LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1779, 2 March 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The " Daily Telegraph » reports that amongst other produce which is being exported from Napier to London is tall fesouo seed, Mr Ormond during the last fortnight having shipped away 1000 bags, the Rotoma* hana taking 700 last Sunday, and the Mararoa 300 the previous week for transhipment at | Sydney and Melbourne. From these porta the Beed will be forwarded by Orient steamers to London. Tall fesoue grown m England not germinate if sown m that country, but it has been proved that New Zealand grown seed will; hence its value. This last season has been an excellent one for that crop, and on old river beds the yield has been ; exceptionally heavy, j Duri Dg the intense fogs m England on January ioth to 13th, tho Birmingham cor reapona ont of the "London Telegraph" wited ._.,, Many oi the ill-educated people herfl wer6 to a ay thrown into a state of abßolute terror by a report whioh gained wide, flpread oreaenoe that, m consequence ot the oonj unot j oa of Mars and Uranus with Meroury mi n an evil aspeot, there would be earthquabea and other dire calamities, Women kept their beds> and wou,a not lefc . . . their ***** »«end Behool; man, ignorant cP Porn Bs°nB met'? P^y, females of the, class com. t ™»] ' «een m gmahops bought Bibles; and - *eQ*? rs of the Ration Army held forth on c the Dmne wrath .mmed.ately impending o »ia lon? ™» suoh Remarkable instance of h the samval of superstition was witnessed. r The ••Southland Times" makes the l astonishing statement that a young man g named Patrick Heffernan was charged at l Brisbane with a breaoh of the Immigration Aot, m attempting to leave for Sydney almoßt n on his arrival. He was sentenced to four g months imprisonment.

A Hartf oofc, Coon., man has invented an ap» paratus for timing horses. A olook with three hands— minute, second, and quarter seoond— is started by the official timer. When the winning horse touohes the wire the olook is stopped by eleotrioity. At the same instant the current opens a oamera, whioh photographs the horse and the olook face.

Chicago haß just celebrated the 50th an* niversary of its foundation, the city having been formed m 1837, with 4170 inhabitants. The rapidity of its growth is without parallel, even m the United States. In 1840, 4479; 20,963 m 1850; 109.2C6 m I860; 298, 977 m 1870; and 503,185 m 1882— suob has been the growth of Ohioago. Holloway's Pills — Teachings of Expert enoe. — The united testimony of thousandsextending over more than forty years, meet strongly recommends these Pills as the best purifiers, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive, or give merely temporary relief, but attaok all ailments of the Btomach, lungs, heart, head, and bowels m the only safe and legitimate way, by depurating the blood, and so eradicating those impurities whioh are the source and constituents of almost every disease. Their medioal effioaoy is wonderful m renewing enfeebled constitutions. Their aotion embraces all that is desirable m a household medicine. They expel every noxious and effete matter; and thus the strength is turedand the onergiea stimulated.

Messrs J. Scaly and Co. have m their window some fine apples of last year's growth, they were grown by Mr Coobrane, of Elgin and are of the Cambridge pippin variety, showing the remarkable keeping quality of this sort of apple.

The returns of Ashburton Hospital for the month of February are as follows :— ln Hospital on Ist Feb., 8; admitted, 11; discharged, 8 ; died, 1 ; remaining on 29th, 10.

The Matron of the Ashburton Hospital wishes to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of frui f , honey, and jam from Mrs Herring (Alford Station), and of fruit from Mrs Porter and Mrs George Lee, for the use of inmates.

In oonneetion with the re-hearing on Thursday of the case Primmer v Spring, our report was slightly inaoourate m Btating that a mistake had been made by the officer of tbo Court m filling m the date of the summons It should have been stated that tho defendant mistook the date.

A large batch of drunks was dealt with this morning by Major Steward and Mr T. Bullock, J.P.'s. Three first offenders were fined 5s each, with the übu&l alternative, one of them also be'Dg required to repay the oost of cab hire. John Heron, second appearance, was fined 20s, or twenty-four hours. John Grieve Smith, for obstructing the police, was fined 20s, or iurcy-eight hours, and also ordered' to pay oab bire. Patrick Splaice, for drunkenness, was fined 10b. William Braoken was ordered to pay 10s 6d, amount of damage to constable's uniform, or forty-eight hours.

At the Upper Ashburton Licensing Com. mittee's meeting to-day there were present Messrs Scaly, Thomas, and Bullook, Mr Scaly was eleoted ohairman, Thiß was all the buainese.

The Ashburton Suburban Licensing Com* mittee met to-day at noon. Present — Messrs Scaly, Thomas, MoLean, and Bullook. Mr Thomas Scaly was unanimously eleoted chairman. The Sergeant of Police reported that tho houses m the district were not provided with fire-escapes for the bedrooms, and the Committee deoided to adjourn till Firday, the 23rd inßt., tho licensees to receive notice to provide, m the interim, the required appliances to the satisfaction of the police.

The work of prospeoting at Alford Forest being attended with great difficulty, owing to the rough bush covering the country, Mr Walker, the Chairman of the County Counoil, has applied to tho Minister of Mines for a grant of £250, for the purpose of constructing prospeotors' traoks.

We are m receipt of another number of Leslie's Parliamentary Portraits, containing really excellent sketches both as to pen and penoil work of Mr Taylor, member for Sydenham, and Mr Grimmond, member for Hokitika.

The 25th Feb. was the first anniversary of the death of Mr Maoandrew, M.H.R. It was also the 18th anniversary of the departure from New Zealand of the last of the Imperial troops.

The " Bruoe Herald " says that good white clover seed is worth 9d per pound, and suggests that the growing of this crop would be very remunerative to farmers.

The "Auokland Bell" is responsible for the tremendous "ouffer" that, "Call it inßtinot, or reason, or whatever you like, every dog m Auokland knows the city dogoatoher so well that as soon as they perceive him you oan see the dogB 1 paws go up to ascertain if the collar is still there. If it is not they make tracks."

A visitor to Shannon, on the Manawatu Company's line assures as ("Wanganui Herald ") that the mosquitoes there are so numerous that m the morning Bottlers sweep up those that have been billed by the candles *or lamps, and light the tiros with them !

What may jbappon to a farmer m Waikato is exemplified m the bankruptcy of a Mr Bmale. Some time ago Mr Smale bought a farm of 350 aoren at £8 an aore, and improved it at a coat of £1000, the farm was mortgaged for £1000 and was Bold by order of the mortgagee, realising £300.

SANDEIt and SONS 1 EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In proteotion of the work wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following :— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous Sjstem, saya m an editorial published m the " Olinioal Record : " — " Wo have examined hali-a-dozen specimens of different manufactures; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to bo reliable and correspond* ing to scientific tests." Another conoootion called " Refined Extraot of Eucalyptus " has made its appearanoe since. This produot Btands, according to Dr Owen, foremost m oausing injurious effects. That gentleman oommunioatos, at a meeting of the Medioal Sooiety of Viotoria, that a child Hying at Fitaroy became most seriously indisposed Lnrough its use. In another case a lady states on the strength of statutory deo'aration that she suffered cruelly from the efforts of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing the above facts, and desire the publio to exercise care and prooan* tion wheo boyiog. PAtiPfift and. &QW>~ 'Hi.) „., ..^..^ 9