LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2892, 7 February 1893, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We hear that eqiul to 2s 61 per bushel in Aahliurtion has been paid for thin seasonV prime milling whear. It is likely (the "Origo Daiiy TimeB 1' says) that application will be niiide to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal from ttie decision of Mr .Justice Wiliiuum in th« Koslyn licensing case. According to the "Examiner," the amount dtawu l»y one supplier to the Woodvile Cheese Factory was i' 4-4 5s 7d for the milk of 44 cows for 2b' days' milk. To-day's " LyttPUon Times ' contain* twenty-two tellers to the Editor -a record, we should think, and also a proof of the silliness of the $eaiion. The death is announced in Nelson of Mr William Wells, who sat in Parliament for some years after 1868 as member foi Nelson suburbs. Mr Weils was 82 years of age at. the time of his decease. It is announced that Mr Eden George, Mayor of Christchurch, has just completed the sale of his photographic businesses at Christchurch and Dunedin to Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binns of Wellington, and intends retiring absolutely from business. The valuation of rateable property in the city of Dunedin is £251,100, as against £251,810 in 1892. The decrease is attributed to the fact that while depreciation in value has be»>n operating, very few new buildings have been erected during the year. The Napier " Daily Telegraph ■" says that there i& a prospect of a short supply of potatoes in Rawke'e Bay this season. In consequence of there having been no market last year there was no breadth of potatoes planted for this year's consumption, and much of the crop has been spoiled by the late rains. The Rev. L. M. Isitt has informed the American Committee that recent events have rendered the obtaining of the direct veto of such paramount importance that he has determined to give up his proposed trip to the prohibition States, and spend the time between this and next Parliamentary election lecturing throughout New Zealand. Miss Solomon, a lady who comes to us with high credentials, having been a pupil of Professors Scherek and Latimer and Afesdames Woolridge and Pickering — all n%ines to conjure with in Dunedin musical circles —announces her intention of opening classes in Ashburton for music, voice production, and singing. In voice production little has been done here since Mr Sidney Wolf, R. A,M., left the district. Colonel Eichbaum, of Pleasant Point, sustained serious injuries in a buggy acci dent on Sunday afternoon. He was driving with another gentleman when the horse bolted. Colonel Eichbaum was thrown out, and sticking to the reins was dragged some distance. When picked up up he was unconscious from injuries to his head, and was still insensible yesterday. The horse kicked the front of the buggy to pieces. Jn Monday afternoon Colonel Eichbaum vm still unconscious.

The executive of the Wellington District of the Manchester Unity ot Oddfellows, have decided to recommend at the annual meeting that, owing to the insurance surrender values not being ready for adoption, and as some of the districts have not sent in their decision as to the questions submitted to them from the Nelson conference, the proposed conference in {connection with the jubilee at Easter be not held. During the last ten days most satisfactory progress has been mads with the harvest, which is now proceeding with all speed, and fuliy half the grain in the county is now in stack. A few more such days as that of yesterday, and the back of the ingathering will be well broken. It ia satisfactory to bo able to state that the damage done by the rain will be quite insignificant so far as the grain crop is concerned, while it has had a moat beneficial effect upon sheep feed. It is a somewhat rare experience for a man and his wife to be present at the golden weddiug festivals at the parents of each. Yet this happened recently (says the " Lyttelton Timua " in the case of Mr and Mrs John Barnett, of Leeston, Within the same year the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr and Mrs Walter Laurie, of Springs ton, patents of Mrs Birnett, and that of Mr and Mrs Jacob Barnett, of Tai Tapu, parents of Mr Barnett, were celebrated. : A Kurow farmer named Wade met his creditors before the Assignee at Oamaru on Friday. He attributed his failure largely to having lost a parcel of notes and cheques for £355. He had had the money some time, carrying it about for some days, and leaving it at home on other days. Cine day he was away from home at a neighbur's with the money in his pocket, returned late, and when he got home found that he had lost the money. He went back along the road to look for it but could not find it. A creditor said that the debtor had insulted them when he aaked them to believe that story. The bankrupt said that he could make no, offer, and did not know if any proposal on 1 his behalf except they could send him to gaol for seven years. The creditors by a' majority apteed to accept 4a in the £ if they could got it. We are pleased to learn that the Ashburton Brass Band is to resume its very j welcome open air concerts, and that another will be given on Wednesday evening in Baring Square, at seven o'clock. The following is the programme for that evening :—March—" The Flying Dutchman "— Riminer; quadrille—" Medusa"'—Round; schottische— "XJueeu of my Heart"—L. Carolan ; nautical fantasia—Round ; polka— •' Our own ' —Lingwood; waltz —" Passing Thoughts "—Round ; March-—* 1 Queen and Country " —Dawson. The members of the band complain of the inconvenience caused to them by the crowd of boys who surround the rotunda while the playing is proceeding, and indulge in all Borts of disagreeable tricks. The presence of the boys is not complained of, but their conduct is, and parents would do well to give the lads a "fatherly" hint that less noise would be acceptable, and that the fights and scrimmages indulged in could very well be held over til after the concert.