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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1934, 3 September 1888, Page 2

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OrUOH 008 COBREWOMDKHt.V The weather 1. very bad for /.rmlntr operatlons. Storm succeeds storm with little Interval. The sheep we sofferC ■everely, even thoie that are on turnipfeed, lor they trample the turnips Into the ground io that they oannot get at them. This leaves the aheap too weak to stand! muoh more rough weather. If the mtldi flOMoa does not toon make. Its appearance* out grse'eri will be heavy loser* There !■ Illness everywhere. Swollen faces, aore throats, and rheumatism am. guestj In almost every house. The bad weather of the laat fortnight delayed tha renovation work at tho school ■o muoh that a fortnight Instead of a week was needed to complete It. Last night the Mount Somen trafeway h»d notyet been utide available for the resumption of tratto. Thank*, to the lime klloa and the quarry Tflfe w dllttiok U «>n»tanthr wcelvlnj bM*lqhi i of InhaWtanta. The arrival rf two famllwa was lait night reported to mo. Bat how are they to send thalr ohildjen to Bchool. I ■hoald suggest attendance on alternate dayaas the most aatisfaotory aolutlon of the problem. Oneeonrageoua little «lrl hi. already tried; this plan. She oomei to lohool threetimes a week, from Mr E. P. WrlghiV place at Anama, and la making very fair progress. All honour to her and her parents for their reoognltfoa of the valo* of edawtlon, an exonr.ple worthy to b» followed, Uofortnnat :< ,ly we have peopl. fcerewho, although Vhey live only a few hundred yards frr /m the school, thiofc half-day attendance quite enough for their oblldien. The eartbqji'ike on Batarday mornlne was felt herr/, »ad eansad some alarnu The wave of movement seems to hay» com* from i<he north-east. Beyond errtltog & cblPjney or two no barm has been reported, Yonr correspondent's olook, whloh stopped at the time, showed 4,81 a,m« A Temperance leotare ander toe auspioes of the Good Templars of this district was held io the schoolroom at Sprlngbarn on Prld»y. The lecturer, Mr T. W. Glover of Ponsonby, was lnttoducsd by Mr Wallaoe, Chief Templar of the Bashmen's Pride Lodge. Mr Glover who epoke In his usual natural but lively manner, kept the aadleooe attentive for nearly two honrs r Among other interesting oooiparlsonii made by him. we msy mention that oF J country wltK town lodges, the foraaoir being, aooordl-w , to Mr Ulove^ much better attended Kbm£. | the latter j thelt members being also m earneat fa their advoccy abttluenee. In a Westland Vif 1 ?: >d found a lodge miles dls;,^ fto m V townehip and situated In a pl M rdlffiSuir of approach even m d^ bt yot th , odge was crowded on 'chs, ZM of th! lecturer's visit, a!th :i)nK h- the ni ht dark and gloomy, Drawing a contrast between dntr.lejt i Q which no publS ho . v « "" wtafcllehed and others la which ty*> were hotels, he extolled the prosperity of Albert UndandWMpu fc , Albertland total abstinence seems to bar 1 produced marked r«sults m tho growth t % the human frame ; giilo and women Jt unusual dueaeneions and height being; / «„ from uncommon. Mr Glover also m ,„ ti.oned oaaually that our first Magi w T~ Artium hails from (hat distriot of far * v giantß. Ho described fully the eta .^rff of total abutinenoe advocatea again JPXi brewers and publioans m Auoklaer i „„! moreeßpeoiallyinPonaonby. A!tf ,i' t l B ? his lecture was not only mUie.iiV 'J Jnf |?o»t"^«tiT6. NosensiWepw listened to Mr Glover conW deny T t W^ queatlon of the liauor traffici;» , |5i «f menace to publi»\elfare. * i|| e total abetinence is an unmixed bleaw ;!! # OP „ dividuala aMfor. nations. Mr Sf"' ™! down amidpt long cootinuonr . ""!"£" A haarfcy vote, at Ihaaks byv 1 9 M^* carried with acclamation,, bw „'»:/ en - ce » terosiiog lojtHr© to *.Q\QK r in * ht . aa IQ '