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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council meets this evening. A fine specimen of tbe elephant flah (eallorhynchus antarcticus) was captured at the mouth of the river yesterday by Mr Ohaa. Ryal. The Rev Father Ginaty, S.M.. preached morning and evening m the Catholic Church yesterday to large congregations. He will ba the guest for a few days of the Rev Father Chastagnon, and purposes waiting upon residents m the town and diatriot on behalf of the Magadalen Asylum, whioh he has been tbe means of establishing m Ohristohuroh, and whioh deserves, as we are glad to hear it {s obtaining, tha support of Christians and oharitable people throughout the colony, < jrrespeotive of oreed or denomination. Those who desire to contribute towards the main, tenanoe of this moßt necessary and beneficent inatitution, and upon whom Rev Father Ginaty may be unable to wait personally! may forward their donations either per the Rev Father Chastagnon or to Father Ginaty 'g address, Ohriatoburoh. We congratulate members of the Roman Catholic Church upon the establishment of a first-olasa weekly newspaper for the advooaoy of their interests and the dissemination of news; of speoial interest to Catholics. »• The Catholic Times," ot whioh the first oopy, j published on the 7th inßt, „t Wellington, has been courteously forwarded to us deserves that description, containing 80 pages of editorial and seleoted matter, well written and compiled. It is printed admirably upon toned paper, and deserves, and will, no doubt obtain a circulation. At tbe R M. Court this morning, before Mr R. Alcorn, J.P., and Mr D. Thomas, J.P., three firet offender for drunkenness were oonvicted, cautioned, and discharged. — John McKown, [alias Peter McCue, was fined 10a and costs for a Bit_iiar offence.

Jenkina, examining a pedigree hung m Snobßon's psrlor, •' So this is your family tree, ia it ? Ani what is that gap m the middle ? " Snobnon : •• That, er— well, er— ob, that is the Flood ! "

A true patriot haa been discovered m the town of Breslaw, Germany. A resident of tbat town has written m all seriousness, offer* ing his own larynx for the use of the Crown Prince if the dootors says it can be trans* planted 1

A writer to the " Lyttelton Times " says » *— " At. the present time, when our produoers are seeking an outlet for their produots, and ! as fruit grews to tha utmost profusion and perfootion m this favored country, has it never ooourred to growers to ship tomatoes m the cool chambers of our direct steamers. Tomatoes are quoted m the London market at 2s to Ss 6d per lb, and French beans at 8a 6d per lb. Surely a small shipment is worth trying ? " It is stated that the striking and beautiful appearanoe which the planet Venus presented m the eastern sky jugfc before dawn < lately, and whioh has attraoted considerable j attention, bas given rise to the report that it is tbe " Star of Bethlehem," visible every 315 years. The •« Christohuroh Press " points ont tbat it is praotioally impossible that any new star should have made its appearanoe without full details of so Btartling an ocourrenoe being at onoe furnished from a hundred observatories. During a storm at night near Gonlburn reoently a flook of sheep became frightened and orowded together. In the morning 150 of the flook were found to have been smothered. During 1887 there were slaughtered at the Belfaßt Freezing Works, Ohristohuroh, 226,763 sheep and lambs. 242 oattle, and 275 pigs, an inorease of 51,370 sheep and lambs and 22 oattle over tbe previous year, and within 20,000 of being double the number of sheep and lambs killed during 1885. Property holders m Auckland are not having joyful times at present. One gentleman who owns considerable property m tbe oity has now 27 houses and^hops vacant. During tbe month of December the arrivals m this oolony numbered 1476, and the departures 755. The Customs revenue for the year 1887 was £1,280,585, as againat £1,311,308 for 1886. Onco more there appears m the " Gazette " returns of infected sheep ; altogether 65,000 sheep are returned aB infeoted m the Kaikoura sub-diviaion of the Marlborough district and four m the Kelson sub-division of tbe Nelson Bheep district. There are now m tbe mission-field 2400 unrnarrjed ladies, besides probably an equal number 91 j#at*r/od. In the early days of mission it waß not thgugbj that a lady could enter the ranks of mission workers exoept as tbe wife of a missionary. " j At the Maidslpae Sessions two yonng ( w,oms;i, domestic servants, were sentenoed to 1 twelve JCOOjiths /or having oonaumed £50 ' worth of provisions and dranfc p!j bottles of I winca, during their employer's They had been having "high life beloyr stairs," and entertaining their sweethearts 1 and friends. I Sour stomaoh, bad breath, iadigealion, and headaohe easily cured by Hop Bitters. Take [ none but Amerioan. I

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 747, 23 January 1888, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 747, 23 January 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 747, 23 January 1888, Page 2

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