LOCAL AND GENERA.L

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1827, 28 April 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERA.L

The date of tho County Hunt Club meet at Cairnbrae has boon altered from Monday, May 7tb, to Tuesday May Bth, at 11 a.m.

A Thames youth got seven days' imprisonment with hard labour for writing obsoenity on a Btationor's shop door. Serve him right

The first volume of a new edition of Sir W. Buller's birds has just oome out. There are to be thirteen volumes at £1 Is a piece.

Italy is proposing to cut a canal, navigable for large oraft, aorosa jone of the narrowest parts of tho peninsula — the instep, bo to speak, of the boot.

It is said that theßritish Government intend to authorise the issue of one pound Bank of England notes, as a means of relieving the strain put upon the gold currency.

Under tho heading of " a good shot " a correspondent sends us the information that Mr Fred. Milner, of Flemington, shot six wild duoks at one shot, out of a flook of six on the water.

Washington is muoh astonished. Miss Bella Cora Follows — a highly-connected young lady — intends to marry Chaska, a worthless full-blood Sioux Indian, who has spent muoh time m the guard-house for stealing.

The Baltio Canal to the North Sea is to be begun m earnest next spring. The works will extend oyer a length of 3l| miles, and seven big cantonments will be arranged along the line to house 4000 workmen,

The man who comes to the station two minutes behind time, and sees tho train scudding out at the other end, derives no satisfaction from tho proverb, "Better late than never."

Mrs Langtry has just lost her father at the age of aeventy-three. He was appointed Dean of Jersey m 1850, and baa for a long time been m bad health. The late oold weather has proved too much for bis weakened constitution.

Tho industry of bone-gathering has now a place m Wostport. There is a demand at tho orushing mills m Wanganui and sugar re finery works at Auckland. A oonsigmont was forwarded to Wanganui by the last trip of the Manawatu.

At the Selwyn County Counoil meoting on Tuesday it was resolved to memorialise Parliament m favour of suoh an alteration of the Licensing Act as will cause the lioensing oommittees to be eleoted every three years, and the looal option vote to be taken on the same day and with tho same machinery.

We beg to remind our readers that the ohoral service of the Brave Covenanters will be given m the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday night next at 8 o'clook. As the above is full of interest, aud.haa been m active reheasal for some time, a good house should bo the result.

There has been some idea of the Prinoess Louiso of Wales marrying Prinoo William of Nassau, who would have been an excellent match for her, as he is very rioh, but the young lady, m the full oxoroise of her right to choose a husband that pleases her, doolines to look with favor on him as a suitor.

Our Paria correspondent writing on 28th Feb. Bays :— lt ia proposed to organise a great international rifle competition for next year, m oonneotion with the Exhibition. The initiative will probably bo takon by tho Municipality of Paris, and tbo competition will bo oonduoted upon the same lines aa the grands tirs held at Vincennes m 1884 and 1885.

There is a further exodus from tho Wairarapa to Oalifornia, Mr Stenhouse, for many years oonneotod with the Greytown Brewery, and lately of tho Eaglo Brewery at Masterton, loft Auckland recently on route for Los Angelos, California. It is said that several other Wairarapa residents are only waiting further news from California to mako a Btart for that oountry.

A clergyman who has boon married throe times, and has a numerous sot of olive branohea whioh spring from divorso maternal ancestry, oonfesses to a slightly disconcerted feeling when ehortly before his third marriage he was approached by ono of his daughters, a girl of nine, and who oalled his first wife mother, with, " Papa, will you let mo go to soo you married ? "

Tho seoond " Inglesido " of the season was hoJd lost ovoning, and was most enjoyable and successful. Soogs were contributed by Messrs Kneon, Andrews, and Scott. Tho Lagmhor Highlanders gavo several Scottish danceß, and Mr Gallic danced a seauntrcus. Miss Jamioßon and Mr Knoen supplied the piano music, and Messrs T. McKay and Mabin attended to tho pipes when these were required.

After the usual choir praotico at the Baptist Church m Thursday night, Mr A. Wildsmith was presented with a very handsome silver inkstand, Bubsoribed for by tho choir and a few friends aa a tokon of their appreciation of his services as organist during his sojourn m ABhburton. Mr Sawlo m presenting tho gift referred fcolingly to tho loaa tho Church would sustain m losing Mr Wil3smith, bs organist, and his genial faoo would bo Badly missed. After Mr Wildsmilh had suitably roßponded, a very pleasant hour waß spent over a oup of tea and some good things provided by tho ladies.

A very enjoyable harvest homo gathering took placo last evening at Wukanui at tho inßtanoo of Mr Goorgo Tait, who kindly invited all tho school ohildron and his noighr bora lo his house, whoro thoy woro regalod most bountoously. After this a ball took place m tho looal schoolroom, Mr Tait providing tho musio and an e'ognnt supper, to which about 150 of tho residents did full justice Mr Tait's health and the toaat of prosperity to. himself and family wore enthusiastically honored, and a numbor of approciativo speeohea woro mado m recognition of Mr Tait's liberality and kindnesß. Tho gathering was ono of iho most successful and dolightful which evor took plaao m tho locality. Dancing waa kopt up until an oarly hour m tho morning.

Tho " Ohriatohuroh Prosa " reports that a yery pcouliar accident oooutrod on Friday morning jn a shop m Colombo stroet. In ono portion of it light is given by moana of a skylight, or rather a glass let ipto tho floor above. A little child belonging to tho own or of thp shop by aorno moans strayed on to thin glaHO unobaorvod, Tho result waa that tho glass gavo way, and tho ohild went through. Had thoro boon nothing to stay iho fall of tho child, it must havo boon killed. Fortunatoly, however, thoro was a largo hook projooting from ono of tho boama below, which m used to hang largo oarcasos of meat on, Tina oiuighl m tho ohild'a olothon, and hold it like Mahomot'a collin until it wan resouod.

Wo havo to aoknowlodgo reoeipt of a oopy (No 3J of a now publication intituled " Land and Boa." Jt is of tho " Tit Bits " ordor, (but a deoidod advanoo upon tho Ijow Zoaland journal of that name), nnd contains solootod oxtraots from all tho moat intoroßting books, nowupapura and periodionls m tho world. It is published at Port Qhalmors at the low fjguroof twopence, and tho possoooion of a copy is equivalent to an aooj:lont insijranco policy for one woolc, tho propriotor undortaking to pay to tho noxt of kin of any porson killed m a railway or tramway accident, and upon whom a oopy of Iho ourront numbor for tbo wook is found tho sum of £100. This offor doos no ( , apply to cmployocß, railway servants, nowsvondora or suicides. Gopios ol " Land and Soa " may bo obtained at any railway station.

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