LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1970, 15 October 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Springston was soratohed for the New Zealand Cup at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday.

A memo from the Telegraph Offioe informs us that cable communoation with Port Darwin h»s bean' restored.

Mr Feldwiok, M.H.E. for Inveroargill, has been ill with jagndioe. He is now, however, we are glad to learn, convalescent.

The Melbourne correspondent of a oontemporary says : — I find that during the ensuing year there will be no lesa than two hundred and twenty-nine days of raoing within fifty miles of the Melbourne Post office.

The first interprovincial laorosse matob, Otago versus Canterbury, took place at Lancaster Park on Saturday afternoon, resulting m favour of Canterbury by 6 goals to nil. The weather was wet and the attendance Email.

The Sydney Stock Board have made successful expeiiments with M. Pasteur's remedy for tbe sheep disease known aa anthrax, and they have recommended Govern ment to adopt it.

The «• North Otago Times " is informed that there are 120,000 saoki of wheat m the Btores m Qamaru and m farmers' hands m the country. This is an estimate, of course, for there is a difficulty m ascertaining any* thing like the exaot figures.

Miss Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimean War, is now a confirmed invalid. The long hours of standing during her hospital work affeoted her spine, and she has been for some years past an in-patient at St. Thomas's Hospital. She is now m her sixty* ninth year.

The island of Noumea has what is said to be the best orchestra m the Southern Hemisphere. It is' oomposed entirely of convicts. Its complement averages about 120 pieces, and the whole is under tbe direotion of a former leader m the Grand Opera, who ia " doing life time " for murder.

If the "Tuapeka Times'' is oqrreotly advised the boom m real estate must have reaohed Lawrenoe for it is informed that a property m the township, bought within the past fortnight, was re-sold a few days afterwards at an advance of 50 per cent, and a small portion of the property has been again resold at a prioe whioh nearly covers what the second purchaser paid for tbe whole.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce on Friday Mr Dennjston m refer* ring to the Melbourne Exhibition, said that as an illustration of the excellence of the grain exhibit, a leading American manufacturer was so struok with the appearance of some wheat gstown near Qamsru that be bad written to the speaker's firm for a few bggs for introduotipn into Amerioa, m the haps that they might be able to produoe crops al good ac thpae exhibited,

" Prnoh " has the following amusing little domestic skit :— Effie — " Georgy and I have been down stairs m the dining-room, Mr ftlitoham. We've been playing husband and wife 1 " Mr Mitohara—^" How did you do that my dear?" Bffie— " Why, Georgy sat at one end of the table, and I sat at iho other ; and Georgy said, ' This food isn't fit to eat 1 " and I said, ' It's all you/ll get I ' and Georgy said. ' Dam I ? and I got 'up* and left the room ! "

The latest craze among the fashionable ladies m America, aooording to a Chioago newspaper is to weae a diamond ernbedded^ m pne of their front teeth { This remarkable development of feminine vanity is said to owe its origin to a favourite burlesque aqtreßS m Mew ¥qrk, who thought jt woujd be very delightful indeed to flash daizling gleams of light upon her admirers every time she opened her, mouth. The diamond— of course a very small one^is flxed m » false front tooth two-thirds tho size of the natural inolaor, a portion of which is out away and the false tooth " pivoted "on to the real one. Were tho gem embedded m a natural tooth, it would speedily cause il to deoay, The, tqo|ib, Belepted for adornment U always tho m.oqt prominent, and the lady to whom the credit pf this brilliant inspiration is due is aa?d to h^ye greated y^ry gre^t agnation upon her first appearanoe with a diamond m her mouth. The Hew York dentist who aided her to aohjeve this triumph says he has iugfc repoiyed half a, do^en orders for front teeth set with diamonds,

Attention ia flrawn to the New Zealand Bible, Tract, and Book Society's adverii«Gnient m another column.

"We are requested to- draw attention to the Rink de Paris advertisement notifying that on and after Tuesday next an extra morning session will be held from seven to eight o'olock for the convenience of learners.

At the.military sports held at Christohurch on Saturday m oonneotion with the Cavalry Camp, Sergeant-Major Scott won the lemon cutting competition, beating thirty others. Sergt-Major Scott's team also won the sword competition.

At the Rink on Saturday evening a race between the " Mail " and " Guardian " employees took place. The final heat was between W. Baxter and T. Hauoox, and the latter, who represented tho " Guardian," won by half a length .

The Women's Christian Temperanoe Union appeal to the ladies of Ashburton, and would gladly receive any lett-off olothing or donations of money whioh would be thankfully acknowledged by Mrs Oawaey (President) or Mrs R. Alcorn (Treasurer).

An extraordinary shooting case is reported from Walbundais, on the border of New South Wales and Viotoria. A little girl named Alioe Paraby was playing with a little boy named Thomas Jones a few days ago, when tho boy tried to kiss rhe girl, and on her resisting, and running home,' he threatened to shoot her. Nothing was thought of the threat until the following day, when the boy encountered the girl, and fired off a gun, several pellets of shot entering the muaoles of the girl's leg. The boy Jones has been arreßted on a oharge of maliciously wounding, and has been remanded pending the girl's • recovery.

How different the world will be m a oentury may be gathered from two or thrte inventions that are just now being critically examined. An eleotrical carriage was tried the other night m St. James's street, and proved a complete sucoess, running up and down the road as rapidly as though pulled by a team of horses, and absolutely under control. And now an enterprising inventor proposes to build rowing boats wholly of aluminium, the lightest known of all metals and one of the toughest. A third invention promisos us a chemical substitute for Bilk. The pace of scientific discovery increases every day.

The members of the Primitive Methodist Church are the suoooeafuJ tenderers for the Oddfellows' Hall on Show Day. Owing to the large numbers who attend their anniversary tea on that day they have, at a large expense, secured tbe best place m the town for both the tea and the anniversary services, wbioh will be conducted by the Rev P. W. Jones, 61 Waddington (late of Christohurob), on the Sunday following, Nov. 4th. Judging from the large numbers of people who are m town on Show Day, we believe that the outlay inourred will be justified by an increased attendance at both tea and meeting.

A telegram from Nelson to the " Christ, eburob Press " referring to the Whangapeka silver mine says that the prospeots are very encouraging, and Messrs Cuff and Graham, of Ohristcburoh, have let a oontraot for sinking 50 feet m the lode, and from a meßiage received it appears that the contractors are already m rioh ore. Assays of 2 owt of stone lent to Chriatohuroh some time ago to be tested, gave a very satisfactory return, the average being 75ozs of silver, over Bdwtß of gold, and nearly 20 per cent of lead. In gome assays the return was much higher.

A social gathering and oonoert was held at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, on Friday even* ing, m aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Church. Musical items were contributed by the following ladies and gentlemen : — Mesdamoa Criip, P. Williams, Brooks, and Tippett, and Miss Jeffs, Messrs Thomas, Mayo, Simpson, Gates, Moor, Corrigan, Jephson, and Ward. Mr Kneen acted as aooompa-ust. The Hall waa packed, and everything went off well. During an interval refreshments were handed round, The Rev Mr Garbett returned thanks to all those who had m any way contributed to the success of tbe gathering.

Captain Carey, of the ßotomahana, noticed distress signals when passing Dog Island on Friday, and reported the matter to the Harbor Board, who sent a tug out to ascertain the cause. It was found that the fishing smack Nellie wai> wrecked lust Tuesday morning, several miles off Dog Island, duriog a heavy gale. A sea struck her, oarrying away her rudder and breaking the deck m. James Young, the master, a young unmarried man, was washed off and drowned. The other men, John Young and James Dunoan, were rescued by the light keeper, who observed the acoident and pluokily put off m an open boat, risking his own lift,

On Wednesday morning, while the westerly gale which we have been enjoying for the past two or three days was blowing m fall force, an official of the Colonial Bank (saja the 11 Southland Times ") became a victim of its pjayfulnoss. He was taking a bag containing Borne £500 or £600 m notes and oheques to another bank a short distance away, when away went his hat before tbe wind. He tan aft r it, but as he stooped to piok it up the bag opened and notes and oheques were soon flying hither and hither through the air. After a long and tedious search all the paper was recovered except one ohequo for £8 15s and notes to the value of £22, for whioh missing paper a reward is now offered.

People who go out Bhooting would do well to observe the precaution to assure themselves that they are not beyond the bonnds of their «' Manor,'! and thai they are capable of distinguishing between tame and wild foul. For the want of due care on these points twq young men had to appear this morning befor« the I^enoh. An apology for their inadyertenqe having been made t» the complainant "the qase was withdrawn upon payment of costs'. Mr Wilebn, who waa th.c injured party, like many other property pwners, has been greatly annoyed by persons trespassing upon his land m pursuit of game, and, it is needless to add, that many of those who treapaßs m this way show no respect whatever to hedges or crops, breaking the former and trampling down the latter with the greatest recklessness.

The usual monthly meeting of the Ashburton Forka Sohool Committee was held m the gohoolroom on the Bth instant. Present— Messrs W. Sutherland' (chairman), Oorbett, Good, Ohuroh, and Anderson. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. I Correspondence— From Mr Hals asking the Committee if they had any objection, (o his changing sohool 9 with, ano^ntr roaster m &c. op,u. n ty t pravjded the Goiriraitiee. 'did not objeot, As Mr Hale bad not given the master's name the matter was held over for further consideration. Also a letter was received from Mr Hale m reply to a. letter reaelvad by him from the Secretary asking him. for an explanation <re the letter whioh had appeared m the " Ashburton Mail." Mr Hale declined to give an explanation fqrther than that he believed it to be written by an ex-Oommittee mau. %t waa proposed by Mr J, Good, seponded by Mr J. Corbett, m That the Board of Education be requested to ask Mr Hale for an explanation re the writing of the letter whioh appeared m the '* Mail," as the Com* rqUtee oannot get a Batiafaetovy answer from him, and th.at Mr Hale'a lettern be forwarded to the Board." Carried. Account! amounting to £5 15s 6d were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned.