Local and Genera!.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 923, 1 July 1891, Page 2

Local and Genera!.

On Saturday last, the Press fund for the relief of the poor of Chri'stohurch, had reached nearly the Burn of £500. Wb have to acknowledge with thankn the'receipt from the Government Printer of " Uananrd" and of a qunntiiy of Parliamentary paper. . Mr. F. W. East has been appointed Registrar of Elector s for ths Ellesmere District, m the place of Mr. H. M Lee, who has been transferred lo Wellington. Mr. M'Ei.hone, n N.S.W. Statesman-, paraphrases Mr. Champion as nnder:---"'1 ho Unionists form an army ol lion* led by scoundrels, influenced by pecuniary motives alone." StNOtt thd Readins? Room m Southbridge has been opened te the public daily, it has been made use of to a considerable extent, and m the evenings especially, it has been extensively patronised. Quite a batch of prosecutionsjunder the Game Laws, will be heard f.t Leeaton on Friday, Constable Simpson having laid a number of informations against person* win'- nave been, it is alleged, killing game without licenses. We regret to learn that Mr. Frame, Stationmaster at Southbridge, iv tomcor-u-ily confined to his house by an altack of quinsy. Fortunately, the attack* is nm a very severe one, and we hup**, shortly to Hee him fully recovered. The la6t Gazette contains v full description of 4 iho uniform to be worn by the Mounted Kiiies. It will consist of Khakicoloured cloth jacket and cords ; le*rtrings and aaklejboots. The head dress, a soft felt hat with puggaree. Rille corp-. are also to be dressed m Khaki* coloured uniforni.

TriH Union Steamship Company now •wns fifty-four steamers, and spends about UCOiOOO a month. The mil-jug*, (or knotiag.), for tho prepon* yonr will total up .o «-*vrr n two millions. The fl tut oon. "im°fl over 1/50,000 tons of co*tl m twely months. Ykstf.iumy being the last day of Ihe Sea** I***-,1 ***-, every body who could scare up a trun and a Iht'e spare time was out on th*** var path nfier ducks or nny tiling else that cnino m the way. Up to the time of going to press, we heard o.( do extraordinary bags) being made. Thr Committee enlrnsied with the duty of getting the Southhridgo fire engine m working order, neet this rooming to examine samp'es of hose, &c, it is expooti-d that the engine will be completely fitted and ready for any emergency m a fewdays. An error occured m our last issue m the oaragraph relating to the Southbridge Library and Reading Roem. It ahould iiave read aa follows :— The Reading Room will be open daily fr.r-n 9 a.m. to .-i p. m., nnd on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays m tha evening. The author oE a number of rules entit'ed * How to get Rich,' was taken ' Over; the Hill to the Poorhousb' one day last week and the man who wrote 'Poverty and Blessing,' has £150,000 invested m stock drawing eight per cent interest. j Poor Sydenham I The R.M. Court has decided that Mr Rudd, being a Goyern : ment official, has no businea-. t<» eit pn a Licensing Committee, hence kin place is vacant. Indeed, it nrv.ir waa fillel ; n*it being eligible to sit, hia election was void. Tomorrow evaniag a Concert will be given m tiie Town nail, Soiuhbriffge|, m aid of tha funds of St Jim.-' (jaill. Special paina have been taken to prepare an exceptionally good programme 'of: vocal »nd instrumental muak., and m addition several "living pictures " have beon pluced m rehearsal, and will be displayed during the evening. Thb -4.77?'*? says that Sir Henry Parke* intends to' make federation a test question 'm his appeal to the country, and consequently a general election at this juncture would be deeply interesting throughout Australasia. If New South Wales determined against the union with the other colonies the pause would be set buck for many years. Ii is confidently believed, however, that the people will approve of the proposed compact. There seems to belittle doub* that Victoria will assent, and if the two largest colonies are m agreement the issue will practically be determined. Under date June 27 , a cable from Ottawa says: The Parliamentary Committee of Privileges is still engaged taking evidence m connection with the charges of corrupt practices brought agoinst some members of Parliament. At to-day's sitting a contractor testified that he had paid Sir Hector L. Langevin, Minister for Public WorKs, large sums of money for obtaining him the Quebec harbour contracts. In consequence of the dis3lo->ureß previously made, Sir Utctor Langevin was recently called upon by the Premier to resign his I position m the Cabinet. HtJODBRBFiK.-D can claim the latest ' heroine m humble life, and if ever the drama of 'A Yorkshire Lass' should be re cast this noble charwoman ought to find her prototype m it. The Hnddersfiel.d guardians have just had £50 re.undel to them, being tha amount the girl*- father had recoived m relief previous io his death some years ■ go. During th*. last five years this spirited woman had struggled to save £10 per year from tier scanty earnings of some 7s per week, m oider to' make this triumphant return ot parish money, and wipe out a debt of pauperism which sho considered a disgrace to her family. Thn true patent of nobility may still ba found m lowly plaoes. A Cold wave is defined by Professor T. Russell as a fall of tem-jeiature ie twentyfour hours of twenty degrees over au area of 50,000 square miles, tho temperatme m some partaof this area descending to 3G degrees. Between 1880 and 1890 ne less than 691 cold waves were recorded m the United States. In the great cold wave of Jan. 17, 1882, the fall of 20 degrees extended over an area of 1,101,000 eqii'ire miles, and the fall of 10 degrees included 2,929,000 square miles. In six cold wavoß ot the ten years the area of the fall of 20 degrees was more than a million 6quare niles. Cold waves follow! a day after an area of low pressure, or occur to the Southeast et an area of high pressure, reaching their greatest extent when both conditions are present. Thb other day a summons commanding Magoin to present himsell: for service m the jury-box was returned to the Commissioner of Jurors with the information that it. had bean served upon the wrong party. The Commissioner said to the bearer 'That settles it as far as you are concerned, but Magoin must come here and show cause why he should not be a juror.' ' Ho oan't was the reply—' heY too busy. If he did come, he would make things hot for yon Besides, ye u would have tv send n derrick and a truck to brisg him. He turns the scale at 5000 lbs.' Tho Commissi mer waa incredulous — worse, he made remarks nor complimentary to (he speaker's condition with respect to sobriety Then the summoned man explained, 'lam telling you facts, Mr. Commissioner,' he said. 1 Thatcher Magoin is a steam-engine, and is located at the foot of Fletcher Street lam Nicholas Morris, stevedore. Years ago I was employed by a man named Thatcher! Magoin. I named my engine on pier 19. East River, after him. When the Directory man came he saw Thatcher Magoin on tho engine, and thinking that he was the bos., put it m his book. You'll see it on page 949.'