LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1951, 22 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 855 Balvation Army officers m Canada and 677 m the colonies of Australia, The Broken Hill people have fifty-three hotels, and have nearly finished a ohurob. The show of bloom on peach trees m many distriota ia greater than for many years past. The Bey E. A. Soott notifies that he will oonduot Divine Servioe m the Soafiold School- i room on Sunday next, Sept. 2srd, at 3 p.m. No olaos, a polioe magistrate ia reported to have aaid, put more real feeling into their vocation than piokpookets. The Glory Pea of New Zealand (Olianthua punioeus) is becoming a favourite garden creeper with oottagers m many villages m Weßt Somersetshire.

The takes of salmon m nearly all the English rivers are rapidly deoraasing. The numbers of fish recorded as token from the' Tyne daring reoent years are as follows : 1870, 129,000; 1873, 86,700; 1878, 48,000 j 1881, 45,000; 1885, 33,000; 1886,85,000; 1887, 32,000; 1888, 18,800. Waipawa, a little bush township m Hawke's Bay, iB very pluokily going m for an Industrial and Art Exhibition upon a somewhat ambitions eoale. The exhibition buildings will cover an aore of ground, ana the floor space offered to exhibitors totals up to 98,244 feet, besides 2000 feet of wall space, The Exhibition is to be opened on the sth Deo. The Home correspondent of an exchange writes : — " One of the evening newspapers, m describing an interview with Mr Olarkeon, the famous wig.maker, I«ts us into tha secret that King Tawhiao, while m London, waa wont to avail himself of this gentleman's aid for the improvement of his personal appear* anoe. Her Majesty waß very fond of the society of ladies of the ballet, and m order to make himself more presentable to the Corypbean nymphs, used to go to Mr Olarkson to have his tattoo marks filled up. " The best Remedy for Indigestion.— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently ecommended as a simple remedy for indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's Pills, with iustice called the "natural strenfithener of the human stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild m their operation, and safe under auycircum, stan £ c _ JfSold m bottles at is isd, as gd £^^^nedicine vendors throughoutjthe,

A railroad is being oonalruoted between Jaffa and Jerusalem.

Mr Dion Bouoioanlt calculates that theatrical amusements cost the inhabitants of the United States £40,000,000 a year.

Dr Giles, R.M., m a oaae at Auokland, has ruled that a woman cannot; be imprisoned on a judgment summons.

The libel oase brought by the Hon Mr Larnaoh against the " New Zealand Herald " is to be tried m Wellington. The oase id is said " will be fought to the bitter end."

Mr O. G. Hawdon announces that he has money to lend at 6£ per cent., and will make no charge for commission or valuation m Ashburton oounty.

One of the emus m the Napier Botanioal Gardens has laid four eggs, but manifests no intention to sit. It ia probable they will be inoubated.

Spurgeon was once asked if a member of a braßß band 'oould be a Chrisian. He replied, " Yes, I think he might, but not his next-door neighbour."

The Railway Department notifies that on the 26th, 27tb, and 28th inst., Saturday return tickets toOrari will be issued for the Geraldine races. On the 28th a train will leave Orari for Ashburton at 6.47 p.m.

The praotioe of the Maypole danoe last evening was very successful, showing that those taking part are fast attaining profioienoy.

An Auokland paper says that Mr Jaoobsen, of Ashburton, of diamond and Alford tin fame, is now engaged m floating a oompany to work a marble deposit m the Motueka (Nelson) diatriot.

An editor, m reply to a young writer who wanted to know whioh magazine would give him the highest position quiokest, advised " a powder magazine, especially if you contribute a fiery artiole."

The railway revenue for the five months ended August 81st totals up to £410,000 odd. This is some £23,000 short of the Colonial Treasurer's estimate, or at the rate of £55,000 for the year.

An interesting article or**' Banking Sharks m the Arid Zone," and editorials on " The Price of Wheat," and " Imported Pests," will be found on the fourth page of this issue.

Christianity m India is, acoording to Sir Charles Aitohison, advanoing 5 per cent, faster than the growth of population, and is making greater progress than at any time since the Apostolio epoch.

"How muoh oider did yon make this year ? " inquired one farmer of another who had offered a speoimen for trial. " Fifteen barrels" was the answer. (Another sip.) 41 Well, if you had had another apple you might have made another barrel."

An interesting disoovery was made at the Whombejan oaves, at Taralga, New South Wales, a few days ago. Some of the residents' lowered themselves through a hole m the Burfaoe of tha ground near the caves previously known, and found a fresh series of oaves of enormous extent.

The W«llington correspondent of the 11 Press" telegraphing on Friday says the Government have been hard at work m Cabinet elaborating plans for the gradual abolition of the Publio Works and Native Departments, whioh is to be completed during the ourrent offioial year.

In the French forest at Esterel, a man and his wife were at work not far from aoradle m whioh nestled their babe. An eagle ia said to have swooped down, and seizing the infant with its talons, bore it aloft. The father ia reported to have shot the eagle dead, and oaught the infant as it dropped earthward.

The Good Templars of Springburn, to show their appreciation of the efforts of Mr and Mrs Tomlinson m the cause, the looal Order are having an illuminated address prepared for presentation to them. The work has been placed m the hands of E. M. Blake and he has succeeded m turning out a very handsome piece of artißtio work. The presentation will be made m the course of a few days.

The Rink de Paris will be open to-night as usual. Great preparations are being made for the forthcoming Carnival, and during every day that the Rink ia not held the Carpenters are busy with the construction of a dress oirole and gallery m order that visitors may be oomfortably seated and kept dear of -tbrar-Bkuiuru. The naanager_intartdß_to issue tioketS to the numhfir of poata«»nly_ Tlnltnta may be obtained on and after to-night, t

A man who had reached the uncommonly ripe age of 109 years died at Woodend (Victoria) last week — Patrick Mahoney, Who was born m Tipperary, Ireland, m 1779. Until the last few months he used to walk from his farm, about a mile distant to Woodend, with the assistance of a stick only. He retained his faculties to the last. The old gentleman often related scenes he had witnessed m Ireland before and at the time of the Rebellion of 1798. For many years he was a game-keeper to Yisoount Lismore. In 1854 he came to Viotoria with his wife and settled m the neighborhood of Woodend. He had no ohildren, but hia widow survives him and is over 80 years old.

The Earl of Hardwioke, who ia stated to be anxious for a. Colonial Governorship, is 52 years of age, and the fifth bearer of the title, whioh dates from 1754. The family name is Yorke, and the eldest son is Visoount Boyston. Lord Hardwiok is a Privy Councillor, and m his youth served m the 7th and 11th Dragoons, and saw service m India. He haa held the offices of Comptroller of the Household and Maßter of the Buokhounda. He inherited personalty to the value of £120,000 from his predecessor, and his estates oomprise 19,882 aoreß, estimated to yield an annual rental of £27,121. Before coming into the title he sat m the House of Common g for Cambridge. Of course he ia a Conservative. The Countess of Hardwioke is a daughter of the first Earl Gowley.

The Daily Times" says:— " If Australia may be called the land of rapid fortune making, then New Zealand may. be termed the country of gigantic possibilities, For m this free and happy land there are m oxistence thret Aotß, by the aid of whioh every man who can get a wife should be able to secure a competence, and lay up treasures here below. One is the Married Women's Property Act, by whioh no woman can be sued for debt unless she is the possessor of a separate estate of the value of £1000 at leastg the other is the Land Aot, whioh enables a man to get a deferred payment seotion and then run into debt to an unlimited extent to improve it, while absolutely protecting it from the Bankruptcy Aot, whioh Act furnishes the means for utjlisiqg the other two Aota for the benefit of anybody but the trading community. And yet some say our laws are not liberal enough ! "

A correspondent of the " London Journal of Horticulture " says :—" Last winter an old poultry keeper told me he could distinguish the sex m eggs. I laughed at him, and waa none the less soeptioal when he told me the following Beoret : — ' Egga with the air bladder m the centre of the crown will produce oookerels ; those with the bladder to one side will produce pullets,' The old man was bo certain of the truth of this dogma, and his poultry yard so confirmed jt, that I determined to make experiments upon it this year. I have done so, registering the egg blsdder vertical^ or bladder on one aide, rejected all m whioh it was not one or the other, as m Dome it is only very slightly out of the centre. The following is tb,e result. Forty-eight chickens were hatohed, three are dead, eleven are yet too young to decide upon their sex ; of the remaining 44 every one has turned out true to the old man's* theory.. This of course, may be an accidental coincidence, but I shall certainly try the experiment again."

"Rough on Itch."— "Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frostedrfect, chilblains, itch, ivy poison barbers' itch. 3 Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the bowels. — A remedy, which has been tested and proved m a thousand , different ways, capable of eradicating poisonous taints from ulcers and healing them up, merits a trial of its capacity for extracting E the internal corruptions from the bowels. On rubbing Holloway's Ointment reoeatedly on the abdomen, a rash appears, and as it thickens the a'vine irritability subsides. Acting as a derivative, this ointment draws to the urface, releases the tender intestines from all acrid matters, and prevents inflammation, dysentery, and piles, for which blistering was the ql4*fashioned, though successful treatment, now from its painfulness fallen into disuse, the discovery of this Ointment havint, pro claimed a remedy possessing equally derivative ot perfectly painless pqwijs,

The London correspondent of a contemporary writes; — In Orowndale Road, the other afternoon, my attention waa drawn to a rather smart young fellow, dressed after a somewhat shabby-genteel fashion, and energetioally grinding sounds out of a large Btreet organ. Upon a large oard fixed on the front of the instrument there appeared printed m very conspicuous characters the following notice : " Utterly destitute ! lam Visdount Hin(on, the eldest son of Earl Poulett.— Vide 'Burkes Peerage.'" Visoount Hinton has played clown at the Surrey thebtre.

Messrs Friedlander Bros., sole agents for the Hassey binder, have received the following advice from the head office Toronto. We have sold out our entire production, and don't think we have scattered among our 500 home agents and- m our own faotory 100 machines all told,; out of the enormous number we completed. Our binders have made every* where this year, "where harvests have been commenced and gone through with, one of the finest and grandest reoords ever made by any machine, and you may have the utmost confidence m them giving your customers unbounded satisfaction. We have obtained m France last month the silver medal and 150 francs as prize m competition with others there working, defeating the Walter A. Woods, the Hornsby, and various other binders.