,os kilggrams of tobacco., and, finally, 39.8i?QQ yards of oloth. Holmwax'b piNTMBNi ANi? F|iif>s. — -These remedi«B are unequalled throughout tbe world iQX bad legs* wounds, foul sores, bad breasts, a»d {jlioera, tJuaed wobrding " t,Q djreptions giTen with them there is V9»nd, pad-)flgs, or ulwtoufl aoro f howeve? pbßlipafe or long standinß, but will yield to their healing and curative properUes. Many poor eufferers who have been patients m the large hospitals under tho care of eminent surgeons, and have derived little or no benefit from their ifeßiJjaant, have been thoroughly cured by Qintment'and filial For grandular Bwellinge tumours, "piles," and dtseasea of tb9 skin .there' id nothing tb'at can baused with bo Sioh benefit! Infaot, in 1 the woTrsfc forms of jjiseaee, dependent dpon (ihe'eonditipn of the bjood, ttheie r#edj.Qi£e; uied'oorijoiiitly, are rroiuitibli,

A correspondent writes to us aa follows : — The " demonstration " which was lately got ap at Bakaia against Mr Bolleston seems to have produoed exactly the opposite effect to what its promoters intended, and to have caused a strong current of feeling m favor of Mr Bolleston to set m at the Bakaia end of the Bangitata eleotoral district. An address expressing confidence m Mr Bolleston and the intention of the subscribers to give him their support is now being circulated about Rakaia, and haß already received a large , number of signatures of B&ngitata eleotors. A Committee meeting of the Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Alliance, for the suppression and prohibition of the liquor traffic, was held at the Dawn of Peaoe Lodge rooms last night, when matters affecting the forthcoming Parliamentary contests received earnest attention. A deputation was also appointed to ascertain the views of candidates for Bangitata and Ashburton electorates, on the principles of the Alliance. During the eight months beginning July lstj 1886, there were 108 strikes and 11 lookouts m Philadelphia. Of the strikes, 19 were bugoessful, 6 were reported settled satisfactorily, 21 were compromised, and 60 were failures. Of the 11 lock-outs by employers, 4 were BUOcesßful, while 5 were compromised, and 2 are pending. The number of hands thrown out of work by these various troubles was 18,123, and the direot loss m wages was 1,221,750 dollars. A parliamentary paper shows that on the register now m force there are m England and Wales 4,492,875 eleotors, m Bootland 575,909, and m Ireland 779,389, being an inoreaße, compared with last year, of 181,615 m England and Wales, 1551 m Scotland, and 37,476 m Ireland.