LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 12 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ Manilla paper bedolothea ate being made m a Jersey City faotory. It is now said that the '* White Pasha " is only an advertisement for a new book by Rider Haggard. The jronmouldera on strike m Melbourne are trying to form a Co-operative Foundry Company, and are making enquiries with the view of establishing works at Footsoray. A European girl was recently arrested m a Chinese den m Melbourne. She stated she had been looked up there for three months. The girl was handed over to her parents. .The safe m the offioe at the Carrington Athletio grounds, Sydney, was recently blown open by dynamite, and the contents (about £600) abstraoted. Hitherto Queensland ooals have been unsaleable m the Southern ports, but owing to the strike they are now being eagerly in* quired after m Melbourne. A German named Frederioks committed suioide recently at Four-mile, on the Etheridge goldfield (Queensland), by blowing his head completely off with dynamite. The Grand Duke Alexis, brother of the Czar, is said to be able to drink more champagne than any other European Prince, even m Russia. It is stated that there ia great want of rain m the Northern Territory, Australia. The season is the driest that has been known for the last ten years. 41 Heroine " is perhaps as peculiar a word as any m our language. The Uo first letterß of it are male, the three first female, the four first a brave man, and the whole word a brave woman. Requisitions m favor of farthing bids at the London wool auotions have been signed by woolprowera representing 405,454 bales wool, the total production of Australia m 1887 being about 1,200,000 bales. The Emu Plains irrigation fruit plantation m South Australia is making splendid progress ; 153,915 vines of various kinds have been planted, and the wattle plants show most extraordinary growth. Two adult male humans— (the magistrate said they were not men)— were fined £2 apiece at Dunedin last week for tail-kettling a yearling oalf, The beast broke its leg, and the owner wants them to, pay for the animal as well as for their fun (?). There is a movement on foot m South Australia for the formation of a treaty with Queensland, under whioh South Australian wines, fruit?, jams, breadstuffs, and dairy produoe will be admitted into Queensland free, m return for the admission into Souih Australia, free of duty, of Queensland sugar. A Rangiora man named Burt, 70 years of age, was dragged round a field the other day by getting his leg entangled m a rope the horse he meant to oatoh had on his neck. He had a lively few minutes, his clothes being almost torn off him, oven his watoh having its oover wrenched off. Though muoh bruised and Bhaken Mr Burt had no bones broken, Mr T. Pratt, the member for the Southern Maori Distriot, has been the first M.H R. to give an account of his stewardship. On Saturday, Ist instant,' Mr Pratt addressed a %taee;ing of Natives at Kaiapoi, and reooived a vote of thanks and confidence, and last Saturday evening he addressed his constituents at Puketeraki. .At a meeting of the Adelaide Trades and Labour Counoil a letter was received from the Melbourne Trades and Labor Oounoil, asking the Counoil to request the Government to protest against the introduction of pauper labour into the colonies, as was threatened by the passing of the Looal Government Bill m England. It was deoided to ask the Government to take action m regard to that question. • ; It is stated that the other day the atmosphere m the Channel became so rarefied that objects could be seen with extraordinary distinctness at a distance of between thirty and forty miles from Dover and Folkestone. 11 The Times " Bays that the lighthouse at Cape Grienez, Calais, and the dome of the Cathedral, and Napoleon's column at Boulogne could be distinctly seen with the naked eye, and every prominent objeot oould be picked ont along the Frenou ooast. The distance, from Dover to Boulogne as the crow flies is twenty-eight miles, and the oolumn is about two miles further inland. The correspondent of a oontemporary says that private advices have been received at Wellington to the effeot that the advanoea m the price of wool cabled out by the Press Association apply only to particular olasses of merino wool, and not to orossbred or ooarse wools, which, it is stated, have on the contrary fallen m price very materially. Crossbred wool has unmistakeably gone down m prioe, and shows no sign of improvement. He states that he knowß that one Wellington firm took { the precaution to have messages repeated m order to guard against the risk of error, and the result was considered quite oonolusive. We are informed that fat orossbred sheep aro beooming eoarce m the South Island, owing to the large demand for freezing purposes. The ooean going steamers, whioh, previous to the rise m the prioe of frozen mutton, were running with little more than half oargoes, are now running full, and the demand is telling on the number of sheep available for export. Frozen mutton has experienced a large drop m prioe m London, but this is not likely to afleot the demand for export to any great extent. Mutton is now quoted at 4Jd per lb m London, but to show the profit there was m sheep previous to this deolino we may mention (hat a large sheep breeder m this distriot netted 24s per sheep for something like 3000 sheep sent home. — Oamaro paper, Apropos of the fisheries trouble between the States and Canada, '• Puff " m the " Weir Hngton Press ." says j-^-Who's afraid ! Come on end do your darndesc I The Canadian Government treat Cleveland's Mossage lightly! They say the Dominion will be able to take care of itself 1 Ah, they know very well that Cleveland doesn't mean biz 1 Besides, the Dominion wouldn't be called upon to take oare of itself m case of trouble 1 There'd be 30,000 Imperial troops there m a few weeks, and suoh a fleet as neveKWas seen m those waters before 1 Yea, but still, Canada oould make a very good show on her own acoount, oould'n't Bho? Aye, tbat she could! But the cost of a war with the United States would be more than she oould bear for very long? Luokily, the whole thing's bosh 1 I don't know so muoh about tbatl You Bee, thera's been a collision between the Amerioan and Canadian fisher* men already, and m the eorimmage, an Amerioan woman was Bhot dead 1 Ob, but that's only a circumstance J There are apt to be a few little rows like that, during a time of exoitementl But the Governments will take oare not to oome to loggerheads J

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An election for three Borough Councillors takes place tomorrow. The gentlemen nominated are Messrs J. Keir, D. Williamson, O. Beid and D. MoFarlane. The Aahburton Fire Brigade will hold a sooial gathering this evening, commencing punctually at half past seven. No efforts have been spared to make the entertainment enjoyable, and no doubt there will be a large attendanoe. It is expeoted that a team of Ashburton Footballers will drive to Kakaia next Saturday to meet the local team. A team from Canterbury College will play Ashburton on the Domain on the 220 d inst., i£ arrangements oan be completed. At a meeting of the Committee of the A. and P. Association yesterday afternoon the horse parade was fixed for Ootober 2nd, at 2 o'olook. It was deoided that the entrance should be 10a, and that entries should close on September 29th. {gin the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christ. i church, on Tuesday, Mr G. H. Williams, owner of the raoehorse Sultan, sued Mr Fatriok Campbell, one of the stewards of the Plumpton Park races, for £28 103, the amount of prize {money m the Winter Handioap, whioh he had not paid. The non-payment was not denied, but it is oonfcended that the stewards are not liable. The point will be argued on Saturday. Mr W. Simms, of the Bank of New Zealand, left last eveniDg per the express for Nelson, whither he has been promoted. During his short stay m Aehburton he made a number of friends, and musioal oiroles here will greatly miss him. With the departure of Mr Lamb, the Presbyterian Choir, was handed over to Mr Simms, and now with the latter's departure it is left for the present without a leader. We wish Mr Simma a pleasant time m Nelson. Mr W. H. Warren, representing the Equitable Life Assurance Sooiety of the United States, gave his promised reading of selections from the works of Charles Diokena last evening m the St. Stephen's eohoolroom, but owing, no doubt, to the bad weather, the audience was not large. Mr Warren weU sustained his reputation as a reader, and was listened to with marked attention throughout. The selections read included " David Copperfield," the " Piokwiok Papers " and a sketch on the circumlocution of Government Departments. In conclusion Mr Warren briefly touched on life assurance, and an agreeable entertainment was brought to a olose m the usual complimentary manner, with a speoia vote of thanks to Mr B. S. Bean, who presided on the occasion. The formal opening of the oyoling season took place this afternoon. The members of the Ashburton Oyoling Club, to the number of fifteen bicyclists and two trioyolists, assembled m front of the Post Office about two o'clook,when the Vipe-President, Mr Purnell, deolared the season open. He expressed his pleasure at the young men of the distriot taking to a pastime which, m addition to its manliness and healthfulneßS, was also a Useful accomplishment. Oyoling, though of modern date, was, he felt sure, destined to take a prominent part m the future, both m warfare and the peaceful arts. Iv faot, he looked on the bioyole as the horse of the future. Cheers were given for the suooess of the Club and for the Vice-President, and the members having been photographed, they rode m pro* cession through the principal streets of the town, subsequently taking a run to Waterton. The following interesting obituary notice of a very old identity appears m the " Nelson Evening Mail " pf Monday last :— " We have on reoord the passing away of another old settler, Mr John Holdaway, who died yesterday at his residence at Eiohmond m his 82nd year. He was of the few remaining expedition men who arrived here m 1818 m the Will Watoh. He formed one of the search party sent out to find a suitable landing plaoe m whioh to establish the town of Nelson, and was m the boat with the late Captain Cross when Nelson Haven was first seen. He narrowly escaped being sent on the ill-fated expedition to the Wairau under Captain Wakefleld. by being selected to accompany the survey staff for the Takaka district, and thus escaped that unhappy incident' m our early history. On returning from his duties on the surveying party he took up his residence m the Maitai Valley, but soon after removed to a farm at Richmond, where he has lived for 37 years, a useful and respected man. He leaves behind him eight sons, four daughters, 63 grand-children,, and 2L great grand-children. The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton School Committee was held last evening. Present — Messrs , Sawle (ohairman), Soott, Dunoan, and Oraighead. Letters were read — (1) From the Board of Education re appointment of seoond master— lt was deoided to leave the matter m the hands of tbe Chair' man. (2) From Board of Education stating that the examination would be held on Wednesday, Sept. 19th, by Dr Anderson and Mr Hogbern. A telegram subsequently received stated that that the examination would commence on Tuesday, Sept. 11th. The Master reported the attendanoe as follows : — Number on roll— Boys, 211; girls* 194 ; total, .405. Average — Boys, 167 ; girls, 147 ; total, 314. Highest attendanoe— Boys, 198 ; girls, 175 ; total, 873. Complaint was made of children irregularly attending sohool throughout the year, and being just' sent to sohool when news of the examination was received, suoh a course being unfair to the teaohers. Messrs Scott and Craighead were appointed a Visiting Committee fox the month. It waß resolved that the sohool, after the examination, be dosed for the remainder of the |week for holidays. Acoounts were passed for payment, and the Committee adjourned. " Rough on Itch."—' 4 Rough on Itch " cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barbers' itch. 3 The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m coughs, colds, influenza, eto. — the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. sis Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the offioial reports that accompany eaoh bottle. ' We haye no oooasion to offer rawards m proof of the genuineness of our references, The offioial reports of medical clinics and universities, the offioial communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam — all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, eto : Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the yolar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far ac the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled, The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks under daily applications of fjucalyptio Extract dressing. The patient . haa.retained the full use of the band,- (Advt.) 1