The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1714, 17 November 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is stated that there . are 3000 lady 'cyclists m England, A meeting of subscribers to the Jubilee funds was held on Tuesday afternoon m the County Council Chambers; the obair was occupied by Mr T. Scaly. Tho balauoo-ehe^t and auditors' report were read, considered, and adopted. It waa rosolved that the funds now m hand ebould bo deposited m tbe Union Baok for sis months at interest, and that Messrs Scaly, Walker, and Harper be ap. pointed a Committee to consider the beet form for a permanent memorial, they to report to the Committee as Boon #b a decision was oomo to. Tho " Wairarapa Star " says— Butter is ao plentiful down m the valloy at present that tbe Bellera can get no more than 3Jd per lb> and then are oompolled to take stores m lieu of money. The other day a dairy farmer was so annoyed at a Cartarton storekeeper offering him 3d per lb for oomu splendid fresh butter, that he picked up a roll and aimed lb at the storekeeper's head. Hollowav'b Pillb.— lmportant for the delicate.—lt is difficult to detormine which is the more trying to the human constitution, the damp, cold days of autumn and winter, or the keon, dry, easterly winds of spring. Throughout the seasons good health may bo mam* tamed by occasional doses of Hollow&y's Fill, which purify tho blood and not as wholesome stimulants to the pkin, stomaoh, liver, bowels and kidnoye. This celebrated medioino needs but a fair trial to convincd tho ailing and desponding that it will restore and obeor them without danger, pain, or iuoonvonienoo. No family uhould pc without a supply of Hollo, way's rills au/J Uintinent as by a timeljr recourse to them tbo fi.r^jt erring fungtjoa may ba reolaimcd, lUferjpg may bo'wijed, ans i

It is stated that m a certain constituency m the North Island the successful candidate who was returned through getting the blook native vote drove the proverbial ooaoh and fonr throngh the Bribery and Corrupt Practices Aot, by allowing the unsophisticated Maoris to purchase a six month's supply of provisions from one of the local storekeepers and then baoking their bill for the debt.— " Wairarapa Star." The total value of the fish landed on the coast of Sootland during the eight months ended 31st August last was £1,022,539, being airdeorease compared with the corresponding period of last year of £135,820, and a deoreasfl under the same month of last year of £96,372. The Trafalgar, the largest ironolad ever constructed, was successfully launched on Sept. 20th at Portsmouth, The voasel is, 11,940 tons, and of 13,000 horse-power . She is to oarry twelve guns, four of 67 tons and eight of 40 tons. Her aide armor is twenty inches tbiok. A Moscow telegram states that Madame Katkoff is engaged upon an edition of all the newspaper leading artioles written personally by her late husband. The whole edition will consist of eight volumes extending over 500 pages. Tho first volume, wbioh appeared on Tuesday, contains articles on Poland, wbioh attraoted much notice at the time they ap. peared. ' The Chaffoy Brothers are establishing their irrigation colony at Mildura on strictly tee. total prinoipleß,. Tha Bale of strong drink is strictly prohibited within the boundaries of the settlement. M. Floran de Villepigne has devised m Taris an instrument, the autographometer, which records automatically the topography and difference of level of all places over which it pasßes. It is carried about on a light vehiole, and those who wish to use it have nothing to do but haul it, or have it hauled, over the ground of which they desire to have a plan. With the exoeption of the Tilden bequest, that made by Mr Newberry, for a library m | Ohiasgo, is the largest made m the United States for a public library. Mr Newberry died m! 1868, leaving half bis property, under certain conditions, for a public library. The library will receive at least £400,000. Nothing approaching this has ever ooourred m England. The disaster at Exeter, following so soon on the similar calamity at the Opera Oomique, appears to have made a great impression on the Continent, especially m Italy. At Genoa two theatres have been dosed, and two are being altered by order of the Prefect. All theatres m Florenco are ordered to be lit solely by electricity within a year ; aud at Bologna, Padua, and other places, similar precautions are to be taken immediately. The steamship Anohoria, of the Auohor Line, which lately arrived at New York, met a tornado 180 milea from Sandy. Hook. The wind came on from the north-east, and m a very short time there was a tremendous sea j running. The rain came down m auob floods that the orew wers soarcely able to stand upon deck. The lightning poured m streams of a minute's duration from the cloudß to the water, while globes of blue ilame played op and down the rigging and danced along the yards, and leaped from the masts incessantly, terrifying passengers and seamen alike. For about two hours the wind blew at eighty miles an hour. Neither lookout nor pilot could see beyond the ship's rail, beoauso of the solid sheets of rain and flying clouds of spray m whioh the ship seemod to be walled up as by a fog. The engines were run dead alow, and the ship lay>to bead to the gale. At the end of two hours tho gale broke, and pleasant weather soon followed. No damage was dono by either wind or eleotrioity. The steamship Glenartney, from Shanghai, was m the same storm, and had well-defined tufts of eleotrio fire on each masthead. Certainly the most effective MEDICINE m the world is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m Coughs, Influenza, etc. ; tbe relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Read his certificate : — " 24th April, 1885. — Messrs Sander and Sons,— lt is with tbe greatest of pleasure that I testify to the exoellenoo of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had ioHam* mation on the boue of the leg, whiob oamo on afcer a severe attack of low fever, I waa attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had ttiSSb strenuous efforts to save ray leg, but without success. He then found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard m the meantime of the wonderful euros worked by tho Euoalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract bad not been applied more ♦ban an hour whon I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extraot every four hours for nine or ten days I was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be affected with any such disease to give tho Euoalypti Extraot a trial, and lam oonvinoed that they will find it the most wonderful medicine,— Yours, etc, E. J. Curnow, Wattle street, Sandhurst."— (Advt )