The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1757, 3 February 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" Advance local industries ! " We e>re pleased to note by our cable news that Mr Samuel Hardley, of this town, has taken first prize for his patent washing machine at the Sydney Centennial Exhibition, ltobson's Sceoo Representation of Naval War, as formerly carried out and as in modern times, opened last night in the Oddfellows' Hall to a fair audience, the back teats being largely patronised by young people, who were liberal in their applause. fke exhibition consist of a series of news from the lime-light lantern, thrown on to a eeteen, drawo across the stage front, the j^'jt cart being principally Bcenes of sea warfare frrm *2? Q « arner ti»» e8 to the present eia' winding up with a of the destruction of a foroign oruiser v means of a torpedo sent from the shore. The next ? art consisted of n series of lifeboat views, from the launch of the boat, to the return of the craft, thiß portion being illustratod by Mr I Robson'e reciting Sims' well known poem on The Lifeboat. A number of scenes illustrative of railway travelling and inoideot.? wore also given, and the performance wound up with the magic pioture frame, in whioh various faces are made to appear and disappear. Mr Robson then distributed several prizes to members of the audience by ohanoe, and this closed the evening entertainment, whioh was a very instructive and enjoyable one. The show will be open again this evening, and there will be a matinee exhibition to-morrow afternoon. This morning, before Major Steward, J.P„ an inebriate, whose last appearance was in November, 1866, was treated as a first offender and fined ss, without costs with the usual alternative. Kidney and Urinary troubles are universal and the only safe and sure cure is American Hop Bitters— rely on it. Bead Heating's Powder destroys both moths, fleag, beetles, and other all insects, while quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles, the success of this powder i extraordinary. It is perfeotly clean in application. See the artiole you purohaße is Keatang'ts as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold iu tins, Gd Is, and 2s 6d I seb, by all chemists,

The services at St. Stephen's Ohuroh on I Sunday next will be oonduoted fay the Bev M. Holland. The new advertising drop scene lately procured by the lessee of the Oddfellows' Hall, Mr Elston, was exhibited: last night for the first time, and would, no doubt, i appear to more advantage if the light were \ better. ( No. 9 of Leslie's "Parliamentary Por- * traits " is 'to hand, tbe present number being ! devoted to the members for Ashley and Dunedin South, of whom the usual amusing . and witty letter-pr^ss descriptions are given, i Mr Pearson's portrait is an admirable like* ' ness, but in that of Mr Fish, the 'artist has ' not been so successful, indeed, we should not ' have recognised the portrait without the aid of the words " Dunedin South," at foot. At a meeting of gentlemen interested in prospeoting lor tin at Affrod Forest, held on Tuesday evening, a Committee waß appointed to make a test of a large quantity of the supposed tin stone, and was authorised to spend £50 in the work. It is probable that a large parcel of the stone will be sent to England in order to be tested by the tin experts of Cornwall. A lengthy discussion in regard to traotion engine traffio took place at the County Conn* eil this morning. It transpired that, in spite of the prohibition, engines had orossed. the Bangitata traffio bridge, though one owner had got such a fright that he said £50 would not induoe him to oross agai.i while the bridge is in the present state. Home discus* sion took place in regard to the damage done to the decking of the Ashburton bridge by the crossing of the engines. It was men* iioned that Mr John Griag'a engine, the heaviest in the distriot, had orossed without leaving a mark, this being because a steady uniform pace had been adopted while eroe. sing ; damage wsb caused by engines travelling too rapidly and unsteadily. The Committee appointed to consider the regulation of traffio on the bridge, b) ought up several recommendations as to traotion engines. The Counoil adopted these suggestions in tbe main. The effeot was as foJ. , lows :— A responsible person to be appointe to acoompany traotion engines crossing, and without whose permit no engine is to cross. E lgines are to be restricted to the pace of on 3 mile an hour while crossing, and are to pay a fee of 10s, a portion of which is to be paid to the man appointed to see that no breach of the regulation ooours. It appears that the present by law, whioh restricts engines to crossing at night-time, has been found to work badly, and the hours now resolved upon by the Counoil are from day- i light to 8 a m., 12 to 1 p.m., and 6 p.m. till dark. Portable engines, reapers and binders (except those on their own carriages), and other machines exceeding lift in width, shall be subject to the Bame restriction as to notice of crossing, attendance of officer, and a man with danger flag to go ahead. They will also be subject to the payment of a fee of 2s 6d. Surely if the fame of our trout-fisheries were to reach the ears of English disoiples of laaak Walton, we should see quite a rush hither of the votaries of the gentle art. The takes this season are something wonderful, both as to number and size of fish. To-day's " Lyttelion Times" reoprds the capture of five in the Lower Selwyn, by Mi Woodman, weighing together 421bs, two of these being 12ib fish ; also of a pair of 141b fish, mesjuring 80 inches in length, taken out of Hall's Creek. Yet, again, at Soutbbridge, a male trout weighing 141bs and a , female fish weighing 161bs ; and on Friday in the Lower Selwyn five fish grossing 81 Jibe, and weighing xe»pootlroljr Olbo, 7Jlbo, 7£ibo, ljlba, ond <lbs. From the balance-sheet just issued by the managers of the Presbyterian Church, Bakaia it appears that during the year end tog Jan. 29th, 1888, the receipts from all sources amounted to the sum of £328 13s 9d. Of this sum Bakaia contributed in offertories and contributions to the sustentation fund £78 4s 6d ; Laurie ton, £40 ; Pendarves, £15 18s 2d ; Dorie, £23 14s 4d; and Chertsey, £14. A tea meeting and bazaar resulted in an addition to the fund of £57 163 5d The sum of £100 is to be immediately devoted towards liquidating a portion of the mortgage debt still existing on the manse. Of all the oat stations Lauriston seems to give the moat satisfactory indications of Ohristain vitality. The usual monthly meeting of the. South Bakaia School Committee was held in the Library, on Wednesday evening. Present—. Messrs Pyke (ohairman), Windsor, Stewart, Johnston, Broadbent, Turner, and Oxley. The Master reported the average attendance for the month as 153.6 ; number on roll, 219 j and highest attendance 179. The Commissioner of Grown Lands wrote stating that Beserve 2792 had been gazetted as reserved for school purposes. The Board of Education forwarded copies of the conditions oc whioh j the Royal Humane Sooiety of Australasia j would award medallions for profioienoy in the art of saving life from drowning, and stating that the competition would be open to all publio schools. The Ohairman reported that over sixty prizes had been given to tbe children, and that the treat went off well. 'Mr Broadbent reported that all the gorse on Cridland street was cleared, and it was resolved to ask the Boad Board to have it formed. Aooounts amounting to £16 0a 6d were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned. The "Timaru Herald" reports that the crops in the Geraldine distriot are fast, ripening and looking well. There is every appearanoe of an average crop. The showers of rain which fell lately, though slight, have had a beneficial effect. The pastures have suffered severely through a sufficient quantity of rain not having fallen. The following gentlemen have been.nomi. nated to fill the three vacancies on the Board of Education, caused by the annual retirement of one-third of tho members, viz. :— • Messrs T. H. Anaon, G. Booth, W. H. WyrinWilliams, and E, G. Wright. Mr Wynn,* Williams f" tbe only new candidate, the remainder being the retiring members of the Board. Committees will have to send in to the Board the names of tbe three persons they vote for on or before February 29th, and the election will take place on March 15th. A clerk who was snowed up ia ft train dur'ng a sever*) storm, telegraphed to his fl min the city : ••' I shall not fce at the office to-day, as I have not got homo yesterday yet." A clever boy was ou'ored live shillings id dig up his aunt's garden, and he hid a six- ' pence in it, and then told £>U the boyß in the neighborhood. The next morning tho ground was pulverised two feet deep. Hol&owav's QiNTVBNT ano PitLS.—Travellers and omigrante. — Tbose who crois the seas change the oliraate hut they co not change the constitution. The airbed condition of life, the exigencies of trayal and other causes render the traveller and emigrant peculiarly liable to diseases and accents when far from efficient medical aid. With these associated remedies at hand jthay may be said to have a physician always at their call, and they may be certain that situations will be constantly arising in which tbey will require a ready resource in time of neod. The directions for use whioh acoompany e»oh box and Pot of Holloway's Pills and Ointmen i are written in plain and simple angusge, and •re applicable io all oases,