LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1932, 30 August 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* A ball under the auspices of the Orange ( Lodge will be held on Friday evening. Red deer liberated at Little River are doing Mr Vinoent Pyfee says the Miniaters are a set of plausible prolitical triokaters. The officers of the Wakatipu are convinced that Qaapanni committed suicide. The Australian National party is reported to be making rapid strides m Queensland. The Queensland Government has deoided to lower the freightß for wool on its principal lines. r Victorian capital is being freely spent m Bnsbane, further investments m property taking place daily. 3 The [police of Newcastle are guarding the s.s. Tainan and Taiyuan with the view of preventing the Chinese on board from landing. Through the agenoy of the Labour Bureau 1 72?$' occu P ati on has been found for at least 2400 men m various parts of the oolony. It is estimated that the introduction of penny postage into Viotoria will save a large number of firms hundreds of pounds a year. The despatch of newspapers from Melbourne to the United Kingdom has, owing to tne Exhibition, inoreased from 65 to 215 bags. The bank deposits for the year are a great centennial faot. The deposits for Austra- £ "oo,oo a o v ,ooo un up t0 the eQOrmoUB «™ 01 The banks have assets m the colonies to the amount of £145,000,000, and before ci e s0 y , e 0 a 0 r o,o§O? Utthe tOtßl Wm PlObably bG A bonus of £10,000 has been claimed from the South Australian Government because of the disoovery o f payable ooalfields m the colony. .MrR. Monk,M.H.R. for Waitemata. says lhe House 13 more influenced by the Civil Service, m its various forms, than by the great mass of the people." • ¥u ver m uke ia very Prevalent among Bheep m the Taralga district, New South Wales, and at some stations sheep are dying wholeSir John Robertson says he is proud of- the French oitizens of Sydney, and feels certain that they will unite with the people of the oolony to uphold its honour. There has been talk of forming a Military institute m Sydney for the use of the Permanent and Volunteer Forces, as well as for the instruction of others interested m military A hail storm which struck Ohriatchutob. i w ?r y . WaS also cx P fi wenced at Dunedin and Wellington. It is said to have run up the ooast from Dunedin to Wellington m four The following intimation is from " Lloyd's Weekly "of July 15th :-WiJliam Ofaoat went to New Zealand m 1865, and was last heard ol at Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand His mother seeks tidings. A concert m aid of the Convent Schools will be held m the Oddfellowa' Hall this evening. A very attractive programme has been prepared, and there is no doubt there will be a large attendance. An •• Unemployed Man Cook " writes to the ,™" B J; ati ag that he had travels down the Weßt Coast from Taranaki to Wellington only to find nearly all the billets occupied by Chinese. . r J A farmer near Ohristohurch is reported to have made £60 from red clover seed off two acres of land, thanks to the humble bee. Colonial clover seed is said to be worth one penny per pound more than English seed. A beautiful, though only small speoiman of white quartz, thiokly studded with gold, was one day last week picked up m the Waimakariri riverbed, at the head of Kaiapoi Island. r An individual lately from Auokland (writes our Wellington correspondent) made an application to the trustees of the Wellington Benevolent Sooiety that they should supply {Sim 1 with leather, so that he might be set up m business. The application was refused. A new source of large gas bills was recently discovered by the Auckland Gas Company. In two cases where there had been an unßCcountable increase m the sonsumption of gas registered by metre it was found that the pipes had been completely gnawed through by rata. Letters" reoeived from the Mackenzie Country state that the snow has been dis* solving rapidly under the influence of warm Nor'-west weather, and a good deal of " black ground "is now visible. The station owners and managers say they can form no good idea of the extent of the lobs of sheep till the mustering. An Inspection Parade of the Ashburton Volunteers was held last evening at the Drillshed. Lieut-Col Bailey was the Inspecting Officer, Major Douglas being also present. The Eifles (under Captain Dolman) mustered 44 and the Guards (under Captaia Sparrow) mustered 30. The oompanies were exercised by their own officers under the LieutenantColonel's supervision. In the Supreme Court, at Christohuroh, yesterday morning, m a case on appeal, the learned Registrar, m (answer to his Honor, said that the costs to be allowed would be one guinea. Mr Holmes indignantly refused to take suoh a fee, stating that he declined to be placed on the same footing as a fifth-rate attorney, and that his Honor might give the money to the poor-box. Ultimately the irate counsel was soothed by the Registrar amending his advioe by adding another guinea, making two guineas m all. Considerable interest is being evinced m the matter of Mr T. W. Glover's visit to Ashburton, and m temperance oiroles the interest rises to enthusiasm. Aa is generally known it is the political aspect of the temperance question to whioh Mr Glover mainly direots his efforts, (hough other phases of the subjeot also engage his attention. It is not often that the opportunity is afforded of listening to suoh a pleasing and effective platform speaker as Mr Glover, his utterances fairly bristle with anecdotes and personal reminiscences, and, as an exponent of local option principles, he has few equals. The local Committee of the New Zealand Alliance are making arrangements to secure a most successful meeting on Monday night, and not the least atractive part of the proceedings will be the musio discoursed by a united choir of fifty voioes, aooompanied by a number of instrumentalists. A fatal accident occurred at Ricoarton on Wednesday to a boy named Jas. Gibson, aged between nine and ten years, son of Mr W Gibson, a farmer of West Melton. The deceased and an elder brother were returning from the Aldington saloyards with three live pigs m a tip cart, covered m with rope netting. When opposite the Raoecourse the pigs became restless, and heaved up the netting, throwing the deceased to the ground, and the wheel of the dray passed ever hiß head and Bhoulder. The brother procured the assistance of two men who were working; 1 an adjoining paddook and one of them, Mr Joseph Wilson, butcher, placed the deceased, who was picked up m an unconscious state, m Qis cart, and removed him to the Ghristchuroh Hospital. The boy, however, died on the way down.

The Rev Dr Hanney and Mr Lee, representatives from the Congregational Union of England and Wales, arrived m Dunedin by tha Tainui. The Mayor of Sydney proposes to establish publio rinks m several of the parks, at which Bkating may be carried on. His reason ia that lhe charges at private rinka are exoeaaive and suoh as prevent the poorer classes from indulging m the amusement. The first issue of the " Beefton Guardian," a daily evening twopenny paper published at Reefton, is to hand. It is essentially a miners paper, and should make a bold bid for support on the Weat Ooaat. Our contemporary has our best wishes for suocess. We have been requested to state that the mares advertised for Bale on Saturday next by Messrs Friedlander Bros, on aooount of Mr Eobert Gawn, will arrive by this evening's express and may be inspected at Totty's stables to-morrow. As the Session was praotioally over yesterday afternoon a number of Southern members left Wellington by the Penguin, and reaohed Lyttelton this morning m time to oatch the Southern express. Among those who returned was Major Steward. Mr Walker oamo by (he steamer but remained m Christchurch. Whilst the conoert at the Melbourne Exhibition was proceeding on Tuesday evening, last week, there wbb an interruption by the noise of hammering. Mr Oowen suspended the performance until silence was restored, and on the noise being repeated he ceased conducting, and ordered the money paid for admission to be returned. Oh Thursday evening last when the Saored Cantata " David " was given many and just; oomplainta were made that the management allowed the doors to be open while the solos m tha music were taken. It is very annoying to the vocalist, and even more so to the audience, to have any coming or going during the progress of a pieoe . We, therefore, would offer the suggestion that during the musioal items at [the concert this evening the doors be kept closed. This rule is observed m the case of most conoerts, and it might with advantage be put m foroe m Ashburton. Late oomers should not sacrifice the enjoyment of a musioal item by the audience by coming m when a pieoe is m progress. Monday last was appointed for the Storm Water Committee of the County Council to I meet at Methven, bu tonly Messrs Holmes and Brown attended. They were acoompanied by Mr Hugo Friedlander, and the County Engineer. Though no publio notice had been given, there was a large attendance of resi« dents m the district, under the impression that a publio meeting was to be held whioh was not the case, the afternoon being fully occupied m visiting the points where the ohief damage ooours. A meeting of ratepayers is called for Monday next by the Chairman of the Mount Hutt Road Board to prepare resolutions to lay before the County Counoil at their next meeting on the matter of storm water and drainage. The Loyal Orange Lodge Ashburton, No. 22, received from Ohristchuroh yesterday a magnificent new banner for use m processions. The main portion is ruby-oolored satin, with the usual equestrian figure of King William, and the other emblems of the Order. The border is of deep blue velvet, while the poles, cords, and other neoesaaries are finished m the highest style of art. The banner will be a_ most important feature at future processions, and the Lodge is to be congratulated upon possessing suoh a really fine work of art. The banner, we understand, was most generously presented to the Lodge by Bro Robert Mclntyre, of Ashburton Forks, who certainly deserveß the warmest thanks of the members for suoh a substantial souvenier of his interest m the Lodge. Mr Frank Bewl artißt, Christohurch, painted the banner, and the design was sketched by Mr John Russell, of Ashburton. The whole of the work reflects the greatest credit upon the gentlemen who had to do with it. The whole cost was £50. The banner will be exhibited m the Hall on the occasion of the ball to-morrow night. Lady journalists are beginning to take some of the most coveted positions on the great dailies as well as on the " sooiety " papers. Mrs Crawford, the Paris correspondent of the "Daily News," has gained the enviable reputation of being nearly always f rat _in_ the field with important news, and now it is said that the magnifioent telegrams m that journal anent the death and funeral of the Emperor Frederick were the worka of a lady. Mrs Humphries (also "Madge" m 41 Truth ") has long been a regular contributor to both English and American dailieß, and Mrs Humphrey Ward (author of "Robert Elsmere ") pleads guilty to occasional leaders m " The Times " Mrs Linn Linton and Mrs Stannard everyone knows as diligent journalists, and many lesser lights are trying to effect lodgments on good staffs. On the other hand, women do not appear to shine as editors — even such journals as are devoted wholly to feminine attire being edited by men. O3oar Wilde is, perhapß, the ideal ladies' editor, just at dear old Mr Bentley is par excellence the ladies' publisher. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the j inflammatory state of the blood, attended with fcad digestion and general debility. A few doses of the pills taken m time are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism. Anyone who has an acttack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also, the powerful action of which, combined wilh the operation of tbe pills, must infallibly effect a cure. These pil's act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. Having once subdued the severity of these diseases, perseverance with the ointment, after fomenting the affected joints with warm brine, will speedily relax all stiffness, and prevent any permanent contraction.