The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2894, 9 February 1893, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Premier went home to Wanganui, from Wellington, on Wednesday, and stood the journey well. Under a change in treatment his health ha« taken a decided turn for the better. There was qui*e a large attendance of the public at Baring Square east last night ,to listen to the music of the Ashburton Band, who went through the full programme as promised in a most pleasing manner. The night being still and warm it was quite, a pleasure to be among the large audience. The fire bell rang out an alarm yesterday afternoon shortly before five o'clock, but as the fire turned out; to be only bouh goroe in the riverbed it was not considered worth taking the engine out. Last night there was a red glow in the western sky some where up the river, but we learn ifc was only the reflection of the fire of tome stacks j of straw. At the close of the Primmer v Stewart case Mr Justice Denni3ton made some remarks about the practice of suitors making large claims for damages in order to entitle them to a jury of twelve, when one of four would answer the question. His Honor said that the practice ought to be checked and in the case in hand allowed coats for a jury of four only. Athletes and the many friends of Mr L Broad v.'ill be very sorry to hear that the leg which troubled him at limaiu has broken out in boils, and it will be impossible for him to run for some time—indeed, his doctor has ordered him complete rest. Canterbury thus loses a good representative at the Amateur Championship meeting at Wellington on Saturday, and this is the more to be regretted as Mr Broad waa in such excellent condition that his prospects of success were second to none. .Mr D. Matson left for Wellington last night to compete at the meeting. In che 220 yards race on the swimming bath yesterday afternoon, seven competitors Btirted. Grubb, the scratch man, was disqualified lor breaking away, and the next to him Upton—ssecs on the handicap, but really only 2secs from rcratcb, as the original scratch roan not coming to time left Grubb (3secs) iv that position—went away with a steady swift stroke, and soon overhauling the others, went through them and won by four oi five yards. Time—4min lOsec*. Cnlirerhouse was second, and Pauling and Burns tied for third place.

The Auckland correspondent of thd " Otago Daily Times, ' Bays :~-The manager of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company has been indefatigable in his efforts fo promote the fruit ejcport industry, whicH after tna rebuff met w jth last season has shown signs of decline, but in *pifce of his efforte he had considerable difficulty in finding among our logal growers % sutfrcient number who are prepared tp ensure the shipping oompany a full cool phamber if the latter went to the expense of erecting one. He has, however, succeeded in getting a few go-ahead orchardists to guarantee some 1300 cases of apples, and en the strength of this he has induced the iJew Zealand Shipping Company to build a cool chamber on the s s. Aorangi, which is to leave Auckland for Lowd^n pn February 16. jjfj^"'gj3#&^y J.tft>4 an(* respectable pony * **«• Sweti, asjimo^firej,- made a bolt ii,.c 01 A — -"A bad a most e?ti'&prdjnary forenoon, a*-- *■* «treet, ftiid up Bast gallop along Burner , <. fxk Btop the street A good many tneu . A.. ttonv ' and a good roapy more told it t. t™l' andin a high tone of V«^ ha served to increase its speed, At taat a yard of Henry's Hotel where he was taken care of, and" kindly hand. • moothedl^s ;| tancrled mane and calmed his turgid emotkms, while the "War Cry "man r# covered his emotional literature I

On Wednesday evening it was discovered that the plantation in front of the stationmaster's house at Chertsey was on fire. Owing to the quantity of tmisocks and gorse about it could not be extinguished and s-pread rapidly towards tta hotel. As the wind was light some Sors, c *&$ *° the fence of a cleared flection lower dowu yas lit and by this means the fire was stopped ■it' Mr Doia's section, and soon burned itself out. An old lean-to, beto«gi»g to a man named White, said to be living atwie of the Bunks Peninsula bays, was desi jr >yed. This will be a great loss to the swagger fraternity; tor among them it had become a popular and much freouented hou.e mi ««« kcown in *be locality as "The .Cggerrßetreat." This ws.the third|flr« within a very short time and was probably caused by some careless or nialioioua swagger.

It is ttaed that a Bill will be introduced into the General Assembly next «e3sion for regulating the liquor traffic on what is known as the Gothenburg system. The Bill is to be entrusted, it is' said, by its p o noten- into the hands of Mr J. M. Shcra, M.H.R. tor Auckland, ihe object is to test the feeling of the LegUlatute on the question of experimenting on the liquor luws in the direction above indicated.

A list of the insolvencies, compositions,' and liquidations by arrangement durim' 1892 has beeu prepared by the officials of the Melbourne Metropolitan Insolvency Court, ihe figures referring to ooly that and nut the county courts. The insolvencies -.lumber 509, the aggregate liabilities being £2,10i,,!53, and the assets £1,372,423 ; •leniencies, i' 824,101, and surplus £95,141. There were 84 compocitionß, liabilities €5,072,007, assets Jb'2,140,696, deficiencies C 2.931,650, surpluses 1369. There were 18 liquidations by arrangement, liabilities i.643,721, asao^B 1444,257, deficieuuie.-* t-01,498, surpluses £2034. The total liabilities of insolvencies, compositions, and liquidations by arrangf-ment were £7,817.112 and the dtsets £3,957,378. The total diticiencies were £3,597,279, and Burpluses £97,545 The London correspondent of the " Manchester Guardian" thus describes w hat has been termed & "Palace of the Poor": — Decidedly the best-equipped model lodging house for the poor in the world will be that which is about to be opened by the London County Council. They have spent nearly £j 7,000 on it, and it will provide for upwards of 300 lodgers, who will each pay 5d for their nightly bed. It will have the ! luxury of electric light, heating by hot air, bathrooms and shower baths, perfect sanitary appliances, hot and cold water basins, a steam laundry, dining and recreation rooms, with a good library, and a cheap cook shop on the premises for those who do not care to be at the trouble of cooking their own provisions. Everything is being done to make the place cleanly, wholesome, and attractive; tmd there are not likely to be any lack of applications for accommodation.

It is probable that an attempt will be made shortly to change, the terminus of the Pacific mail service from San Francisco to San Diego. The advantage claimed for San Diepo over San Francisco as the ocean terminus for the Pacific are two fold. It is 480 miles nearer to this colony than San Francisco. This is equal to thirty-six j hours' steaming. It is also nearer to New York by railroad. The Fant» Fe rail route is some forty-eight hours nearer to New York than the route from either San Francisco or through the Dominion. It is calculated Viat the mail service between New Zealand and London could be accomplished via San Diego in 2Udays, It is believed a trade could be developed with San Diego, and a market found there for dairy produce and frozen meat. Ihe surrounding country ia devoted to fruit growing, and as there is scarcely any rain for nine months in the year the land has to be irrigated, and is therefore too valuable to be devoted to the usual purposes of farming or stock raising, The best medicine is Sander and Sons' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communications of the Consul General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded by the International Exhibit\on; Amsterdam —all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt, We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Professor, etc.—"C. 8., 24 years old; congestional abscess on the thigh Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed and in its plcice were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive fceter disappeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we mus>t not lose sight of the fact that the latter treatment saved the patieut's life.— (Advfc.) 3