LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2273, 6 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Five new oharobes are being erootad m Jerpealem and Bethlehem. The new Constitution of Japan establiahe B religions liberty. A splendid vintage is autioipated m both Franoe and Germany this season. It is estimated that a oapital o! at least £4,000,000 is invested m London plaoes of amusement.'

Brown' Bequard8 equard was born In 1818. His elixir, it is B&1* eminent physicians, will not Bave him from a b."°Q«fl ohildhood.

A Sootoh millionaire missionary* »Q China ives on 25 oents per day, using the remainder m his work. A Frenoh statistician makes out that "there is room for 115,000,000 people more m Afrioa, 1,402,000,000 more m Asia, 515,000,000 more m Ooeania, and 2,000,000,000 more m North and South Amerioa." A large sale of Grown Lands m the Lake Ellesmere distriot lakes place at the Lands Office, Ohristohuroh at 11 a.m. on Tuesday post, 12th inst. There are 87 aeotions, ranging m area from 8 to 250 aores each, at upset prioeu of from PI to £8 per aoro. A soqffor asked a minister if the oalf mentioned m the parable of the prodigai son was a male or a female, " A female evidently," was the reply, •' for the male oalf is living yet." The scoffer did not pursue is enquiries further. Infanticide appears to be on the inorease m Melbourne Our correspondent m that city writeß : — " Three little waifs have been ' disposed of ' during the past week. One dead body of a child was picked up m a southern suburb ; a eooond child, still alive, waa found the next day on the pppoaite aide of the river ; and on Friday a man was observed to drop a 'brown paper parcel' into tbo river itself as he crossed the Abbots* ford bridge. The man walked on. The brown paper parcel was ' fished out,' and was found to contain two bricks and — the dead body of a newljvbcrn female child. Puigcerdos, an important little town m the province of Lerida, soems /(says the ," Daily Ohroniole's " Madrid correspondent) to be on the eve of being the scene of ny less an event than tho formation of a volcano. Sinoo 1858 it has been Buffering periodically, earthquakes having been of alarming frcquenoy. The ohiof of these happened m 1858, 1867, and 1881. About a month ago the town was visited by a fresh earthquake, after whioh large fissures began to be formed. All the houses have been deserted, and the inhabitants of the little town, after having enoatujyid for a few weeks m the open air at

bo^iq difit^s) their former dwellings, have now' tesolved to build another town on a different Bite, Joeing '^taefe fa po ohanoe of saving tho old town; J?wm the jtissureja jn the ground omanate etroug Sulphurous vapours ; I ropidationa are frequent, and the' heat is so intense ac the surface that it is impossible to keep a man'i hajqil pear the iw' " ■'

London is to have a " monkeries," at wbioh 1000 monkeys will be on exhibition. An ob rthquake has ooourred on the Russian frontier. In the village of Khenzorik 129 persons were buried alive. Most of the large oitiee of Europe and many mall ones now have their English newßpa] ore. The Swedish composer, Ivar Hailstorm, h*aa just con tposed an opera " Neaga," the libretto of whioh is by Queen Elizabeth of Boumania. It is averred that Tennyson is beaoming fonder und fonder of boer as he grows older. In form or years the poet, like his poetry, had more spirit. The use of the term " Havana " on paokageß of cigars is forbidden m England m case the said oigars have not any Havana tobacco m them* Ruasiin hens were busy m 1887, for besides what eggs were retained for home consumption or (or hatohing, 1,008,000,000 were sent into England and sold there for nearly £4,400,000. ' An immense eleotrio light plant is now being constructed on the banks of the Thames river, wbioh will generate enough oleotrioity on the inoandesoent system to supply nearly 50,000 lights for the city of London.

Journeying on foot from Leopoldville on the Congo to Matadi, eighteen days, Lieut Dhanis, who has just returned to Brussels, met thirty white travellers, of whom four were wives of English missionaries.

Lady Kintoro has introduced the Bcotoh reel at Government House m Adelaide, and now no party is considered oomplete unless one or two reels are danood. At Lady Kintore's first ball m Adelaide only one looal young lady knew how to danos it.

The old-faßhiocod mode of celebrating the fifth of November is, we are glad to Bee, falling into desuetude — at least m Ashburton. Yesterday a few effigies of the redoubtable Guy Fawkes were oarted round by as many parties of boys as an excuse tot extracting stray ooppers from the pooketß of housewives, but the fireworks nuisanae was oonßpiouous by its abßenoe being limitod to an odd cracker or two.

The total original oost of the British war* ships of all sorts at tho last Spithead review, paraded for the inspection of tho Emperor, was £16,853,765. The number of Bhipß present was 73 ; of torpedo boats 38. The weight of metal contained m the heavy guns was 8609 tons. The tonnage was approximately 360,000 tons. Five hundred and sixtynine heavy gunß, irrespective of quiok-firers and machine guns, composed the armament.

In a private letter-box near the front entrauoe of the farm of Wbitepark, Castle Douglas, a tomtit has for three years built her nest. In tho years 1987 and 1888 she perBistently pushed out tbe letters wbioh were plaoed m the box, and rebuilt her nest when it was removed. This year, however, she permitted them to remain, and successfully 'hatched five young ones, not allowing herself 'to be disturbed oven by the oolleotion of the i letters several times a day.

The vitality of snails' egga paßses belief. Even if deeiooated m a furnace until reduoed to a minuteness barely visible, they will always regain their original hulk when damped, and the young will be brought forth as successfully as though tho eggs had never been interfered with. Nor has odd any injurious effeot upon them, for they may be frozen into ioe for any length of time, and yet, when the ioe has melted, will be found to be wholly uninjured.

Mr A. M. Donaldson of the Edinburgh Amateur 80., has broken the record m bioyole riding, having travelled from Edinburgh to London, a distance of 394 milea m 5d hours 50 minutes. He lost halt a atone m weight on tho journey. His average day's work was 170 miles, and the roads for nearly half the distance could not posßibly have been worse. At the oonolusion he slept, save for a break of two hours, from nine on the Wednesday morning till eight the next morning.

The " Telegraph " says that a stoat, a weasel, or a half-bred ferret — for auoh are the. different opinions — was oaught at Mr Hadlor'i farm, near Amberley, on Saturday afternoon, and may be Been at Mr Chamberlain's blacksmith's shop, Amberley. This makes three of these unweloome hen-roost visitors that have been oaught m this neighborhood within the last two years, and as there have not been any turned oat on this side of the Waiau river, their appearance at auoh & distance is a mystery.

Writing of fieh-oulture at Opawa, the " Lyttolton Times " Bays : — A large number of peroh have been successfully hatched out this season, and there are still several thousands of the Amerioan brook trout or ohar rtady for liberating. Several additions have been made to the collection of fish m the aquarium, inoludiog Amerioan rainbow trout, the large Swiss oarpione trout, Rhine salmon, and the now rare native trout, the latter having been obtained through the kind eiertions of Mr E. Derritt.

A statiatioal automaton has just been pot on trial m the offioe of the Board of Health, With tbe aid of an eleotrio battery thfe automaton is expeoted to tabulate, with unprecedented rapidity and oorrootness, all the statistical information which it haß hitherto required some 10 or 12 clerks to handle. The maobine wac devised originally for the' purpose of tabulating returns of the eleventh oenBUB of the United States. It reoords, on small oards, all sort of statistical data oonoem v iog sex, age, raoe, death, disease, occupation and dwelling place, : - i

The usual inßpeotion parade of the Aehbur'ton Volunteers was held at the Drill Shod last evening. Colonel Bailey was Inspecting Officer, and Major Douglas and Sergeant. Major Jones were also present. There was % good master of the Rifles, but only a modarati muster on tbe part of the Guards. After tht inspection the companies were put through s variety of movements, inoluding some useful skirmishing drill. At the conclusion of the parade the Rifles held a smoke oonoert to celebrate the opening of their new Orderly Rooqa. Captain Dolman presided, and among the guestß present were Colonel Bailey, Mojor Douglas, Captain and Adjutant Fooks, SargtMajor Soott, Sergt-Major Jones, and QGloera of the Guards. A nioe little spread was provided, and a number of toaßts were honored. Colonel Bailey took oooaaion to express his pleasure at the capital Oiderly Room of which the Rifloa were now the owners, it being one of the best appointed ho had seen m the colony, He spoke at some length on Volunteering matters gonerally, and highly oomplimented the Rifles on the general ewcienoy they had always Bhown, He expressed tho regret he felt at noticing a tendency on the part of the Guards to decrease m strength. He thought it would be a great pity, and a great mistake, if the oompany allowed themßolveß to be disbanded ; by a H til o effort on tho part of tbe cffioern and men tbo strength could be increased, and the indications of good work given by tht oompany m the past, realised. Ho bpnej that thiß would be dpne, as the prooenpe of a seoond oompany was an incentive to healthy rivalry on tbe part of eaob, and alao aervej to keep np the strength of the senior oompany. During the . some oapltal soDgs were sung by several of those present, Tho Orderly Room, whioh measures 80 fast by 16 feet, refloats great credit on Mr Thomas Hayes, by whom it waa built. The appointments are most complete, and tho Rifles are to be congratulated on their aoquisition. It was built by a grant of £C 0 from tho company's fund, supplomeuted by £30 from » private subscription among tho members.

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A missionary m Robe, Japan, reports as a part of her work the teaohing of twenty six Bible Classes each week.

Lord Randolph Ohurohill has beoome one of the foremost champions of the eight hour movement m England, A social gathoring under the auspices of the Aahburton Orange Lodge was held m the Orange Hall laßt evening. There waß a good attendance, fully 150 people being present. Songs were contributed by Misses Campbell (2,) Messrs W. Brown, S. Brown, Pauling, Snell, andjothers. Mesdameß Brown, Bennett, and Molntyre presided at the refreshment table, and Messrs Gates and Waid furnished the music for the dances, The prooeedings whioh were of a most enjoyable nature were brought to a close at an early hour by tye company singing the national anthem.

The following news of a quondam ABhburtonite from the oolumns of a Timaru contemporary may interest some of our readerß : — " Mr Sohoeneburg has on view m his shop next to the " Timaru Evening Mail " offioe, some first-olass articles of cabinet work well worthy of inspection, Mr Sohoeneburg has of late exeouted some large orders for residents m this district, and judging from the workmanship of tbe artiolea turned out, it is no surprise that hiß business has steadily inareasod during bis first year's residence here."

At a meeting of the Tailora'and Tailoreaaes' Union held at Ohristohuroh last night numerous offers were received from outßide Canterbury towards supporting thoße on strike from the Kaiapoi faotory. The delegates reported on the business done at the meeting of the Trades and Labor Union, when it was decided that they Bhould associate with the Union as reoommended. Those out on strike determined to stiok together till their demands were conceded, and were patiently waiting the remainder coming out on Thursday evening Sympathy was expressed by members of the Bootmakers' Union present, and Beveral letters and telegrams were read promising support.

The ordinary meeting of the 'Hampstead Sohool Committee was held on Monday evening, Present :— Messrs Orr (ohairman), Sm'th, Fawoett, and Baker, Letters were read (1) From the Board of Education stating that the sum of £2 2s had been allowed for planting, and that a grant of £2 15s had been made for olearing and fencing the new playground. (2) From the Board of Eduoation stating that the Olerk of. Works had been instructed to prepare plans for additional aooommodatioa at the eohool. The Master's report was read and adopted. The strict average attendance was shown at 314.4 The Ohairman was buthorised to make arrangements for the extra pupil teacher to whioh the BOhool is entitled. The Committee resolved to do all m their power to promote the BUOO6BB of an entertainment m aid of the ohildren'B prize fund to be held at an early date. Aooounta amounting to £2 6s were passed for payment, "routine business was transacted and the Committee adjourned;