LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2253, 15 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tbo University of Oxford haß applianoes for printing m 150 different languages.

A man one hundred and four years old ha just been admitted to ohuroh membership m Elgin, Sootland.

Not only iB the oity of Pißa bankrupt, but ten otber Italian towns have bsuomo insolvent.

H.M.B, Egoria is Bald to have added thirteen islandß to the British flag during her reoont cruise.

There aro moro daily piperß m Buenos Ayroß than m London or Now York—twentythree m all.

Millions oi booties paßsod oyer tbe town of Wol.ongong tbo other night, tho air being blaok with them for some time.

The death is announced m Franco of Mmo. Bourue, grandmothor of the Fronoh Minister at Brussels, m ber hundred and first year.

The great bridge whiob ia to cross the St. Lawronoe at Quebec will, with its approaches, be 31,000 feet long, or nearly six and a half miles.

Tbe greatest house m London beforo long will perhaps bo Lord Portman'a proposed reproduction of Wolsey's famous palaoe at J-lainpton Court.

The "Heavenly Foot Sooiety" has been started m China by the women, m rebellion against tho venerated fashion that oompresscs their feet.

There has lately been suoh a glut of herrings that tho Scotoh fUhing smaoks are leaving Ardqlaßß for homo, herrings being bo cheap and plentiful that it doos not pay to catoh them.

At the Wellington Diooesan Synod the other day it waß moved by tbe Rev H. B. Harvey, and seconded by Mr G, P. Powles, "That m the opinion oi tbis Synod tbe employment of raffles and art unions to raise money for ohuroh purposes is open to vory serious objootion, and that it be an instruction to the olergy to use all means m their power to oheok the growth of this evil." After a good deal of debate, the motion waß shelved by the Synod agreeing to prooeed to the next order of the day.

During a violent thunderstorm at Paris, a thunderbolt fell upon the Eiffel Tower. Fortunately no accident occurred, and tbe tower sustained no damage. All those who were on the structure at tho time felt a tremendouß shook, and the obiof elootrioian reports that somo molten motal foil from the lightning oonduoiors. The watchman on the look out tower at tbe top of the monument was enveloped, at ono part of tbo storm, m a tbiok whito obud like a snow drift. The ongineora are to make a oaref ul enquiry into all tbe facta.

A correspondent of •* Notos and Queries *' calls attention to a very ooraraon misuse of the phrase " oi that ilk" by Eoglißh writerß, who uso it sb if it woro synonymous with tho words "of that sort." It haß, ho explains, no euoh meaning ; but, on tho contrary, has a very different signification. "Of tbat ilk " means " of tho plaoe bearing a similar name. " Thus wo speak of " Grant of that ilk," eto., meaning grant of Orant, MacLeod of MaoLeod, and bo on. _Goßtno Comvn Bradwardine of Bradwardino would be called m Soottisb phrase "Bradwardine of that ilk."

Mr J. ilesaop. a Fabiatua village saltier, writes to the " ijew Zealand Farmer " o most favourable) aocoppt of '.fie Buocess of this settlement, whioh is about nine mjles from Woodvillo. Ho says that the two settlements m the neighbourhood contain about 800 settlers altogether. " The land," he writes. *' taken as a whole, cannot be surpassed m the oolony, and I am glad to tell you we are without aDy exception, well satigfied with our holdings. .... I must say thia muoh, we have had a bard etrugglo for tbe laet two yearc, but I am glad to toll you that after this Benson wn shall bo on a fair footing, and ablo to puy our way just as oomfortably as any otherß with muoh largor holdings."

From tho "Diamond Fields Advorliser/' Kimborloy (South Afrion), oi 251h July, wo notioo tbat on tho 23rd of that month, Mr Norrie, a formor reotor of the Otago Boys' High Sohool, was presented by tho toaohors and pupils of tbo Boys' Publio Sohool, of which he is bcaclmastor, witb a beautifully polißhed oaken liquer stand qrnapented with silver mountings on the oooasion of his jubilee birthday. The pddr.ss whioh was presented referred to the signal suqcobq of Mr Norrie as a teacher. That gentleman m bis reply said that m his experience of 25 years' teaohlng ho had never enjoyed it so muoh as m Kimberley, where he found the bove honest, truthful, respectful, obedient, and eager to learn.

Deaf.—A Person enrea or JJoilnea 1 . nnd no bob 'a the head of 28 youra Btnndiog by a Himrle Remedy, will »md a doßor.Dti n of it Fbbb to ony person wbo appliet to Nicholson W !f»JI»WMt| W tj MMbWW

A mooting of citizens of Christohuroh has deoided to entertain Lord Onslow at a ball on November Sth.

The Borough Oounoil havo voted the Bum of £10 towards tho fund for the representation of thiß distriot at the Dunedin Exhibition.

The Borough Brass Band have beon engaged to play at the Rink on tho oooasirn of the carnival, whioh is to be held on Thursday evening.

Mr Harry Itiokards and hia comedy company appear at the Oddfellows' Hall tomorrow evening, and will no doubt attract a largo audienoe.

Mr Joshua Cuff, barrinler and Bolioitor, haß applied for a patont for tho application of water power by meanß of hydraulio prosßurt., for all tho purposes of motivo power aa now applied by the uso ot steam to maohinery oi all doßoriptiooß.

Perhaps the greatest single industry of any oity m tho world ia the onrpot imnufaolure oarried on m Philadelphia. The establishments engaged m thiß industry omploy 7350 looms and 17,800 workmen Laat year they manufactured 71,600,000 yards of oarpot, the value of whioh was £10,000,000.

The ''London World " says Italian papers are preparing tho oountry for tho announoemen' that the Prince of Naples ia to marry a Proteß S it, Prinoess Margaret of Prussia, the youngeat sister of the Emperor William and goddaughter of the Queen of Italy, ia understood to bo tho intended bride.

The Borough Counoil have instruotod the Works Committee to make epeody arrangements for the servioes of tho water oart to be called into requisition. There has been plenty of dust Hying about during tho last week or two and tho advent of the water oart will be welcomed.

Mr R. Ooad, the well-known temperance lecturer, oommenoes a ehort mission m ABhburton thia evening, whon he addresses a public meeting m the Oddfellowa' Hall; Tomorrow afternoon a procession, headed by the Borough Band, will Btart from the bridge for the Domain where a meeting will bo held. There will alao bo a meeting m the evening at Messrs Williams and Bland's Auction Mart.

A rumor has obtained eurrenoy m Christohuroh that it is possible that a strike will tako plaoe at the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory's Ohrißtchurch olothing works, as eight hands had. been dißoharged for transacting union business during working hours. The manager admits discharging tho men beoauso thoy formed themselves into a committee for indoor agitation. There ia no immediate result as yet.

On Thursday, the seoond day of the races, a matoh will take plaoe between Mr S. Brown's Leodogran, and Mr M. F. Patterson's Toorak, owners up, level weights, tbreo quarters of a mile The Aahburton Racing Club has given permission for the matoh to be deoided on the raoeoourßO, after the first raoo of the day. Great interest is being taken m tho event.

It has been deoiJod to hold sports at Wakanui on Dooembor 16 on the lines of those held there m former years. There will be a number 0' horso raoes and a 1 hin tic events, bi woll as two bioy cle 1 aces. Subst vn. tial prizes will be given m eaoh of the events, the full programme of whioh will bo announced later on. Tho sports will bo hold m Mr S. Brown's paddook.

The "Wanganui Herald" hears on good authority that Sir Harry Atkinson iB likoly to oontest tbe Beat conh of Wanganui, whioh it is supposed will oome down to the Waitotara river. By doing bo ho will avoid the unpleasant duty of mooting the Bottlers who aro oompelled to pay tho Now Plymouth Harbour Board rate, who on bis own asßuranooß, expeoted tbey would not bo called on to pay anything for 20 years.

From the railway data for tbe deoade 1878-88, the faot is deduoible that for'tbe last 10 yearß eaoh fresh yoar has seen m India tho oponing of an additional 1000 miles of line. In tho laßt yoar of the period tho number ol milos open wbb 14,377, and ci miloa under construction 2466, bo that before tbe propont year is out the total mileage, open for trafilo m India ought to reaoh nearly 17,000 milos. Forty yoars ago India could not boaßt of ono. The total cost of our Indian system up to 1888 oamo to nearly fifty per oont of the receipts, and the reooipts aggregated m the ton years nearly 1,000,000,000 rupees. * r

Tbo Borough Council last evening, sitting aB tho Domain Board, passed a oodo of by. laws for the managoment of tho Domain. These will oome up for adoption at a special mooting to be held a month henoo. Some ruloß woro adopted for the management of the publio reading room. These are m the direction of preventing damage to or the disarrangement of tho ordor of nowspaporp on tho files ; stipulating that no one Bhall monopoliso any oi tho daily newspapers for moro than fifteen minutes ; that no boys under 15 years of age Bhall have acooes to the reading room without tho writton permission of the Mayor ; and that anyone oausing ui:due disturbance or noise shall bo expelled.

Theorioket matoh m tbe Domain to-morrow (Wednesday) will bo "Married v Single," teams, to represent whioh will bo ohosen from tho following, viz, : — Married — Rev E. A. Soott, Dr Tweed, Meßsrß G. W. Andrews, W. Simpson, F. L. Andrewep, 0, Gi Soott, E. J Fooks, 0. Grubb, F. Alainwaring, Makoig, H. G. Flower," ft. W. Jenkinß, R. M. Outhbortaon, R. J. Collier, Bonnington, D. MoFarlane, and Dixon. Single—Messrs Strange, Har^reaveß, Jameßon, Utowe, Lane, Sawle (2). Kidd, C. Mobh, A. Fooks, Fowler, Knight, Broughton, Rollett, Watson, Wroughton, and G. Hefford. Play will oommenoe at two o'olook sharp. AU the above are requested to roll up at a quarter to two, and any member not mentioned m the abovo liat are invited to play. A matoh will be played against the Rakaia Olub on Saturday next oommenoing on arrival of the express train about one o'qlook. The names of the eleven to represent the Aiihburion Orioket Olub will be published m due oourse.

Tbe heaviest purely metallio meteorite as Sot known ia tho " thunderbolt " ot the Arab heik Kaliph Ben Assab. Thiß ohieftain saw it falling m the Valley of Kalodo, m Central Arabia, m the year 1863, and proßonted it to the Persian Governor of Bundor Abbas. The latter sold it, along with tho fqrmal attestation of the 6ndor, io tbe English authorities, and it has Binoe boon ohenvoally examined. It oonaißtH of fli 04 por oent of iron, 7*40 niokol, 0.00 oobalt, traoeß of copper, phosphorus, and Bulphur, and 0*39 of amorphous carbon. It contains no stony matter, and only inoludes scattered traooa of troilite and graphite. Its weight is 120 pounds, and it is consequently tho largest purely metallio meteorite or holofijderito kqown, Tbe meteorite of Pallas, now m {tbe St Petersburg museum, is muoh heavier, but) it contains many oavitiea filled with olivine, and is consequently a "syssiderito." It is tbe tenth meteorite whioh has boon Beon aotuully descending. It foil during a thunderstom, and made a deep holo m the earth.