The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Bpeoial meeting of the Ashburton County Counoil was held this morning. Present — Messrs W, C. Walker (chairman), J. Grigg, Hugo Friedlandor, E. G. Wright, James Brown, and C. J. Harper. The meeting was ca'led for the purpose of passing a eppoial order conveying the leasa of the Mount Somere Tramway to Mr E. F. Wright, coal master, of Mount Somers, for a period of fourteen years. The Counoil some time ago commenced the lease but found that they were unable to oomplete it. The power to complete the lease is, however, given by Clause 22 of the " Publio Works Aot, 1897," ard the meeting passed a Bpeoial order m aooordance with that clause. The Railway Department announoes m another oolutnn excursion farea to Dunedin, for the D.J,O. Autumn Races. Fares from \ Ashburton 28s firskdas*, JBs 63 aeoond-olaas ; ! from lUkah, 33-3 and 22a; tickets is suable from 20th to 24th February and available for ] return up to sth Maroh. There will be a special night train leaving Ohristchuroh on 21st Feb. due at Ashburton at 10.50 p.m. ; and a night train from Dunedin on 25th Feb., starting at #„30 o'olock. A K^rth Island pos temporary has been shown a sample of oats measuring nearly eight feet m length. A. T Rogers, 8.A., St. John* College, Cambridge, and tutor m Bow Bohool, Durbam, jreaontly died from hydrophobia. De« ceased, who vas thirty, m endeavoring to rescue a child, was bittea fey a rabid dog at ■Manchester. S>mpton>g of hydrophobia^, m, and after two days of intense suffering he %t is jst^Uid that Florence Nightingale, the i heroine of the Crimea, it .dying m England from the effeots of an old bospital ieye? pon. traoted m 1856. There is a general failing of the Byetero, a tvastxng ftway, from the effeots of her labours during tbo days m whioh ehe devoted her life to the soldiers wounded jn batt'ii Tbo latest eßtimate plaoes the population of England and Wales at 28,000,000. I Impassioned lover, quoting Moore m a iyhi«per: " Our couoh shall be roaea, beBpan^Utd with dew " Practical girl : "It woujd give jt^e jr.hs^iaiios, and co it would

Polioe Sergeant : Is the man dangerously j wounded ? " Irish Polioe Surgeon : •' Two ' ol the wounds are mortal ; but the third can i be cured, provided the man keeps perfectly j quiet for at least eiz weeks." ' Two Urge fanm m North Hants have just been let rent free, the only conditions being that the buildings are to be maintained and the land properly cultivated, and the tenants are to pay tithes, rates, and taxes. Young Lieutenant : "Itis a difficult thing to choose a wife. A beauty without money— my father is unwilling; a homely girl with money — I am unwilling; a beauty win money — her father iB unwilling ; an ugly girl with no money— pah ! " Uncle: "Why did you fail to pass tba examination ?" Nephew: "On account of a mere difference of opinion between the fellow who examined us and mjself." Unole : '• How was that ? " Nephew : " Oh, I thought one Bide gained the battle m an anoient war, and he fancied it waithe other 1 " The custom of Valentine-Bending on the 14th February is evidently fast falling into desuetude m this colony. This year nearly all our contemporaries observe that this is the oase, the " Dunedin Star," among others, writing :— " Valentine Day has oeaaed to baVe any terrors for poßtmen. On Tuesday there was no material addition to the ordinary amount of mailed correspondence." The Siamese twins have found a living counterpart at Birmingham, twin baby boys having been born joined together m euch a manner that separation would mean death. The Ohriatohuroh Press states that before the Hon Gh F. Biohardson left for Wellington instructions were issued to the department to call for tenders at onoe for the cartage of the materials foe the ereotion of the rabbit-proof fence at the Teaman Valley. In addition to this tenders will aIBO be called for tha eon* veyance of the material neoessary to erect eight miles of the other fence towards the Hakateramea Pass. This the Minister thinks will be sufficient protection for the winter. The land " boom " m Ballarat (says tho <• Geelong Advertiser ") is brisker than even Nearly all the paddooks north of Sturt street, whioh have lain idle for so many years, have been purchased by Byndioateti and the subdivision has resulted m large profits to the purchasers, m some instances as much as 500 per cent. Tne tramway and the garden gave rise to the "boom." The issue of rum is to be discontinued m the army iv India. The oanteen will be an institution of the past. Refreshment rooms supplying non-intoxioantß, with side bars at which beer may be had, are to be instituted within the line of every regiment m Indii* A reading room is to be attaohed. The change is due t* his Excellency Sir Frederiok Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief. The bent medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m ooughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndioa'es all over the globe are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifaw Id, reports :— The Eucalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful m very aovere oontusions, bruises, sprains", wounds, scaldings, broken rib*, and limbs. {" Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneyß, either aotive congestion or suppression, (urceinia) or albuminuria, dropsy,* litbiasis, nothing will equal m its aotion Eucalypti Eitraot. Doaes, sto 8 drops. Mosler, MD,, Prof., University, Greifswald, reports:- Diphtheria. Ton ils continually ooherent presenting uloers with white ezudats. Cured m fourteen days, Surgical Clinics of Prof. M-Intyro, College of Pnysiciana and Surgeons, St. Louis— Scirrhus of BreastExcision. Eucalypti Extract employe^. No Bwetlirg, heat, or diacoloration. Cured m fourteen daja.— -(Advt * 4