LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1882, 2 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

» An article and some interesting items are to be found on our fourth page. No man ever committed murder while smoking. The ohurch belle Is sometimes found m the ohoir. The old notion that blood will tell is a vein conoeit. " Hail, gentle Spring 1 " exolaima the poet. We objeot. Bain and snow are bad enough, without bail. "And did you get hit m the fraoas?" inquired the judge. ?• No, your Honour," inquired the prisoner, "I was bit on the head." At the B.M. Court this morning, before Mr Harrison, J.P., William Sullivan waß brought up on a oharge of lunacy and was remanded till Thursday.— P. McKennon, for drunken* neBS, was fined 10a and coats. The "Telegraph" sayß:—ln spite of the vigilance of the Librarian, the thefts of valuable books still continue at the Christchurch Library. Within the last week five volumes have disappeared from the shelves of the Beference Library. Mr Fulton raised a laugh m the House by suggesting that a duty should be placed upon stay makers materials, m order to disoourage the use of those articles of female attire. Needless to say that the proposal was not passed. Dr Galbraith, who was shot at m Inveroargill recently by a frenzied individual, is progressing favorably. Out of 112 shots which entered his teg 36 have come out or been removed, and the remainder are not likely to cause any trouble or inoonvenienoe. Prinoe Biemerok has been muoh conoerned about hia private affairs lately, as the inundations near Varzia swept away three of hta largest saw-mills, m whioh several hundreds of workmen were regularly employed. The Queen is anxious for the Prinoess Margaret of Prußtia, the fourth and youngest daughter of the Emperor Frederick, to be betrothed to the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse; but the project does not find favour with the Empress Victoria who thinks that there have already been quite a sufficient number' of cpuajnly marriages m her family. The hurry exhibited by the Ministry m regard to filling up the office of Agent-General contrast! strangely with the delay m appoinU jtag a successor to Judge Johnston on the Supreme Court Bench. Sir F. Dillon B,elPs present term of ofjloe dooa not expire for some iponths yet, but the Government is already arranging for his reappointment. The vaoanoy on the Benoh actually exists, but the Government decline to fiill it up. — " Post," A meeting of ratepayers of the Upper Ashburton Boad Board Distriot will be held at the Offices of the Board, at Tinwald, on July 3rd, at three o'olock m the afternoon. The meeting was originally intended to be held at noon but thia has bfan found to be an inconvenient hour, so three o'olock hat been substituted. At the Bink on Saturday evening there was again a very large attendance. The " turkey hunt " did not Jaet long, and Master Williams secured the prise, gome Beyen or eight youths oompeted. The dead turkey was suspended from the ceiling at Buch a height as could be conveniently reached, and .the competitors were blindfolded and brought into the ball, and turned round about and Bent on their search. Several collisions oocurred but no damage to heads or features resulted. A wheelbarrow race was also run which oaused some amusement, The Eink will be open as usual during' the week, "-' The Tinwald District Sohool Committee held their monthly meeting 1 on Jude 271 The members present were Messrs Clothier, W. H. : $initb, ; I)bherty, and the Chairman. ' The decided ' to vote for Mr John JJudaenklau to fill ''the' extraordinary vacancy ; ija the Board oaused by" the death of 'Mr G. Booth. The yisiting Committee reported that the work authorised to be done at the last meeting had been parriefl put gatjsfaptorily. It was resolved to give the scholars one week's holiday from Friday, 29th ult,, to Monday, the 9 h instant. The Master's report was next considered and the average aUendanoo for the month was good, Dr Andjefson rpada his annual surprise visit on June 2lat.""'Messrj JJoherty and Corrigan were appointed Visiting ' Comiuittee fqt the ensuing month. It was resolved that tne Chairman write to tbi Bey Mr Blake re holding Sunday Sohool m the sohool building without (he consent of the Committee, and sundry accounts were pasped for payment. ThJB being the whole of the bupinegs transacted the Committee adjourned till July 26.

The following are the vital Etatißtios for Aahbarton for the month of Jane : — Birthp, 29 ; marriages, 12 ; deathß, 10.J A young man, who ia stated to be of nnsouad mind, has been arrested on suspicion of having recently attempted to set fire to the Phillipstown and Woolston Police Station. The following are the Hospital returns for the month of June, 1888 :— ln Hospital Ist of month, 8 ; admitted, 11 ; dißoharged, 9 ; died, 1; remaining m hospital Ist July, 1888, 9. The Matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge with thanks the reoeipt of old linen from Mrs Shearman ; books, papers and periodicals from Miss Manning and Messrß Paul and Pattman, for the use of the inmates. The following is a list of letters received at the ABhburton Post Offioe from placed beyond the colony during the month of May, and remaining unclaimed en July Ist, 1888 ; — Eugene Heale, H. Hornfield, H. Knox and Thomas Stanton. At the bankruptcy sittings of the Supreme Court on Saturday at Christohuroh, Mr Justice Ward sentenced John Gilmour senior, a bacon curer, to four months' imprisonment for fraudulent bankruptcy. The evidence showed that he owed the Colonial Bank an overdraft of £2500, and had made erroneous statements to the bank as to his other liabilities. On the bank suing him for the amount he filed. At a meeting of the Ashburton County Hunt Club on Saturday night the date of the Btjepleohase Meeting was fixed for August 8. The following programme was adopted : — Handioap Hurdles, 15 soys ; Hunt 31ub Steeplechase Gup, 20 soys ; Selling Haok Race, 10 soys ; Maiden Steepleohase, 15 soys ; Huntere Flat Race, 15 bovb ; Selling Hunters' Steeplechase Handioap, 10 soys. Offioera were elected for the ensuing year, and Mr E. J. Fooks was appointed Seoretsry. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Tinwald Town Board was held at the Board's Offioe, Tinwald, on Friday, June 28. Present — Messrs Clark (m the ohair), Scott, Shearer, and Williams. The Chairman reported that two tenders had been received for shingling footpath m MoMurdo street and removing culvert and putting ford m lieu thereof near the Road Board Offioes, and he (the Chairman) and Mr Scott had aooepted the lowest tender— that of O. O'Connor at Is 9d per yard for the shingle and £3 10s for the ford. The aotion was approved. Correspondence was read from the Ashburton County Counoil informing the Board that the aum of £2 was available for poisoned grain. It was resolved to prooure some grain. Messrs A. Curtis and Makeig interviewed the Board and presented a petition from the residents m Carter's terrace praying that some small improvements should be done m this road. The matter of forming Grove street and shingling Wilkin street was left m the hands of the Chairman and Mr Soott. It was resolved to call for tenders for forming parts of Agnes and MoMurdo lireets, road from Sheep Dip to Mr Clark's gate, and cutting drain down centre of main drain along railway from Lagmhor road to Carter's Creek, It was resolved to ■hingle footpath along Carter's terraoe and clean side channels, oost not to exceed £6. After passing aooounts and transacting routine business, the meeting adjourned.