LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1723, 30 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The "Timaru Herald* pays that Sir Andrew Le Fleming is giving an e»hibMon o' horao taming ia that diatriot with very great Buooess.

Misa Hilda Lundin, inepeotreßß of neodlo. work m the Stockholm primary soboole, lias j»adp a rule by which the boys m tuo two jower classes phjuxQ the lessons m needlework gireo to the girls, and ara tfe^by epftblsd to

The Ban Francisco Mail closes at Ashburton on Friday next. Money orders must be obtained before 10 a.m.

The seoond representation of the " Trial I of John Barleycorn " takes plaoe at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. There -will be an extra attraction m the shape of vocal and i instrumental items, and doubtless the attend- ■ I Aoce will be good. ' The installation of the B.W.M< of the Thistle Lodge takes plaoe this evening. Members of St. John's and Somerset Lodges are [requested to meet m order to attend the installation. The oleotion for Mayor has been proceed ing|to-day, and a good deal of interest is boing taken m the contest. Tha yarti.za.ua o£ ttia candidates nominated have been busily engaged i,in conveying voters'to the scene of polling, and up .to throe o'olock a good number of voteß had; >. been reoorded. The result will be made known about a quarter to seven this evening. The Summer Assembly's next dance will be held to-morrow evening at eight o'olock; Very extensive preparations .aro|being made for the opening ceremony m connection with the Masonio Bazaar on Thursday, December Bth. We need not remind our readers that all ceremonies m connection with Masonry •re of a moßt imposing nature, and aa on the oooasion of the opening of the bazaar, the veil will bo lifted as far as permissible, tha outside public will bo afforded an opportunity that rarely presents itself, and will be given an opportunity of witnessing a most attractive and pleasing speotaole, Many additions will be made to the permanent beautiful decorations of the interior of the Masonio Hall, and the bazaar, which will be kept open on Thursday, Friday and . Saturday m next week, promises to be a very great suooess indeed. An unusually large and varied collection of fanoy and other goods has been procured and contributed, and we are given to understand that many very novel attractions Trill bo presented. One thing worthy of spooial mention is a most unique and exoeedfngly valuable oolleotion of ancient and modern coins and stamps, that have been kindly lent for the oooaaion by Mr Henry Zander, The oolleotion of coins and stamps is said to be one of the very best m the Australasian colonies, and an inspection of this rarity will well repay a visit to the bazaar. It might be added that the object aimed at m holding the bazaar ia that of charity, and we hope the promoters and their friends will reoeiva the patronage of a large number of the general public The good people of Now Plymouth aro at present exoited over a deep green colored egg aid bj a respeotable duok m that oity last Sunday. . The Midland Railway) Company are receiving largo importations of " materials by nearly every diroot boat, over 5000 tons having been shipped within the last four months. There is at present on the way out here a second locomotive and a five-ton travelling crane. Tho s.b. Tainui brought 500 tons rails and 40 tons of fish plates. The iron cylinders for the Arnold and Nelson Creek bridges are expected by the b.b. Eaikoura. Some old (buildings, having a peouliar if not highly hißtorioal interest, tiavo been demolished m the Tower of London. Thoy were situated between the Wakefield and Lanthorn Towers, and were formerly used as prisons and as places for administering the rack, the whoel, and other methods of torture. In the |latter oapaoity they wero used to a groat extont up to the timo of James 11. Of late years they have merely been used as storerooms land warehouses for tho purpose of tho garrison. It is proposed to make a greon spot on tho site. The reoont exhibition of tho Queen's Jubiloo gifts drew immense crowds. There were 5000 visitors the .first day, 6000 the second, and 10,000 the third. It is stated by tho "Eoonomist" that during the past year the post office has used for tolegraphio purposes copper wire of the weight of 1501 b per milo, and that the innovation has been attended with marked sue* 0038, "as by this means a rate of 450 words a minute has boon attained, aa compared to a rate of 350 words a minute on iron wire, tho highest previously reoorded on any line." And it is aided that] tha " use of copper wire is likely to be advantageous as enabling a greater amount of work to be got out of tho plant, and so possibly avoiding the neoessity of costly relay stations." If this (prognostication be verified, a considerable augmented consumption of copper wiro may be looked for. Soienoe and humanity do not always go together; an original remark, confirmed by the £aot that a young Oatholio priest has not only rooently boen created a lieutenant m the French army m recognition of his " valuable dfeooveries m tho production of a powerful explosive [tor war purposes," but now olaimß to havo rerdlaoayered tho art of making Greek fire, lost about 650 yoara ago, when gun., powder took its plaoo. This compound consists of naphtha and two other ingredionts, and its dOßtraotivo power is deolarod to bo marvellous. It corrodes tin, and dissolves it ; water, instead of extinguishing it, increases its destructive powers. Admiral Fairfax (says a Melbourne con* temporary) mot with an accident while running to eavo a ohftd who had fallen into tho river Varra. After roturnjng to Government Houso from the races, he wontjfov a wa}jk pear the river, and hearing some children oorearuing, ho oonoluded that of thoir numbor had slipped off the river's bank into tho water. Being a good swimmer, he ran aa fast as ho could m tho direction of tho ories of distress, and had just got m sight of a child struggling m tho water, when, m jumping a picket fenoe his foot caught, and he wad thrown to the ground, sustaining a sprain of the leg. Luokily at this moment a boatman oamd up and resoued the drowning ohild. Admiral Fairfax was able to limp to Government Houso, whore he was shorty afterwards placed undor the oare of Dr D. Tusaor. Dr Ebrad, of Nismes, states that ha has for many years treated all his oases of soiatlo and neuralgic pains with an improved apparatus, consisting moraly of a flat-iron and vinegar, two things that will be found iv every houeo. The iron is heated until Buffioiently hot to yapQ/fi&o tho vinegar, and ia then Govorod with flflpi.e wqollon frabrio, which is then moistened wjtb vinegar, and ' the apparatus is applied at onoe to the painful 'sga/:. The application may be repeated' two or three times a day. Dr jEbrad states as a rule the pain disappears m twonty-four hours, and rcoovery ensues at onoe. Hollowat's Ointment and Pills.— -Colds, Coughs, Shortnoss of Breath. — Those maladies require early and unremitting attention, for if neglected they often ond m nothrna, bronohitis, or consumption. The ointment well rubbed upon the chests and baok, penetrating the skin, is absorbed and carried directly to the lungs, whence it expels all impurities. All the blood m the body is perpetually passing through the lungs, and there all noxious warjti^Joa tending to disease oan be quickly, ' thoroughly.' asd permanently neutralised, '' rendered harmless", or- emoted from tho ' syßtom. Holloway's Ointmojut and JMllo par? feotly accomplishes this purification s" and I through the blood thus cleaned, tho influence of thjsßo wonderful medioamens reaches tho ' , remotest parts of tho human body, and thus cures ail dieeued aotjorj, wh.sjhpr intern*)' Qr ■■