LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Upper Ashburton fioad Board notifies ' that all rafts unpaid on Maroh Ist will be Bued for. Property.Tax payers are reminded that to.morrow is the latest date for satisfying the demand without inourring the ten per cent, penalty. • Mr J. Healy bas on view at his shop some apples whiob were grown last year on the Alford Estate. The fruit is m a remarkably good state of preservation. The varieties are stone pippin and French Crab. A buggy aooident ooourred on Saturday afternoon. Dr Leahy waß driving near Mr Mr Sawle's farm, when the horse managed to npset the vehicle breaking both shafts. The dootor was thrown out but was not hurt. The horse galloped into town and fell on the asphalt at the Bank of New Zealand, doing come damage to the iron railing m front of the Bank. The following gentlemen have been nominated as a Lioeneing Committee for the Ash* burton district :— Rev R. F. G&rbett, Messrs T. Bullock, G. W. Andrews, B. S. Chapman, John Clark, J. Grigg, D MoLean, J. Mr Reid, T. Sealy-and D. Thomas. An election for five of the above named jwill be held on February 22.

Mr Neate, chemist, has on view at his shop several samples of Cornish and Bohemian tin ore m various stages of manufacture. He has also a specimen of the mineral found at Alford Forest which is alleged to oontain tin, so that anyone interested may easily compare the authenticated and tho supposed tin stone. A notioeable feature of the Bohemian and Cornish ores is their great weight, the Alford Foreßt mineral being exceedingly light ai compared with either. A oaae of rubbish m the pasiage between Messrs Tait's and H. M. Jones' shops caught fire yesterday afternoon, but was fortunately soon notioed and put out before it had time to spread. The firebells rang out an alarm, but the servioes of the Brigade! were not required, The fire is supposed to have been caused by some smoker in* cautiously throwing down a lighted match, It is fortunate the occurrence was notioed m time, or it is hard to say what the consc quenoea might have been.

It will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that Mr A. E. Merewether will attend daily at Mr Neate's, chemist, for the purpose of extraoting teeth. Mr Merewetber's process is is an entirely painless one, and he is m possession of appliances whiob give him the very best of facilities to relieve the unfortunate owners of troublesomo teeth. For some timt past Mr Merewether has been operating m dentis'ry and has satisfactorily demonstrated to a large number of clients that a dentiit'a chair need not be th* instrument of torture common tradition represents it to be,

Mr C. MoLeod, representative of the Masßey Manufacturing Company, Toronto, Canada, m at present m Ashburton exploiting the reapers and binders manufactured by that firm, They are mads of malleable iron and iron, and the frame ia all m one pieoe, and it is olaimed they are of lightir draft, and of greater strength and durability than any other xnaobine m the market, while they are not more expensive than other makes. Arrangements are being made for a trial on the farm of Mr Gates, Tinwald, date of which will be dnly advertised. This will probably take plaoe on Wednesday afternoon. Professor Brookes' Art Union was drawn on Saturday night, the lltb met. A Committee of four gentlemen superintended the drawing, and the list was signed by Mr G. G. Willmer, J.P., of Chrißtohuroh, the result being as j follow*:- First prize, 1150; second, 374; third, 1191 ; fourth, 652 ; fifth, 400 ; sixth, 667; seventh, 20'J; eighth, 17G ; ninth, 38; tontb, 406; eleventh. 937; twelfth, 368; thirteenth, 85; fourteenth, 74; fifteenth, 120 ; sixteenth, 122 ; seventeenth, 289 ; eighteenth, 8-ifc ; nineteenth,,^ ; twentieth, 570 ; twenty-first, 250 ; twenty-second, 60V } twenty-* bird, 30; twenty. fourth, 1072; twenty. ' fifth, 816; twenty-Bixth, 602. A circular received from Wanganui informs us that an Association is being formed there having the following objeots m viow, via. ;— let. To stop the further Bales of the freehold Government Jands, and to substitute therefor the perpetual lease Byatem. l)nd. To Qiyp the pre-emptive right m tbo purchase' of Native Lands to the State. The weekly session of the Dawn of Peaca Lodge, No. 164, 1.0. G.T., was held m the Lodge room, Saunders' Buildingß, last Monday evening. There iwas a very good attendance, Bro. J Dalley, W.C.T., pre. Biding. All business was held over until pfter the initiation of live candidates was over, artep lybjoh the eleotion and installation of officers for the ensuing quarter wa« prooeeded with, resulting as follows :— W.C.T. Bro. G. W. Andrews ; W.V.T., Bro. T. M. Jones; W.S., Bro. J. Dalley; W.F.S., Bro. T.* Andrews |[re-eleoted) ; W.M., Bro, H, Hflrdley { WJ.G., Bro. J3. Undrill ; W.R.H.S. Sis. C. Andrews ; W.1i.H.8., Sis. I* 1 , ftattf. 4 vote of thanks was passed to Bros. IlardJay and Cook, who performed the ceremony of jpetailation. It was decided to meet m the future ft) th.a Arpade Chamber. The next meeting will be held on f 7tU mat.

A married woman, named Annie Watson, who resided with her husband on the East Town Belt, Cbristohuroh, died at her residence on Feb. Bth, at six a.m., and was buried on the following day at the Addington Cemetery, In consequence of representations made to the police that the deceased and- her hueband did not live happily together, and that quarrels between them were known to have taken plaoe shortly before the woman's death, a. Coroner's warrant for the exhumation of the body has been signed by Mr Beetham, and an inquest will probably follow.

Cheese sent home by the Taranaki Dairy Company m the lonia got heated on voyage and only fetched 383 per owt. That sent m the Aorangi's 000 l ohamber arrived m good oondition and sold at 495. Mr Pritohard Morgan, the hero of the Welsh gold mines, hopes to go to Windsor m January with a bar of gold weighing lowt for exhibition to the Queen. . The best medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m coughs, colda, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Hig Majesty the King of Italy, and medical : syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany eaob. JooUle. We have no oooasion to offer rewards m proof of the (genuineness of our referenoea. Fhe official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communication of the Consul-General for I'aly at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, | Amsterdam— all these are authentic documenta, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc. : Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the yolar and palmer Bide of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up aa far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks under daily applications of Eucalyptio Extraot dressing. The patient has retained tho full use of hor hand.— (Advt.) 1