The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1711, 14 November 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A storm of exceptional severity visited Ashburton yesterday. Its approaoh was betokened ehortly after mid-day by the rumbling of thunder, and during the greater part of the afternoon a thunderstorm raged, accompanied by heavy showers of rain, with a little hail. In the evening the rain descended m torrents, and continued during the night. At Tinwald there was a hailstorm of a phenomenal oharaotor m the afternoon. Immense hail stones, which have been described to us by several persons as being of the size of bantam's eggs, foil, and played havoc with gardens, m some oases breaking glass. Wo have heard of windows whioh were broken, and some of tho glass m Mr Sealy's greenhouses waß smashed. The noise of the. hail as it fell on the roofs of the houses was deafening. In two cases hailstones were measured, and m each they are Paid to have been about an inoh m diameter. Near Lagmhor there was a heavy fall of hail, the hailstones beiug the size of large marbles. Suiue damage was cauned tv tuo railway line sear Kaogitata by the heavy rain of last night, the morning train from Tiwaiu Nog gejayed. itfgkfcij to couw^ucucc,

A case of attempted suicide ooourred at Ohertsey last evening. A man named Vfm. McOlusky, who had, it appears, been to the Christchurch races, arrived on foot at Ohertsoy yeßterday, and soon after his arrival he attempted to cut his throat with a prcket knife. He managed to inflict outs on bis throat and abdomen. Information waß conveyed to the police, and Constable Bourka, of Kakaia, brought the man into town by the express train this morning. His self-inflicted injuries were attended to by Dr. Tweed. The man was taken to the hospital, but his wounds are not serious, and it is expected

thai he will bo all right m a couple of days. The man attributes the aot to drink. The social gathering m connection with St. Stephen's Church, postponed from last Tuesday, will be held m the Churoh Schoolroom to-morrow evening at 8 p.m. It has been resolved m oonsequence of a i strong requisition to re-produce the " Trial of John Barlejcorn "on the 22nd inst. Votes of thanks were passed to thoao who took part m tha former representation. The first rehearsal m connootion with tha forthcoming procluc* tion will be held on Tuesday next at 8 o'clock. The fanoy and plain dress ball m connection with the Summer Assembly takes placa on Thursday next, the 17th instant. Tickets may be obtained from the Committee. The police m future will not allow the Salvation Army to congregate at street corners, this aotion having been taken iv consequsnoe of the danger to life and limb wbiob may be entailed if the praotiee is allowed to continue, and also on account of the blooking of the roads and footpaths m consequence of the open air services of the Salvationists. The Army ia still at liberty to parade the streets, but may not halt m any thoroughfare. The privileges m connection with the ABhburton Racing Club's Spring Meeting were submitted to auotion by Mr Peter Williams (for Messrs Friedlander Bros.) on Saturday. The following prioes for eaoh day of the meeting were realised :— No. 1 publioan's booth, £7, W.Pattman; No. 2 publican's booth, £12, J. Henry ; No. 1 confectioner's booth, £2 10s, W. Davis ; No. 2 oonfeotioner's booth, £2, W. Davis ; right of games, £1 6s, J. Porter ; horse yard, £1 lie, J. Porter , old grand stand, 153, A. Moore. A melancholy accident ocourred at Timaru on Saturday by which two children, named Nelly Fillmer and Harry Kerr, were drowned. The children with a number of others had gone to Dashing Hooks for a pio-nio. The New South Wales Government have deoided to include iv the next estimate the sum of £112,000 for Newcastle harbor works.

Chinese to the number of 124 were enter* tamed at a tea meeting at Brisbane recently, under the auspices of the Anglican clergy. Germany has profited by the Boulanger craze, for from Cologne no Ie"s8 than 70,000 pictures of Boulanger were lately sent to Paris, whioh sold readily at 2k francs. At Fort Glanville, Semaphore, Adelaide, ; reoently an explosion occurred whilst Sergt.Major Slaine was explaining to some visitors ! the method of firing a friction tube. Sis persona were injured . Professor Proctor says that the house fly prevents epidemios that would depopulate the globe. We are willing to admit that, but why Bhould the little cuss prevent also a needed morning nap by idly fooling with a fellow's nose ? Raoio, Wis.t is exoited over the marriage ol Kittle Newman, a sooiety girl, to Ulowaum, a humpbacked, one-armed Kiokapoo Indian medicine dootor. "William Fawoett, who died In England feoeuUy •"«»■ *h« tathamt the lato ProfeßSOJ Henry Fawoeit, the blind Postmaster-General of England. He was 91 years old, saw the allied Sovereigns m London after Waterloo, and shock hands with Bluoher.

In reviewing the exports and imports of the colony, the " New Zealand Trade Review " says :-— '« lt will be noted that the total of imports (of the colony) is exceeded by the value of exports for the twelve months by £819,269. The exports of the colony are thus yielding beyond the amount required to pay for our imports something towards the interest on our foreign debts.

An semi-divine autoorat can afford to be frank m addreßßing his people. The Emperor of China finds it neoesaary to adjourn bis marriage, and he does not hesitate to give as bia first reason an empty treasury. This (says a contemporary) is a very grave consideration, no doubt, when the expenses of the ceremony, m publio rejoioings ulone, aacr c put at a million sterling ; the outlay upon presents, rewards, and so forth, eniong the courtiers is not reckoned. But the seoond cause stated has more interest. The most sympathetic of men could not feel very deeply for a Ghineße Monarch ; but m a mild way one regrets to hear that the young Emperor's health will not allow him to marry for two years. Certainly, if he does cot md himself m the most; robust oondition, he acts prudently m waiting awhile. Wedlock is a serious obligation to all of us ; but for the Emperor of China it is downright awful. The description whioh Maroo Polo gave of the j domestio arrangements of Cublai Khan still applies to his successor of to-day— in theory, if not quite m practice. He has four wives ; but that is nothing at all. Eaoh wife has about 300 ladies m attendance, who regard their mistress's husband as their master, but this is not much. The household of eaoh wife reokons some 10,000 persons— in theory nowadays, as we have said— but m faot also, an enormoui number, mos'ly female, The computation begins to grow alarming, but there is muoh besides. Every second year the daughters of the nobility are surveyed, and 500 of them drafted into tbo palaoe. Under these conditions, sensible men will think that the longer his Majesty postpones marrying the wisor he will show himstlf. Heating's Powder destroys bothmoths, fleas beetles, and all other inaeots, while quite harmless to domestio animals. In exterminating beetl the success of this powder is extraordinary, tis perfectly clean m appli.

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