LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1841, 15 May 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The reported silver lode at the Owen 1 Nelson, is said to be a galena lode with a small percentage of silver. A gentleman m Christohureh has, says the •• Press," received advice to have nothing to do with it. Out of a total of 3921 males and 877 femoles who were imprisoned for various offenoes last year, 3330 males and 671 females were able to read and write ; 133 males and 75 females were able to read only ; and 458 maleß and 131 females could neither road nor write. We have received a pamphlet — "Dairy Paotories and the Influence on Farm Economy," by Mr M. Murphy, F.L.S., and Secretary to the Canterbury A. and P. Asaooiation. The pamphlet is a re-print of an article from the "New Zealand County Journal," and is replete with information on the subjeot of dairy factories. •» ■ ° It will be remembered that a rather Btartling meeting of the Rangitata ratepayers took plade a week or two ago, and a good deal was said m referenoe to the nomination of a gentleman who was sebsequently eleoted. A petition'Hbas now been lodged and an enquiry will, be held into the validity of the election on Friday, May 25th. It is said that Archbishop Moran has not made himself at all popular with his flock m Australia, and that it is felt deßirable to plaoa someone else at the head of the affairs ot the church m these oolonies. The original m. tention was to confer on Arohbishop Mbran Borne offioe m the Vatioan. 1 Mails for the United Kingdom and Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Franoisao) Sandwich Islands, Fiji Islands, Cape of Good Hope, etc, will olose at Ashbnrton on Friday next as follows: — Letters, newspapers, etc., at 5 p.m., money orders at 10. a.m. This mail will be due m London on 25th June. There has for years been, a Btory current m New York that Calvin Fairbanks the Abolitionist, received 35,150 lashes at the hands of Southern gaolers m ante helium days. Be that as it may, a fund is to be raised with the intention of obtaining a dollar for each stripe, and of endowing a college for the eduoation of negroes with the amount. Mr Eden George's advertisement m another oolumn is one whioh will prove of interest to every one m the Aehbarlon county. For firstclass style m the taking of photographs Mr Eden George's studio has been long and well known, and he is bringing with him to Ashburton his very best meohanioal contrivances as well as the best of tho scenery for which he has become noted. Under these oiroumstances a good result is sure to be obtained. A great number of persons assembled at the Aroade on Saturday evening to witness an exhibition of horse taming by Mr Thomas W. Prioe, who was very successful with the three horses operated on. Mr Prioe will give another exhibition nest Saturday evening, and as we understand that the horses then to oome forward are exceptionally difficult subjeots, a good deal of interest is shown m (he undertaking of the looal trainer to subdue them. Gordon Taylor Hughes, of Ohio, son of the American Consul at Birmingham, England, after four days of competitive examinatipn m a class of fifty-two on Saturday, "March 17th, was awarded a Cambridge Scholarship, valued at £400, one of the greatest prizas m English school life. The examination of young Hughes, who ia only seventeen, was oonduoted while he was confined to bed by illness. This is the first iostanoe of an Amerioan winning an English scholarship. . A new departure m printing has just been started m London. The words, instead of being set up letter by letter by the compositor, are m block, so that greater speed oan be attained, and the cost of the work reduced. It is found that 800 words m common use can be arranged m oases .within reaoh of the compositor's hand. All other out-of-the-way words must be done letter by letter. Girlß are learning the new type-setting, which has been brought into practical shape by an Irish lady. The cultivation of tobacco by English farmers is receiving considerable attention, and though the} Customs and the Inland Revenue Department are alike opposed to the innovation, the desperate condition of the farming interests m England at the present time would render opposition exceedingly dangerous. At a reoent meeting of the farmers concerned m the work, an Association of English Tobacco Growers was organized for the defence of their interests and for the general advancement of the growth of tobacco by British growersThe Paris Correspondent of the " Times " says : — General Boulanger has a passion for power, and, dazzled by the unexpected realisation of his dream of becoming Minister for War, he was bent on nothing less than a Dictatorship.,. Suoh an ambition, however, requires startling surprises and consummate audacity. Such a man must make his supporters blind instruments, whereas General Boulanger has become a mere tool m the hands of those who hanker after revolt. Had he returned to the War Offioe his appointment would have been looked up as a challenge to the peaoe of the world, and would have estranged sympathies from France, a oountry giving tho signal for oonfliot. France would have been forced to confront the dilemma of a terrible defeat or an inevitable Dictatorship. She is beginning to see this, and will be glad that the firmness of Government has saved her from it. Mr George Aldridge, a gentleman hailing from Auckland, who has been on a leoturinc; tour m the south, opened m the Orange Hall last evening by discussing from his Stand' point the position of " Man here and hereafter." There was an audience of about 40 persons, including a very thin sprinkling of ladies. Mr T. M. Jones occupied the chair, and briefly introduced tho looturer. Mr Aldridge spoke very emphatically as to the hereafter of man, and quoted copiously from the Bible— or, as he oalled it, the Book, to prove that the righteous will inherit eternal life, but tho souls that sin will surely die, and be no more heard of. Mr Aldridge's style of delivery ia very stacoato, and his gesture unceasing and theatrical, but he managed to keep his little audience well interested m the subjeot matter of his leoture. Ha speaks deoiaively and without halt, and though suffering from a cold, he oould at times be very realistic A oollootion was taken up at the oonolusion to defray costs of the leoture. The subjeot for the lecture this evening will be " Where are the Dead ? " While Major Dane was m Auokland Sir George Grey showed him the relios m the Free Library which he himself had presented to tho institution, and explained many of them to the distinguished visitor. His Worship the Mayor took advantage of the opportunity, and had a shorthand writer present who took notes of the statements made by Sir George to be embodied m a catalogue. For instanoe, amongst the artiolea given by Sir George are a number of meres made of greenstone. Eaoh of these has a history. One was gjven on the famous oooasion when the Ngatipaoa and other tribes of the Thames district oame to Auokland with the design of resouing a man who had been apprehended by the police for causing a disturbance m Queen Btreefc. They had enoamped m Meohanios' Bay and had'drawn their oanoes up there, Sir George had guns planted on the bill where the Supreme Qourt stands, and informed them that if they did not clear out within two hours he would fire upon them. They yielded, and the chief sent him a mere as a token of submission. This is m the Museum. A part of tho afternoon was spent m looking over some interesting and important letters whioh Sir George has just sent to the Library. 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