The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL
- ■■ ♦ It is reported that the Hon W. J. M. j Larnaroh intenda settling m Melbourne/, m™> In Canada the people who~~advocate the r union of Canada with the United States are beginning to be called copperheads. b Many a man who thinks he bears a great enterprise on his shoulders is simply round- . shouldered from carrying a large load of selfoonoeit. The Qonaul-Gonoral of the United States - at Bio states that one of the greatest drawbaoka to oommoroial intercourse with Brazil lies m the necessity of allowing too long a , oredit. At Bio, as at Buenos Ayres, minimum D oredit is six months. f A French syndicate of engineers has oonr traoted to stop the breach m the Hoang Ho < river, whose overflow causedj,he great dißaßter j of a few months ago. The syndioate offerß 8 to keep the river under control for thirty . years for the sum of 30,000,000 taels. Three Bussian women, graduates of medicino, have OBtab)ißhod a hoflpital for diseases of women at KoßOhan, Poraia. Their oxperi- . ment has proved completely successful. They aro reported to havo boon consulted by 15,000 patients m the last ten months. Tho Auoklandera oonsider tho English footballers men of flno physiquo, and although the majority are not over medium height they are nearly all broad-shouldered, doop-ohosted, and thick-limbed, and seem a worthy team to uphold the honor of the " Old Country •' m tho Bugby field. Three aores two roods and twenty-six perohes of land on the south bank of the Yarra, opposite No. 3 Customs shed, has just been Bold for £800,000. Loss than six years ago the same properly was bought from the Government by Messrs T. Walker and Co. for £6010. His Boyal Highness, tho Gommander-in-Ohief, has been pleased to take into favorable consideration the desire of the oitlzens of Edinburgh, convoyed to him by their Provoßt, that the garrison of Edinburgh Oastle should consist permanently of a Sootoh regiment. The celebrated To Eooti has petitioned Parliament asking for recompense for tho destruction of his houses and their contents by fire on the night of tho 27th January last. Tho noblo savngo naively urges that " it has been the custom and tho law m Now Zealand to show lovo to those who are m trouble, or who have suffered loes of any kind." Nows i3 to hand from Charlovillo (Queens, land) that opium Bmoking is becoming notoriously prevalent throughout the district amongst the blaoks. The opium is bcinp Bold by Chinamen, and is killing the blacks rapidly. People aro indignant, but oannot Btop tho traffic Opium Bmoking is stated to be spreading throughout Westorn Queensland. It is stated by a largo southern grazior, who makes a study of tho condition of tho sheep markets of tho world, that the dooroaso m the number of sheep m Europe during tho past ton years amounts to 44,000,000 ; and that the increase m the Australasian colonioo during the samo period has been 27,000,000. From theßo factfl ho draws tho conclusion that we are on tho eve of a very substantial advance m the valuo of Bheep,' and that Australasia will have a good surplus of whioh to dispose. The second meeting of tho Band of Hope, m connootion with the Wesloyan Sunday School, Tinwald, waa held last evening, despite the unfavorable weather there wbb a Bplendid gatheiing— Beventy obildren and adults being preaont. Mr John Caygill presided, and, after tho meeting had boon oponed m the usual way, made a few suitable remarks, explaining the meaning of a Band of Hope, and urged upon all present to abstain from intoxicating liquor. A .very lengthy programme was gone onwith,'oonsisting of some duots, quartettes, rooitations, and readings, all of whioh were rendorod m a very pleasing manner by tho children and friends. Ono of the largest and most entertaining Band of Hope meetings ever held m Tinwald was brought to a olobo by tho Chair* man pronouncing the benediction. A London letter to tho " Philadelphia Telegraph " Bays :— " I was n,ot surprised to coo that nearly all tho fair Bex werp wearing the wrist watches which aro now so entirely tho fashion m London, but whioh, I beliovo, aro very little worn a? yet m America. Made m every form, from tho plain leathor strap to the magniiioent bracelet, where the face of tho watch ia onciroled by precious pt»}\ea t (.hoy are both ornamental and convenient, ftfovelljoy grp ever boing introduood m the shape of purses, jouoLu.b^oks, sticks, and umbrellas containing aimi/luliv'o tim*. keepers, and ono jewolJor, moro dating than I tho rest, has manufactured some rings reBorabling signet rings, but having inßtead of a orost a tiny watoh. It is scarcely likely, however, that those will ovor become fashionable, aa (.bey must bo extremely bulky and ponderous for wearing on tho finger."
The Rev W. Gordon Maopheraon .will I lecture m St Stephen's Schoolroom on Mon- I day 28th on " fivnninns m the House o! ' Commons." Tj.u It^\ . I,U .Maopherson brings with him to Ashburton the reputation of being an eloquent leoturer, and wherever ho has given this leoturo it has beon most favorably criticised. The dangers of m and m breeding are not only bo plainly indicated by the results of the intermarriage of first cousins—they are visible to us m the vogotablo kingdom as well. It has long been the opinion that one chief cause of potato disease has been the fact that wo grow this useful vegetable from tubers or buds, (underground buds, it is true, but still real buds for all that), instead of from seeds. The latter is nature's original and best device — germination is an auxiliary, a dodge. A Bad drowning acoidont took plaoo at Ohriatonuroh yesterday. Two little girls, named Attel and Augusta Williamson, aged respectively seven and five years, daughters of W. H. Williamson, near Buokley's road, 'near Papanui, were found drowned m the S*yx river. It is supposed that the ohildren had over-balanced themselves and fallen into the water, qb the bank at the point where their boots and Bocka were found was very steep. While skirmishing round yesterday m Mr Taeker's ploughed fields Sergt HenderBon, of the' Timaro Rifles, lost his watoh. Ho immediately reported hia loss to Captain White, who reported it to Lieut-Col Bailey. Beforo dismissing the battalion the Lieut. (Colonel mentioned the loss, and aßked if anyone had pioked the watoh and chain up. An answer oame at onoe from an officer, "I have, Sir ;" and the jewellery was handed over to Oapt White to return to Sorgt Henderson. Now that Fredenok 111 is safely seated on the Imperial Throne, there oan be no barm m saying that the real reason of his having deolined to follow tho advice of the German doctors, and submit to a dangerous surgical operation, was his anxiety to seoure the position of his family at whatever risk to ! himself. This resolution was come to altogether independently of Sir Morell Mackenzie, and, indeed, before he was called m; but that eminent pnyßician confirmed it on purely modioal grounds, whioh have never been impugned by any competent oritio. Some amusement was caused at the R.M. Court this morning by the prompt manner m whioh a witness met a suitor's hostile interrogation. The witness had given expert evidenoe as a cabinetmaker, when the suitor, who was conducting his own oase, blandly asked him if he were not a oarpenter instead of a oabinetmaker. The witness softly ejaoulated that he had thought he would be asked ouoh a question and had therefore got ready for it, He thereupon produced hia indentures, as a oabinetmaker, and his questioner had no option but to collapse. The Ashburton Guards are to be oongratulated on the success that attended their sooial gathering, hold m the Oddfellows' Hall last evening. The attendance was very large, the hall being crowded. Evergreens and flags were used with tasteful effeot to decorate the building. Songs wore contributed by Messrs Simpson, Kneen, Stevenson and Captain Dolman, whioh wore well received. A squad of the Guards went through the sword bayonet exercise m a yery creditable manner, and a feature whioh brought down the house was a bout with Binglestioks Musio was supplied by the Aahburton Brass Band. A writer m the " Otago Daily Times " draws attention to tho fact that barley is being imported from America into Australia, and even into New Zealand, and that the price realised for shipments m Melbourne and Sydney was 1.87} f.0.b., or 6s Id per cental. He reasonably enough argues that there should not only be no necessity to import barley into New Zealand, but that New Zoaland could supply Australia's wants as well as her own. From the openiDg of the season 1887---1888 up to April sth the quantity of barley shipped for New Zealand and Austratia was as follows : — To Now Zealand, 9254 oontals ; to Melbourne, 01.G62 oontals; and to Sydney, 16,695 centals ;— total, 117,611 oontals, equal to 220,000 bushels. Wo ncod soarooly remind our roadora of Mr Eden George's conversazione and photograph and picture exhibition m the Orange Hall this evening. Mr George has been at very great trouble to set off his artistic and photographio handiwork to the boat advantage, and many of the pictures are those of well known celebrities of Canterbury and elsewhere. Altogether there are several thousand of photos and piotures admirably arranged throughout tho hall mid also m show oaßes. The different styles of photography are also exhibited to advantage, the objoot of the exhibition and oonversaztone is a popular one, viz., relief of distress, and the exhibi. tion is well worthy of patronage from an artistic point of view. The Palace Skating Rink will be euro to be largely patronised as this form of amusement ia highly popular ; but there will be muny who will find it oonvenient to attend to both.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1850, 25 May 1888, Page 2
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