LOCAL AND CENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2288, 23 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND CENERAL

• ; It is stated that the Dunedin Exhibition will be four times the size of that held at Ghristahuroh m 1882, or that held m Weis lington m 1885. Over 1500 gallons of milk per day are being 1 received at tho Wvndham Dairy Factory, and there ia ovory prospect of tbe supply * increasing steadily, j B Cornwall ia the soberest county m England, Aooording to published Btatistioß, with a county population of 288,332, there were, m - toe year IsBB, but 71 oonviatioiiß for drunkuut noEB. " A young artist inquired of an editor how he could learn to play tho violin without ' disturbing his neighbours, and received the 3 following reply : "Soap your bow, and batho t the strings twice a day with sweßt oil, and then c you can Bit up nil night aud play ovor- , tures." Twenty Arabs who arrivod m New York by the Btonmer La Norm&ndie are detained by 1 the authorities at Caatle Garden ponding J inquiry as to whether thoy shall bo allowed' 3 to proceed to thoir destinations or ba eont r back. It is reported that, should they be - admitted, 70,000 more Arabß are wailing to 3 sail for the United States. ' Nearly 1500 women m Amorioa aro oom- < mercial travellers, 213G aro arobiteats, 1 chemißts, aud essuyidts, 228 professional journalists, 320 authors, 2061 artists, 13,185 1 professional musioians, 510 government 2 clerks, 2432 physioians ' and surgeons, 75 ■ lawyers. IGS ministers, 215 stock raisera, 56,809 farmers, and 154,806 teachers. A gentleman whose sources of information are among the best, informs the " Timaru Herald" that wool will be worth l^d more this year than last, and that owing 10 the dry season there io more grease m the wool, whioh will make the dip heavier. He reokons roughly that tbe total inoreaso m value will be worth something like a million sterling to the oolony. 1 The Marquis of Nornianby, says a London - correspondent, wb.3 is residing with his 1 daughter, Lady Laura Hampton and her a husband at Holmwood, has grown very frail j and ailing. Intellectually, however, he reQ mains as bright as over, and nothing pleases him more than a chat with a New Zealander or a Victorian about tho ohangeß time has brought about m these oolonieß. I Miss Olara Hamilton, the Scottish vooalisf who is announoed to appear at the Odd* fellows' Hall, on Wedne&day evening, has just concluded a series of very successful entertainments at Qamaru. The "North Otftgo Times V speaks of thorn as " very enjoyable " and ftjyo ;— ' ' ftfiss Hamilton has a good voioc — a voioe whioh one litfes more the oftener it is heard ; and besideß that, she has some dramatic talent, and is thoroughly - m touoh with tho humor and the spirit of Scottish song." Tbe tbrono-room of tho Sultan, at Constantinople, is very gorgeous. The gilding is . unequalled by that of any building m Europe, I and from the ceiling hangs one of the superb Venetian chandeliers, whose two hundred lights make a gleam like that of a veritablo sun. At each of the four corners of the room tall candelabra m Baooarat glass are placed, and the throne is a huge seat coverod with red velvet, and with arms and book of pure gold. A serious accident happened recently on the Kendal and tVVindermere Railway. Mr Robinson of Bolton-lc-Sanda, had been stayiDg with his wife and two ohildren at Winder^ mere, and tha family wero returning hoaW. Aftt>r leaving Btavoley Station one of the ohijdroD, three years bf ago, fell out through th/ 3 parriago door. Tho mother leaped out * after thp child. Bhe broke her anklo, and roooived other injuries, but tho Obild was unhurt. The " Wellington Evening JProBB " says: — To "Comodown on you HUo a frhoußand of brioks" is a very oonjraon paying, and is generally regarded as a rather dreadful opera: tion. A small boy m Wellington, however, knows all about it, for he was playing m Mr UHl'h brickyard, when two thoußand bricks toppled over und buried him. Ho was disinterred as speedily as possible, and m about balf an hour after was running about * j almost ap well as ever, exoept for a few ' bruisos. JHo tfill probably have a groat contempt for tho Dro'yprb nffer Jus oupori. Tho Buenos Ayres " Standard " of Septcm r bet 3rd says :— " The mortality m the flocks m the couth of thie province seems to be terribly severe. The arrival of sheepskins alono m the market is a conclusive proof of tho {^inning of the flocks, and it iB oonfinned by a notice m, " El Argentino "of OhasCOUlUs, m whiob'it is reported thnt flooks of one to two thousand sheep are oqw reduced to a score or a dozen, on Rome ostanoias pi pro than 50 per cent of tho sheep having suooumbed. Sheep farmers are justly appro* hensive of a further spreading of the plague, and have appealed both to tho Government J9)be^ural Sooiety i|or aßßie^noe,

Sinoe the institution of the Viotoria Gross it haa been bestowed upon 300 soldiers and 0 sailors. 0 Shearing by Wolaeley shearing maohines s h becoming general on New South Waleß v stations. ¥ The takings at tbe gatea at the reoent A. fi and P- Show m Wellington amounted to oloae 4 on £*tO. g The " Wanganui Chronicle" leorng that Mr l John Dunofin has lately shorn 1, sheep on his Parakaretu run whose fleooQ weighed 401 b. ' Many of our readers will regret to learn (on > iho authority of the " Timaru Herald ") that ] Mr E. Turnbull, M.H.R., ia lying ao striously t ill at Ohrii tohurch that his modioal udvieora t iorbid hia removal to Timaru for tho present. Following are tbe total Boorog of four out ' of the ilvo companies who oompeted m the ' reoent simultaneous rifle mntch via — Temuka, 1 608 ; Waimate, 688 ; Ashburton Guftrds, 578 ; ' Ashburton Rifles, 501. We have not yot Boen ' the Bcorcs of the Goraldine team, f i A return of the estimated population of the ' nnlony on the 30th September, oxolusive of Maoris, gives a total of 614,789, boing 328,603 males and 28G.13G females. The total Maori population, as given m tho census of 1886, is 41,969. A new York lawyer named Doolittle onoe unwittingly entered into partnership with a brother barrister named $teele, but a singular laok of clients soon beoame painfully noticeable, and it was found advisable to dissolve, the name of the firm proving altogether too suggestive to prospeotivo patrons. Mr Randall, fruiterer, sent to our offioe for inspeotion today a natural curiosity m (he shape of an abnormally small egg taken out of tbe neat of a sparrow. It was soaroely larger than a pea, and almost completely spherical, being indeed very like a tiny marble. People who are interested m the material welfare of Sootland will be pleased to learn that the sea-fiahing this year has been successful. The value of the take for the eight mouths ending with August was £60,707 over that for the corresponding period of last year. Tha " Timaru Herald " remarks that th c Railway Commissioners nave adopted the Maxwell prinoiplo of saving wear and tear m fixing their exhibition exoursion fares. These from Ohrißtchuroh are 36a and 255. Tho Union Steamship Company's rates from , ' Lyttelton are 30a and 20a by their best sieamers. We remind our readers that Frank Lincoln [ gives a final performance, with ohange of pro- . r gramme, at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. Those who want a hearty laugb should ' embrace the opportunity, and those who are ) lovers of music should not fail to go only to hear Mr Foster'B pianoforte playing, which is a great treat i He has very few equals. Tho Braemar gathering has this year been held, by the arrangement of the Duke of Fife, 3 an Old Mar Lodge, Her Majesty, the Queen ■ with several members of the Royal family, > including Prinoo Henry of Battonberg and j the Grand Duke of Hesse, m kilts, was ■ present:, and tho attendance \tas enormous. 1 The gathering next year, by order of Her i M 'jjsty, will be hold at Balmoral. k Among the Mararoa's passengers are a 3 delegation from the Grand Lodge of Druids m j Viotoria, comprising President Boyd, Bros. j John Boyd and G. S. Bronnun. Though the object of the delegation is primarily to assist 9 m establishing a district grand lodge for f Canterbury, they will make a lengthened stay m Dunedin, and take an offioial part m the festivities oonneoted with the Exhibition opening. A full-grown lioness waa lately consigned by the Sultan of Zanzibar as a present to Lord Lansdowne, and was safely conveyed to the . Zoological Gardens, Oaloutta. During a con- | verention the koepors had an argument as to " the fightiDg abilities of tigers and lions. The tiger's keoper jumped on the lioness' osgo, g and lifted up her door, when the tiger leaped ?t on the top of the sleeping lioness, caught v her by tho throat, and held on for a few minutes, when she died without a Btruggle. The tiger's keeper haa since run away, and > cannot be found. Tho following paragraph from tho •' San Franoisco Nows" Letter may throw some light pn tho cablegrams recently reoeived regarding tba revolution m Brazil : — There i 3 sv startling news from Brazil. The Prinoess it Isabella, who m the ab.-enco of tho Emperor c m Europo, ruled tho oountiy, and was 0 instrumental m securing tho emancipation of a some threo million slaves, now finds that sho > aroused tho fioroo auger of the whites, who cannot got on with tho former slaves. There is, m fact, a serious danger of a war of races. v Tho Princess is distinctly threatened with y personal violence if any blood is shed by the B blaok guard which sbo has organised. Some a of tho American organs strongly espouse tho ' oauao of the whites. "' c 0 There are m thn colony 147 Masonio Lodga? — 85 undor tho English, 15 undor the Irish, and 17 undor the Sootoh constitution. Of '■• those 50 English, 10 Irish, and 32 Sootoh >> Lodßeß have given thoir adhesion to tho proprosed Grand Lodge ; while 15 English, 2 5 Irish, and i Sootoh Lodges are opposed to it; t and 20 English, 4 Irish, and 11 Sootoh are 5 still undecided. The Exeoutivo have good » reason to believe that tbe proportion of individual Masons m tho oolony whose views they a represent is even greater than the majority of a the Lodges. They also learn from reliable souroea that at least 14 Lodges are yet un--0 decided, and are only awaiting an expression Q of the Governor's approval to give m thoir Q adhesion. Thero it) good reason to believe 3 that, should Lord Onslow consent to aooept a the Grand Mastership, 120 Lodges would immediately enrol under a Now Zealand constitution,—" Wanganui Obrqniole." 8 Lord Dufferin, m an eloquent speech at r Belfast, made at a banquet given to him, took 1 occasion to point out the utter impartiality . with whioh the Empire bestowed its patrona age. At this moment India was governed by r an Irishman, Lord Lansdowne ; another Irish* a man, Lord Oonnemare, a Gelt of Celts, though his name is Norman, governs the thirty millions of Madras ; Sir F. Roberta, from •' Waterford, commands tbe Indian Army ; Sir * David Barbour, of Belfast, is Indian Ohan- ? oollor of the Exchequer ; and Bir George White, the able officer who pacified Burmaja, a and now, at Quetta, holds the Indian gate, is y a man from Antrim. He drew the deduotion 8 that the Empire could not get on without 3 Irishmen ; but the other oqp, that Irishmen 8 benefit immensely by the E.mpire, is at least V as true. Yet all these careers are, m the eyes of Irishmen, worthless compared with oareers m their own country, whioh are as open as . oareers abroad. 8 A Ballarat man, now m Kew Zealand, wrote > the other day to a friend m Ghristohuroh some ' remarks on the Ohrißtoburoh Bißbop>fcleot, * whioh have been placed at the disposal of the 3 " Ohriatohuroh Presß.' 1 They run as follows : 1 — "I notioo by the oable that you are going ' to rob us people of Arohdeaoon Julius. Of 3 course we know him personally. He is a 3 splendid fellow, and 1 am sure his leaving Ballarat will be keenly felt by all donominaa tions. Ho is an admirable speaker, and oan r make an.audienoe laagh and ory m the same * minute. Ho ia very fond of athletics, and is v alpo an enthusiastic photographer. In fact . he is Jaok of evorytbiug and master of oyerye thing, from preaching a sorraon or physioiuDg 1 a patient, to punishing an evildoer with bis b fistH. To you it may bo interesting to know 1 ho ia a bolievor m tho stago, and often works a tho limelight effects for our Ballarat Dramatics Club, of whioh I am a member. You will, _ therefore, know that Ohriatohqrgh hag got a ,f pxizoinbim." 8 Wg clip the fQllowiug itnßQrtantlteotirapi^isl l ' from tho " Illawarra Moroury " (N.S.W.) of r r the 30th March, Jt needs no gomment;— ; r "Mr John Loved ay, of the Bulli Mountain, :a wr'i»oß to ub that after Buttering for four years 9 wiiD acute gravel, ho has experienced almost n . complete relief by using Sander and Sons' lt Euoalypti Extraot. Ho says seeing tho said ". Extrßot Rdvertißed m the ' Jllftwarra. Moroury/ . his intense suffering induood him to obtain a Ijottlo of the medioino from Mr Hosking, phe^iist, oj thio town, and that thp qsy o'i it i r gave him great relief Ut once. Ho states thai' :s between tho 10 th MargU ipst^nt. when he ie obtained the fiVst bdttlo of ilio extraot, and ts the 19th, the use of that medioine aontinued )f to afford him relief, to whioh he bad been a d stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes 3, Also thAt ho hns found the Euoalypti Extract 0 a euro for rheumatism as well aS gravel. He a requefits. us to' publish this information :6 jiWOUgb the •Morcuvyvi "^e have vuqph g pleasure m qoinplymg with Mr Loveday'a j. request, whose word oanriot be doubted, and 9, who oan have no bbjeot m view other thanja it pure doeire to benofi^ Bufionng humanity, "—

The festivities oonneoted with the opening of the Wesleyan Mission Hall at Rakaia wore 1 concluded on Wednesday evening, when a soiree was held ia the Town Hall. There was a good attendance, though, from the plethora of provisions, it was evident the | ladies expeoted a muoh larger number to grace tho heavily-laden tables. Following I the teat after the Rev. f . J. Riddle had en* gaged m prayer, the Rev. W. Morley gave hia leoturo "My Trip to Englaad," etc., whioh, it is needless to remark, was listened Ito with rapt attention ; and the enthusiastic way m which the vote of thanks, proposed by Mr O. Hurdy and Beoonded by Me J. Reyoraft was oarried, gave ample proof that the audionoe h:\d baen thoroughly entertained. A email party of Ashbuton vocalists were present, and gave the good folks of Rakaia a raro musical treat and one whioh will not easily be forgotten, Miss Murray playing the aooompanimenta,.. Mr John Alison was m the ohair, and, preceding the lecture, referred to the encouraging oiroumBtanoe whioh had led the Weßleyans of the district to build tho Mission Hall at the Village Settlement. Before the proceedings terminated, very comprehensive votes of thanks were accorded to tho many frienda who, m variouß ways, had rendered valued aßßJstanoe.