LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 30 July 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The hounds will meet at Methven to-morrow at 11 a.m.

At the inquest on the body of Mr T. H. Potts on Saturday, Dr Hacon deposed that death had resulted from convulsions oaused by brain disease of long standing.

It is understood that J. P. Vanse, the antiChinese postmaster at Te Aroha, has been advised from head quarters that he is to be transferred to another station.

Some fossil spooimena of " unmistakeable gum-troo leaves " are said to have been found m some post-pliooeno deposits m Poverty Bay, and m oonjunotion with them moa footprints have been found.

Says tho " Napier Telegraph " the reason why so many young ladies desire to be probationers at the Napier Hospital may be inferred from the faot that eight nurses have married from the institution during the last four yeaif.

A consequenoa of the tariff difficulties between Franco and Italy has been tho establishment of a system of smuggling on the frontier. The servioe is said to be very well organised, and it certainly provides an amplo sphere of activity for the Customs guards^

An Austrian ohemist claims to have invented a fluid of most destructive properties. This fluid when brought into contact with the air, after tho explosion of a shell m whioh it had been contained, is transformed into a gas, whioh, boing heavier than the air, descends to (the ground killing all men and animals within its reaoh.

The depth of the English Channel is commonly supposed to be muoh greater than it is m reality. There are two shallows between Oran-aux-CEufe and Folkestone, where the depth is only twenty feet. They are named the Oolbart and the Warne. From tho French coast to the first of these shallows tho depth is about IGO feet, and from tho other shallow to Folkestone about 100 foet.

'•Truth" hears from Berlin that the Empress Viotoria and her eldest son have been barely on speaking terms during the last three weeks. The Orown Prinoo has reproaphed his mother m violent language m oonsequenoe of her having opened ana turned out the room at Oharlottenburg m whioh tho Queen Louise died, whioh room was ro* garded as a sacred place, and it had been kept exactly as the horoio Queen left it for nearly eighty years.

Experiments are now being tried with a new explosive called blUito. It is said to combine all the moat useful powers of dynamite with many others of superior force, and to bo the one thing neodod to give France the victory m every war. The doubt is as to whether Germany, for example, may not even now be trying experiments with something still stronger. But billitp, besides its tremendous power, is said to be exceptionally safe, as nothing can explode it— neither heat nor friction— exoept a fulminating oap.

The " Press p giveß the following particulars of a very bad case whioh ocourred m Christ, ohurch. On Friday morning a woman was notioed crossing the railway line to go to the Gladstone Pior at Lyttelton. One of the shunters, seeing that she was m a very weak Btate, requested her to come back to the station. The woman had a little boy aged about three years with her, and was carrying something m a shawl. On boing questioned she admitted that it was a baby. The police were then oommunioated with, and Constable McCorrnack wont down and took the unfortunate woman m ohargo. Sho gave her name as Emily Shrimpton, and stated that she had been [refused admission to the Armagh street Depot. She then went to a boarding-house m Ohristohurch, and was confined there on Thursday night. She went down from town on Friday morning by the 10.25 train. Tho baby, which was a male child, was, excepting the shawl, m a nude state. Tho woman was placed m the obarge of Constable Heavy, and taken to the Christohuroh Hospital.

Hero are two interesting little extraot whioh shed light on the growing power of the press : — " M. Oarnot has had all the journalists following him m his tour presented to him, and has told thorn, he was anxious to faoilitato their work, as he know tho population of all VtanoQ wished to bo informed as to what took plaoe. He rolled ho said on the journalists for telling the truth. The Prime Minister of Boumania adopted the unprecedented course of summoning the editors cf all the papers m Ruoharest, inoluding thoso unfavourable to the present Government, to his office, He admitted the extreme gravity of the present origis, and appealed to their patriotism and publio spirit, requesting them not to publish reports likely to add to the excitement m the rural districts and to onoourago the promoters of dis-l affection." The President it seems, requested the editors to tell the truth ; tho Prime Minister to suppress it. It would be interesting to know which method of nobbling the press proves tho more Buooessful.—" Pall Mall Gazette."

Amanda Taylor, a miss only 11 years old is teaohing sohool m Owen County, Kentucky.

Tho Wakanui people have deoided to post pone their concert and ball m aid of the school funds to August 17th.

The meeting called for Tuesday evening m the Orange Hall to hear a paper from Mr Bellhouse, of Christohurch, ro Protection, and also regarding tho establishment of a branoh of the Protection League, has been postponed to Wednesday evening.

" Truth " says :— A paragraph has gone the^ round of tho papers announcing the desire of the Royal family that a marriage should be arranged botwoen Prinoo George of Wales and the Princess Wilhelmaina of the Netherlands, the only daughter of King William, and heiress to the Dutoh throne. Greater nonsense never waß printed. Princeea Wilhelmina will not Jbo eight years old till August next, bo there is not likely to be a question of her marriage with anybody for the next nine years.

The following shows how delightful it must be to run a society paper. It is after the Amerioan style somewhat but not so deadly: — An extraordinary outrage was perpetrated upon a man named Norman, the Northampton representative of the "Modern Owl," a paper published at Nottingham, Five men, three armud with ash sticks, entered the house whore he lodged, diaoovered Norman, and belabored him with their weapons. Two men stood guard at the door to prevent any rescue. Norman, who had made frantio efforts to escape, was cruelly treated, and his assailants only desisted when he sank to the floor with blood flowing from numerous wounds on his head and face and his body ooverod with bruises. Before leaving the men threatened to repeat their visit the following night. They were not identified, and no arrests have been made; On the previous day a man attacked Norman, also m his house; He said he oame to murder him. The landlady, who interfered, was severely injured. Norman's predeoessor was attaoked by four men m the streets one night, and he left the town next day. Considerable exoite* ment prevails, but there is no sympathy for the victim.

. The ordinary meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held on Friday evening. Present— Messrs Mayo (Chairman), Fawcett, and Andrews. The tonder of MriO'Oonnor for work at Cambridge street and East Belt was acoepted, the prioe being 6s 6d for formation, 9 Jd for shingle for Cambridge street, and 18 8d for shingle for East Belt.— Mr Fawoett referred to the question of water supply for the district, and considered the matter should not be allowed to drop. After some discussion, Mr Fawoett moved, "That the Clerk write to the Ashburton County Council m reference to the question of water supply for this distriot and re-opening the whole subjeot, stating that this Board had been unable to come to an arrangement with the Ashburton Borough Counoil (who required the whole of their present water supply for flushing tho main drain) and making application on behalf of this Board, as representing ratepayers of the county to have a water supply, whioh the Board will undertake to distribute and maintain m their distriot if brought to the boundary at the Wakonu road ; also referring the Counoil to their Engineer's report and the Board'B letters on tho subject, and pointing out that the Board has been compelled to discontinue the services of the Fire Brigade, which, m oonsequenoe of there being no water supply, had entailed a heavy expenditure for no praotioal good." It was resolved that Messrs Mayo, Fawoett, and Andrews should be a deputation to confer with ono from the Wakauui Road Board in|referenoe to tho oontrol of the Boundary Koads.— The balanoe- sheet of 1887-8 was reoeived, duly certified from the Auditor-General. — The Clerk was instructed to request the Eanger to pay partioul&r attention to keeping stray oattle off (roads, — Accounts were passed for payment.— A oharge of 5s for railway whistle m Fire Brigade's acoount was disallowed, no suoh oharge having been made on previous occasions, and the Board not being aware that railway employees were allowed to make them.

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