LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1897, 19 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Communication between Port Darwin and Banjoawangie has been restorod. Underground telephone experiments are being tried m Melbourne. Tho Ashburton Lodge of Oddfellows will celebrate their anniversary by a tea and sooial gathering m tho Hall to-morrow evening. The Babbit Preserving Factory at Blenheim is|putting through twelvo thousand rabbits per week, and eipeota to increase the number to eighteen thousand per week. The "Brisbane Courier" Bays that the title of the " National Party " adopted by Sir Thomas M'lllwraith, will becomo the watchword of enlightened democracy throughout Australasia. " Tho spirit of nationality is stirring tho people." TnE best Remedy for Indigestion. — Norton'b Camomile Pills aro confidently reoommended aa a Bimple remedy for indigestion, which is ihe cause of nearly all the diseases to whinh we are subjoot. Norton's Pills, with justice oajled the " natural i stiengthenor of the human stomach," act as ' a powerful tonio and gentle aperioiat, are mild m their operation, and safe under any oiroumstances. Sold m bottles at Is l^sis 9d, lis, by all Medicine Vendors throughout the world;

The "Wairarapa Standard" thinks that retrenchment has been made — beoause the authorities have determined upon romoving eae of the town constables.

The mayor and aldermen of Brisbane lately declined to attend the Governor's levee m an oflioial capacity, m oonsequonoe of members of the defence foroe being allowed to take precedence of the mayor and corporation.

A ooncert will bo given m St. Stephen's Sohoolroom on Tuesday evening next at 8 p.m, The prooeeds will go tdfdefray tho expenses of sreoting a lamp outside the ohuroh gate. A programme of unusual excellence will be presented.

America possesses only one Chinese reporter, and he lives m New York. His name is Wong Cm Foo. He haß just sought the protection of the police against the '« hookbinders," who threaten his lifo because he has been exposing the Celestial opium dens and gambling hells m the city.

The value of oarrots as an adjunot to the usual grain and hay rations of horses is not generally underasood or appreciated. The faot is that no food of the root kind delights horses so muoh as the oarrot, A few of those rootu, fed m the raw state to eaoh horse daily, will keep the skin m better oondition then will any of the nostrums or oondition powders containing blaok antimony, arsenio, and other drugs. The oarrot also has a benefioial aotion on the kidneys of the horse, and helps to keep the urinary organs m perfeot health. Almost every |farm has some field or proportion of ground that will grow a sufficient supply of carrots for winter übo.

The "Dunstan Times" sayß:—"Aooording to the ruling of District Judge Broad m the oase lately heard by him at Queenstown for the larcenoy of rabbit skins, a runholder has no claim on the rabbits on his run, and consequently none on their skins. Rabbits, by his ruling, are forte naturaj— that iB to say, undomestioated wild animals, and necessari'y, as vermin, are at the meroy of everyone. The question, however, for the rabbit-hunters to consider is the one of trespass." This (sayß the " Lake County Press ") seems to be sound law, and one effeot of it will be to prevent runholders " farming " the rabbits, as they have been doing.

One effeot of the American Copyright Bill, should it finally pass m its present form, will be, a London oontemporary imagines, to transfer a considerable portion of the printing trade from England to the Stateß. The Bill only giveß protection to foroign books of whioh oopies printed from type Bet within the States are duly deposited at Washington. Obviously, therefore, the economical thing to do, if an English author wants to seoure American copyright, will be to have his book printed m Amerioa then shipped to England, a prooeßS whioh, indeed, 1b already more often adopted than th English reader is aware.

At twenty-five minutes to four this morning the Ohristehuroh fire-bells rang out an alarm, the cause being a fire at a five roomed house m Chester street East, near Ward's brewery, belonging to Messrs Harper and Co., and oooupied by Mr G. Taylor, bootmaker. The Brigade managed to get the fire under, but the house was gutted. The fire originated m the kitohen, but it is not known m what manner. The oooupants (including six children) were got out of the house without injury. Only a small quantity of furniture was Bayed. The furnitnre was insured for £100, and tho house is also said to be insured, but for what amount is not known.

It we compare the fortunes pf very rloh men to-day with the fortunes of men reported rioh 30 yearß ago the change is most startling. A quarter of a century ago a man who was not a territorial magnate, and yet was reputed to have an income of £10,000, was regarded hb exceedingly rioh, and was notorious, if only for his wealth. Now the number of men who have £10,000 a year m personalty, or from the profits of trade and speculation, iB so considerable that the amount soaroely places the person who has it among "wealthy" nym. £20,000 or £30,000 a year move accurately answers to that oonoeptlon Jn theße days.— •> Standard." ■ '

The Emperor Fredoriok, m a despatoh to Bismarck, makes a distinction between education and knowledge, that Beems to condemn the preßent German eduoational system and to promise a ohange. Under the Emperor's distinction a people may Ije well informed, qr even learned, and yet uneducated, He sets education abovo information, and leaves tho belief that m his view the prooeas of acquiring information and the information when acquired are ohiefly valuable as they educate —draw out latent faculties. He clearly cpnnoots tho present Gorman system with the growth of eqoialjom and Other transcendental theories as they have been illustrated m Bismarok's policy of State Socialism.

Mias Florbnoe Wade, aooording to tho •» Era," had some quaint experiences m New Zealand. The theatres there, she says, are some of them very fine, aud lit with the eleotrio light. At Waipawa, a small place where she played, she issued Is, 2s, 83, tickets, printed m gay and distinctive oolorß, She nottoed how fond tho Natives were of the brightest tints, and although they came with money m their hands for 1b seats, they willingly paid the higher price, 3a eaoh, for tho soarlet tickot6, because thoy wero tho smartest. It was tho color of tho card, and not the seat, that tbey thought about.' Some of the Maori girls are very musioal, and wejre delighted if thoy ooukj get pe^r the orohestra or piano. The Maori girb ÜBed to endeayoijr to get m before the theatre waß fairly opened, commenoe to play the piano, aad wanted tho company to dance to their music. In fact, the piano itself belonged to a Maori girl.

Tho Parliamentary correspondent of the "Paily Times" Bays :— Some of the very Btraight-laeed members of what is known as the retrenchment seotion^ br't'skinff int party," have an idea that Miniators shoula nev'or attempt to enjoy themselves. They are of opinion that the occupants of tho Treasury benches Bbould engage themßelveßtnorn, noon, and night during the seven days of the weok m cutting down Bai'arlea and efteotipg other oheeaeparing work. One of the gentlemen referred to, happened to visit the club, and judge of his eurprjßo when he discovered two Ministers of tho .Qxpwa engaged m a game of billiards, whilo the chief whip was acting as marker. *'How- can the colony prosper,'* exclaimed the indlguant economist, " when Nero fiddles while Rome is burning ? " Then, turning his eyes heavenwards m holy horror, he ejaculated, "How long, oh Lord, how long ? "

Mr Pritobard Morgan is discovering that gold, if not actually the root of all ovil, is at leest tjjie source of many unpleasantnesses. Ho has had to pr.Qseonte his mining manager for removing g"old"J"W Q^ypfompyd ; and now be himself has beer? gefyed vitji an injunction forbidding him to remove any jqo're gold from his mine until Home arrangement has been come to with the Grown about the royalty due. Mr Pritohard Morgan wrote a lettor to the " Times " bewailing the misfortunes whioh attended tho gold miner m Wales. Incidentally, however, he makes some amusing admissions. The land on whioh his mine is situated is fjpt his own ; he has obtained a mining lease /of jit fojr thirty years at a rent of £40G a year. Considering tftat lit Morgan hopes to get about two milllone stertfog out of his mine, it must be admitted that hb has mado a good bargain. But this is not all. If the Crown succeeds m making good its olaim to the royalty, it is not Mr Pritohard Morgan, |b)jt tho hapless ground landlord who will have .to pay it, 09 that this poor gontleman may flnd hlmpiSlf forced to pay royalties to tha amount of mainy thbusandtf o.f pounds annually for a property which only brings him m a paltry £400 a ysap, J^r j?rjtbhard Morgan is a clover mat).