LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1925, 22 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the B.M. Oourt this morning, before Mr A. Harrison J. P., Elizabeth Anderson, for drunkenness, was fined 5s and oosts, or 24 hours. The Chinese it is said, oonsider it a religious duty to pay up all their debts at the begin* ning of the new year. Such a praotioe Bhould not be tolerated m a oivilised country. Seotion 11, containing 9 aores 2 roods and 23 perches, being part of Reserve No. 1467, Dromore, has been withdrawn from the Per- ' petual Leasing system. " In the bright lexicon of youth there is no ' suoh word as fail, but later on, when tha ' youth gets into business for himself, then the i word shows" up m good shape. 1 A writer to the " European Mail "is in- > formed that Sir Julius Yogel vrill return to i New Zealand towards the end of the present [ year. | The Aehburton Oounty Oounoil is gazetted , as a leasing authority within the meaning of '• The Publio Bodies Powers Aot," and has • beoome aubjeot to the provisions of the said l Aot. t Three blooks containing nearly twenty aor as f eaoh m the Westerfield Survey Distriot | have been temporarily reserved for planting purposes, and one acre m the Hinds Survey Diatriot for a gravel pit. A lady who died at Marseilles the o'her day, desired by her will that her heart might 5 be plaoed m the tomb of her seoond husband, . but her body m her first husband's tomb m I Amerioa. In the person of William II of Germany an f old prophecy has been fulfilled, that to the Throne of the Hohenzollerns a one-armed 1 monarch should suoceed. Suoh is virtually - the new Emperor, whose left arm is useless, ; . owing to a malformation at birth. t In Melbourne Lady Looh is collecting funds » to bring from England a lady oompetent to give instruction m a new method of sewing, by whioh quioker and better results may be ! obtained m a shorter time than by the old r way. A Scandinavian boy at Woodville being - asked how the people of that place got along ! so well, gave the following reply : — «• You \ must work hari ; you must got all de moneys ; ' [ you must not pay for nothings ; and deb yon ' files your shovel— to your^wife." The " St James Gazette " has just ohanged hands. The new proprietor, Mr Edward > Steinkopff, is a German, formerly iv business m Glasgow, and subsequently m the oity, m the South Amerioan trade- He has beoome enriohed by the Apollinaris Com- > pany, m whioh he is said to hold a ' half-share. He has never taken any part m : politics, but is understood to be a Gonser- \ vative. The odd part of tbe thing is that his ; partner m tho .Apollinaris is Mr George Smith, of Waterloo Place, who was the ! proprietor of the *• Pall Mall Gazette " until he gave it to his son-in-law, Mr Yates Thompson. Both tbe Wellington evening papers approve of the decision come to by the House on ' Friday night on the San Franoisco contract. ! The " Evening Post " says :— •' There will be [ very little sympathy felt for tha Northern distriot m its bereavement, because Auckland is the Pharisee of New Zealand — selfish and ' arrogant, ever thinking that it is not as other [ places are, and always willing to lay the heaviest possible burdens on its neighbors' i shoulders ao long as it is not required to bear anything itself." As to the suggestion that - tbe Premier showed great taot and cleverness ■ m olosing the debate after the San Francisco ! question waß determined, the "Evening Press " has the following : — " Now, if tha Premier had any mental reservation m doing ' this, by which the question of the San Fran- [ oisoo subsidy is held over till next session, it ; was not a masterstroke of strategioal astute- . ness, but a dirty, dishonest triok— too shallow to be worthy of anything but oontempt. We 1 do not believe, .however, that he was guilty of anything of the sort, and we regard the decision arrived at on the San Franoisco t subsidy as final." • Tho following is from the " Hawke's Bay Herald : —There is a yarn afloat with regard to a hospital m New Zealand, whioh, if true, refloats more oredit on the ingenuity of the looal committee than on their honesty. The Government, as everybody knows, pays by Aot £1 4s subsidy on all voluntary donations to hospital funds. This particular hospital appears to be rather expensively managed, but the funds seem to roll up well, and no one oomplaius. It is said that there is an intimate oonneotion between these three faots. This is how the thing is worked. Ais a contractor to the hospital. He has an acoount for, Bay £25. He is quietly told to make it out for £50, and it is passed and a oheque paid for that amount. But when paying the money the seroetary gets back £25, and payß it into the hospital funds as a " voluntary contribution," and the committee olaim— and get — £30 from the Government by this smart trick. It is also strongly suapeoted that m other hospitals money received from paying patients is put down as voluntary contributions. Mr J. Bodway, Pro. C.S., Stroud Distriot, England, says :— Oddfellowship is of Roman origin, dating from the reign of Nero, a.d. 55. The name " Oddfellows" was given to the good citizens a.d. 79 by Titus, from their knowing each other by night, and for their fidelity to him and the country. Oddfellows first made their appearanoe m our island m North Wales, and shortly afterwards on the Island of Mona. The first aocount of the Order spreading into other oountries is m the fifth oentury, when it was established m the Spanish dominions m tbe sixth pentury by King Henry m Portugal, and m tbe 12th oentury m Franoe, and afterwards m England by De Neville, attended by five free knights from Franoe, who formed a Grand Lodge of Honor m London, whioh Order remained until the reign of George the Third, when a part of them began to form themselves into a Union, and oalled themselves " li/oy&\ Anciont independent Oddfellows," now the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, still holding its earliest and most vital laws ; any member being oonvioted is expelled. — " Gloucestershire Ohroniole." The best medioine known is SANDER aud SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRAOT. Test its eminent powerful effects m ooughs, oolds, influenza, eto. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medioal syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read the offloial reports that aooompony eqoh. bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifswald, reportß :— The Euoalypti Extraot proved magnificently suooessful m very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, soaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. (" Medical , Journal," Nov., 188 L) In diseases of tbe kidneys, either aotivo congestion or suppros- \ sion, (uroomia) or albuminuria, dropsy, \ lithiasis, nothing will equal m its aotipn : Euoalypti Extraot. Doses, sto 8 drops. ; Mosler, M.D., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports :— Diphtheria. Tonsils oontinually coherent presenting uloors with white exudats. ' Cured m fourteen days, Surgioal Clinio of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Pbysioians and Surgeons, St. Louie— Soirrhus of Breast — ] Exoision, Euoalypti Extraot employed. No I swelling, heat, or discoloration, Cured m I fourteen days,— (AdYt. 4 <

j Mr W. H. Warron, of Wellington, whose ] , elocutionary powers are said to be of a high order, will give a reading of Charles Dickenß' " Christmas Carol," m St. Stephen's Sohoolroom, to-morrow evening at eight. Admission will be sixpence, and the prooeeds will be for the Sunday Sohool Fund. The lecture on " The Maori Race," by the Rev J. N. Buttle, will be delivered on Friday evening next. To those interested m knowing the hißtory, habits, and probable future proßpeots of our dusky brethren this lecture should be a treat. The leoturer ia a son of one of New Zaaland's pioneer missionaries, and no doubt has some exoiting and interesting experiences to relate. The opportunity to hear the lecture should not be missed. As regards ostrieb farming m South Australia, it is the opinion of the Government Land Commissioners who lately visited the farm that the lowness of tbe prioe of birds and feathers renders it very doubtful whe'her ostrich farming can now be made to pay. The establishment m South Australia ia situated eight miles from Port Augusta. The initiatory troubles of rearing the birds have now beon completely overcome, and the birds are m a thriving oondition, evincfng that great oare is taken of them by the manager. A correspondent writes m reference to the censures passed on the Press Association for neglecting to furnish prioes of frozen meat m London to New Zealand papers. He thinks that generally, the Association's information m regard to wool sales is not altogether reliable, and says :— " The London prioe lists of wools sold m July show no appreciable < rise m values over corresponding prioes ot last year. One well-known station olip m this distriot realised identically the same prioes i as were obtained m 1887 for greaßy and , scoured merinos, but reoord a drop of l_d to 2d per lb m greasy and aooured ooarser cross. breds. Whatever censure is merited by the manager of the Press Association for not 1 supplying neoessary information regarding > prioe of frozen mutton m London, he cannot * be oharged with negleoting to report successive rises m values of wool, whioh if collated would bring up the July sales to Is to la 6d , instead of 8d to ll£d per lb, the aotual prioe 3 realised." Our correspondent encloses acoount sales of the olip referred to, and compares the prioes realised at last season's sales with ' the year before, whioh show no rise m values. i " Rough on Catarrh " corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases ; also unequaled as gargle for diphtheria, * sore throat, foul breath. 4