LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1671, 24 September 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Publio attention is drawn to the alteration of the time of Mr Walker's meeting m the Arcade this evening. Mr Buxton addressed a small meeting of the electors at Liscnore schoolroom on Thursday evening, Mr Arthur Lidding ton m the 1 chair. Mr Buiton's remarks were frequently 1 applauded, and after a few questions had been satisfactorily disposed of, a vote of confidence ' was proposed and carried with great en- ' thusiasm. By an announcement m another column it will be seen that conveyances will run on Monday for the convenience of electors going to and from the various polling places m the Rangitata electorate. The polling places this Bide the Rangitata are the Winslow, Fleming--1 ton, "Wakanui, Seafield, and Pendarves schoolrooms, the Library Hall, Chertsey, and the Boad Board Offioe,'Lismore. Our report of the Sixpenny Entertainment at St. Stephen's Schoolroom, on Thursday last, is held over till Monday. "Rough on Oatabbh" corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases ; alec unequaled as gargle for diphtheria, I ore throat, foul breath,

The Captain of the Salvation Army wishes I to i hank all those who kindly asaited, with money and provisions, towards giving a free tea to 400 children on Tuesday last. Apart from the popularity of the Sunday Sohool as an institution, and the praotical sympathy always accorded to demonstrations on its behalf, the services at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow may fairly be expeoted to attract large congregations from the fact that ! the Bey J. J. Lewis, the talanted pastor of i Durham street Ohuroh, Christchurch, will preaoh the anniversary sermons. Mr Gamble : has also succeeded so well m training both j lis juvenile and adult choirs, that the musioal portion of the proceedings, will sustain the interest always attaohing to such gatherings as that under notice. Quite a change has come over that portion of East street m the vicinity of the Town Hall buildings. Since those premises were sold by auction, and Mr Anderson beoame the proprietor and changed the Hall into the commodious auction mart presided over by genial Peter Williams, and built the two new shops, and added to the two old ones— these all being ocoupied with good tenants, and no doubt paying businesses— a further addition has now been made by the advent of the Zealandia Boot Store into the premises formerly oooupied by Mr Ferriman ; this building having been transformed into a very fine boot shop, with modern fittings and every appliance for the comfort of patrons, who will find there a very large and varied stook of all kinds of boots and shoes, from the heavy 11 Zealandia " colonial makes — so celebrated amongst our farmers and working classes— to the highest qualities of French and German designs for ladies, both for walking and evening wear. The store opens to-day, and will no doubt be visited by great numbers of our residents, and they will fled Mr Lamb, the manager, able to fit them well, both as regards sizes, prioe, and quality. The Waikato Charitable Aid Board have refused relief to a widow on the ground that she is possessed of freehold property. We notiaed recently the fact that the Volunteers had reoeived a grant from Government of £25 to repair their rifle rangei mentioning the name of Mr Walker as being instrumental m obtaining it. It seems this has given offenoe, and has been characterised by a correspondent m a contemporary as little Bhort of bribery. We have laken the trouble to enquire from an officer of the Company for the faots of the case, and we are informed that about January laßt the Volunteers applied for a grant to repair the Butts, to which the Government replied that they would give £1 for £1 to the Company. The Company could not take up this offer, being unable to raise anything themselves, and the grant was m a fair way of being lost, but for the steady perseverance of the Major, who appealed to the Hon. Col. Bailey for assistance, and some j time since the money was given unconditionally. If it had not been so given, the Volunteer class firing, which must shortly take plaoe, might have been stopped because the Butts are unsafe. Mr Walker, as member for the distriot, might have assisted Col. Bailey lo get the money; no doubt he did, but it was long monthß ago, and before it could have been known that Mr Purnell would be likely to oppose him for this distriot. The N.Z.L. and M. A. Co. yesterday reoeived their first instalment of wool for this Beason. We might mention this is the first clip of the season, and was consigned by Mr W. F. Allen. The Eev W. Hogg, lato of Victoria, wil 1 preaoh m the Presbyterian Church to-morrow morning and evening, also at Wakanui m the afternoon. At the quarterly meeting of the Wesleyan Church, held last night at Mr Robert Aloorn's, amongst other important business transacted, it was resolved on the nomination of the Stewards, to invite Bey J. Newman Butler, of Masterton, to Bucoeed Mr MoNicoll as superintendent of the Ashburton cirouit.