LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2248, 9 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i * • There a?e a?or/j printers m the United ! States Congress tfcap membflrti of any other profession except that of the law. Steps are being taken m Victoria Jo orgaslee tne fruit industry under a State Board m oonneotien with the Department of Agriculture; The export trade oj Aqokjand m Increasing «o tnuoh that it ia poyr difficult to find | aoooramodatiafl pa tb.e wbatves hi nrojiuae. to

Intimation has been rooeived from the Austral Company, Viotoria, to prooeed at onoe with the construe! ion of tbe Eiffel Tower at tbe Dunedin Exhibition.

The perpetration of " bulls " is not exolueively an Irishman's priyelege. It was a Soottish gravedißger who said, " Trade's vera dull the norj I've no tflried a leevis oretur for a fortnight."

Wonders are reported of an artesian supply of wator just obtained at Obarleville, in' Queensland. Where drought was the normal conditions of things, 2,000,000 gallons a day arc now flowing. Tbe water ia, beeides, aaid to be of excellent quality, leaving no kind of sediment, and being perfeotly olear and tasteless.

The nowly-started frozen meat industry at Gisborne promises to be of large dimensions from the very outset. Messrs Nelson Broa. bave already reoeived applications for freezing space for 43,000 cheep and a large number of oattle. It i 3 oxpeoted that many more applications will come io.

At a meeting held at Dunedin on Monday night, attended mostly by Sbotlanders (Sir R. Stout presiding), it was decided to raise subsoriptions to help the orof tera m Shetland m pursuing an appeal oase against a landlord who olaimed a right to a one- third share of a whale whioh oame aßhore ; £10 was subsoribed m the room.

It is said that some of the County Counoils m tbe neighborhood of Auokland are feeling the benefit of the improved prospects of the settlers, through the rise m flax and also m fruit, by the more prompt payment of oounty rates. In some of the oounties the contrast ia most marked, the rates, instead of being m arrears, being now paid oheerfully.

Tbe quarterly population returns of the Viqtorian Government Statist show that the estimatod population of Yiotoria on the 30th June last was 1,104,288, there being an increase of 7284 during the quarter. Tho population of New South Wales at 30th June is estimated by tbe Government Statist of that colony at 1,105,020, or 732 more tban the estimate for Viotoria.

A buried vessel, supposed to have been one of the ships of tbe Viking pirates, was discovered m 1880 under a hillock near Sanderherren, Norway. It is thought to be more than 1000 years old, is about 75 feet long, and Btill preserves its arms and equipment and fragments of its sails and cordage. It is preserved as a highly-valuable arohtoologioal treasure.

The following laughable speoimen of abbreviation is recorded by Charles Matthews. Going into an eating-house for lunob, he heard seven orders given m quick succession by as many ouatomers ; one calling for a basin of ox-tail soup, two for mook turtle soup, three for pea soup, and one for bouilli. The waiter, dashing to the speaking tube that oommunioated with the oook, bawled out with maivellouß rapidity, "Oae ox, two mooks, three peas, and a bully."

The " Weßt Coast Timeß " says : — Dooberty the well-known oolleotor of bird skins and other curiosities, has given a writer m a Weßtport paper a description of an encounter with a moa ohioken and a view of the parent bird, V a mass of feathers as large as a horse." He is also reported to have said that he made " a oareful measurement of the height where it had been feeding on the broadleal, which was 15 feet high to the leaf nipped and eaten." Tbe story is too tall anyhow,

A physician says : " When I have a patient who is subject to oramp, I always advise him to provide himself with a strong cord. A long garter will do if nothing else is bandy. When the oramp comes on take the cord, wind it around the leg over tbe plaoa that is cramped and take an end m eaoh hand and give it a sharp pull, one that will hurt a little. Instantly tbe oramp will cease, and the sufferer can go to bed assured it will njtjgjmeon again that night.

There'd a strange rumour going round the Lobby (uaya a Home paper), to the effect that tbe Priuoe of Wales is anxious for the Queen to abdicate. His reason is said to be the feeling thnt a very muoh better Civil List is lively to be granted by the present Parliament than by any that may be sitting ten or twenty years henoe. But the Queen is bolioved to be uuwiiling to resign her functions. The only thing which might lend point to the Prince's demands is that the Queen's health ha 3 been failing of late.

By the Justices of the Peace Acts, 1882 and 1888, power is given to Postmasters gazetted for tbe purpose to reooive statutory declarations. We («• Westport Times ") uoders'and that m one case, at least, m a oountry diatriot this power has been misunderstood, and an information for a criminal offonoe sworn before a Postmaster. The error caused considerable annoyance to tho parties. As a repetition of the muUko might happen. Postmasters should understand that unions they are Justices they bave no power to swear informations, or to ueurp m any way tbe functions of Magistrates. They will, however when gazetted receive statutory declarations of tbe kind referred to m Beotion 234 ot the Aot 1882; but such is the full extent of their power,

A Fronob eoieptiat, Dr Beaupr6, has just startled Franco with a theory whioh iB creating much interest m politioal and soientifio circles. He prediots that Franoe will ultimately disappear by dint of tbe " centrifugal foroe of the elective affinities of eeotions of her people." Tbuß he asserts that the North will yet be a part of the British Empire, and the South be distributed between Spain and Italy. The people of tbe North of Franoe, be says, bave vastly more m common with tbe English rape than with tbe people of the centre and South of Franoe, and (be people of tbe South m turn are m temperament more closely allied with the Spanish and the Italian than with the Northern race. He does not give dates, but he insists that the forces of elective affinity at work will ultimately have their way.

Tbe Waipero correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald " writes that marriages and funerals are all tbe go just at present — anything to get up a festival and oonoomitant feed. Not long ago a woman at Waiapu — who must have been hard up indeed m tbis respeoUrwrapped up a leg of pork (this is absolutely true) m funeral cerements, gave out that ber newly-born infant bad died, ani oonvoked a tangi, or crying raatpb, as jt is called.' Tbere was a big feast. Visitors arrived from far and noar, and, the funeral baked meats having been disposed of, the suppoped tamaiti was duly buried. But two women, neighbours of the bereaved mother, actuated by (we will suppose) ourioeity, disinterred tbe poroine fraud, and tbe delinquent woman stood confessed comm 2tojmlo. Qh/3 was banished to the busb for a few days, and the matter forgotten.

It will be seen by an announcement m another column that Mr Jjt. Goad who is conducting a temperanoe minion op behalf of the New Zealand Alliance, will address publio meetings at tbe Oddfellows' Hall on Tuoeday, and at the 'y7esleyan Ohuroh on Wedneeday eyoning commencing at 8 o'olook, He is, we understand, tp be accompanied by l&x Glover. The united choir under the leadership pf Mr Gamble, will give musipal selections, and thorp is also to be a {.eroperance prooession, followed by a meeting m the Doma:s on Wednesday afternoon. Mr (Joa4 ia on eloquent speaker, and has been address* ing crowded apd entbusiastio meetings at Obristohurob: Of his powers pf ovatory tbe "Press" writes, speaking of tho Monday evening lecture m that oity : — « In the oourse of his speech Mr Goad gave several inimitable obaraoter BJsetobes, and interspersed hia arguments with flashes of wit and humor jous stories that kept bis hearers laughing and weeping, while they liotanen to euoh a speeob as has been seldom hoard m Cbristohurah."

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We are requested to state that the tenders for the OBe of tbe Oddfelkwt' Hnll during show week oloee to-morrow (TLu bday).

A meeting of the Ashburton Minstrels for the transaction of business of an important nature is called for to-morrow evening.

"AFeilding dairyman has paid tbo patentee of the oold vaouum process for preserving food an advance on a royalty of £5000, and will ebip lOOOlbs of freßh butter per week to tbe London market regularly." Thus, at least, asserts an exohange. Surely tbere is a nought too many m the amount of the royalty.

Canterbury has a registered mortgage indebtedness of £9,578,584 ; Otago and Southland have £7,786,189; We11ingt0n, £3,502,836; Auokland, £3,259,388; Hawke's Bay, £3,343,686 ; Nelson and Taranaki have each a little over a half a million ; Marlborough about a quarter of a million ; and Westland, £67,741.

Tbe corner m shares of the bard-to-find mine, Rsefton, appears to have gone the way of all suoh smart translations. Ie will be remembered that while the scrip only numbered 24,000, upwards of 30,000 were bought up by a speculator tbe prioes ranging from Is 6d to 2s 3d or thereabouts. Quotations up to 9s followed, but tbe present quotation is " buyers Is."

A oouple of Texas sheep raisers being m Austin went to ohuroh. On emerging from the snored edifioe one of them said : " I say, Bill, that preaoher was hitting at us." " You bet he was. He didn't talk about nothing exoept lost Bheep. Got yer pistol ? " replied the other. '• Why, oertainly." " Then let's wait here till he oomes out, and give him v ohanoe to explain what he meant by them personal remarks."— "Texas Shiftings."

The present Arohbishop of York, who used to be an ardent fisherman, onoe betook himself to a little Yorkshire village whioh boasted a good trout stream, and put up at a clean but modest hotel. His Graoa, on his arrival, informed the landlord who he was, and on leaving wrote a oheque for his bill and banded it to his host. The landlord oloßoly scanned the signature, and asked "What name is this ? " "W. Ebor," answered His Grace. " Ab," said the landlord, as he pooketed the oheque, " I thought you were telling me a lie when you said yon were the Arohbißbop of York."

Tho " Oamaru Mail " says anglers seem likely to bave a rare good time at tbe V?aUaW during the current fishing Beacon, and, unless we are greatly mistaken the number of licenses issued by the Aoolimatisa* tion Sooiety will be far m excess of that of any previous season. We have already beard of several fine baskets having been obtained, but so far as we are aware the best record this season has been made by Mr J. Mitohell, who, as tbe result of three exourßions to the Waitaki, has oaugbt seventeen trout weighing m the aggregate 1201 bB, The largest of the number turned tbe Boaie with something to spare atlOlbs.

A singular discovery of a fire by a dream occurred at Warrnambool. Mr Kussoll, of the firm of Russell and Powell, storekeepers, m Fairy street, was suddenly awakened from sleep, having dreamed that a large fire was ooourriog. Being vividly impressed with thiß idea he went to the bedroom window, and then perceived volumes of smoke issuing from the blaoksmith'a shop at Meßsrs Robinson and Morse's well-known ooaoh faotorj opposite. Mr Russell gave the alarm, and tha flames were quiokly extinguished. Tbe fire bad broken out beneath tbe flooring of the shop, and the flames bad just got hold of tbe storage loft wben the alarm was given. But for tbis timely disoovexy tbe firm would have been heavy losers, as they were full of work preparing for tbe Warrnambool annual show. As it is about £40 will cover tbe damage done.

Fishermen will be glad to see that war is being mt>de npon tbe shags tbis season m several directions. The " Presß " reoords an •xpedition to Waihao, near Waimate, on Saturday last with the result that thirty shags were shot, after whioh as ' it was getting dusk a move was made for the young birds, about forty of whioh were shot and destroyed. Trees were then ohopped down and tbe nests destroyed, and every effort made to obliterate all traoeß of the colony. Ac one or two oolonies are known to exist higher up tho river, it is to be hoped the party will again pay the Waibao a visit, and try ani rid the river of this pest, whioh is quiokly undoing all tho good work of the Acclimatisation Sooiety. Mr John Douglas, of Waihao Downs, kindly sent up camping materials and provisions, and the party returned to town the following morning*

Tbe best medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m ooughs, oolds, influenza, etc — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the moßt gratifying testimony, His Majesty tho King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over tbe globe are its patrons. Read the offioial reports that aooompany each bottle. Moßler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifswald, reports :— The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently successful m very severe oontusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, soaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. (" Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of tbe kidneys, either aotive congestion or suppression, (uraemia) or albuminuria, dropsy, litbargy, nothing will equal m its aotion Eucalypti Extraot. Dobob, sto 8 drops. Mosler, M.D., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports: — Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting uloers with white exudats. Cured m fourteen days, Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Fbysioians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Soirrhus of Breast — Excision Euoalypti Extraot employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. Cared m fourteen days. — (Advt.) 4