LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1762, 9 February 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

By advertisement m another oolumn •Volunteers will notioe that the eeoond innpee. tion parade of the Ashburton Rifles, Guards, and Gadeta is order«d for Tuesday next, 14th instant, at seven p.m. This will count as a •» daylight (parade," and all members of th§ thraa oorpß Bhould endeavour to be present. The Ashburton Rifles will fire a matoh against the, Wanganui City Rifles on S.aturd>y morning next, at five o'clook, ranges .200, 300, and GOO yards, tea moa a Bide. Our looal men will have to keop well on tbt " B i.l " if they wish to score a victory, at tharearo some noted oraok Bbots m Wanpanuit Those picked m the team ate requested to turn up m good time on Saturday morning. The residents conneoted with the Presby. terian Churoh living m the Hills diatriot will bo pleased to learn ihat a unanimous call baa boen given to the Rev. Win. Finlayson, of Pokerau, Southland, and that the Moderator, the Rev. A. M. Boattie, will moderate m a oall m the distriot on Sunday next and following Sunday. It is expeoted that tha Rev. Mr Stewart, of Rakaia, will fill the pulpit m the Presbyteriau Ohuroh, Ashburton, pn Sunday next, and probably the Rev. Mr flpurgeon, of Auokland, will preaoh m the •ame place on the Sunday following, The weekly meet inpj of Lodge Star of the East, No. 62, 1.0. G.T., took plaoe last evening at the Aroade Chamber* when there was a large attendance of members and visitors. The Lodge was opened by O.T. BrQ. A. Cook, and after the transaction of routine business a certificate was presented to Sis. darah Patterson, m reoopnitioq of her having introduced the largest number of members during the quarter. The Lodge then went into harmony, when a number of songß, readings and recitations were given* An invitation to a friendly reunion waa reoeived from the Dawn of Peace Lodge and accepted. After a very pleasant meeting the Lodge was closed m the usual' form. Sir Robert Stout, writing to a North Island pappr od the subject of farming m New Zealand, suggests /' that efforts should be made to bring about co-opeiatian jn farm* ing." He says that "were several small farmers to unite there would be less fenoing, less purchase of maohinery, more eelf-re. Hanco, and a cheapening of production ; " and he asks if such a sobemo ia not worthy cf consideration, m order that we may avert the disunion jtbat would subsist botween capital and labor under a large farm system, as we now soo it exemplified too generally m manufacturers. A Home paper saya that one of the moßt remarkable features of the Q.taen'B longreigu h»c been " the startling decrease m orimo. When the Q iepn aacendo i the throne, said one of the speakers at 'f!?j. flVoß> Supper the other ni^ht, ihw wore £0 QQQ oonyjpto )n durance. Now <»•'♦ »r<! only 7000, aady«l the population hn Jtfb'H'i sinoo 1837." 4 t°!?W9t waa talk! ««j |to a man who was breaking stonej* on i#« fQ^jiido. A carriage drove by. "Who'B that m t^e o*?r/^e?" inquired the tourist. "Ah J shure that's thf, Jidge, and I'm tould ho gets a pound a day for being tb^fc esmo." " I should B*y he gets a groat deal more," replied the tourist. " Ah 1 don't belave it, yer honor. I doi}'t bojayo he gets the pound itsel', for many 'a the tjme f. •eea him passJn' the road hero, and I never •oed him drunkt waneht," A new riding habit is being made for ti|o Queen which i-i to oost £750. It is elaborately embroidered m gold and silver. Loßfc IJer Majesty should be aooueed of extravaganoo, it may be well to add that the habit has beoo ordered m New York by the Indian Prineo who was over here m the summer, Sir Wagbee Thakore Sahib of Morvi. The Prinoo is poieibly under the improßaion that the gorge, out garmont will be worn by the reoipient, forgetful of the faot that Her Majesty has not hoen teen pn a horse for a quarter of a century. " Bocao-PAJBA."— Quiok, complete annoying kidnoy, bladder, aud urinary diieaees. At ohemieta and druggists. Komp. tbotne, Proßeer and Co., Agents, ObrieiCharcJj, .} ,