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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We understand that should suffloient m Inoement offer the Railway- Department will run a Bpeoial .train to Ghristohuroh on a day ;o be fixed, most likely Friday. The fares tie fixed at a very low figure— 6a first-olass md 4s 6d seoond — and should the train run it will leave Ashburton at 8.30 a.m., starting from Christohuroh on the return journey at 11 p.m. This will allow visitors ample time to transact any business they may have m the Cathedral City, and also to vißit the Majeroni Company which is prepared to offer exceedingly low prioea on the oooasion. Some misunderstanding seems to exist m regard to the milch cow competition at the forthcoming Agricultural fihow, An impression baa got abroad that it will be neaessary for each intending competitor to enter three animals, but this is not so, and we have been requested to correct the misapprehension. There will be three prizes m this class of three, two, and one guineas, respectively. We learn that the members of the Shearers Union m Otago, Southland, and South Canterbury have unanimously resolved to maintain last year's rate, and although satisfied with the existing rate, they are not satisfied with.tho accommodation on some of the stations. In iViotoria the Union men have succeeded m raising the rate from 12s to 15b, and are supported ;by many of the leading runholdera. Mr Wilkinson, who has been schoolmaster at Seaview daring the last four years, is leaving the district to undertake an appointment m Northern Canterbury, and his f rienda have determined to. give him; a complimentary entertainment before leaving. This will take place on Thursday evening. Mr Wilkinson has been Bingularly Buooessful at Seaview, the averages he has secured at the annual examinations having been most highly Batisfaotory. Jjady : •' I'm getting tired of modern fiction ; can't yon recommend me a good exciting standard ,work? " Librarian : " Have you read the " Last Days of Pompeii ? " Lady : " No, I believe not, Can you tell me what he died of?" Librarian: "Oferuptito, I believe." Lord Granville said m a reoent speech, " When I first entered the Foreign Office the despatches were some 17,000 m the year. When I succeeded Lord Falmerston they had risen to 34,000. In 1870 I believe they were 70,000, and I am informed they have now risen to mere than 90,000. The ancient and famous city of flDamasous whioh was a place of importance 1900 yearß B.C. is busy^with plans for laying rail* road lines through the streets. Street car s m a oity said to have been founded by Abraham would be a startling novelty. The plaoe has 125,000 inhabitants. An Auckland man is forming a village (settlement three miles from town. He ofien 10 aorea of land, fenced and ploughed, on 19 years lease at a rent of 10s per week. The Auckland Freezing Company oommence operating a big creamery m th« Waikato this week. They count on crowding all inferior butter makers out of the local market, and doing an export business besides. New South Wales is now exporting batter to England m cool obambers. The Dunedin Rugby Union boast that their team which toured the colony early m the past season has dons what none other has done— made the tour without asking for or taking any gate money. The Dunedin " Star " obaraoterises the failure of the Justices to send Mrs Powell up for trial as a gross miscarriage of justioe, and says ; — Thiß failure is bo distinct that we feel it our duty to direot attention to the subject, whioh we hope will not escape the notice of the Government. A helpless babe of two years old was beaten witnin an inch of its life — the head and face a mass of bruises, and one arm broken — and this barbarous treat* ment is condoned by the two Bitting magistrates as if it was a mere trivial offence, and the poor ohild left, we presume, to the tender meroies of its unnatural mother. Suoh instances aB this are little else than a scandal, ftad oannot ba too severely oondemnedjby publio opinion. Trie " N.Z. Times " states that a correspondent, writing from Poplar, says : — As a proof of the present filthy condition of the River Thames at Blaokwall, I this day procured a sample m a small glass bottle, and, after allowing it to stand 80 minutes to Bettle, I was enabled to write this letter with the sediment instead of using ordinary ink. I find it flows freely from the pen. A remarkable instanoe of feoundity m a sheep has been communiaated to us (" Mataura Ensign") by Mr Finlay Maokay, of Reay, Mataura. A ewe m his possession forfeited her life last week m an effort to* give birth to no fewer than seven lambs. We are informed of the fact by Mr Mackay personally, and there is no oooasion for us to vouoh for the truth of the statement to those who know that gentleman. We should ba glad to hear if any case as remarkable oan be .quoted by any of our readers or contemporaries. At the same time we will mention the case of a slut, which to our personal knowledge gave birth to seventeen puppies, five dead and twelve living. This occurred m Gore this year. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cable message from their London office, dated 15th Ootober, 1887: . — " R.M.S. Ruapehu sailed from Capetown ; all well. Weatherefield has arrived." Hanlan met with a very cool reception on hia arrival m^ Sydney, on the 22nd ult. In commenting on the faot the " Evening News" Bays ; — " Of all hia frienda m the oity, there were only two who deemed ..it neaessary to afford any sort of a welcome to a visitor whose first arrival m the colony was marked by much the same kind of demonstration whioh attends the progress of a prince. But then he was ohampion of the world; now he is not. Defeat makes all tho difference. Not a single representative of any of the rowing olubs, none of the leading oarsmen, nor m faot any leading athletes or sportsmen were present this morning, and if the intention was to disoredit our name for national hospitality, and to point out that the man who oomes to pull foe the championship is unwelcome, the intention was a Buccosa. No one oan be tiok if tha stomach, blood, liver, and kidneys are well. American Co.'c Hop Sitters keepß them well . JTotios HoMiOwat'b Pills and Ointment. — The combined ill effects of over-orowding, sedentary occupations, and monotony of life are only too well-known to those who have to pass the best part of their lives laboring m factories and workrooms. The compulsory confinement weakens the general health and induces chroma constipation, indigestion, and various forms of skin diseases. Holloway's remedies are of priceless value to persons of this olass, for they can be used without entailing lots of work, being purely vegetable m their composition, and consequently aot without harshness on the most delioate system. The experienoe of more than forty years proves that no means BurpassHolloway's remedies for curing bad legs, b*d breasts, files, a.n.4 wouodi of all kinds,

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1690, 18 October 1887, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1690, 18 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1690, 18 October 1887, Page 2

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