The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1699, 31 October 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ The Borough Council meets this evening.

The anniversary services m connection wit! the Primitive* Methodist Church were con ducted yesterday by the Key Mr Jones There were large oongregationa both mormof and stoning. This evening a lecture entitlec " Christmas Evans, the one-eyed preacher o Wild Wales," will be delivered by the Ra^ Mr Jones m the^Salvation Barroeka. Ab announced n our Saturday's issue, th( Eev D. MoNicoll preached a sermon lasi night at the Wesleyan Church, on national, ■oeial, and private gambling. State lotteries, betting, land and gold mining speculations, art unions and rattles, cards, and othet phases of (he Bubject, received attention, and the rev. gentleman impressively warnad the young men especially of his congregation to be proof against (he bewitching temptations of tha " gambling fiend," whose influence could only be compared to the terrible vice of drunkenness and opium smoking. The Mount Somers Tramway will be opene to morrow. The trucks will start from Moun Somers at noon and arrive again at the town ship with a few tons of coal about 4.30 p.m Spare truoks will be taken up and down fo any passengers who may wish to go, and i is intended to celebrate the arrival of the firs truok load of coal- m a convivial manner This celebration of the opening of the tram way will m no way interfere with the proposec oxcursion train from Ashburton. The railway authorities have been compelled to delay th< ranning of this train through there being ac many holidays. Whenever the excursion it run to Mount Somers Mr Wright will be prepared to take passengers up to the coal pit, At the H.M. Court this morning, before Mr rt. Aloorn, J.P., and Mr D. Thomas, J.P., Fohn Butler was charged with having been Irunk and with having refused to leave the tamerset Hotel when requested to do so. Ho fas fined 5b with the uaal alternative, On a harge of assaulting Constable O'Sullivan ha rasjconvicted and ordered to be imprisoned for bree days. According to the Melbourne "Daily Teleraph," one pair of rabbits, if left undisturbed, rill, m three years, inorease to 13,718,000. few South Wales ia spending £100,000 a year, nd Victoria £200,000 a year, m fighting the eat. On one station m the former oolony, 70,000 rabbits were destroyed last year at a 3st of nearly £16,000 to the proprietor, and is run is as thickly infestad ai aver, It ii lid by authorities that all methoda to grapple ith the evil hitherto adopted hay» been fitter lilurcß. Holloway'b Pillb and Ointment.— Soldiers ad Sailors.— These well-known and easily 3ed remedies are especially servioeabla and ravenient foi those -who, like soldiers and lilors, are exposed to great changes of imate, and the hardships inseparable from teir calling. Many of the diseases ongtn. ;red m the system from these and othar an. ward causes oan be cheoked and controlled r attention at their onset, and m Holloway'i medics will be found a ready means of lief without hindrance from duty. Many a an is invalided and rendered more or lest* irdeu to himself and friends from neglecting c early symptoms of nil complaint, whioh lamity might bo averted, by timely reiort to I urn of fioUoiftj'i FiUi and Ojatmtat,

A sooial and concert m aid of the funds of

St. Andrew's Ohuroh will be held at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, to-morrow evening.

Nominations for the Spring Meeting of the Ashburton Racing Olub must be m the hands of the ;Seoretary, Mr O. 0. Fooks, by nine o'clock to-morrow (Tuesday) evening.

Mr J. Orr wishes to explain that the Kaiapoi woollen goods Bhown at the Agricultural and Pastoral Show were not entered for competition m any class, being for exhibition only.

The general election of County Councillors takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 16th. We understand that Mr Donald MoLean will not allow himself to be nominated for re-eleotion to the seat m the Council at present held by him.

A Government Inspeotion Parade of the Ashburlon Rifles and Guards is ordered for to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at seven o'clock. As thiß will count as a •• daylight parade " towards capitation, it is imperative that every man should attend.

In Christohuroh on Saturday last, a man named Judah Barsht was arrested on a charge of obtaining tho sum of £1 10s by false pretences from Mr W. S. Wilson of Ashburton. Barsht will be brought here and remanded to Thursday nex^

The time for the annual eleotion of Mayor is drawing near, and speculation is being made as to the probable oandidate. We understand that a requisition to Mr A. Harrißon has been got up, and that tho present occupant of the obair, Mr T. Bealy, has, at the solicitation of his friends, determined to stand for a second term of offioe.

It will be seen- by advrrtißement that the trial of " John Barleycorn " io to be per* formed m the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday next. Considering tho time this piece has been m tehearsal there is little doubt that the representation will be a suocess, and should command a good attendance of the public It is to be mounted with a first class court soene, whioh has been painted specially for its production. A rehearsal takes place to-night and to-morrow night.

With reference to the action of the German Commodore at Samoa, the correspondent of the " Sydney Daily Telegraph " states that " it is more and more apparent every day that the action of Germany has been directed by the Deutsche Handel Company (the big German firm). Tamasese's people have mortgaged their lands to the German firm to the extent of 60,000 dollars to purchase firearms. These arms, which cost the. Company about 10 dollara a piece, were eo'd for 60 dollars, while the British traders have been prevented by their Government from trading m arms or ammunition. These mortgages

were invalid by the law of Samoa unless

oountersigned by the King. Malietoa, of , course, refusedj to sign mortgages whioh bad been given for the purpose of providing thoße who had rebelled against his authority with arms. Tamasese was appointed King by the Germans with a view of making these mortgages valid. It is also expected that he will be a pliant tool— mindful of German interest and m everyday .subservient to their power."

The " Evening Herald's " Wellington cor. swpondent Jsaya :■— •• The Government are ■ngaged m going over the Estimates to see where items can be eliminated or where rtduoed, but they find that the late Governm«nt curtailed to suoh an extsnt that little is left to be done m the way of departmental savings exoept neoeisary services are dispensed with. One Minister hes expressed surprise at finding how maoh had been done by the late Government m the way of economising. Replying to its own query, "Is Major Atkinson equal to his task," the " Evening Post " says :— " We hesitate to answer the question farther than to Bay that his past reoord is not calculated to inspire an affirmative reply. It is impossible to forgot that on a previous oooasion, under some similar circumstances, he took such a pessimist view of the situation that his Finanoial Statement caused widespread dismay at home and abroad, seriously injured the credit of tht colony m London, and intensified the very evil he deplored and professed a desire to remedy."

Great Britain has ooneluded a treaty with

the King of the Tonga Islands, under whioh that Monarch will cede nothing to Foreign Powers without the assent of England, and this treaty is an unpleasant surprise to Germany, as the Tonga Islands have been considered a promising field* for Germany enterprise.

The Wellington correspondent of the

Evening Star" says:— Much was made during the eleotions of the fact of a retiring allowance having been paid to Mr Seed and of three other offioerg beiQg employed to do his work. The matter was referred to Mr Goldie by the Auckland Finanoial Reform Aisooiation, and his inquiries show that the whole affair is a mare's nest, The men who Bre doing his work were already m the Government service, and they get slight advanoes m pay, while an extra olerk at £100 is also employed. Whsn thosa sums are added to the retiring allowance of £666, the whole amount shows a saving of £75 per annum on £1000 a year whioh was paid Mr Saed, and a large saving when the pension expires.

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