LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2279, 13 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the Union Steamship Company's time-tables for tho current month.

It ia roughly oalculatod tbat £750,000 per annum is spent on food and clothing of indoor paupers m London,

A number of diamonds are Baid to have been found m a meteorio atone, whioh has reoently fallen near Novoe Urei, m Russia.

There has been an inoroase of nearly 1,000,000 native communicants to all the Christian oburohes m heathen lands during tbo past year. The abolition of serfdom m Germany, whioh was begun m 1811, was accomplished after 1818 ; Russia abolished it m 1861 j the Balkan States m 187?.

A pretty maiden fell overboard, and her lover leaned over the sido of the boat, as Bhe, rose to the surfaoe, and said, " Give me your hand." " Please ask papa," she said, as Bhe sank for the aeoond time.

A^vpcates for cremation find an argument m support of their ideas m the fact that there is at present a total, aooording to the records, of 1,270,865 bodies buried m the cemeteries ot London, most of which aro olosoly surrounded by human habitations.

Of the remaining fifty hands m tho employ •*•< the Kaiapoi Clothing Faotory only aeven or eiffLi* havo deolined t° join the Union. With these e:;r° tioD3 .fi OSe T f :™L«Z have given a week'a nou,.; « 18 . P™. ftWe that the directors will 01030 the faoto-.7 lQ a few days. The Railway Commissioners notify that

The Railway Commissioners notify that during tho Exhibition season, viz., from 18th Nov. to 26th Maroh, exourston tickots available for return within a month from date of issue, will be issued at Bakaia at 303 firstclass, 25s pooond-olaaB ; and at Ashburton at. 32a and 22s 6d respectively,

A remarkable indication of tho development of the flax industry is afforded by the aotion of the New Zealand Shipping Company. No fewer than ton ships, it is stated, have been chartered to load flax for American ports, Auckland and Wellington being made the ports ot departure.

John Walsh, an inmate of North Dublin Workhouse, has juet diod m his 108 th year* Ho worked as a laboring man (ill ton years ago, when ho fell m for £4000. This be entrusted to a friend, who becoming bankrupt, left poor Walsh lo finißh his days m tho poorhouae,

In another column will be found the figures of the last half-yearly balanco Bhoob of the Bank of Now South Wales, whioh is evidently m as sound and prosperous a stato as over. The usual dividend of n_ per oent has been deolarcd, and £10,000 ndded to the Reserve Fund, whioh haa now reached tho vorv larco amount of £940,000. tt

Two bailiff-) while attempting to levy a distress for tilhoa m Pembrokoßhiro wero sot upon by a crowd over fifty persons, assisted by about 20 dogs. Tho bailiffd were chased like harea and had to run for their lives. Ultimately they were brought to oarth and compelled to sign a document affirming tbat they would not again attempt similar work.

TJie Mayors of the communes of France were invuCd reoentiy to a dinner ia their honor m Paris. Preparations wore mado for the accommodation of not 1088l 088 tnan 16,000, nor more than 25,000 guests. A ttiUs ot a J few thousand one way or the other did not j interfere m tho slightest with the preparation!} , that were made for the monßter dinner, to j Whioh 17,000 persona sat down. - £

_ Some idea of the magnitude of tha Ethibi tion business may be gained from the fao that the month's pay-sheet aggregated about £7000.

A Sydney inventor haa patented a principle ot parcels and post, and it is said passenger communication also, whereby the diatanoo botween Sydnoy and Melbourne oan ba traversed at tbe rate of 300 miles an hour. The Btook sales at the Ohristchuroh Metropolitan Show were well attended, but generally the prices obtainedjwere unsatislaotory. Mr Charles Withell's Lincoln rams realised the highest prioea m tbat seotion, up to 67 guineas being giveu for pickod sheep. MrDonnor, of Marlborough, scoured the moat giving as high as 32 guineas. The oattle submitted wore nearly all withdrawn, and only one horse oharged hands. The "Lyttelton Times " understands that the tender of Messrs J. It. Bees ani Co., Greymouth, for the construction of the three seotions of tho Midland Railway m tho Grey Valley, about 26 miles, will bo accepted. Messrs Bees' tender was the lowest, and the amount ia £103,851 19j 83. Tendera will be called for m a short time for the first seotion at Springfield. They are only delayed owing to somo necessary alterations iv the plana for the bridge work. A rather startling di3QOvery was made at an inqucet at West Maitland, New Bouth Wale 3, on the body ot an old woman named Bridgot Collins, said to be between 70 and 80 years of age, who haa been an objeot ol oharity to the benevolently disposed m Maitland for a long time past. It was shown that the de> aoased who was of shockingly unclean habits and suffered irom oancer, died of natural oauses aooelerated by negleot, but while, the townspeople all thought she was a pauper about £300 m money was found m her house. Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels were accorded a fairly good house last evening, and gave an almost entirely fresh programme. The ludicrous extravaganza " The Conductor " was productive of great amusement, as also was that of •» The Telephone," whioh formed the wind-up of a somewhat too long pro* gramme: The Spanish Minstrels' mandoline and guitar playing and tbe ventriloquism of Mr Oaoar Smith were exoellent, und Mr Santley'a and Mias Tessie Cleveland's songs were deservedly enoored. A vory olever performance with the bonas, and a burlesque parody of " Where are you going my pretty maid?" |by Mr Charles Hugo also deserve mention as being enjoyable items. Altogether there was a capital bill of fare, A ship railway, on the Eads principle, Is being oonstruoted aorcss Ohigneoto Nook, tho isthmus, 17 miles wide, separating the bay of Fundy from the head waters of the Gulf of St Lawrence, and oonneoting Nova Scotia and Hew Brunswiok, Ships up to 1600 tons burthen, instead of sailing round the stormy coast of Nova Sootia, a distance of 700 miles, will be raised by hydraulic lifts upon an immenoe iron cradle resting upon wheels, and then hauled aoross tho isthmus by powerful locomotives at the rate, it is stated, of 10 miles an hour. The railway will lessen, by 500 miles, the diatance between St Lawrence porta and New York, Boston, and Portland. By using the ship railway, American shipping vessels will bo able to make two trips m a season instead of one. The work is estimated to cost £1,000,000, and to be completed by 1892. Says the N.Z. "Times":— A publio tria 1 of an improved process of oonverting a photo" graphic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surfaoe was held at the works of J. E. Hayes, Lambton Quay, yesterday. The prooees oonsiats m the appli. cation of heat to a gelatine plate, bearing a photograph, m addition to the usual process of immersion m water only. It is olaimed that under tbe influence of heat those portions of the gelatine whioh are unaffected by the aotion of light and which are freely abaorbant of water, meet and draw by capillary attraction under the untnelted portions, foroing the latter as m relief, and produoing a surfaoe whioh may be printed from direot, or from whioh electrotypes and stereotypes may be i> ken. The inventor of tho prooesa is Mr Henry Sutton, of Ballarat, Victoria.

Notwithstanding that four cut of the five signatories of tbo announcement of withdrawa kept their establishments open this afternoon, tbe half holiday was observed as ucual by. the majority of business people, Mr H. Zandur b being oloscd among others. During - tho morning, a deputation, consisting of tho lEtov E. A. Scott and Mr J. 11. Jenkins waited upon the gentlemen who had intimated their intension to keep opon and presented a memorial signed by some 350 residents of the Borough and Oounty inoluding about 50 farmers and urged the reconsideration of their decision, Tbey were oourteously rooe'ived but tho majority of the gentlemen waited upon intimated that having announced that their places of business would be open thia afternoon they felt that they must keep to this, but they were willing to meet the Committee of the Half-holiday Association and disouss tbo matter. This conference will accordingly tako place and we hope that the result will be the firm establishment of the weekly half-holiday. The Welling'on «• Evening Post " writes t— ' When the Hon Mr Hislop mounts the red ribbon of the Jjegion of Honor m his bpttonhole, he will very much resemble the jackdaw whioh borrowed and strutted about m borrowed peaocok plumes. By some official jugglery the honor earned by the New Zealand Minister of Eduoation, for the exhibit* sent to Paris, has been awarded to Mr Hislop. Now Mr Hislop was not Minister qt Education when the exhibits were got together ' ana forwarded to tho Exhibition. Mr Fisher was. But the honor acknowledged fo be Mr Fisher's due, has beet; awarded to hip former colleague, but present bitter enemy, Mr Hislop^ Bujbl} it tbe irony of fate. Whether the French Ezhibibition authorities org not aware that Ministerial eaistenoe is almost as precarious m New Zealand as m France, or whether the Gasparini inoident haa anything to do with it, ths plain faot remains tbat an honor won by Mr Fisher haa been awarded to Mr Hislop. Wil he strut m it ? If so, where is the honor?"

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Sohool Committee was held on Monday evening. Present — Messrs Siloook (obairman), Bean, Craighead,- Soott, and Porter. The Chairman stated that the credit balance at the Bank was £29 Is lid. The plaster's report was read. The attendance was shown aa follows ;— Number on roll 989; highest daily attendance 344; strict average 326. A' deputation of Allentqn residents waited on the Committee and requested that it should again take aotion towards induoing the Board to erect a side EOhool at Allenton. The Ooiqmjttee fell jp with the wishes of the deputation, and author rised the Chairman, as representing the Oom r mittee, ::;?*« with Mr Stole, as representing the householder, to to»Bo*nJ of Education on the subjeot. Mr. tCHi* 1 * motion that the Compulsory Clause of the Aot be brought into force iv this district was oarriod, Tbo Chairman and Messrs Paul and Craighead were appointed a Committee to consider moans of raising funds for a treat and prizes for the ohildren. Acoounts were passed for payment, miscellaneous business, was transacted, and the Committee adjourned SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of the worldwide tame our manufacture has acquired all over tho globe, wo publish the following : — Haeard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says m aireditorial published m tho "Clinical Reoord : " — " We have examined half-a-dozen speoimens of different manufactures; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to bo reliable and corresponding to scjontilio tests." Another conoootion oalled " Refined Extraot of Euoalyptus " has mado its appearanoo sinoo. This produot stands, according to Dr Owon, foremost ip causing injurious effects That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Sooioty of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another enrjo a lady tates on the strength of statutory declaration hat oho suffered oruolly from tho offocta of tho same concootion. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing tho above facts, and desire the publio to exeroise oare and precaution when buying, SANDER and SONS ->- Advt. n