LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1858, 4 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. T. Matson sold the Rakaia Railway Hotel on Saturday to Mr Whittle, formerly of Aehburton, for £3250 cash. A child, daughter of Mr J. GosteJlo, farmer, Medbury, was severely burnt last week, and died from the effeots. The Protection Society at Christchuroh recommends the Protectionists in the House to support Major Atkinson's Tariff proposals. The "Daily News" notes with pleasure that a team of New Zealand football players will visit the mother country during the autumn. It is stated that two directors of the Midland Railway Company, resident in England, receive £700 a year each in directors' fees. A man living near Ashford, Kent, has paid over £40 in fines and costs during the last three years through refusing to have his two children vaccinated. Fines have been inflicted 25 times. Mr P. 0. Morton, of New Plymouth, who goes to Rio to open up a butter trade in that city, was a passenger for the s,s. Doric He took with him the following packages of butter.: — 80 tins, containing 301b eaoh ; 160 tins, 151b each ; 240 tins, 101b eaoh j 480 tins, 51b eaoh ; 2 caßes, containing 91b tins, the weight of the two cases being 1201b. The W.O.T. Union have invited all the young women who aro favorable to the temperance movement to meet them at tea in 'the Templar Hall on Tuesday[(to-morrow); l for tike purpose of forming a Branch, of the %*Otmg Women's C.T.U. (for brevity oalled the %'b). in other places whore this Union has been formed the s?'b exert a great power for good, and no doubt mrny pf our young men would be influence! against the use of drink and tobaoco if they found the young ladies discountenance it. On Saturday there was a large attendanpe at the Palace Rink, and the fleeing forms of the skaters were noticed by a large body of spectators from the stage, which has fitted been up as a gallery. There are now quite a number of the skaters of both sexes who are proficient in the art, and there is a still muoh larger number who have just got beyond the wobbling stage, and who manages to make their way round tho rink with greater oerr tainty than formerly. The interest in the rink and its delights seem to be on the in* oreaae. A race for the local half-mile championship oomes off on Wednesday, for whioh a number of entriea have already been received. The musio aa per usual is very good. We are sorry to learn that the genial manager, Mr Bass, is oonflned to his room, suffering from the effects of a severe oold, and that bo has been absent from the rink in consequence. He is, however, soon likely to b& about, and in a few days will leave for Blenheim and northern towns to open rinks there in the interegtp pf his oompany. Hoblowav's Ointment am? P^tg,— Old Wounds, Sores and Uloers. — Daily experience oonfirms the fact whioh has triumphed over all opposition for more than forty years, viz ; that no means are known equal t0 Holloway'a remedies for curing bad legs, bafj. breasts, Borea, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, Baalds, and, in truth, all maladies where the skin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, as compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready moans of euro are found in Holloway's Ointment and j?illo, which heal the sores and expel their cause. In the very wpißt oases the Ointment has suooeeeod jn effecting a perfeot cure after every other means' bad .tailed io giyjpg adequate telie{#

Mr 3. Henry of ihe Commercial Hotel, ill provide refreshments at the Ooursing [eeting to be held at Lagmhor on Wednesday. In our meteorological report on Saturday le rainfall is given for June in mistake for Jay, The Danedin " Herald " suggests that to Rise revenue sharebrokers should be charged ' , fee as well as auctioneers, pawnbrokers, to. la France it is stated that a division of he percentages on betting transactions letween tbe Jockey Club and publio charities yorks well, Mr R. D. Harman beat Mr G. J. Boss for ;he Lawn Tennis Championship of Canteraury on Satruday. Mr Bobs has held the cup two years in succession. Mr T. S Johnston is gazetted Postmaster at the Ashburton Gorge Poet Office as from 17th March, and Mr J. Watson at Kyle as from April Ist. The Master of the Ashburton Home desires to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of parcels of clothing from Mr John Orr and Mr Quinn for the use of the inmates. ' The Hon William. Spenoe Peter, of Anama, was one of those in the Upper House who voted against the Chinese Immigrants Aot Amendment Bill. The Olutha County Oounoil have deoided that in future it be printed on the top of the certificates Bigned by oontraotors that all workmen be paid every fourteen days. At the B.M, Court this morning, before Mr A. Harrison, J.P., James Heath, for having been drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner, was fined 10s and costs, with the uauftl alternative. The total sum expended upon railway oonstruotion up to the 31st March last was £14,603,109, oi which £13,352,978 was the cost of the lines already aotually opened for traffic The daughter of the famed Theodore Hook, aged 62, died suddenly the other day. She was in very poor circumstances indeed, and was being oared for by a lady in humble oiroumstanoes after she became unable to support herself by teaohing in a private sohool. The " Auokland Herald " states that there was a sale at the Polioe Station on Saturday last of a number of propertieb that have come into the hands of the polioe. Amongst other things were one ot two relioa of the Great Barrier murder Oaffrey's gun and the notorious black flag fetched ss, and his bull-dog revolver went for 3s 6d. In answer to a question in the House of Commons this week it was stated that New Zealand hemp had, amongat other fibres, been tried for soldier's bedding, but the result was that the bedding was less satisfactory to the soldiers and rather more expensive to the Government than palliasse straw. Baron Mikouly Maolay, who died at St. Petersburg on the 15th April., at the age of 42, was of half Sootch and half Oossaok parentage. He was a man of great scientific attainments, but was best known for his labours amongst the Papuans. He married the daughter of Sir John Robertson, of Sydney. The General Assembly of tha Presbyterian Ohuroh of the United States |has struok out from the Confession of Faith the period (ohapter xxiv, sect. 4) whioh affirms that " the man may not marry any oi his wife's kindred nearer in blood than he may of his own, nor the woman of her husband's kindred nearer in blood than of her own. Until ttiey met the Players the sixth Australian Eleven did very well in England. They left Australia without demonstration, and hardly a soul went to the steamer to see them off. People wore Biok of crioket, and the previous team was beaten with such unfailing regularity that tbe present team were allowed to go of! without a hearty wish from anyone. The " Timaru Herald " says :— " The Christchurch papers give Detective O'Connor great praise for the capture of Jonathan Roberts. Where would his cleverness have come in but for the oypher telegram sent from Timaru at the instance of Detective Kirby." We don't see much cleverness in -title oapturo any way. Robert? waß apparently taken like a lamb, and was evidently tired of his liberty. The polioe weren't half smart or they might have bad him within a week. The Parliamentary correspondent of the 11 Dunedin Star " sayd :— Mr Buzton scored off Dr Fitohett rather heavily during the debate on the Contagious Diseases Act Repeal Bill. Dr Fitohett, in the course of his speech agaioßt tbe Bill, had taunted many of the advocates of the repeal of the Aot with ignorance of the subject they discussed. A few minutes later Mr Buzton (who was one of the speakers alluded to) rose and made a personal explanation- He himself, he said, spoke upon what he had heard and read — that was where he had got his information ; and if Dr Fitohett knew any more than that he pitied ,him. Then tbe member for Rangitata sat down amidst tremendous cheers, and was subsequently observed to be chuckling to himself. A young man, naned William Henry ildskings, was brought up at Waimato, on Saturday, on a charge of having insufficient means of lawful support. The accused, aged twenty, who was in a very miserable condition, and who seemed of weak intellect, informed the Court that he left Christchurch Borne three weeks ago, and had travelled thus far looking for work, but had baen unable to obtain any. He had supported himself by begging for meals on the road, and had slept in Btables, sheds, and even on the road. He had no blankets, and hardly any shoes to his feet. He said his father was a second-hand dealer in Christohuroh, but of poor means, and unable to support him. At a largely attended meeting of farmers and [others, held on Saturday in the Grain Agenoy Buildings, Christ ohuroh, it was deoided — " That a dairy Company be formed, and Rteps be taken to ereot a faotory or factories in such districts as the support guaranteed to the Company would justify " The meeting was thoroughly representative, most of the dairying districts having farmers from their midst present, and from their numbers a strong Provisional Directorate was formed. Mr Murphy, of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association acts as Seoretary pro tmn, until the formation of the factory. Inter afia, it was mentioned that Mr John Grigg's Christohurch representative had received an order from Melbourne for as much of the Ijongbeaoh separator-made butter at lOd per lb, as be could supply for the next six months. At the annual spring meeting of the English Rugby Football Union Mr Rowland Hill (bon. see.) Btated that he had .received a letter from New Zealand expressing a hope that the Rugby Urion would encourage the team which it was proposed to send over from the colony. The combination was to be composed entirely pi natives, and was coming here free from any thought of gate money. It was.contemplated to send the tparn over in September so that they oould pra.otJoß for a month, and fiommenoe to play jin October next. The New Zealand authorities did not ask for any guarantee of expenses, but simply for the patronage of the Rugby Union, and expressed a hope that that body woujd arrange matches for thorn. Mr Hill stated that, in his reply, he bad pointed out that the trip would flntail very hoavy expenditure, and it would be difficult to arrange a programme now that the leading clubs had oompleted their fixtures, At the same time he was confident that olubs all over England would give the team a real hearty welcome and deal with them in a liberal spirit.