The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1724, 1 December 1887, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The returns of the Ashburton Hospital for ! the month of November, 1887, are as follows: In hospital on the Ist, 12 ; admitted, 7 ; discharged, 11; remaining is hospital on 30th, 8. • There was a seoond representation of the Trial of John Barleycorn at tbo Oddfellows' Hall last evening. There was a very fair house, and the performance passed off most suooeßßfully. During the evening, Miss , }Si\amm.im-, rr no B_._o___D_,l-_A<i Art tllpiano by Mrs Pennington, sang " The j Sneezer," an item whioh was re-demanded, j The Matron of the Ashburton Hospital wishes to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of booka and papers from Mr L. F. Andre wea; papers from Mies Bishop, Mr J. Faul and the J Postmaster ; fruit and flowers from Mrs Peter (Anama), Miss Saunders and pupils, and Mr G. Smith, for the use of the inmates Any contribution of old linen will bo thankfully reoeived* One of the violins made by Amati for Louis XIV., has juat been sold at Buda«Pe_ th tor £700. The Naval Defenoe Bill passed all its stages m the Tiotorian Legislative Assembly without opposition. The perfeotly healthy and aotive man who tain perfeot physical oondition, should weigh 2^lb for every inoh of his height. Of oourse, many apparently healthy men are heavier than this rule would indioate. At a Jubilee fete one of the Princesses said to the Crown Princess of Prussia, " It's a long time since so many of us were together. Doesn't it look as if Tnsßaud'a had broken loose ?" The amount of money invested m Savings Bank- and Building and Provident Societies m England was put down at £30,000,000 m 1840, and £160,000,000 m 1886. Igypt is again becoming a land of onionculture. Large quantities are yearly shipped to Europe from Alexandria and other ports. A few years ago tho trade hardly existed, while m two months of last year alone 14,000 tons were shipped to Liverpool. Tbe looal paper at Opotiki has a commendatory notice of the beer brewed at the Opotiki brewery. It says : " During the summer months every farmer should have a five or ten gallon k.g on hand aocording to tho numbex of hands ho employs. Water, during these months is very unhealthy, m fact positively dangerous to life." Tho " Court Journal " says that lighting by electricity will be the rule at almost all tho West End threatres before the year is over. It is trying to the faces of the fair ones, but if thoy have any expression m their physiognomies it will be deteoted by the eleotrio light, and that will be so muoh to their artistio if not their personal advantage. The consumption of sugar m the last fifty years has gone up from 151bs to 701bs per head ; of tea from l£lb to 4}lbs per head ; of tobacoo from 081 bto l*3olb per head ; and so on. According to Yucatan journals that region has been visited by a fabulous number of bats, wbioh have attaokod the cattle, doing muoh do .tiuotion and making meat eearce. We dip the following important testimonial from the " Illawarra Mercurry " (N.8.W.) on ! Ihe 30th March. It needs no common. .-— ' "Mr John Loveday, of tho Bulli Mountain, ' writes to us that after Buffering for four years ' with acute gravel, he baa experienced almost ' complete relief by using Sander and Sons' ] Euoalypti Extraot. He says seoing the said Extraot adverted m tho • Illawarra Mercury,' . his intense suffering induced liim to obtain a < t bottlo of the medioino from Mr Hoskinp, ( ohemißt, of this town, and that tho use of it ! gave him groat relief at onco. He states that between tbe 10th March instant, when he ( obtained the first bottlo of the extraot, and on l the 10th, the use of tbat medioine oontinued * to afford him relief, to which ho had been a c stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also tbat he has found the Euoalypti Extraot t a cure for rheumatism as t\ell as gravel. He 1 f requests ns to publish this information c through the 'Mercury.' We have muoh l pleasure jn complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose wojrd oannot be doubted, and wbo can have no objeot m view other tban a pure <2«pir« tQ tJipitj. |Vg«rU.s buOftQity,"* m

The Bailway Department advertise an excursion to Mount Somers on the Bth inst. The fares have been fixed at an exceedingly low figaro, and should the weather prove fine, thero is no doubt that a large number of townspeople will take advantage of the opportunity afforded them.

The installation of B.W.M. and officers of the Thistle Masonio Lodge, C 27, 8.C., took plaoe at the Orange Hall last evening. There was a large attendance of visiting brethren, the St. John's, Somerset, Methven, md Rakaia Lodges being represented. The installation were performed by Bro the Rev Jamss Hill, D.G.M. The following officers were installed:— B.W.M., Bro T. Williams; D.M., Bro J. Corbett ; S.M., Bro T. Court 8.W., Bro J. Cockburn ; J.W., Bro J. Banger ; Secretary, P.M. Bro W. Sparrow *, Treasurer, I.P.M. Bro T. Smith ; 8.D. , Bro F. Schneider ; J.D., Bro J. Elliott ; M.0., Bro A. Orum ; 1.G., Bro W. Baylis ; Tyler, Bro T. Morgan. The ceremony of installation was performed m a very impressive manner, and at its oonolusion the D.G.M. presented, on behalf of the Lodge, a very handsome Past Master's Jewel to I.P.M. Bro Smith. The jewel was manufactured by Mr B. Murray, and its workmanship refieota the greatest credit on him. A banquet was subsequently held at wbioh the usual Masonio toasts were honored. The proceedings were enlivened with songs contributed by the brethten, and a very enjoyable evening waa spent.

There are twenty-one pledged teetotallers m the House of Representatives, and a largo j_u__bar of abstainers bee-idoa them not oonneoted with any Booiety. The revenue of Bellamy's is seriously suffering.— " Bruce Herald."

It is stated that the English Midland Bailway Company are building locomotives which are calculated to do the journey between Derby and London (127 miles) m two hours.

Lady Burdett-Ooutts has established m West Cork an industrial fishing school, where the Irish boys learn the most approved modes of fishing, besides carpentry, boat building, net-making, Bail-making, and fish-curing.

The royalty on the » gospel songs " oi Moody and Sankey, published by Eevell, oi Chicago, has amounted to over 200,000d015, One of the fine seminary buildings at Northfield, Mass., was built entirely with the proceedi of these songa.

What next ? A sparring exhibition for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a churoh at Nantasket, Mass., was held at the Nanta. ket Boaob Skating Rink. Eighteen hundred people were present, and the affair netted fifteen hundred dollars towards the fund. The prinoipal attraotion was John L. Sullivan, who volunteered his services.