LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1869, 16 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— . — _^> The next Inspeotion Parade of the Rifles and Guards is ordered for Tuesday, 19th tnst,, at seven o'cloolc. The Chairman of the To Aro Licensing Bench, jQ.t their annual meeting, said he would like to see the Act amended to pro Tent single men and women from hold^n^ a lioense, and also women whose husbands' ar« not living with them. ' ' Mr Yanderbilt, the American millionaire, has taken a house m Grosrenor Square for the season. ' It is being fitted up m -gorgeous stylo, regardless of expense. He has also tajf en over ,the lease of sfr \yinaria' Highland shootings to the pxjent pf eor^etbidg like

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Tradesmen's Raoing Club will be held on Monday evening at eight o'clock. A movement ia pn foot m Christchuroh to establish the social sooiety known m Melbourne as •' The Owls." In that oity it is a bind of Savage Club, the meetings being frequented by artists, literary men and others of the fraternity of Bohemia. Every month what is called " a hoot " ia held, whioh is a smoke concert. Mr and Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt are said to have been frighted out of their Bavarian Oastle by ghoßfca. They have loa&ed the royal houße for several months, but only remained mit two nights. Their rest was disturbed by peouliar noises that could not be accounted for. The lease was given up, and the disturbed oouple returned to Paris. The number of arrivals m the colony from the United Kingdom and the Australasian colonies for May was 923 and the departures 2119, of which .number 863 went to Sydney and 724 to Melbourne. 116 Chinese came to the colony and 22 left. The proprietor of a New York journal having put up for Parliament, hie loo al rival mentions the fact. In the prooess of mentioning it, it courteously alluded to the candidate's paper as the Champion Turncoat, the Judas Oraole, the Great Mormon Liar, the Sodom and Gomorrah Evangelist, and Brigham Young Advooate, and adds that it doesn't want to oreate ill feeling. What it does want to create is not mentioned. Ex-champion Hanlan tells a good Bhark story to " Turf, Field, and Farm." He says he caught one thirteen feet long, " and after we had landed him we opened the brute and found a gold watoh and chain, a pair of top boots, a shoulder of mutton, three dogs and & lot 'of tin cans, and the Lord knows what not. I never saw such a sight mmy life." It is quite evident that all novelists are not dead, The Government do not propose to abolish either of the present ooean mail services, but they think it worth considering, when the San Francisoo mail service expires m Nov., 1889, and the direot service m the month following, whether either of the routes should be subsidised. If the San Francisco mail servioe were abolished, and the mails were paid for at the rates now paid for the direct service, the saving woujid be only about £4000 a year. The " Taapeka Timea " ia responsible for the [following :—•« The children m a oertain up country school had occasion to complain lately of the water ia the school tank. The Committee ordered to have it cleaned out, when among the oontents were found a dead cat, one boot, two caps, a girl's bonnet, a doll, a ball, a hymn-book, a paroel of loveletters tied with crape, ' My Love ' waltz, a lady's bustle, a fifth reader, a Latin grammar, and the programme of a dance committee. An incident which goes to Bhow that our Auckland winter sun is by no means devoid of heat occurred one morning recently m a suburban district (says the " Star.") A gentleman had got out his buggy m the morning preparatory to coming to town, when he was surprised to observe that the oandle m the buggy lantern was lighted. This he proved to have been caused by the sun's rays, whioh falling upon the bevelled glass of the lantern at a certain angle, produoed suffioient heat to ignite the wick. The Rev W. Baumber, of Napier, speaking on Church membership, at the General Wesleyan Conference at Melbourne, said that if the attendance at olaas meetings was insisted upon it would shut out many estimable and hardworking members of the church. A law that was inoperative was harmful, and should be amended. The door of admission to their church membership was actually narrower than the entrance to the heavenly kingdom. It was raising a human institution over a Divine ordinanoe. Football, played under some circumstances, must be very interesting, as may be judged from the following paragraph, whioh is taken Irom lne fashionable London journal, the " Morning Post '.' : — Easter Tuesday the people of Workington witnessed the annual football match between the colliers, sailors, and ironworkers. About 300 men were engaged on eaoh side. The game is played at Workington every Easter Tuesday, and is probably unique. There are no rules, but the men j o™ 16 ' 1 "^^ 8 * nto l^ e slream or of play. The ordinary meeting of the Canterbury Crown Lands Board was held on Thursday. Seo. 712, Arowhenua, quarter aore, wes sold to George Hooper on deferred payment. The Chief Commissioner reported the sale, by by auotion, of deferred-payment sections ' 67 Bnd 68, Reserve 350, JHincla District, to F. Judd. Section 21, Reserve 1650 ; and section 29, Reserve 1381, Rangitata, were let on perpetual lease to A. Priddlo. The Ranger reported cases of non-residence, and several other breaches of the Land Aot, and handed m reports on various village settlements, Bqard agreed to take actipn tp have the law cqmplied with. The special correspondent of the " Dunedin Star" writing, i rota Wellington says :— No doubt our politicians often address their con- | Btituents from the floor of the House, but they seldom have the candor to. acknowledge the faot. Mr Buxto,n, member for Rangitata, is an exception to the rule. Addressing the I House, be remarked that, as he might not be able to get together a meeting of his con* Btituents, he thought it better to now make any remarks he wished them to hear, m whioh case copies of •• Hansard " could be sent to his friend*'. The older members roared at the hon. member's simplicity, but luckily he gave them no cause> for complaint on the ground of prolixity. At the Skating Rink last night there wag a very large attenSanoe, and the merriment went on apace. '.Phis evening & wheelbarrow race will be Ihe pece do resistance and as great amusement is derivable from this there is Bjare, td'be a good mußter to' see the sport. The admission ' \o "the ' rink will be one shillpg and Bkatet will be given out free. The management has deoided to fix the 27th as thp date ot the fancy dregs 'carnival of Which so muoh has lepn hoard, ft is pretty sure tq be a 'success. Mr Ross, the manager pf the Pompany here has taken a large Ijajl m Sydenham, and intends as sopn as the aeoeaaary improvements are effected to open a rink there. Profesaor Greenwood left the other day to open tae Company's rink at Blenheim, and at several other important centres the syndicate has secured the leases of the buildings best suited for skating rink pujfpogeg. At the last meeting of the Oity Council, a somewhat curious point under the lioensing law was discussed m oommittee. ! At the annual meeting of the City Licensing Oommittee, certificates of renewal were wanted to Mrs Ifnholaon (Universal Hotel), Mrs Roche (Gridiron Hotel), and Mrs Mcc (Peacook Hotel), there being no opposition to the applioattena. Adams Bros., however, wrote to the Corporation, pointing out that, m a case deaided m the Supreme Court m March last, Mr Justice Williams had laid down that married women are not qualified to hold a license under the Aot, and warning the Coinoil against receiving the fees for these lbenaos. 'Messrs Adams Bros.' letter X7OB referred to the city solicitors for their 6plnlonj and they adyiaed that the Town Clerk slould refuse the lioenso ieee, when tendered by the three licensees referred to. After alengthy discussion, it was resolved, Crs Oohn and Sinolair dissenting, to authorise the .'own Clerk to acoept the fees.