LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1879, 28 June 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The harbour works at Qisborne are likely to come to a termination before they are oompleted. During a recent thunderstorm some of the telephone wires to Manutahi were fired by lightning. • It is possible that the Hon. Mr Larnacb, who is very popular on the West Coast will receive some souvenir from the miners before ha leavea the colony. A " Biza " m a coat is an fndh ; m underwear it is 2 inches ; m a cook, I inch j m a collar, £ inoh ; m a shirt, k inoh : m shoes, l-6th inoh; m pants, 1 fnoh; m gloves, £ inch ; and m hats, £ inoh. Sir Julius Yogel, who arrived at Plymouth on the 19th April, from Now Zealand, has ooine to England, the "World" hoars, on business connected with the Panama Canal, an enterprise which lias hjs hearty support. The steamer Wairarapa, wbjoh left Lyttelton for Melbourne, took fifty-one draught horse?, fhe Jlauroto, whioh sailed on Saturday, tookj^wentjr-one of the same description. I Should Sir George Grey and Mr Beddon join hands aoross the gulf wbioh divides the cultured cynioal autoorat and the uncultured out-and-out demoorat of Westland, the House, will have a lively time before it. — " Christ* ohurch Telegraph." " l£ospe at pko Fair " is the way a leader on ' the loan is Uead.eS jn Jhfl " Wellington Press." It goes on to say the loan agents made an accurate estimate of Now Zealand's' credit ; when they fixed the minimum of the loan at £96 10s, and not higher. The WellingtongGityJ Council hope m a short time to get |the lighting of the city i done for nothing, as they intend to hire out to the Harbojjr #oard and others incandescent j electric lights at £1 each. This they estimate will bring m over £2000 a-yea*. Captain Fairohild, of theJO. G. S. S. Stella, has a beautiful specimen] of pure aulphur from White Island, and a stalaotite, sft 6in m length, from Eawhia. He Bays there are many more of tbece ptalaotites at that plaoe, of enormous proportions. The North-east Valley Cqunoil being asked j to consider the Chriatohuroh circular re the \ totalisator, came to the conclusion at its last ' meeting thaj the maohipe should not be abolished unless the whole system of betting : can bo done away with. Cheap «'Tuoker."— ln the course of hearing of a case m the R.M. Court, Tomuka, it transpired that tho cost of a man's board at a threshing mill amounted to 83 per week. For this sum a liberal diet, consisting of bread, meat, vegetables, butter, oaks, and puddings, oould be provided. There would be three regular meals and two *' amokos." As the last mail steamer was just about to oast off from the wharf at Auckland some little excitement was daused by the serving of a spaedy summons upon a passenger named Doßborougb, by a sheriff's officer. A rather lengthy altercation ensued between the two parties, as the gentlemen to wlium the unwelcome missive was handed, strenuously contended that the alleged debt, the claim for wbioh he was thus inopportunely called.upon to answer, was not owing by him, and was merely a disputed balanoe of an aooount. Ho bad, howeyer,|t9 s^ooumb to the inexorable decrees of tno law, and 'reluctantly game ashore, bringing his luggage withltfqf, Keatihg'b Cough Lounges' cures Coughs, ABthma, mi JJroDohitis. Medioal testimony states that no other mfidjoine is so effootual m the curepf these .dangerous rnalajjjeo. One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at beatime on«urea rest. For relieving difficulty ol reathing they are invaluable. They ppnfaip no opium or any violent drug. Bold by all h ipiete, \u tjije Jb ld^- au^ 2s 9d each. ■_. J

The Tongariro takes £16,780 worth of West Coast gold from Lyttelton. 11 Skinning fleas " is the title of a leader m the " Wellington Press " on civil service retrenchment, and it proceeds to dilate on the cruelty of this unworthy treatment of old and faithful servants, men of blameless charaoter, and worthy oitizens and heads of families. The cause of the Melbourne boom is said by the » Age " to be a great influx of English capital. Money is very plentiful now, and the result is that while a few years ago nothing letjs than 8 or 9 per oent. would be looked at k in Melbourne, dow capitalists are glad to invest at 5 per oent. A modest paragraph from the " Wanganui Obroniole" about spapking ohildren caught smoking has been going the rounds of the Press, and like a snowball fit grows by travelling. Oiher papers are taoking on their opinions to it, and doubtless m time it will develop into a full-grown leader, if the editors will enly keep the ball rolling. One exohange says :— " We are of opinion that the flogging Bhouldalso be extended to those who sell or supply ohildren with tobaooo. The Home correspondent of the '• Dunedin Star " says Lord Buckinghamshire is such a handsome and attraotive man that great surprise was expressed when he returned from his heiress-hunting trip to the Antipodes without having bagged the game. The fact was, I believe, that the noble Earl allowed the objeot of his visit to be a trifle too apparent, and that the Australian bailee laughed at him. "In vain is the net spread m tho Bight of any bird." However, it doeßn't matter now, for the neoessary dollars have been found at Home, and the ancestral seat of the Hampdens will not have to be brought to the hammer; The lady accompanying the money is the daughter of the Hon Duncan Meroer-Simpßon, and a great Sootoh heiress. From the chairman's remarks at the annual meeting of Reuters Telegram Company (Limited), it would appear that the keen competition between Router's Company and the seceding Australian press is being keenly felt, though the Agency put as good a faoe upon it as they can. Colonel Holland, the ohairman, professed to be satisfied with the result of the struggleso far as prestige is concerned ; but he significantly reminded hi& shareholders that wars, whether between nations or individual opponents cost money. This remark was forcibly brought home to the shareholders when it was intimated that they would have to submit to a diminished dividend. Tfre ohairman proceeded to say that, without venturing to prophesy, he yet hoped that the seoedidg newspapers would eventually see the futility of squandering money m an effort to compete with an organieation whose sole raison d'etre was to supply the press with intelligence more cheaply, and expeditiously than was possible by any separate aotion on the part of individual members of the Fourth Estate. On Sabbath last the Roy A. Blake referred to the life and death of the late Emperor Frederick m the servioes at Tinwald, Flemington, and Longbeaoh. The subjeot of discourse waa the Psalm xxiii., especially the words "When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil." Having referred to the Emperor's exemplary •baracter m the family relationship, the preaoher remarked on his oourage and efficiency as a soldier. When called to the throne he proclaimed his desire to makt the Empire a centre of peaoe, and invoked the help and blessing of God m seeking the prosperity of his country at home and abroad. At the same time he waa suffering from a painful and fatal malady, and the fact can be claimed as a triumphant vindioation of the Christian faith. The late Emperor exhibited a high moral excellence, which, combined with so much meek and courageous suffering, touched the hearts of men m all lands. The grand qualities seen m him, the supremacy of oonsoienoe, the high sense of duty to God and oountry, the indifference to earthly glory, the love of peaoe, these and others that might be named, combine to make that righteousness which is the fruit of faith m God. He had grace to live well, and he had gr&oo to die, for with the disease that weakened the bodily frame, there was Been to bo the triumph of a noble spirit. Mr Elsasser, the representative of Messrs H. H, Warner and Co., is now m Ashburton. He arrived the beginning of last May from a tour through the Australian oolonios, with the objnot o£- iniioduoing the firm's new preparations, among whioh are Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure, Warner'B Safe Asthma Cure, and Warner's Safe Nervine. The latter ia recommended as a harmless yet powerful remedy for all irritation of the nerves, with properties ensuring sound and healthful sleep. Tho value of this speoiflo may easily bq approoiated when we take into consideration the great suffering occasioned by loss of sleep, which m many instances has proved the precursor of insanity. If it does not reaqh that limit, it is nevertheless dangerous and shortens life. The Safe Rheumatio Cure has gained a great reputation, and Warner's Safe Asthma Cure suits a multiplicity pf asthtnatic affections. Favored by the high charaoter of Warner's Safe Cure, the firm's great elixir and kidney specific, the new preparations have mot with distinct pucoesa, and their high ourative powers are generally endorsed. Warner's Safe Diabetes Cure and Warner's Safe Pills are now also on sale m town. With a view of bringing these valuable apeoifios into the greatest prominence the representative is mailing and circulating 100,000 pamphlets m this oolony desoriptive of symptoms of health, disease, dietary regimen, with a large number of Btrong and distinguished teptjmonials. Among these is ono of recent date from 'the Eight Qon W. B. Dalley, P.O. ; the Hon George Thorite, ex-Premier of Queensland { Dr Stirling, L.R.G.S.T., etc, the well-known medical praotitioner of Dunedin; the Rev William Campbell, of Dunedin ; the Rev Benjamin Vanes, of Waikouwaiti, and Mrs Samuel Boyle, AUenton, and a host of wellknown oolonistp. Mr Elsasser, who is well known through his 'lengthy connection with the Fourth jEstate, proceeds to Ghristohurch this evening. Thg best medicine is Sander and fcjona Euoalypti J3xtraot. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, polds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands giye the most gratifying testimony, His Majesty the King of Italy and medioal syndicates a}l over the globe are its patrons. Read the official reports that aocompany each bottle. We have no ocoasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The ofijoial reports of medioal clinics and universities, the osoioial communication of the Conpulr(?eneral for fjtaly pt Melbourne; the diploma awarded International $xhibftion, Amsterdam — all these are authentip doouments, and, as auoh, not open to doubt, We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D., Profeßsor, etc. — " C.8., 24 years old ; congestiopal abscess on the thigh. Incisions 13 made m tw,9 places. Although Lister's [dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, vory oppious, j»ndT had adopted a foetid, decomposed onaraoter. The ternperatufe rose enormously. In consequenco tho dressing I was removed, snd on its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extrriot* The offensive footer disappeared Vfl'ry Boon, Jbp /over abated within a few days, and the patient ' rocoyered $fter the lapse of several Weeks. In this instance ■ we mußt not lose sight of the faot 'that the' latter treatment saved tho patient's life' —; (Advt.) 3