LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1813, 12 April 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to misapprehension of instructions Mr Bullook's clearing sale at Mr Charlos Martin's, Winslow, wrb advertised for this raornjng instead of Wednesday next, 18th inst., to which date the sale has been postponed. The Premier, Sir 11. Atkinson, and the Minister of Justico and Defonco, lion T. Fergus, pafised through Ashburton by the , express train this morning en, route for Iho South, The mußkotry *e'.urna for the volunteer year ending 1887 aro just to hand. The amount expended m prizes m 188G waß £457. whereuß this year it is £812 15a. The Ashburton Hides were suooessful m obtaining eighth prize, value £J1 sa. The shooting for the past year is the bast ever done by the volnnteer force m the colony. Tho Ashburton Hides aro to be complimented on their suoceas, as they again beat the wholo of Canterbnry. As Bhooting is the most important part of volunteer drill, we hope the Bides will praotioe this year with renewed vigor. In 1886 tho Rifles obtained third prize with 91*64 points. Last year they made 168-10 poipls and only obtained eighth prize. This gives some jdoa of the improvement made m the shooting. A gift auction m aid of tbb Sfc Mark's Church fund was held m the South Rakaia Town Hall on Thursday last. Tho prooeeds wore not very satisfactory, and only some eight pounds pro/it is tho reßult. Mrs Broadbent preside/} at a stall during tho afternoon, assisted by Mr Broadband, and the articles exposed for Bale woro of a very useful desQription. In the evening Mrs Belts opened out a stall and afterwards Mr B. G-. Staveley kindly auctioned. Tho unsold goods from the stalls and a few bags of wheat, a sheep and a few fowlo. The Rev II; Collins m thanking those who had exartad themselvoß m tho cause and those who had contributed ox* pressed a hope that the next gift auotion would meet witb more support and be a finajaciaji Bucoess. Heating's Govafl Lozenges euro Coughs, Asthma, Bronohitis. Medical testimony states that no other medicine is co etfeoUial m the cure of these dangerous maladies. On* Jjozengp alone givcß ease, one or two at bed,* time enßflrey rea.fc r For relieving difficulty of breathing they ,are jtavphmb/e. '-Tiiey contain no opium or any violont drug, fclold by ail phemistS; m tins, ljd and 2s $& oaob. * ' *

Alfred Dray ton, a blacksmith at Waimate, lied on Wednesday from an overdose of Jhlorodyne. He had been drinking, and leaves a large family. < ■ At the meeting of the United North Canterbury and Ashburton Charitable Aid Board a letter was read from the Ashburton County Counoii protesting againßt the excessive estimates passed by the Board, and objecting to the existing banking arrangements between the Charitable Aid Board and the Hospital Board. A motion was oarried to the effect that the Board did not requisition the contributory local authorities for a larger amount than was necessary. In regard to the banking arrangements, Mr Walker moved, " That the present arrangement with the bank be continued on the understanding with the Hospital Board that whichever Board should be saved overdraft m coneequenoe of the i arrangement, the Board benefited thereby ehall pay over to the other Board a sum equivalent to the bank interest saved on the overdraft, and that the proposal bo submitted to the Hospitalßoard." Mr Harrison seconded the motion, whioh, after discussion, was oarried. The ordinary weekly meeting of the Star of the East Lodge. 1.0. G.T., took place last evening, m the Arcade Chambers, There was an unusually large attendanoe, the room being orowded. After the usual routine business, four candidates were initiated and several were' proposed for membership, after whioh the Lodge was resolved into harmony, when songs were given by Bisters Manhire, Taylor, Wildsmith, and Kingston, and Bros. Kingston and Jessop, a duet by Bros. Oolyer and Kingston, and reoitations by Sister Manhire, and Bros. Sawle, Kingston, and Hardley. During the evening refreshments l were handed round, and after votes of thanks |to those who had assisted m entertaining i those present, the Lodge was closed m the usual manner. No. 19 of Leslie'fl Parliamentary Portraits shows a return to the faoility of the artist as exhibited m the earlier numbers, containing an excellent sketoh of Mr Bhodes, member for Gladstone, and a fairly successful one of Mr A. Graham, the representative for the East Coast. Arthur Byan, tho jockey who was accidentally thrown while riding Ingomar over a hurdle on Tuesday morning, lingered about four hours, and died from his injuries, At an inquest held by Mr 0. Whitefoord, Coroner, at the Crown Hotel, Amberley, yesterday, after hearing evidence a verdict of "Aooidental death " waß returned. An Irishman on board a vessel when she was on tho point of foundering, being desired to oome on deok, as she was going down, replied that he had no wißh to go on deok to see himself drowned. A contemporary, describing a dance at a country village, say 3 : — "The gorgeous strings of glass beads glistened on the heaving bosomß of the village belles like polished rubies resting on the surfaoe of warm appledumplings." The author is still at large. A Roman sanatorium has been discovered at Suzo, near Castleforce, the buildings of whioh cover an area of 187 ft by 131 ft. It shows that the Eomans were acquainted with the use of mineral springs for medioinal purposes. It is stated that several English gentlemen who intended to settle m New South Wales have been so disgusted with tho fights and rows m tho Legislature that they have refused to"Dast m their lot with a community whose representative men were such blaokguards. An old peasant was at the point of death, but the last stage of his illness was of long duration. One night his son left a candle burning near the dying man and wont off to bed, saying as he lefc the room : " Father when you think you're going, you can blow out the oandle I v It is doubtless a libel, but the report is that when now Senators from the Far Weßt first visit a Washington hotel, they aro taken aside by the hotel olerk and confidentially told that the bottles on the walls of the establishment are intended for fire extinguishers and not for drinking purposes. Joseph Scott, the No\* Zealand pedestrian, obtained an easy viotory m big long djstanqe walking match with J. Hibberd, tho ex. champion, at the Royal Aquarium, the other week. The two men Btarted on Saturday, Feb. 11th, at clovon o'clock iv tho morning. Hibberd knocked off after oomploting 92 miles, while Scott did 122 miles m less than eleven hours. There died m Leicestershire quite lately an aooomplished young lady, who, although only nineteen years old, measured over 7ft m height and weighed nearly twenty stone, ffer hands and feet were correspondingly large, and glovpß bad to be specially made for her m Paris. Her extraordinary proportions were a source of trouble to her, and her family being Well-to-do she lived m com. parative seclusion. A oity submerged by tho sea for 1000 years has just reappeared above the waters. The town of Haigen, north of Ningpo, m China, was completely overwhelmed during the Sang dynaßty, and lay buriod till quite recently, when the Bea gradually reoeded and exposed the remains of buildings. Quantities of vußes, plates, and domestio utensils have accordingly been recovered— of tho utmost intorest to Chinese historians. An exohange says ;— Tho Salvation Array is doing a good work among the lowor olassea m Sydney. Tho bravo Boldiers often Bhare their last penny and their last loaf with the destitute poor, and thus by their benevolence, charity, and true Christianity, resoue many of both sexoß from tho lowest depths of vice and indigenco, and transform them into good and useful mombors of society. Wherever one goos, north, south, east, or west, one is sure to sco or hoar of tho Salvation Army, and to be told of good that they have dono. In tho course of a trial m tho Supreme Court, Wellington, tho filthy condition of some of tho bank notes iv circulation m this Colony waß comtnontod upon by Mr Justice liiohmond, (Una of Un wit^essoo m a larceny o(ibo having stated she was unable to describe tho colour of a note which sho was referring to, his Honor observed that it was disgraceful to tho population of Now Zoaland that they should submit to having such dirty paper circulated amongst them, with tho danger of oarrying disease, He pitied most the unfortunate clerks whoge duty \t waa to count; tho notoß. The Sydney correspondent of tho " Auckland Herald " sayß :— " Nor m povorty wanting to complete tho rosomblanoe of Sydney to London. When walking m tha Domain and publio park?, oqe cannot fail to notico tho number of people of both soxos, of every ago, gathering up, eating, and pocketing tho crusts of bread, cores of apples, etc, whioh havo been thrown away. Women with babies m their arms may bo soen selling matchoß ; while tho number of blind men who sit or stand at corners silently begging is beyond belief." The " Taranaki Herald " of the 4th instant Btatos : — Amongst those whoso sorvioes have been dispensed with by the Government is " Professor Blaok, wljo "was receiving £450 a year and travelling expenses for leoturing at various schools of mines, and who is not to bo employed ftny more. Tb,e servioos of his two assistants have alsp boon disnenspd with. In this way a caving of about £2000 per ennum will be effeoted." No doubt, but auch a saving is we fear the reverse of true eoonomy, as there can be no wiser or more reproductive expenditure than this, whioh enables the development of the Colony's mineral resources. The " Marlborough Timos " says that recently no lesH than 8500 rabbits woro delivered at tho Meat Preserving Company's works— tho largest number yet delivored — and it Bays much for tho eUvil and tho plant that thoy aro equal to tho magnitude of the operations whioh such a demand makes upon thorn. Tho rabbits are principally trapped, fow being shot, and tho work thoroby entailed, and m preserving the oaroaeoflp gives employment to a very large number of hands. The company havo now lying on the wharf, ready f6r Bhipment, 100 oases of preserved rabbits, ouoh containing four dozen 21b tins, and besides this they have somo 400 or 500 oases m stove. The oompany are oreoiiug a new boiler, which will §hortly be oompletod, to keep paoo with tho inofea'aed danjand, Thoy are certainly to be congratulated on turning the rabbit riuisanoo into a profitable export; and m giving employment to a very large amount of labour, "Bouom oh Omppflt" oorroots offensive [ odors at once. Complete oure of wpret phronia | oases ; aleo uuequaled as gargle, for diphtheria, j sore throat, foul breath, * 4 1