LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 21 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Dr. William Henry Gazo, for wife desertion at Obristohurob, baa been remanded, wail was allowed. The "Wellington Pre6B," which is now bitterly opposed to the Government, ityles Sir Harry Atkinson " The Devil wo know." The presentation to Mr and Mrs Maolean Dunn takes place thiq evening at Mr Thomas' offioo. Th6r* is some talk of establishing a branch of the Industrial Proteotion Asaooi>tion m Ashborlon. It would ba well if the inttttr wen heartily taken up. ' . • A good day's shooting was done on Monday last by Mr H. A. Wheeler, of Gabbie'a Plat, be having managed to score 07 ducks and 1 I swan, his brother, J. Wheeler, 43 dubke, > jP^iPg a total of and } ewan.

The straw packing of exhibits from New \ I Zealand is to be burnt at Melbourne, bo an to ( i guard against tho introduction of tho Hossian |fly. It fa understood tbat Mr H. D. Bell intends to visit Molbourno during the exhibition, and that ho will bo appointed an Honorary Commissioned for New Zealand, Mr W. Mitohell. licensee of the Ohertsey Hotol, died last evening Bomowhat suddenly. He had been Buffering from erysipelas m the head, but was not thought to bo dangerously ill. . The breakwind which has been ereoted alongßide tho Wairarapa railway lino at Pigeon Bush, where a train was oapsized some months ago, is^O chains m length, and £865 haa been .expended upon it up to the present time. Probate has been granted on the will of the late Mr Henry Miller, who wan well known m Victoria bb " Money Miller." The deceased's estate was valued at £1,300,210, which has been left to be equally distributedjbetween his eight children. Tho Railway Department have at last como to the conclusion that an effort should be made to beautify the railway reserve, and accordingly are now proceeding with tho fenoing off of tho same along East street. Preparations are also being made for planting ornamental trees along the railway line. A city gentleman, who contemplated purchasing a farm and becoming a tiller of the soil, wrote to the editor of an agricultural journal asking whether Southdown or hydraulic rams paid better on a farm. Tho editor replied that it depended on the soil. If the land was marßhy and full of running streams he would advise tho hydraulics breed. The Emperor of Japan, who recently granted liberty of the press all over his domipioDS, now finds that the papers have taken advantage of his kindness to hold up tho Government to hatred, ridiaule, and contempt, thereby endangering tho throne. So he has issned a ukase to suspend or suppress any journals expressing objeotionable sentinents. Sinoe Mr Eden George came to Ashburton he has had no reason to oomplain of slackness m his photographic business. The success which he has met with, however, ia due to the really good quality of the work he turns out, and this oannot be gainsaid. Mr Eden George announoes that his departure is fixed for July 14tb. To those who have not seen the work turned out we oan reoommend » visit to the studio m Moore street. A case of interest to the medical faculty has ooourred at Hobart. A compoeitor on the staff of tho " Hobart Mercury," is afflioted with deafness. On Saturday evening he felt a sudden shook, as if he had rooeived a smart blow on the ear, and his deafness instantly left him ; but to his astonishment he became dumb, and oould utter no articulate sounds. This lasted for two hours or more, when the deafness returned, and with it also the power of speech. The residents of Ashburton are nothing if not artistio m their tastes, and it is satisfactory to learn that there is every prospoot of an Art Sooiety being formed m the town. Buoh a Sooioty has very many advantages, and the latent talent among our young people might bo brought forth under its influenoe. A yearly exhibition of the looal nrtistio work would, we are sure, show that there is some artistio taste m the district which only requires encouragement to develop it. According to the commercial report appear* ing m the "Argus" of the 12th instant, Melbourne millers, m seeking for outside markets for their surplus stook of flour, have hit upon New Zealand as one of the outlets. Strange as this may appear, the roport^states tbat 1980 bags were shipped during the week previous. The fact ia all the more extraordinary when it is remembered that while firstclass wheat is quoted m Melbourne at 3s sd, it is selling here at 2s 9d. Tho ooonomy that would be effeotod by raising tho school age is bo transparent tbat nothing need be said to illustrate the advantages of the proposal. But a good example ia furnished m the application of the headmaster of tho Hastings-street sido-sohool. That sohool has not been built eighteen njonths, and now more floor space ia wanted. l(, howovor, the school ago were raised to Bflven yeara, fchoro would bo amplo accommottationjat the Napier schools for years to como, and a large saving would be effected m oapitation.allowances. — M Napier Telograph." The usual weekly meeting of the Star «f the East Lodgo, 1.0. G.T., was held last evening m tho Templar Hall, Bro Patterson, 0.T., m the ohair. After the usual routine business was gone through two candidates were initiated, and two others proposed for membership. Tho Lodge then adjourned to re-open m the Sooond Degree, when soven members wero admitted m that Degree. arrangements were made about the anniversary te.a and concert to, be held jihis e?ening. There is perhaps hardly any more significant sign of the tjraos m tho pastoral and BflfJoultural world than tho faot that the M«k Lano Exproas, the most orthodox, moßt purely business-like of all the agricultural newspapers of England, should m the 56th year of oxistonce bavo resolved to appoal to tho colonies and claim the support of tho farmers of tho new world. Yet this is what it has done. It has issued, on thin papor, a colonial copy; it has appointed agents for tho colonies, and invites colonials to send it correspondence ' Every lino,' it says, 'they Bond us will bo welcome.' Wo think it would bo wise for agricultural and pastoral associations to tako up the matter. — Exohange. Tbo Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Times " nays :— Sir Geo. Grov, while walking into tho Parliamentary Buildingß one afternoon, was acoostod by an aged Maori, who, a4dresßiag the veteran statesman iv tho ]^ativo' language, tried to provail on him to accept the sura of £20, m consideration of some !f jndness rendered 1 ' years ago. " ,Q v'ordoming his as'.oniahment,' jtho member for Auckland East informed the grateful Maori lie could not dream of accepting the proffered gift. He had m faot quite forgotten having conferred any favor on tho would-be donor, but if ho (Sir Goorge) had ronderod him a servioo m bygone days, the expression of gratitudo m tho man's eyes was suflloient recompense. Tho trousseau of the future Empress of China is 7 befog raado m yienna. Tho prinoipal' court dread jb of 'very rich blu'o yejyet. On tho front there is an embroidered.' eagle; fcbp wings of whioh aro ornamented with over three hundred small and largo pearls, '^ho bat to match this dress Is of folded velvet; between tho folds thorp aro rqwa of diamonds, so that tho headdress has tbo appeapanoo of a diamond crown. There are besides throo gala dresses made of Ohineso satin j one to sky-bluo, one purple-blue, and tho third of the dark indigo Bhado. The fronts of these gowns are embellished with mottoes m the hh'wcco language worked m gold. One has "Wan'-/u ( " (atp'nnl happiness), anothor "Wau-Bhou' ".(ewpai life), apd tho third 11 Wav «a? " /eternal loye). 1 The material of which tbeoe drones are aomppeod ib B.u'rhptu> oub m tbe extreme. A telegram from Oaloutta to tho " Times "' wogorta that a severe tornado passod over Dacca, India, on April 7, causing muoh damage,' especially m the natjve Quarter, whero 70 persons wore killod from COO to i&00 injured. Tho whirlwind, whioh wafl of appalling .intensity and appWod to have a traok 61 about 6QOU m width, originated to the west of the palapo, cros'Bed the rjver Bariganga, and then roturned and Bwopt through the most crowded parts of the town. l£ is dpsoribocl aa lasting pply tbreo minutes, but the damage doric was enormous. The strongest stpne buildinga, including tho Ifawab's palace woro wreokod. Thiolc iron railings woro tv/jstod liko bits of paper. Trees woro torn up by tho roots and earned eomo diaianco. Pooplo not m tho path of tho hurrioano wore only poneoious of tho mischief going on by an unusually loud wbjatling or shrieking which accompanied the blast, lloWjOWAy's litM anu Ointment.--Travellers to and from distant olimes would do well to bear m mind that these ohanges and tbo altered diet and surroundings of their lives entail manifold risks to health. Occasions aro suro to arise m whioh they will need a remedy such as these renowned Pills and Ointmont, and no traveller by land or sea should ever fail to bavo a supply at hand. Tbph be may 1 truly be paid to have a physioian always at his call for the various emergencies of travel. Obills and fevers shonld fje promptly treated, and tbo printed uirootioiia should be carefully utudiod at tho oommenoomont of any ilinoss, for Holloway's remedies cm be ftafely weed m all olimatei.