LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1840, 14 May 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The.Committee of the Tradesmen's Racing Olub meet this evening to settle accounts m oonneotion with the recent race meeting, King Humbert of Italy will visit the Italian Exhibition at London m June, m company with Menotti and Ricoiotti, the Bona of Garibaldi. The German Lloyd Steamship Company have lost during ths past year £23,000, Chiefly owing to branch lines or disasters to their vessels. The twelve oldest men m the Greenwich Union signed an address to tbe Guardians, their united age being 1021 yearß, the oldest being a centenarian. A peer whose revenues have been reduoed to aminimum has lately acoepted an engagement as " town traveller " to a well-known firm of pianoforte manufacturers. The Eev J. W. Inglis, well-known throughout New Zealand, and who was for many years minister of the Presbyterian Church, Ballarat, has been appointed assistant to the Bey Dr Steel, pastor of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney. Lieutenant Stuart Mesaum, R.N., formely of H.M.b Nelson, the flagship of the British squadron on the Australian station, has been allowed by the Admiralty to acoept service m the Victorian naval foroes for a period of three years. A meeting of the Wakanui Protective Works Committee was held m the Schoolroom on May llth, Mr Jamea Brown being m the ohair, the following resolution waa carried :—" That the subscription list stand open till 31st May; that every person who has failed to pay his subscription by that date be struok off the list of subscribers, and that the balance now m hand and also what may be reoeived by the 31st May be divided pro rata amongst the subscribers who have paid the full amount of their respective subscriptions. The Amerioan correspondent of the «' Dunedin Star" says:— "A woman's oouncil, composed of delegated women from all parts of the world, is now m session m Washington. They seem to be divided into throe seotions. The first comprise those who want the suffrage not partial and tentative (as under several of our States), on sohool and municipal questions, but unrestricted and national. The second are the temperance advooates, and they inolude some of the ablest and best women of this and other countries. The third comprise those who care nothing about politics,* but are anxious for free and equal education, and the removal of every barrier against the employment of women m industries and the professions. The performance of oovering a half-mile m lmin 54 2-sseo., accomplished on Maroh 3rd at Oxford by Mr F. J. K. Cross, stands out as one of the most remarkable pedestrian feats that .-this wonderful age of athletic excellence har produced, and it may rank with the mile m 4min 12f sco of W. G. George, the 800 yds. m 303e0 ot H. Hutohens, the high jump of 6ft 4ih of Mr W. Byrd Page, and the two miles m 9min ll^seo of W, Lang. These are all feats of superlative excellence amidst a number of sufficiently wonderful ones. Speaking of amateurs only, the halfmile record is one that has been subjected to a steady lowering since amateur pedestrianism began to be systematically praotised. Some one has always been at it. The mile and the quarter-mile reoords have stood for considerable periods, until some giant at either distanoe appeared and hacked off a great piece, but the half-mile was never very long at rest. — English paper. Holloway's Pills.— Weak Stomaoh.— The wisest oannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from imperfect or disorded digestion, all of whioh can be relieved by these admirable pills. They remove oankery taste from the mouth, flatulency, and constipation. Holloway's Pills rouse the Btomaob, liver, and every other organ, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy tone wliioh fully enables it to Jconvert all we eat and drink to the nourishment of our bodes. Hence these pills aro the surest strengthened and the safest restoratives m nervousness, wasting, and chronic debility. Holloway's Pills are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, erucations, aud a multitude of other dis^greeablo Bymptomß whioh render the lives of thousands miserable indeed. These pills are; approved by all olasses.

Nothing so vividly reminds us of the brevity of life as a thirty-day promissory note. There are 3000 persons m the United States who profess to be able to heal tbe siok by the Christian science, or faith-oure formula. Mr and Mrs Foley are announoed to appear m the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening. The programme that has been prepared ia a very attractive one. A batoh of M.H.R 's, includiug the members for Waihemo and Waitaki, passed through Aahburton on Saturday evening en route for the Empire oity. Aoeording to a New York manufacturer of ohess-boards, there is a big boom m chess just now. His sales last year were over three hundred thousand boards. Lord and Lady Granville are growing are anxious about their son, Lord Leveson, aged nineteen, who swallowed half-a-orowh while conjuring last Christmas. Miss Helen Taylor, stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill, is visitiDg ia Amerioa. She is a member of the London Sohool Board and devoted to the Irish oause. The number of telephones m the United Kingdom of Great Britain, reported on Jan. lst, was 13,000, while m the United States, at the same date, ther were 163,500. Mr Jolly, the oldest printer m the world has just died m Dublin aged 104. He printed the first sheet of the '•• Edinburgh Journal " 70 years ago. Lees, the Australian pugilist, is willing to acoept Kilrain's offer for a fight providing the latter will bring himself down to equal weight. Eilrain has, however, declined. At a meeting of the Ingleside Committee of the Caledonian Sooiety, held m the Secretary's office on Saturday last, it was resolved that the next Ingleside be held on Tuesday, 22nd inst. The question of faoilitating and cheapening the cost of exchanging land and acquiring land for road purposes by looal bodies was disqussed at the last Waikato Counoil meeting. "* A force of 2000 colporteurs distribute sermons among the non-ohurch-going people of Berlin, Germany. More than one hundred thousand sermons are thus distributed m eaoh week. Mr Aldridge leotures m the Orange Hall this evening on " Man here and hereafter." The subject is said to be a very interesting one, and probably there will be a large attendance. It will be Been from'our telegrams that an unusually heavy down pour of rain fell at Auokland yesterday. In Christohuroh too the rain was steady and heavy. The Minister of Works of New South Wales contemplates the early introduction of the eleotrio lighting system m railway carriages. He is oaref ally watching experiments whioh are now being oonducted on the English railways. Very shortly after the death of his first wife a Scotch laird made arrangements for a second marriage, and on asking his Bon a well-known author, to be present on the oooasion, the latter replied that " he regretted he was unable to attend, m consequence of the reoent death of his mother." The English football team met Wellington on Saturday and after a moat determined struggle the game ended m a draw, both Bideß sooring three points. Several of the Englishmen were knookod about and m this they find excuse for not winning the matoh. The matoh with Auckland is now being looked forward to with interest as the general opinion is that the Englishmen will not have an unbroken record throughout their tour. We are often wondering how the Irish oan live m the hovels into whioh they crowd. But it would seem that they might express the same surprise respeoting the housing of some of the? agricultural labourers m Berks. Last week John Oostin, labourer, at Shinfield, was summoned for overorowding his dwellinghouse. The house was shown to have one bedroom, without fireplace or ventilation of any kind, m whioh the family of 11 slept. —"Truth." The conventional nonsense wbioh appears m the hysterioal daily papers about the " oonsternation " whioh has prevailed Binoe Thursday at Berlin is more tban usually absurd. Was an infirm old man of 91 supposed to be immortal? During the last year the Court physioians have been most persistent m warning Prinoe Bismarok that the Emperor might die literally 'at any moment. Although His Majesty was nomi- ! nally consulted, as formely, on State affairs, his faoulties had failed sinoe his illness last year, and he has latterly been' quite incapacitated from transacting bußinesß.— " Truth " The advantage of early sowing and almost neoessarily consequent early ripening m this distriot are well exemplified m the magoifioent orops of oats harvested by Mr Hugh Patterson of Waikaka Valley. The grain, which is of the variety known as " Pedigree " is simply superb, running six bushels to the bag and could not probably be surpassed m any part of the world. A sample has been sent to the Melbourne Exhibition, where with others of equal meritjof the various kinds, it will serve to illustrate the grain producing oapacity of thia part of the world. — " Invercargill News." gJThat indigestion or stomaoh gas at night, preventing rest aud sleep, will disappear by using Amerioan Co. 's Hop Bitters.