Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1890 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2324, 9 January 1890, Page 2

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1890 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Oases of drunkenness among children in Berlin are becoming very oommoa.

Mr J. 0. McAusland, a well-known citizen of Auckland, has died of heart disease.

The Bey. J. Boothroyd will preaoh in the Sesfield Sohoolroom next Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

A curiosity of the Indian trade is the number of umbrellas inporled into the country. Last year a total of 2,621,754 arrived at Calcutta alone,

A cremation eooiety, the firat of its kind, has been formed in Finland, and as soon as it has been recognised by the authorities a orematorium will be eroeted.

Sydney news says that O. Stephenson, who ib matohed to row Hearn, of Wellington, accompanied by Neil Matterson, will probably sail for Wellington on Tuesday next,

The Rimutaka arrived at Hobart at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and was to eaii at 4 next morning for New Zealand. She bringa 43 passengers for Australia and 100 for New Zealand.

Tired child—" Mamma, how muoh did you put in the oolleotion ?" Mother—" A quarter my dear. Why ? " Tired ohild (gaping)— "Well, this preaoher gives an awful lot for the money."

The committee of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association have decided to hold a competitive trial of reapers and binders next week—probably on .Wednesday —and a sub-committee haß been appointed to make the necessary arrangements.

Among reoent applications for letters patent is one by John Fisher Campbell, of Otago, for a new or improved batter powder apeoially adapted for keeping butter firm and solid in hot weather, and for improving its flavour and taste, to ,be called "Mina'a Butter Powder,"

A deaf and dumb OoDgress haß just dosed in Paris, the firßt gathering of the kind ever held. The Gongre&a discussed the best means of instructing deaf mutes, and also commemorated the centenary of the death of Abbe de l'Epee, who was the first person to instruot such sufferers in France.

The results of English researches in Assyria during the past year are said to be exceedingly valuable. Almost the whole ot Sennaoherib's great palaoe at Eonyunjik has now been cleaned out, including the library and chambers, and the result is that some seventeen hnndred new tablets, etc., have been scoured for the British Museum.

A curiosity in bankruptcy is a first and final dividend of 0.65 of a penny, which has been announced to the creditors of Hege's Honey Oompany in London. Final dividends of fractional amounts have been frequently known, but a first and final amount equal only to £2 14s 2d in £1000 is decidedly unique.

Getting married at the English Church in Rusßia is an expansive thing. The olergyman's fee is £10, the oboir demand £2 10a, the orgaoist a similar sum ; whilst £2 10s is required for lighting the fires and g s. la the Russian Ghurob, however, a priest will marry you for just what you oan afford.

The following prioes were being realised for New Zra'and frozsn meat in London on h^ 29th of November :-Per Bayley—Sheep. 4Jd to 4|d; lambs, 51 to s^d; Per Opawa— Sheep 4Jd to 4£i ; beef, 3d to 3£d. Per Rimutaka—Sheep, 4£d to M; beef 3d to 3Jd. The cargoes of the Coptio and lonia were reported to have arrived in good condition.

A very large eel was taken out of the Ashburton Kiver yesterday by Messrs O. and G. Moss while out angling. The fish was lying in the main stream, and was taken with the gaff. It scaled over 211b, and was 5 feet long and 17 inob.es in oircumferenoe. These large eelß seem to be pretty plentiful in the river just now.

The New South Wales Government has approved ol the suggestion ot the Stoak authorities that Dr Wilkinson, of Sydney, an expert in bacteriology, who is proceeding to England, be requested to make inquiries as to the alleged discovery of the true miorobe of pleuro-pneumonia, and also to visit M. Pasteur and arrange with him for supplies of anthrax vacoine.

At Ashton-under*Lyne Polioe Court, a well built man named David Fisher, a Welshman, who has been travelling round the country exhibiting himself as the Tattooed King, was charged with deßerting from Her Majesty's ship Northumberland in 1882/ The man is tattooed from head to foot with all kinds of fanoiful designs. He was remanded, and was taken to Strangeways prison to await the arrival of an escort.

In Belooohistan when the physician gives a dose he is expeoted to take part of a similar one himself, as a guarantee of his good faith. Should the patient die under his hands, the relatives, though they rarely exercise it, have the right of putting him to death, unless a speoial agreement has been made freeing him from all responsibilities aB to ooneequenoes ; while, if they should deoide upon immolating him, he is fully expeoted to yield to his fate like a man,

Girls of a marriageable age do not like to tell how old they are, but you oan find out by following the subjoined instructions, the young lady doing the figuring.—Tell her to put down the number of the month in which she was born, then to multiply it by two, then to add five, then to multiply it by fifty, then to add her age, then to substraot 365, then to add 115, then tell her to tell you the amount she has left. The two figures to the right will tell you her age and the remainder the month of her birth. For example, tne amount is 822 —she is twenty two years old, and was born in the eighth month, August.

Two draught horses, the property of Mrs D, Clark, Green Hill, Kyneton, says the " Observer " are in such a disabled condition that it is believed that it wjll be neoessary to kill them. One is a draught stallion and the other a draught gelding. A few nights ago the stallion broke into the paddock where the gelding was running, and forthwith a pitched battle ensued, with the meet serious oonsequenoes in the oase of each animal. Next morning the horsese were discovered in a most peculiar position. The gelding was standing with one of the iron hoofs of the entire embedded in its abdomen. The stallion was standing on three legs, but was unable to move owing to one of his shoulders hiving been dislocated.

Relations between the American Navy and the British are plea?anter than would be imagined from the desperate efforts of one party in the States to set the two countries at variance. When Americans were in dire peril from the rising of the negroes on the Island of Nevaesa, a British gun-boat, the Forward, Lieut-Commander Gray, steamed to the resoue and carried off the American survivors. Aid the other day when there was fierce fighting at Honolulu it was the Amerioan warcbip Adams that landed a squad of marines for the protection of British interests. British interests could not have been in better hands, for the American marines are a crack corps, cc ct racly as rook, and as brave as lions. Tbia is what ought to be, — " United Servioe Gazette."

A remarkable instanoe of surgical progress which ooourred in the praotioe of Professor Yon Bergmann, of Berlin, is mentioned by the London correspondent of the " Man. ohester Guardian." The Professor had two patients who were simultaneously brought to him for operations, one requiring amputation of the thigh at the hip joint, the other needing a portion of the bumerus removed on account of the bone being extensively diseased The first operation to be done was the ampui tation, and immediately afterwards the 'surgeon proceeded to excise (be diseased portion of the bumerus. The result of this latter procedure was neoossarily to make a gap in the bone; but a piece of the thigh bone was taken from the limb which had just been amputated and fixed on the gap, by which the continuity of the humerua was completely restored. Perfeot union took place, and the patient reoovered with a useful arm.

Sir Julius Togel has an article in the 11 Nineteenth Century " entitled " Is it open to the Colonies to Secede ? "

There are 101,824 Sunday sohoolß in the United States, with 1,100,104 teaohera and 8,345,451 scholars.

The ''Post" says that on Thursday las 1 eighteen strippers were hard at work in two adjoining paddocks, the property of Mr Strange, or. the Greendale and Burnham road.

The new crown which has beea mann" faotured for the German Emperor by the court jeweller weighs 31b, and is adorned with 100 fine diamonds/ That provided for the Empress is ornamented with 11 pearls and nearly 15,000 diamonds.

A lad who had borrowed a dictionary to read, returntd it with the remark that it was very nice reading, but it somehow changed the subject very often. It waa hi* siatae who thought that the first ioe-oreamSshe taated was a little touohed with the frost.

In America it seems that pillows and mattresses stuffed with pine shavings have been found to be effioaoious in alleviating lung and bronchial troubles. Oases in proof of ihcßa are eitaj by transatlantic journals whtoh have devoted consideration to the uubjeot. The suggested remedy is a simple one and should be inexpensive.

A ourioua railway accident is reported from Booheforte. The express for Paris waß, by a pointsman's mistake, shunted on to a branch line, along which it prooeeded some distanoe, when the engine-driver, discovering the mistake, baoked his train to regain the main line, and ran into a local train proceeding in a contrary direoeion. Eight oarriages were destroyed and some ten passengers were injured, but there was no loss of life.

A largely attended meeting of Court Ash. button, No 6729, A.0.F., was held laßt even* ibg for the purpose of the eleotion of officers. Bro W. H. Paget was eleoted to the offioe of 0.X., and Bro J. B. Hillgrove as S.GJt., the other offices were also filled satisfactorily. A vota of thanks was unanimously passed to the retiring officers, and responded to by P.C.R,, Bro Banger, who installed the new offioera in their respective chairs. The dootor's and secretary's accounts were passed for payment, the Court closing in the usual way at 10.30 p.m.

The regular weekly session of the Star of the East Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Templar Hall last evening, Bro T. Welch presiding. One candidate was proposed. It was decided to form a library in connection with the Lodge. The business having been got through, the Lodge went into harmony, when songs were sang by Bros Weloh and Pearson, a duet was given by Sisters Bennett and Piokford, a recitation by aister Hughes, and readiegs by Bros Andrews and Edwards. A pleasant evening was spent and the Lodge was dosed in form due by Bro T. Weloh at 9.40,

The orioket match North versus South of Ashburton river was not played yesterday owing to the small attendance of players ohosen to represent each side, but a aoratch matoh of one innings a Bide was played, sides being ohosen by T. Sawle and L. F. Andrewes, resutling in a victory for the latter by 58 runs. The highest soorera were for the winners, G. W. Andrews 31,0. A. I. Mackay 29 not out, L. F. Andrewes 27, and Jenkins 10, and for the losers T. Sawle 12, and W. Davis 10. G. W. Andrewes, O. E. Davis, Dixon, and W. Eidd bowled wal£for their respective sides.