LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1863, 9 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr GloYor, the temperance advooate is leoturing m Taranaki just now. Hanlan's admirers m Brisbane have decided tipou giving him s banquet at an early date. At the Cbrißtohuroh hospital lately Dr Ovenden successfully performsd the somewhat . rare operation of amputating the hip joint. Diphtheria has been very prevalent m Viotoria lately. Since December 209 oases have been reported, of whioh 293 were fatal. The " Wellington Evening PoBt " has developed into a leading organ of the Opposition. : A fellowship of the TonicSoNfa College, London, has been won by Miss Bloxham, of Victoria. The annual general meeting of the Tradesmen's Racing Club, to have been held last night, was adjourned for a week. The farmers of Canterbury are petitioning to have agricultural implements and binder twine admitted free of charge. A telegram from Calcutta states that the Government there haa reduoed the purchasing price of horses landed m India from New Zealand. The reduction, at the present rate of exchange, is^upwards of £7 per head. From]two stations m the South, comprising 140.000 sores, 886,600 rabbit skins, weighing 4370wt, and oosting £3470 for oolleotion, were shipped home m the year ending 31st Mar oh last. It is stated that since the establishment m Victoria of the St. John's Ambulance Association , 1007 males and 1260 femalea have been instructed m the duties, and 1197 certificates have been granted. The Dunedin High School Board do not approve of Major Steward* Endowment Reserves Administration Bill, and have appointed Professor Shand and the Rev Mr Fitohett to draw up a petition against it for presentation to the House. A monument whioh will cost £400,000 will soon be erected m Panama to the memory of General Bolivar, the liberator of Bolivia, Columbia, Eouador, Peru, and Venezuela. Each of the five republics will contribute £80,000 for the purpose. By the will of Paganini the only man who waß permitted to touoh his violin was his pupil, Sivori. The other day m Genoa, to whioh city the violin was bequeathed, Sivori tunod it up m the presence of some royal delegates, and after playing several tunes put it baok. Charles Stewart Parnell stands six feet high m his stockings, and is as straight as his maternal grandfather, the famous Admiral Charles Stewart — " Old Ironsides." He is m bis forty-seoond year, and, aooording to his latest interviewer, is m the full enjoyment of good health. A Home for destitute men has been opened m Ohnstohuroh by Mr T. Herriok, the objoot being to provide a bed and breakfast for men who would otherwise have to sleep m the park or under hedgeß. Several instanoes of this have occurred recently. A meeting was held under the presidency of the Mayor, for the purpose of obtaining subscribers tq the Home. Hardware importers complain of tho classification m the new tariff aB vexatious, and likely to cause much trouble m dealing with invoioes. It is also alleged that the alteration of the duty on plain galvanised iron will have the effeot of completely crushing the firms m Auokland and Wellington, whioh have recently ereoted extensive maobinery for corrugating iron. Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Old Wounds, Sores and Ulcers. — Daily experience confirms tho fact which has triutrphed over all opposition for more than forty years, viz ; that no meanß are known equal to Hollo way 'b remedies for curing bad legs, bad breasts, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, soalds, and, m truth, all maladies where the akin is broken. To cure these infirmitioß quickly is of primary importance, bb compulsory confinement indoors weakens the goneral health. The ready means of cure are found m Holloway's Ointment and Pill 8, which heal the sores and expel their cause. Jn the very worst oases the Ointment has suooeoeed jn efifaotjng a perfect cure after every other nieang ba4 filftd m giving adujutti ,

1 The latest tbrpedo-boafc will be 400 feet long, 23 feet beam, and of 26 knots speed. Tea drinking is rapidly increasing m France especially m the wine-growing districts. During the recent oold woather San Franoißco was vißited by thousands of snow birds of a species never Been there before. The " Eoferee " thinka that the Canterbury Jookey Club would not be muoh afleoted even if the totalizator were abolished. The added money perhaps .would bereduoed, that is all. The Mohammedans are the most active proselyters m China, and their efforts are crowned with signal bucoobs. There are over 5000 Mohammedans m Canton alone, and all through the empire the faith of the turban is spreading. A German nobloman m the person of His Koyal Highness the Landgrave Frederick William Nioholas Charles of Hesse is on a visit to the colonies m cog. with his suite. His Boyal Highness is a seoond oousin of the Emperor Frederiok. The party is now m the North Island. In 1841 only 4-3 per cent, of the population of Ireland were over sixty years old. In 1881 the percentage over sixty was 10 6. In England the percentage of population over sixty was m 1841 1% and m 1871 waß only 7-8. The Queen of the Belgians exoela m the art of producing bowls of fish from handkerchiefs and causing coins, watohes, and other artioles to vanish into thin air. In other words, she is a practiced adept at conjuring. The dog corps m the Frenoh Army, says the '• New feYork Bun," is being trained at Belfort. Large dogs are ohoeen. Every day they are shown soldiers m German uniform and taught to fly at them on sight. A five-act play by Tolstoi, " La Paissance des Tenebres," whioh was forbidden by the Russian Government, has been given m Paris, the Russian peasants as inoonceivably debased and horrible. An Englishman has discovered the ancient porphry quarries, where the Romans obtnined the Btones used injthe famous buildings. The quarries are ninety-six miles from the Nile, and 8650 feet abovd the level of the eea. Personß ooming from Poland state that the land owners there are m despair, owing to the rapid depredation m the value of their estates. They assert that valuations have sunk between 25 and 30 per oent. during the last two years. It is reoorded of the late John J. Fiannagan, I oity editor of the •• Utioa Observer," that he 5 professionally attended 27 hangings. On one L occasion he persuaded ihe condemns 1 man to consent to be hanged two hours earlier 1 than was at first intended, m order to give - him time to get home after the event and put r a good account of it m his paper. r A representative of the " Press " inter--3 viewed a number of tradespeople m Welling- • ton to ascertain their opinions on the Shop Hours Bill. Nearly the whole of the gentlemen interviewed expressed their deoided 5 approbation of the principle of the Bill m the > abstract, but an opinion seemed to prevail . that the measure would deal rather harshly with several businesses, and that it would be wise to amend it before it became absolute law. 5 At the meeting of the North Canterbury i Eduoation Board on Thursday several members f spoke of the absurdity of supposing that any i economy would be effected by the abolition of . Education Boards. The teachers would have no ohanoe of redress from a oentral bureau m I Wellington, where the localities and circumi Btanoes were unknown ; and there would have > 'to be a large number o! clerks to deal with the correspondence ooming from all parts of the Colony. ? Mr E. G. Wright at the meeting of the ' North Canterbury Eduoation Board on Thurs* J day gave notioe— " That m future the Board I meet only once m each month for the trans* 3 action of ordinary business ; and also, that at " Committee meetings an attendance of two 3 members at least shall form a quorum." t Mr Weston gave notice that he would move - at the next meeting — " That sewing mistresses I be appointed at bolioolb where there are at k least seven girls over seven years of age." At Ohriatohuroh yesterday Thomas Henley and his Bon Patriok were further remanded on the charge of shooting Peter Sinolair at Springston on May 28th, with intent to murder him. Mr Sinolair is^still too ill to appear m court. At the same time Wm. Fleming s was oharged with wilfully burning a staok of sheaves. He admitted to the arresting con* i stable that he bad fired the stack, and he was committed for trial, He bad some dispute with the owner of the stack, and took r revenge by setting fire to it, Says a correspondent of the "Daily Times " :— Several suggestions are being put i forward as substitutes for the various items s in the tariff. A progressive stamp tax on reoeipts up to a maximum of five shillings is one of those, and an absentee tax is strongly urged by many, a tax on unimproved land, and a progressive impost on property generally will have their advocates, and the , present probability is that a long debate will f be encouraged by the Government, and that during it progress order will gradually evolve out of chaos. I Mr Earl Zander proved the champion looal skater last evening, having got over the half* mile course m 8.9, beating Mr C. Moss. The ! first pair to try conclusions were MrXllarhe f and Mr Moss, the latter winniog the heat. In the absence of Mr W. Zander, Mr Karl Zan--5 der went over the course with Professor , Greenwood. When a start was made with r the final round it was apparent that Mr Moss , was no mean antagonist, and had he not fallen twice m the middle of the raoe, he would have pressed Mr Zander very dose ! indeed. To-night as usual the rink will be ; open. ' The weekly session of the Dawn of Peace Lodge, No. 164, 1.0. G.T., was held m the Templar Hall last evening. There was i a largo attendance of members and visitors, about fifty being present. Bro G. W. Andrews, C.T., congratulated the Lodge on being able to again meet m the hall, and hoped that members would find it more convenient and suitable than the old lodge-room. After the usual routine business had been disposed of the following programme was gone through : —Songs, Sisters Jessop nnd Campbell and Bro Pauling ; recitations, Sisters Howard, K. Sawle, Addis, and Hudson, and Broß Sawle and Kingston ; readings, Bros Edwards and Scott. During a recess m the programme refreshments were handed round. Votes of tbanka were passed to those who had contributed to the evening's enjoyment, and after spending a vory pleasant evening the Lodge oloßed m due form. The quarterly (annual) meeting of the South Rakaia Lioensing Committee was held m the Town Hall on Friday. Present— Mesars Lyttolton (ohairman), Holmes, C. W. Turner, and L, Oxley. The police reported very favorably on the manner m whioh the houses m the dißtriot were oonduoted ; Batisfaotory arrangements had been made m accordance with the directions of the Committee for fire esoapes. Renewals were granted to A. J. Howell, of the Railway Hotel, and Janet Miller, of the the South Rakaia Hotel. Mr Alexander F. Mitchell applied for a license for the Chertsey Hotel. Mr Stringer, of Chriatohuroh, appeared for applicant. The police, through Sergeant Felton, objeoted, a6 applioant had been fined for sell* . ing short measure to some outside customers. The measure used was one pint short m half a gallon; It appeared that this was the only objeotion, and as the measure had been taken over from the late oooupior along with other stock, and had never been returned by the polios, the lioense was granted. The bost medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Teat its eminent powerful effeots m coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe »xc fts patrons. Read the ofljoial reports that aooompany each bottle. Moßler, M.p., Prof, University, Greifaw Id, reports :— The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently successful m vory severe oontusione, bruises, sprains, wounds, scald- ' ings, broken ribs, and limbs. ("Medical : Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the « kidneys, either active oongost ion orsuppres* i sion, (urccmia) or albuminujia, dropsy, < litbiasis, nothing will equal m its aotion ( Euoalypti Extraot. Dobos, sto 8 drops. | Mosler, MI)., Prof., Univorsity, Greifswald, reports :— Diphtheria. Ton-uls continually < coherent presenting uloers with white exudats. Cured m fourteen days, Surgioal Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Phyaioiana and Surgeons, St. Louis— Scirrhus of Breaßt— Exoision. Euoalypti Extraot employed. No ,••. Bwglljng, heat, or discoloration. Cured m - fourth d*?B,~(Advt.) f p