LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Empress of Austria m on her way to London to take a oourse of massage treatment for paralysiß. Miss Booth, of Harper's Bazaar, besides her editorial salary of £1600, makes £1000 a year by translating. The Russian Government has prohibited operations by the' American Bible Society m the Baltic Provinoes. The Council of the University of Cambridge England, has reported against giving degrees to women. In the 38,000,000 of Frenoh there are 100,000 Jews and of these sixty are Prefectß of the eighty-six departments of Franoe. Some Saxon remains have been dug up at Cambridge. One female skeleton had a Bilver ring [upon the finger. Thomas Wayte, M.P. , Chief Justice Waite'a immigrant ancestor, signed the death warrant 6f- King Charles. - \ ',.'.• ... Norway has a battalion of armed skaters, who manoeuvre readily on the ice or snow. Their skates are Bis inches wide and nine long. , j A New Yorker proposes to make a rail- [ road oar of wood pulp. He claims that it will be indeatruotible either by fire or by shook. , It is understood that the Government have no intention of appointing any new member , of the Legislative (Jounoil during the present session. The first sooial gathering m connection with St. Stephen's Church will be held m the Churoh Schoolroom on Tuesday eyening at eight o'olook. In a letter received by a Ghristohuroh genleman from Mr Lillywhite, the writer says that the Taranaki men collared better than any team m New Zealand, never making a mistake. . ' At a meeting of the printing trade held on Saturday evening m Christohurcb, it was rosolved to form a Canterbury Typographical Association. An interesting relio of Burns fetched 205 guineas at an auction m London, It consisted of the transcript m Burns' own handwriting of several of his poems. The largest steamer m the world, the City of York, constructed to oarry 2000 passengers, has just been launched at Glasgow, it is shortly to be followed by a twin ship, the City . of Paris. .\- ;"-. ; '-' ; . ..;._ According'to a superstition of the medieval church, whenever the oock orows a lie is being told. The reason why cookß orow bo persistently m the early morning hours is because * the morning papera are then being set up. ' Aooording to the " Tapanui Courier " there is plenty demand for land for oropping, despite the low prices ruling for grain, and consequently land-owners are asking Btiff prioes for the right to orop their soil. ■" Previous to 1881 the greatest power put into one ocean going vessel was about 8000 indicated horse-power but the Italians now have two vessels of 18,000 indicated horsepower each. 11 -Short-sightedness appears to be tin the increase m England. Children sit at high desks with their books and elates dose to their faces, and the musoles of the eye acoomodate themselves to the distanoe, Bhortness of eight being the oonseqaonce, ; • " The first step towards wealth," says an editor, •• is the ohoioejof a good wife." •• And the first step towards securing a good wife is the possession of great wealth," says another. Here we have one of those good rulea whion work prettily both ways. " lam going to beqome a missionary," she said^ as Bhe gazed at him with a why-ddn't-he-ask-me-to-marry-him expression on her face. Looking down upon her ; he replied : "Don't you think you had better begin on a he-then ? " They were married in'the spring under the spreading chestnut treeß. ' The local sensation of Ch'ioago is a olub swinging olass for young ladies. The ladies dress like Miss Afary Anderson as Galatea. They could (unkindly remarks a Chicago paper) get the same amount of exercise over a wash-tub— helping their poor old mothers but it would be less high-toned. News was received by cable m Ohristchurch on Saturday of the death of Mr H. A. Watt, the manager of the Bank of New Zealand, whilst on the passage to England, for the benefit of his health. The flags on the Banks and other .buildings were at half-mast on Saturday as a token of respect. The Riverton correspondent of the "Southland News " vouches for the statement that a party of Chinese at Refund Hill took out, during twelve months, gold to the value of £4000, securing m one week alone £23-4. Ho also states that one of them at least has oot at the present time £10, the money having been sent, to China. An exodus of the British East Coast fishermen has set m. A large number have lately left Greet Grimsby by the North German Lloyd steamer for Melbourne, and another body of them are busy m preparing to leave for America. Their intention is to turn to farming pursuits rather than fiabing m the new world. It ia computed that over 150 families will have emigrated before the approaching Bummer ends. A well-known Derbyshire physician, writing on Maroh Bth to a gentleman ia Ohristohurch, Bays':—" I was surprised to-day to see a dozen Now Zealand cheeses for sale at 6£d pur 1b m the beat shop m Bakewell, m the Derbyshire oheeae district. Our farmers complain of low. prioes at 6£d per 1b for cheese. I wonder what profit the New Zealand farmer geta when the carriage from the antipodes is paid. It is, rmusG say, better than most Derbyshire oheeae." A characteristic mission is about to start from Dundee to the Polar regions. It is being fitted up by some enlightened Christians, who are at once devoted "to the spread of the ' " unaided Word " and: to that of. the commerce of their oity". They combine, therefore, whale and seal fishing*- walrus and bear hunting, with .the evangelisation of the Esquimaux. It is not difficult to predict which part of the combination ia likely to prove the more profitable and to meet with the greater success. — "Tablet." The French Government have just advertised for a hundred young women willing to enter into the contract of marriage with an equal number of French 'emigrants, inhabiting an island lying m the vioinity of Noumea. A free passage to the Pacifio, and the present of a few hundred francs, increased the attraotivenesa of the bait, and the brides expeotant are now en route. They would, probably, not have been deterred had the Frenoh i Government been ingenuous enough to have informed them that the Isle of Pinea waa their destination, and that for emigrants they might read "habitual criminals." The •» O amaru Mail " says :— A good deal of anxinty is felt m the district about the action of the Government' with regard to the settlement of the Hakateramea, Te Akaterawa, and Station Peak runs.. The whole of Station Peak, 10,000 aores of Hakateramea, and a very large portion of Te Akaterawa are very suitable for settlement under the small grazing run system, and it is hoped that the Government will provent dummyism, and soo' that ovory faoility is offered, to enable bona fide settlers to take up a portion of this land whon the present leases expire. It is said that Station Peak alone would support thirty families and the land taken from the other runs mentioned as many more. The petition respecting this wholesale settlement of the country is being signed by every one m the district, and the people must see that their desire is given effect to. Holloway'b Pills.— -Weak Stomach The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from imporfeot or disordered digestion, all of which can bo relieve by those admirable pills. They remove cankery taste from the mouth, flatulenoy, and constipation. Holloway'a Pills rouse the stomach, liver, and every other organ, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to oonvert all we eat and drink to the noursihment of our bodies. Honoo these pills are the surest strengthened and the safest restoratives m nervousness, wasting, and ohrbnio debility. Holloway's Pills are infallible remedy for impaired appetite, eructations, and a multitude of other disagreeable symptoms whioh render the lives of thousands miserable indeed. These pills are approyed by all glasses.;
The first number of " Hansard " for 1888 is to hand, We are m reoeipt from the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand of their list of prices of New Zealand wools sold at auction m London at the second series of sales, April sth, 1888. The skating rink was well patronised on Saturday afternoon, and m the evening there was a large audience of both sexes. The acquiring of the art of skating was earnestly eet about by a large number of young people, and varying success accompanied their first essays on the rollers. The management announce new novelties for the ensuing week. The amount of money invested by the Government Insurance Department .within the colony, chiefly upon the security of debentures given by looal bodies is £1,010,365. Included m this sum is £216,115 held on mortgage, £484,100 of consolidated Btoofe, short-dated debentures, and scrip, and £102,000 of deficiency bills. The securities heldjby the Postal Department represent loans to the amount of £1,340,884, and those held by the Sinking Fund Commissioners £202,470, and thoße m the possession of the Public Ttaat Office £154,004. Some recent proceedings m the English Court of Chanoery throw light on the question of the increase of population that -takes place m England m fifty years :— A lady, who died m 1829, left some property to be divided, m certain contingencies, amongst the issue of her father-in-law. When the provisions of her will were put into exeoution m 1880 it waß found that " the property became divisible , into 120,960 shares !" The infinitesimal oash value ol each share, namely la 93, gave Mr Justice Chitty the opportunity of commenting on the vexatious results which follow from extremely careful testators tying up their property too tightly, especially when it iB small. Mr James D. Leary, builder of the big raft which was lost at sea m "Deoember last, returned to, New York recently from Port Joggings, Novia Scotia, where he has' a timber-ship m course of construction on the ways on whioh the raft was built. It is to be about 650 feet long, or 100 feet longer that the raft. It will be built m the same general way aa the raft, only the ends will be sharper, arid will be bulkheaded to resist the action of the waves. The raft will be sbip-riggedy with six large masts, and will need no tug. • The timbers are by., far the largest that have ever been shipped from Nova Scotia. The monßter will be ready to launch some time m July or August. The usual monthly meeting of the Upper Ashburton $oad Boar,d was held to-day. Present — Messrs McLean, Sargent, - and Campbell. — Correspondence waß read from the Ashburton County Oounoil re division oi t County into two portions. The Clerk wae directed to reply that although -the meeting of the Board was not a full one, the members present expressed their opinion that the ohange would be for the better, and with a view to getting the ratepayers to express their opinion on the matter the Board would oall a public meeting to be held at the Boad Board Office on July 3rd, at 11 a.m.— It was deoided to oall tenders for grubbing gorse on certain properties fronting Main South Boad at Saleyards ; also fronting reserve 1122 on Alford Forest road.— The Clerk was directed to oall the attention of owners to the state of the oreek on the Briokyard road and request that the same be > cleaned out.— The Clerk was directed tc hurry on contractors for bridge and culvert with the work before the next meeting. — Tenders were ordered to be called for taking up culverts on Kemp's road and substituting fords m lieu thereof .—The Clerk stated 'that he had a good supply of poisoned wheat on hand, and was directed to advertise that the same is now ready for delivery at the rate oi lOlbs pec XUP aores to rate'payera.-~AcdouiitE were passed amounting to £116 7a sd, and the Board adjourned to July 3rd. ■ '. : Skinny Men.-—" Wells'* ; Heaith Bennwer,' 1 restores health- and vigor? cures' Dyspepsia, impotenoe, Sexual Debility. At ohomists and druggists. Kempthorne, Proaser, and Go, agents, Ghristohuroh. ; •
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1852, 28 May 1888, Page 2
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