LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1910, 4 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Aooeptanoes for the Ashburton Hunt Club's Steepleohase Meeting are due thia evening.

Woman was made after man, but the women have been after the men ever Binoe.

A trial of Dunoan's digging or pulverising plough will be held at Mr L. Markey's farm on Tuesday.

The train arrangements for the Coursing Matoh on Tuesday, and also for the Hunt Olub Steeplechases on Wednesday, appear m our advertising oolumns.

The entries for the coursing meeting at Laghmor olose this evening at the Somerset Hotel at eight o'olook. The draw takes plaoe immediately after.

We would remind our coursing friends of the meeting at Laghmor on Tuesday. The arrangements are so far m a very forward condition, and with good weather sport should not bs wanting.

The Government oannot see their way to reduce the oharges {for the delivery of telegrams m Itowna beyond a radius of one .mile aad a-half from the central telegraph office, within which limits messages at 6 delivered tree.

Lightning struok a country schoolhouse m Deleware, 0., reoently. Jown Bowers, aged twelve years, was at a blaokboard explaining an example m •arithmetic and waß instantly killed. The teaoher and twenty soholars were thrown from their chairs, remaining unconsoious nearly half an hour.

In the House on July 19 th on the motion of Mr Buxton, it was ordered, That a return be laid before this House showing the amount expended up to date on the proteotive works at the Bangitata Biver, and what sums will be required to oomplete the works according to present plans, and also stating when suoh works will be finished.

Some large fortunes have been made m landed property m Viotoria lately, from one of whioh the phrenological parson, Ralph Brown, has made quite a haul. He and two others i bought some land at £100,000, immediately reselling the same to Mr Thomas Bent M.L.A., for £145,000 pocketing £15,000 eaoh, pront. xma io koui.-. <.__..»___ F u»o_»oi-> or > and the pulpit.

Wo have been requested to announoe that the Oounty Oounoil offices will be open on Saturday afternoons until three o'olook, for the convenience of oountry settlers wishing to tranßaot business. The offioes will be dosed at one o'olook on Wednesdays, until further notioe. These arrangements are sure to meet with the approval of those doing business with the County officials at Ashburton.

The Anglican Bishop of Bathurst preaching m bis oathedral on Sunday, July 15th, strongly oondemned tbe godless system of education prevailing m the colony. "It was," he said, " the worst blot on its history m this country that it had allowed schools m whioh definite religious instruction was given to be loßt eight of altogether. He trusted that fresh efforts would be made throughout the diocese on behalf of the sohools by both olergy and laity."

We need hardly remind our readers of the Military and Fanoy Dress Ball to be given by the Ashburton Rifle Volunteers on Thursday evening next. Very speoial arrangements will be made for the comfort and convenience of visitors, and we would only ask that thoaa ladies and gentlemen, who purpose appearing m fanoy dress and who wish tbeir costumes to be noted, to leave their oards with Mr Miiller or the door keeper, with details of oharaotor and oostumes for publication.

A meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Board was held yesterday morning. Present — The Mayor (m the ohair), Meßsrs Scaly and H. Friedlander. The Committee appointed to consider a better system of oolleoting tbe fees submitted a report whioh was adopted. The Southland Hospital Board aßked the 00-operation of the Board m urging upon the Government to set aside an endowment of 250,000 aores of land for the purposes of Hospitals and Obaritable Aid, as provided by Clause 88 of the Aot. It was resolved to co-operate with the Southland Board, and to bring the matter under the notice of the members for the distriot. Other business was tr an Bao ted and the meeting adjourned.

On Mr Brown's motion there was laid on the table at the meeting of the County Oounoil yesterday a statement showing the position of the various aooounts at Maroh 31st last. From this it appearß that tho general aooount is m debit £1286 2a lOd ; the Rangitata Water Supply account, £761 12s 7d; the Plaina Water Supply aoeount, £1329 2s 8d ; Mount Somers Water Supply account, £108 16a ld; Ashburton Forks Proteotive Works aooount, £144 -9s Cd. The Wakanui Proteotive Worka aooount was m oredit £48 16a lid, leaving tho debit balanoe at the bank at £3581 6s 9d. The plantation aooount was m debit £16 4s 6d ; the Mount Somers Tram* way aooount and contractors' deposit account m oredit £317 4b 9d and £52 10a respectively. The statement showed the position of various Ridings to be aB follows, the oredits being on aooount of rates and the debits the amounts owing by eaoh to tbe general account:— South Rakaia, cr £70 18s 9d, dr £311 15a 6d ; Wakanui, or £94 7s sd, dr £259 18a 6d ; Bangitata, or £45 3 4s Bd, dr £173 10s 2d; Mount Hutt, or £83 19s 7d, dr £415 9s 6d ; Upper Ashburton, or £122 15a ld, dr £346 6s ipd ; Mount Somers, or £350 Is lOd, dr £189 4s 4d ; Ashburton, or £124 14a 3d, dr £377 15s 2d.

Mr Herbert, who- has been m oharge of the \ Seafield Sohool for two yeara, is on the point I of leaving .for Kaiapoi Island to take charge 1 of the Bohool there. (j

The power of the Press is growing greater every day. A newspaper will ohain a young man to hia seat m an elevated oar, no matter how many weary woman are standing up.

A matoh between the Ashburton an Ohristohurch High Sohoola was played on the Domain this afternoon, and resulted m a win for Ashburton by four points to three.

We have to acknowledge the reoeipt of the Canterbury Jockey Club's Programme for season 1888-9, with list of nominations for all events dosed by August lst, and winners of provioua races.

During the continuance of the Melbourne Exhibition a file of the " ABhburton Guardian" will be kept at tho Newspaper Bureau of Messrs Gordon and Gotoh, m the Exhibition Buildings, where it oan be referred to free of oharge.

Two thousand two hundred and Bixty teaoherß' oertifioateß have been issued under the Eduoation Aor. At present there are 1619 oertifioated teachers at work— 9os males, 80 married and 634 unmarried females.

The Committee of the Canterbury Agri" oultural andPaßtoral Association deoided to send a letter of oondolenoe to the widow of the late Mr T. H. Potts. The deceased gentleman was one of the oldest life members of the Sooiety, and a constant contributor to the "Country Journal," his papers, " Out m the Open," being muoh appreciated by subscribers. A prize of £10 10a is to be offered at tho next show for a trial of sheep shearing maohines.

During a disoussion at the meeting of the Board of Education (says the "Post") on the question of aided aohoola, Mr A. W. Brown mentioned tbat he knew of a man m the Forty Mile Bush who had recently married a widow with eleven ohildren. The husband had been a widower, and when he married again he possessed nine olive branohes, consequently there were twenty ohildren when he again took upon himself the matrimonial yoke. Mr Brown observed that men like thia should be enoouraged.

Jonathan Roberta has not yet ceased to be a Bouroe of ooat to tbe taxpayers. It cost 12a to fetoh hia breeohes and a waistcoat found last week, and it will require another 6s for a constable to go over and take possession of the shirt to-day, and if a witness or guide ia required, as was the oase last week, that will mean 7s more. If the Books and boots turn up aeparately further afield these will, we suppose, be a source of further expense to the colony. Fortunately his supply of apparel was limited, bo that this sorb of thing oannot go on for [ever. It would have been more considerate of the ;conviot had he left all hia olothing m a neat tidy bundle m one plaoe. — » Preßß "

The Parliament at Sydney keeps well to the fore m the matter of irregularities. When hon members are not fighting they are at something else of an enlivening nature. The very last distinction of the kind is that-gained by Mr M'Elhone m singing a song to give point to a few sportive remarks he had to make about Mr Abigail, the Minister of Mines. The speotaole of Mr Abigail, described by the hon member as dancing a Highland fling m hia shirt for the amusement of a party of young ladies m the bush seems to have formed for the House a very raoy notion indeed. But while a Cabinet Minister sings songs for a orowd m a pot-house, aB Mr M'Elhone aoouaes Mr Abigail of doing, and an hon member repeats the strains to the oomplete " tickling " of Parliament, we may be exouaed for concluding that the whole body, legislative and executive, taken together, are a mighty queer lot. — ''Tablet."

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