Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 925, 8 July 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

Tub Sydenham Licensing Oommittee met again on Monday, and beyond quarleding with the lawyers engaged m th-j applications, did nothing. It sat again yostorday an d again adjourned until today. Mn Put noil, who was advocating the cause of his candidate for the Cail'iw constituency, was driven from B.illina south wiih loud exerations and the beating of kettles. Tiik Admiralty has, m accordance with tho. desiro of tho Science Association ol Auslrahuiiadecidod to call tho ocean which separates Now Zealand and Australia,, the Tasman Sea. In tho Gazette juat to hand, there ap. pears a ii-uilicaiion of the extension of the time for shooting hares and quail m the Norih Canterbury diatrict, mud Ihn Slat of this month. Owners of valuable dog., who live m the neighbourhood of Honilibridge, should keep .1 wa I (•hfu I eye on ih-dr pets as poiHUi is laid now m many paddocks. Rev. _. While-house's St Bernard wus poisoued on Monday. The Ohristchurch Hounds will visit Southbridge again next Tuesday, meeting' at tho Royal Hotel at 11. a* m. They will probably hunt over Mr T, Milne's and Mr Storry _ properties. Owing to tho activity of the Labour Union.*, m view of a general election, a National Association has been formed iv Melbourne to ei.dcivor to oountrtiv-iut. ih'3ir elforls m the diivetion of returning cttadi-dati-s to Parliament. Mr. G. F. Henry having severed hia connection with this Journal to talcum* another and more important position, Mr. Thos. J. Ryan has been appointed Canvasser for the GITAi.niAN for Christchurch and also for tho Ellesuioie District. Mll. M. Andrews, Agent of the Bnilc of New Zealand, Leeston, Inn just, received notice of his appointment as Inipector'n Accountant to the Bunk of N.Z. Auckiaud. Wo understand this appointment moans a substantial promotion. Ue is succeeded m Leeston by Mr G. Willock, who was recently temporarily iv charge of the Sonlhbrid„'t. Agency. Komr weeks ng._ lh>j cables informed us lhat .lick Iho Ripper liad huen caught m Mew York. A dispatch dated July 4i!_ says : — ' Frenchy,' a si oclcd river, hts btion .:oiivic|ed of the murder of a womau named Brown m a restaurant m April last, and sentenced to p«mnl servitude for lif>* Tho mutilations of tho body whic somewhat similar to the Whiiecbauel m<irdor_. attributed to Jack the Hipper.'

Wk have to acknowledge wi'h thanks tic receipt from the Government Printer f I Inn ard, and of a number cf Pnrlia inentary papers. It is baldly necessary lo remind our readers of (he Orangemen's reU'ihn which takes pla.ie on Friday. Tiie ' O aneo RaT is an insliliiti vi m ftoiilhbiidge, and Friday's ('(-Icbralion should bii al leas. I as Slice ssfnl as former galhorirg'. A voitnti man named Moss, well known •■\s> a ciickeler m Chrin'church, but. lately m Iho employ of M< ssis Friedlander, i As-hhurt'-n, imirderou -ly attache I his wife I yeHienlay wih a tomahawk, and then cut I his own throa'. He isdea<>, and Mrs Moss 1 is not expected to Uve. F.rl drttails are not yet lo hand. At a mealing of the Commitlee of the Sc. James' Guild held yesterday, it was decided to devote ibo proceeds of tha bi'e conceit, (£8 44 2d.) to renovating tho interior of tho Chinch, and the Committee will meet Iho churchwarden-! shcr ly to decide upon the details It was also reMolve.d to comply wiih a ren, nest fiom LneKton to exhibit the Tableaux there at a future date. WitrriNO nnder dale July 6. the Times'' Wellington correspondent says — Quite n sensation was caused m the Parliamentary Buildings a little after nine o'clock last night. Mr E. O'Conor was taking a warm bath of 118 leg, and suddenly fell into an nncouscious state. Mr Jnckson Palmer, who was also bathing, heard his ijrniiiiH, and rushed to his assistance. A doctor pronounced that he had a weak h'wrt. The hon.. member recovered m the course of a few minutes and is quite right this morning;. A Mketjko of the Directors of the Leeston Town Hall Company, was held on Monday, there b^ing present — Messrs J. Barnett fin the chair), W. G. Limn, F. G.Craddnclc, R. T. Jr-ffery, J. Deal, and the lion secretary, Mr T. Lewis. The minutes of hint meeting were real and confirmed. The Chairm.m suggested lhat n concert bn arranged, m order to increase the funds at tbe disposal of tiie Company. On motion of Mr Lunn, eeenndf-d by Mr Deal, it was decided to curry out the suggestion. Mr Ciaddoclc proposed that dale be fixed for tho 22 rd, which whs agreed to, and the price "f admission wii9 settled at .2* and ls. Mr Lewis reported th.st .the Letting Committee had accepted ihe tender of Mr R. Connolly, as o-ir*-laker. This being all the buqineg* the meeting terminated with the tiitial omplimenl to tio chair. A querk story is told of the doings of a New Zealand M. 11. R. who vi_.!led the South recently. He lived m fine style at one of the bent hotels, inviting an 1 entertaining numerous guests. When he left I ho gave tho landlord a cheque which was i returned dishonoured ; and just prior to his departure he presented another chequo to his brother M.11.R , saving.—' Gat this cashed for me, old man.' The gaod natured confiding old man did so, and tho cheque, like the one left, with the landlord, was dishonoured. The correspondent who volunteers this statement concludes thus : Now, cannot you m your valuable paper dovise pome means of kicking out of Parliament such a man as the above, who came South victimising the public by trading upon tin title of a member of Parliament? Just so : Iho scurvy fellow ought to be kicked out. But who is he ? Wellington paper.