LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1888, 9 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mibb Malcolm, formerly of Auckland, ii leoturing m Wellington under the auspioes of of the Evongalieal Sooiety. Frank Ryan, the man who was attacked by erysipelas after having a tooth pulled on the Golden Chariot, Auckland, ia m a fair way to recovery. The encroachment of the sea on the railway near the New Plymouth Station is bo great that jit has been deemed advisable to shift the station. Pigeon shooting this Benson m the Hunter, ville (Rangitikei) district is affording excellent ■port, as the bush iB said to be literally swarming with them m parts. HoM.o\m's Ointment and Pill?. — Colds, Coughs, Shortness of Breath. These maladies require early and unremitting attention, for if neglected they often end m asthma, bronohitis, or consumption, The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest and baok, penetrating the skin, is absorbed and carried directly to the lungs, whence it expels all impurities, . All the blood m the body is perpetually passing through the lungs, and there all noxious particles tending tp disease oan be quickly, thoroughly, and permanently neutralised, rendered harmless, or ejected from the system. Hollo way 'b Ointment and Pills perfeotly accomplish this purification ; and through the blood thus cleansed, the. influeneo of these wonderful medicaments reaohes the remotest parts of the human body and thus cures all diseased aotion whether internal or external,

Messra Gardner and Marshall advertise m another column a gOßpel meeting on Tuesday evening m the Templar Hall, Wakanui Road, at half -past seven. Dr J. W. S. Coward, of Chrifltohurch, died on Sunday morning. He was a resident m New Zealand since 1857, and until reoently was District Coroner at Ohristohuroh. The Melbourne Exhibition Exeoutive Oommissioners have no intention of holding band contests during the ourrenoy of the exhibition. A New Zealand association has been formed m Melbourne, chiefly for sooial purposes, but also >ith the idea of helping aa muoh as possible New Zealanders arriving m searoh of work. The annual football match between the, Dunedin High School and Christ's College was played at Ohrißtohuroh on Saturday, and resulted iv a win for the CoUego by three points to one.

During the month of June the eßtatea of thirty deoeased persons were placed under the charge of the Publio Trustee for manage* ment. The values of the estates ranged from £1 to £800. Mr Jolly was to have give a politioal lecture on Saturday evening, but at the hour appointed only about half a dozen persons put m an appearance, therefore the address was postponed A Napier paper says : — " What a splendid olimate New Zealand possesses may be judged from the faot that m Auckland and Welling* ton during May it rained on twenty and eighteen days respectively. i A correspondent of a Dunedin paper writes complaining of the spread of opium-smoking among the Europeans of that oity — a habit eagerly euoonraged by the Chinese opium sellers, who offer novioea free smokes. The pAuokland Footballers defeated the Native team at Auokland by nine points to nothing. Mr J. A. Warbriok, captain of the Maori team, had his ankle hurt bardly, and it is unlikely he will be able to play for aome time. - We would specially |draw attention to a notice inviting electors to meet m the Aroado Chambers to-morrow evening to oonsder the advisableness of forming a branoh of the Fro* tea! ion (League m Ashburton. The Mayor will take the chair.

The effects of Mr Dudley Eyre, the Wanganui levanter, were submittdd to auction the other day m presence of a considerable crowd. One of his oreditors consoled himself by securing, for a trifle, a sample of the soripture texts with whioh the levanter's office mantel was adorned. It is stated that the Earl of Seafield will shortly leave for Scotland to take possession [of his family estates. His family will not accompany him; and as he contemplates taking up his residence permanently m North , Otago. A handßome mansion will be erected during his absenoe. The following from a Southern paper refers to Sir George Grey's recent visit to Greymouth : — Scene, Greytown. Toady (loquitor) "I am Borry you have to hurry off so early, Sir George ! I could have got one of the officials, who is a tenant of mine to delay the train a little." 3ir George : "Oh 1 1 BUppoae his rent is m arr ear." A woman named Ann Jane Boby, residing m Willis street, ofl St. Asaph street West, Ohristohuroh, died rather suddenly on Saturday afternoon ehortly after half-past two. She had |oomplained of being unwell about two days befors, but no medical man attended her. Dr who was Bent for, only arrived after she had expired. In consequence of the deputation which was expeoted to be present at the Session of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, this evening, being unable to attend, the open meeting is postponed till further notice. From an intimation elsewhere it will be seen that members are expeoted to be present as usual.

•' It will be seen by our Wellington news," says the " Hawke's Bay Herald," " that a commissioner to .examine the damage done to the Napier breakwater is mooted, to report as to whether it is worth while to continue the work. The trouble may all be saved, as the people of this province have the power by law and the will by nature to decide that question or themselves."

The'verit for the Ashley eleotion roaohed Mr C. Whitefoord, Returning Officer, on Friday evening, and the eleotion will be held without delay, The looal candidates already spoken of ara— Messes H. J. Horrell, Wesb Eyreton ; J. Parlane, Oxford ; Edward Chapman, Stoke. The probable outside candidates are said to be Hon, W. Bolleßton and Mr A. Saunders.

The " Taranaki Daily News " learns that a oompany will probablyjjbe formed m New Plymouth with a oapital of £10,000 to establish a creamery faotory, the headquarters of wbioh will be m New Plymouth. Creameries will be 'built at various centres, where the cream will be separated from the milk and forwarded to the faotory at New Pljmouth, where tbo process of butter making will be carried on.

Professor Thomas' report on the rabbit nuisanoe deals exhaustively with the subject; The following rabbit diseases were met with ; — Bladder-worm ; par asitio disease of the liver, due to cocoidia ; rabbit itch, mange or soab ; disease due to lice. The report also deals with chicken cholera.in the Wairarapa. The report sums up thus : " The decrease of the rabbits m thci Wairarapa has m the first plaoe been due to the measures adopted by man, especially the wheat poisoning. Certain parasitio diseases, however, have appeared m the distriot, have been largely prevalent, and have been useful m keeping down the rabbits. Of the diseases, those due to the bladder-worm and a liver parasite have been the moßteffective."

An interesting faot was elioited m the course of an interview which a representative of the " Evening Post " had with J)r Boberteon, consulting engineer to the syndicate which have just purchased the Ngakawau mines at Westport. That gentleman Btated that it was a peculiar faot that at the present time, Sootoh and English manufactured coke was running Australian coal very closely m local market. These commodities were sold at prices rather 'loVetf thsn the Australian coal, and consequently found a 'good market. Large quantities were being imported to South Australia for smelting purposes, for which coke is required. Strange as might seem, it was now proposed by an Australian syndicate to erect a coke faqtory and manufacture the artioliToiit "of" l^ngijsh bg&l, ifl'stejfj of gsing oclopial.

A meeting of the Provisional Directors' of the|*a«y Faotory Company was held oq Saturday alternoon at Ohriatohqrolj, Present — Mesarfl Q. OK Stead (m the chair), Whitefoord, Peryman, Herriok, Spencer, Maofar. lane, and Hon B. Gray, The Hon Secretary, Mr Murphy, reported that he had attended a meeting at Oreenpark on Thursday evening. It was apparent that the feeling was m favor of a local faotory. Mr Peryman said that several meetings had been held, and a pro* Bpeutus prepared. The Tai Tapu people, he might Bay, had (made up their minds to have a factory, (but if they failed to get sufficient support, then jbbey wpuld be prepared to go m for a central factory, Mr }, J Herriok ■poke stronplj m favor of a central faotory. After Borne discussion it was agreed tp adjourn the meeting tor a month to enable the Tai Tapu people to decids «b»| jJtepa they would take.

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