LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2264, 26 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The time for receiving entries for the approaching Show of the Aahburton A. and P. Association haß been extended until tbis (Saturday) evening. Speoial railway arrangements m connection with the A. and P. Association's Show at Ashburton, and alao m relation to the Timaru Show arc advertised m another column. As^ a result of -the destruction of forests m Russia the Oaspian Sea ia perceptibly receding, and now the Czar's offioera are aft6r the wood choppers with a sharp stick. A novelty m the application of eleotrioity to musioal instruments has lately appeared m Gerrn~* n y* pJ wbi-b. a movement of eleotro* magnets change's tb^ timbre of the tone. Tbe monster Britiah iropjp'ad Trafalgar ia a flyer. Though a heavy turret ship of 12,000 tons displacement, she suooeeds m speeding aloDg at the rate of between seventeen and eighteen knots an hour. From November let tbe evening train for Mount Somers and Springburn will leave Ashburton daily at £._£' and the 7.40 p.m. train on Mondays and Friday*) will ba disoon* Two Ashburtcn residents who visited the Kangiora races 6& Thursday were luoky enough to participate .3 the extent of a quarter-tioket eaoh m the big _-**""aena, *58 4s, on H.R.H. m the Haok Hurdle Raoe. A great deal of misohief wsb done by the fierce wind of yesterday. Havoo was wrought among the fruit trees, especially m unsheltered gardens, and we hear of two paddooks m the Longbeaoh distriot where the seed bed wbb oompletely sweptjaway. General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, has deoided upon the separation of New Zealand from the remaining Australasian oolonies, and making it an independent territory, responsible directly to international headquarters. Mrß Younghußband : " Well, Aunt Jane, how did you like the symphony oonoert ? " Aunt Jane {"rom the country) ; " Ob, pretty well. But it kind o' spoilt the effect to see that fool up m front pretonding to drum on nothin'. The latest figures of the Mormon Ohuroh give 12 apostles, 70 patriarohs, 3719 high priests, 11,90£ elders, 2069 priests, 2592 potter., and 11,610 deaoons, or a total of 31*876 C<fioers for a population a ljj.le over 150,000. * It ia queer, though it fa » 'so*, that Ohio has 40,373 white voters -h*™- to read. Pennsylvania, 65,985; New York, 79.746. The men who oan't read their ballots hold the balanoe of politioal power m theße important States. Lady Guinnesß has given an order for a diamond neoklace to a famous firm of jewellerß whioh will take several years to exeoute, owing to the present scarcity of atones of the first water. The design for the ornameDt is superb, and Ub oost will be about £25,000. The nor'-wester yesterday was very severe m tbe Bakaia distriot, olouda of sand and dust obsouring the oountry. The earth was flying from some fields along the iailway line, whioh had the appearance of having been recently rolled, and the damage m this respeot must have been considerable. Glowing reports regarding the prospects of ths coming harvest are being reoeived from most of the agricultural distriote m New South Wales, where the orops are looking splendid, and are promising exceptionally heavy yields. A Wagga telegram states that the oropa m that district haivo payer looked better, and that although rust is oacurripg ip a "ew of the early sown fields, the yield ib expected to be unparalleled)

About 18 months ago a male patient was admitted into the (leeloug hospital from the Ballarat district, suffering from paralyais of the legs and lower portions of tbe body. The eomplai-t" was one of an inourable nature, and alter months of intense pain the man died. In the "o'ere.ts of science an examination of the body was m d. when it was discovered that the lower po tionß of the spine were entirely destroyed by byd^tjda, which ewarined m the spinal cor4> and were fallen out m haodfuls by the surgeon, ju addition to tbat, two large hydatid*, about the Bize of oranges, were found m t.hq abdominal part *md adhering to tbe spin*.

We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government Printer of the volume of statutes for 1889.

A Ohinese gentleman always sends a pair [ of geese to tbe lady of his ohoioe, as they are J emblems of conjugal fidelity. \

It is stated that £26,000,000 sterling is annually levied m England by land owners and proprietors aa royalty on minerals, Mr A. Furves, Scottish voaaliet and humorist, will give an entertainment on Show night. Pie is assisted by Mr Beatty, who is said to be a oapital violinist. London is now Buffering from a dearth of bronze ooins, and retail traders, especially m tbe poorer neighborhoods, are put to no little inoonvenienoe m oonsequenoe, The Ashburton Oyoling Olub met last night. One aotive member and one honorary member were proposed and duly eleoted. The annual raoe meeting was fixed for Deoember 16th, and a programme of fourteen raoea arranged. The Olub sinoerely hope that the Domain track will be soon ready bo that ' riders may begin training at onoe. The example of the sohool ohildren m England and m Wellington m going on strike seemß to have fired some of the ohildren attending the East Ohristohuroh Sohool (says the "Telegraph") with a desire to emulate them. It ia understood that the demands made by the boys were for cessation of home work, and the girls for " more fun," whatever tbat may mean. Firmness on the part of the masters and mistresses, however, nipped the revolution m the bud, and some of the strikers are now both sadder and wiser. The first anniversary of the consecration of St Stephen's Ohuroh, Ashburton, was oelebrated yesterday by special Bervioeß, viz.," Holy Oommunion at 8 a.m. and ohoral evensong at 7.30 p.m., the Ohuroh being deoorated wiih flowers and evergreens for the oooasion* At the ev.ning servioe there was a goodoongregation, and an eloquent sermon ' was preaohed by the Rev J. Holland, who took for his subjeot the ' parable of " The Pearl of Great Prioe." The anthem was " Thine O Lord is ihe greatness," the lessons I Chron. XXIX, 10 to 19, and Aotß VHI, 51— 60, and the Psalm seleoted the 132 nd, the hymns sung being Nob, 498, 396, and 165 Hymns Anoient and Modern. . The offertories were devoted to the Fabrio Fund. Ohanoe threw me m the way (sayß the London correspondent of the " Manchester Courier") of a Pruanian tluoer of the highest rank who is at present visiting this oountry, and who attended the reviews at Portsmouth and Aldershot. He spoke on politioal subjeots, and amongat other things said (I quote his words as nearly as possible) : "You may rest assured of one thing, and that is that a war will break out muoh sooner than is imagined between Rusaia and Austria. I believe that Bißmarok will Bhuffle out of the Triple Allianoe on this occasion, and that possibly Italy will oome to grief. England, 1 do not think, will ba dragged into it— unless, indeed, it is for the proteotion of her Indian dominions. But these will stand little or no danger m the oonfliot. Of course Franoe will be allied with Russia."

The funeral of the late D. Berry, the New South Wales millionaire, took place on September 27. The ** Sydney Morning Herald " Btates that after the funeral the last will of Mr Berry wbb read by the Hon James Norton. Besides numerous legacies to officials and servants long oonneoted with the Berry Estate and to other parties, the following large bequests were made, viz :— £30,000 to the sustentation fund of the Presbyterian Ohuroh of IJew goutb Wales; £}QO,QQO for the ereotion and maintenance of a hospital at Berry, late Broughton Greek, for the benefit of the Sboalhaven distriot ; and £100,000 aB an endowment to the University of St Andrew's, Scotland, Mr James Hay, formerly C. Auckland, inherits the bulk of the deoeaßed's property.

The ordinary meeting of the Hampstead Town {.oard waa held last evening. Present : Messrs Fawoett (chairman), Andrews and Meaolem. The Commissioner of Grown Lands wrote stating that he had applied to the Government for instructions as to olearing gorse opposite reserve 1261. The report of the ranger was read. In it he complained that his authority from the Board wbb not sufficient for the purpose of appearing m Oourt. The Board expressed the opinion that the scope of the authority was ample, It wbb resolved that the ranger oould not bs paid for attendance at Oourt m addition to his salary. The Olerk was instructed to apply to the Oounty Council for a refund of half oost of repairing bridge over Wafcanui oreek on Main South Road. A statement of ex* penditure m connection with the proposed rate was approved of, and it was resolved to Btrike at the next meeting a rate of £d m the &. Accountß amounting to £6 19a 8d were passed for payment and the Board adjourned.

The funeral of the late Mr George Thomas Permain, whioh took plaoe yesterday after, noon, was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the deoeased, the oor ege inoluding twelve private carnages and a number of horsemen besides those following on foot. Tbe Rev E. A. Soott officiated, and during the servioe m tbe mortuary ohapel at the Cemetery, Psalm 39 and Hymns 207 and 27 (Ancient and Modern) were sung, Mr H. Gates presiding at the harmonium and playing the I>ead March m Saul as the funeral prooe.Bion "entered and left the ediuoe. Tbe coffin was covered with beautiful flowers, and a large number of wreaths and orosses were laid upon it after it had been lowered to its resting-place. Among those who bore it to the grave were some of the deoeased's late ielloty employees at tbe Canterbury Mills, whioh were closed throughout the day out of respeot to his memory,

The ill-feeling of the white against the oolored population of the States haa recently hsd two unfortunate illustrations, eaoh of a serious nature. In Mississippi, m oonsequenoe of a oharge of miaoonduot brought againßt a oolored man who had been forming a labor organisation among tbe negroeß, and of a dis* position to defend him Bbown by bis adherents, the blaoks were attaofced by ths white citizens, and twenty-two pf them were shoj;. In Georgia a oolored boy of fourteen was lynohed on very defective evidenoe of an offence of whioh he was aooused, and bis people Bbowed some resentment. In oonsequenoe an armed band rode around tbe oountry, dragging the negroeß, both men and women, from their homes and scourging them savagely with bull whipa. It is a disgrace to Amerioan oivilisa. tion that suoh things oan happen, As pro. bably pointing also to future events, when the rapid increase of the blaok population has made it more formidable, it is extremely ominous.

The speoial correspondent of the "Mel* bourne Age," who has just completed a (our of Brazil, writes: — "There seems to be a general consensus of opinion amongst poll' tioiang of every shade q{ opinion th^t the abolition of glavery baa worked well. The negro, now that he ia a free vfxno, ~g less indolent than heretofore ; hip labor costs less, sinoe bis master oan now dispense with ths army of overseers and drivers whom be formerly had to employ, and the negro ia a far better customer to the merchant than at any previous lime m the history of Brazil. The (re. negro ("passes better, feeds better, and m the southern provinces, at any rate, ia developing a taste for pretty furniture, bibelots, and ni.k-nao"jß generally, fjfome of the negreaseß whom I Baw were very well dreaeea, were neatly Bbod, and wore a profusion' of Brummagem and other imitation jewellery. Moat of them oarriad parasols, and fans^ ofyly they oarried them* not m their hani"g, Jbyt op the tops of their woolly heads.

Certainly the Most Effeotive MEDIOINE m the world is SANDER and SONS, EUOALYPTI EXTRAOT. Test its eminent powerful effeots iv Coughs, Colds, Influenza, eto, ; the rolief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Bead this oortifioate :— " 24th April, 1885.— Messrs Sander and Sons,— lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the exoellenoe of your Euoalypti Extract. Having had inflammatjcn pf the bone of the leg, whioh oame on afte. a SftY.re attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made BtrenuoUS efforts to save my leg, but "vithoue Buccess He found it neoessary to arqpujatt my limb 2*ving heard m the meantime of the wonderful oures *?.■-*"•*■ by the Euoalypti E-traot, I obtained a bottle, and tne had not been applied more than an hour when I began lo fool groatly relieved. After apply, ing the extract every four hours fpr nine or ten days I was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be affeoted with any auph disease to give the Euoalypti Extraota fr'al, and J. am oonvinoed that they will find It the most wonderful of medioines. — Tours, etc. E.J. Cdbno-v, Wattle street Santo-wat,

The farmers of Otago are going m largely for limiog tbeir land. A gentleman who has just passed through informs us that the fields on either side of the main line a fow miles south of Dunedin, are white with it. One kiln alone is turning out 40 tons a day. and one farmer is a oustomer to the extent of 1600 tons.

Tha " Southland Times " says * — That well-managed dairy factory— that of InohOlutha — haa had another successful year's work. The total liabilities of the Oompany are now down to a little over £300. The credit balanoe for the year iB £417, besides whioh the direotors have paid off £100 of debts out of profits. Last year a dividend of 5 per cent was paid ; tbis year 10 per oent will be paid, and an advanoe on the prioe of milk . supplied will be made. The ooat of manufacturing and plaoing cheese on truoks has been £ths of a penny per lb. The Company's oheese still holds premier plaoe m the British and colonial markets to whioh it is sent, a fact on whioh the maker, Mr Innis, ib to be complimented.

The successful application of eleotrioity to cooking purposes is announced by tbe " Eleo* trician." The hotel Burnina, at Samaden, has (Bays our contemporary) for some time been lighted with eleotrioity, power being supplied by a waterfall" As during the day this power is not required for lighting, and is therefore running to waste, the proprietor of the hotel has hit upon the idea of utilising the ourreut for cooking when it is not required for lighting, and an experimental oooking apparatus bas been constructed. Tbis oon* tains German silver resistance ooils, whioh are brought to a red heat by the ourrent, and it has been found possible to perform all the Ordinary oooking operations m a range fitted with a series of Buoh ooilß.

. A serious aooident happened at Winslow yesterday to a Mr Morris, who ib a ganger on the railway line. He was travelling along the line on a trolly, on wbioh, as there was a strong wind blowing, a sail had been hoisted for the purpose of supplying the motive power. By some meanß the rope working the Bail oaught Morris and threw him off tbe trolly and on to tbe line iv front of the wheels whioh passed over his legs. A compound fraoture of the left leg below the knee was caused, and a number of outs, none of whioh, however, are of a serious nature. Morris was brought into Ashburton as speedily aB possible and taken to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to by Drs Trevor and Twoed. The fraoture of the leg is a very serious one, and it is not yet known whether amputation can be averted.