LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1626, 3 August 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„,. ■+ On Monday evening the Hon W. Bolleston addressed a meeting of the Bangitata eleotors m the Ohertsey Schoolroom. About forty electors were present, and the meeting was a very orderly one. His addreßS was merely a resume of the speeoh which he has already delivered m other parts of the electorate. Several questions of more or less interest were put by the electors to tho candidate and answered by the oandidate. At the oonolusion of the address a vote of thanks was awarded to the hon gentleman for his address. Ashburton has suffered very little from fires, either incendiary or accidental, m the past, and we hope this pleasant state of affairs may long continue, but that is no reason why our business men should not tike advantage of any ohance ocourring elsewhere of purchasing Balvage goods and giving the public here the benefit. Suoh a ohance has jußt bean taken up by Mitchell and Turner, who have purchased the salvage stock of the Timaru Woollen Factory, and have the whole now on sale at their Tanored street premises. Adulterated American cheese is the latest delicacy. It is made of skim milk, curds, and lard, or cottonseed oil. Wages.— During the last fifty years wages have doubled m the United States, while the necessaries of life havo beoome cheaper. Wagesd have also greatly advance m New Zealand since Sic Julius Yogel's publio wcrkß policy was adopted. The tendenoy on the oontinent of Europe has also been m the same direotion. In all parts of the world efforts have been made to depreciate the value of a workman's services, but so far the instances of Buocess are isolated and few. An Auckland tenderer, Mr M'Leod, of Albert street, has obtained the contract fcr supplying 400 baskets to tho General Poßt Office, which are required for carrying out the parcels post system. la the death rates for June Wanganui was at the top, while Dunedin was at the bottom. A Company is now engaged m Aberdeen m converting whale's flesh into " eztraot of meat. Somebody wanted to know the other day the origin of " Oil on the troubled waters," •' Oil on the ooean's troubled waters Bpread," is from neither the Bible nor Shakespere. It is m "The Triumphs of Temper," by William Bay ley, the friend ana biographer of the poet Cowper. Experiments made m France m." deepsea" photography have been successful. With a camera and the eleotrio inoandesoent light it is said to be possible to photograph sunken ships, and make simpler the diver's perilous work. Lately a large number of *' temperance drinks " were analysed by tho ohemist of the Massachusetts State Bo&rd of Health, and according to Eastern papers, the result showed not a single one free of alcohol. On the contrary, one contained 44*3 of the intoxicant, several 40 per cent., and a large proportion more than 20 per cent. It is also found now that pure spring water contains a small portion of alcohol. Another very interesting discovery htti been made at the Aoropolis, Athens, m the shape of five marble statues. Two of them are over life nze, and are good examples of the art of the period before Phidias, They represent female forms, and are m a fair state of pre* ■ervation. All the statues have been sent to the AoroppHoa IMustum, whioh already t|3 been greatly enriched by the diflcoveries made during these oxoavationa. An exoiting adventure with a whale occurred during tho cruise of the American whaling barque John Winthrop, which reached Port Jackson recently. It seems that the vessel was cruising south of Albany (W.A.) m September last, when a school of sperm whales was saen m the distance. Three boats were m the water almost immediately, and before an hour had elapsed two were made fast to an enormous bull, apparently the finest of the sohool. The weather when the boats loft the ship's side was looking very dirty, and just before the harpoons were sent home a gale set m. This rendered the work of capturing the prize more diffioult, and m the hurry to secure him the whale turned round and attacked the boats, biting one clean m two and staving m the other very badly* This was witnessed from the deck of the barque, and tho feelings of those on board, seeing the whale attaoking and smashing the boats, can be bettor imagined than described. No time was, however, lost m proceeding to the resoue of the orews of the boats, who could be seen clinging to the wreokage. Thfi third boat, then m the water, succeeded ;d pioking up tho crew of one boat, and the vessel beat up and saved tho crew of the other. Strange to relate, not one of the men was found £o be injured, although several of them had a marvellous escape from|beiag drowned, and were only just resoued m time. " Rough on (Gatarbh " oorreota offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic caaeß ; alao unequaled as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath. 4