LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1734, 13 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

• The Ashburlon Band has kindly consented to be present at the Garden Party on Friday at four o'clock m the afternoon instead of at Bix .'o'clock as m previous years. It is re. quested that contributions for the tea and stalls may be at. the Parsonage, if possible, not later than Thursday evening. The Rev Fred. C B. Fairey, who some years ago visited New Zealand under the norn deplume of " The Australian Rob Hoy," is announced to lecture m Bt Stephen' Schoolroom to-morrow night, and on Thursday evening Mr Fairey will give one of hig pictorial lantern lectures m the same building. A Wellington exchange says that, by a boat shortly leaving for Queensland, a Wellington man will tako the complete furjjiiuro of a hotel which he intends starting m that colony, It is improbable that such a consignment has ever before loft New Zoaland for bo distant a destination. The Marquis &nd Marchioness of Drogheda are espected to epend their Christmas m Wellington, arriving about the 2v<n<l instant. They will be the guesls of His ExeeiLency the Governor and Lady Jervois. Tha Marquis is Lord-Lieutenant of Kildare, and «iti m thi House of Lords as Baron Moore. < It Is Qow douhlliil whether tho espected return visit of Lord and &ady Carnarvon, ' prior to their departure to England, stfj Jtajce ] place. j The largest and mo3fc intrioate press ever i made hae been built for tho New York I " Telegram." It weighs 50 tons, and has a , capacity £of 75,000 Telegrams an four, or < 144,000 single sheets m the same time, l^ora \ than 11,000 separate pieces have entered into j its construction. Three separate plates rest r upon its cylinder, and typo or stereotype plate 1 can bo uaod indiscriminately. . * The balloon for the Paris Exhibition of 1889 v will carry 190 persons. fl Germans are crowding out the British ' shipping m Japanese waters. Welds' Hair Balsam.— lf grey restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens *"' and beautifies. £!o oil or grease. A Tonio I Restorative. Stops hair soming out ; d strengthens, cleanses, koala scalp, g a

The " Exhibition of the West " opened m Saunders' Buildings yesterday. The Company is a very interesting one. General Mite is a very diminutive Bpeoimen of humanity, boing only thirty inches m height, but has been well supplied with brains. He reoites and sings very well, is quick at repartee, and does some clever trioks on the slaok wire. He has very strong double- joints, and is open to a bout with any man of his Bize and weight, Unzie Khourt, another of the Company, is an Albino Circassian, with a marvellous head of white hair. This mass of hair is about five feet m circumference, putting one m mind of the Fijian war head dress. In common with Albinos he has pink eyes, and although, of foreign birth speaks excellent English, having being a resident of England and America since he was two years old. He plays the violin with precision and taste. Cora Lee, the gipsy fortune teller from Hampstead Heath, near London, gives the visitor a very good idea of those remarkable people the "'gipsies," and tells fortunes with Btrict regard to details. Altogether the show is well worth visiting, and town and oountry peoplo can spend an hour or so with interest to themselves m Saundors' Buildings at this entertainment. One of the most successful concerts ever held at Kyle came off m the Schoolroom on Friday evening last. The weather was all that could be desired, and the schoolroom was packed by an appreciative audience. The programmo consisted of glees, duets, songs, rocitations, and instrumental selections. Mrs Mac Lean Dunn was most successful m her songs " He's ovor thß Hilte " and " Kelvin Grove." Mrs Redmayne's " Won't tell me why, Eobin ? " Was also well received. Master Estcourt Parsons, dressed as a young lady, sang a quaint humorous ditty " I Wonder when I shall Get Married?" which pleased the audience so well that he had to ropsat it. Mr W. Butler gave "Four Jolly Smiths," m excellent style. The oomio element was well represented on the programme ; and the songs of Mr English, " What a Blessing ? " •• No Fear," and " Just m the Old Sweet Way,' were [vociferously encored ; the Bame compliment was paid to Mr Carr for an excellent recitation, and Mr Brooks gave «' Over the Garden Wall," and Mr G. Harrison •• Biddy MoGee," both receiving encores. Mr Butler's rocitation of " Othello's Apology," was loudly applauded. Mr Johnston gave a violin solo with piano accompaniment by Mr Brooks, which fairly took the audience by storm, many of the Scotchmen present Baying they oould distinctly "feel the floor moving under their feet." Tbo Chairman announced tbat Mr E. McCandleas, the late master of Kyle School, had just returned from the Old Country, andwas present that evening. Mr MaCandless was accorded three hearty cheers, and his humorous address and recitation brought the concert to a close after einging " Auld Lang Syne." There was a plentiful supply of refreshments served round during the evening, and dancing, with Mr Cox as M.C., was kept up with great spirit till chylight. The pro«eed3 of tho concert were m aid of the school funds, and it is proposed that instead of the usual prize distribution this year the Pendarvis and Kyle School Committees join m giving the school children of both distriots a trip to Lyttelton at an early date. Tunis is to be provided with a new harbor to coat from 8,000,000 to 15,000,000 franos. Before the century is out it is estimated that London will have a population of 7,000,000. A meeting m favor of the abolition of slavery was recently prohibited by the Government of Brazil. The Volga, says an Odessa telegram is to be connected with the Don this year by a ship canal undertaken by French engineers. The actual cost of the Imperieuse, one of the latestbuilt British ironclads, was £560,000, exclusive of tho cost of armament. Statutory Declaration. — I, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare tbat on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with ! an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforis, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogillivray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extraot of the Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I bad the satisfaction of seeing my sou within a fortnight out of all danger, and to-day he is recovered. I may just odd that it was when tho crisia had been reached that the Extract referred to was first applied. And I make this solemn declaration, etc. — Franz Eaakr. Declared at Sandhurst, m tho colony of Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of Ootober, ono thousand eight hundred and seven ty-seven before me, Moritz Conn, i J.P.— (Advt.)