Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 941, 5 September 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

The Soulhbridge DintiietSeho )1 h >li<lay •ouini 'M< el yehteniuv. Tlie h'x imination ■•iih-'ii ir-ij yi>Bter«lnv, and we nnfler«t(in<' . roveH led a very putistuctary state o£ af''iiir*. | The Concert m aid of tho piizi fun I of lln Little Rakaia School hw been Hxod Tor Octobnr 2nd PaiicnUrs wi.'l up tear mou advertising coinnns io due co irao. No lem thun 37000 ruin^n h»v» atrnck m Entrlnn-1,— 12000 at Wrexham, thremaioder at Ch jsterflnlj. They demand night hours work, und wages pui.i we-ik 'jWe '»gret thatowin^ to a typoarraphic'ii error, the udvHrtisement of the St John's Churcli Annivrtrsary meeting, wnicli ,tp(lenrud m onr lust isjne, wus miHleaHin^. The date should have read ' Wudnesday, ■ September IStli. 1 A Match hnt» bren nrengeH betwenn the Dnnenndel and Snulhbiid^e Football Cubs and will he played on the grounds of the hilier on Satordny nexf. Member* of the local club are requested to attend p'ftct stilus ultcrnoon und ivery evening nexi week. A WABEANT Imft been issued for the nrr^n' of Mr A. Keneoal, erintendent of ; the (snntiilinn print infi office, on a charge nf illegal rraelico m connection with the Government. Several witnesses huvt-. itiHtified before tho Committee nU to the the corruption exiatintr m the printing bureau. VVis would remind our readers that the entertainment m aid of the School prizfund will tnki place on Wednesday oi'o»---intf. Mr Crook has be-in eng ig«d to <Irß- - pltiy n choico select Ton of views, etc, with i he aid of the Mngic Lanturn, and after the exhibition of these, there will bo n dunce. A Vienna telegram rlnted, September 2. says :—the Neuefreie Pr,esse declares; that' if France buys Kuasin's friendbhip conhiv ing at tho de.-tri • on o r the mot t roc siar y rilmiao of the Trouty of Pariß, Europe ia on the eve of v«<ry serious complications, j for the Great Powers are unanimous m their determination to resist such ft I course. i At the L«eston R. M. Court, yesterday, bjfore Mr. Beetham, R. M., and Dr. Gosset, MflB8r« Lawrmcp, Oveiton, Holley «nd Todd, Justices, Matthew Keane wan again brought upon a charge nf assaulting With intent a little girl cilled Maud Grsffiths and was committed fur irul. A few civil case 9 , of no public interest, were also;decided • ! Tbb looal horse Connemara succeedid m placing two races to hi* credit at Hew Brighton on Thursday. He won the Maiden Trot, two miles, from the 7rfeca marie ia Gaiin Bsecß, and paid 4,3 18-i 6d. Later on, he won the Spring Handicap, also two miles, with 45soch Rtarl, m smin 52secs, but only paid £1 8d 6d. lie was ridden by Price m b^th races. A meeting of the Ellesinere Licensing Committee was held yesterday, Meflsra Overton (Chairman), Lawrenc, JaineS'in, Barnett, and Waby bointr present. Thfpolice report on all the licensed houses, except that at Irwell, was favourable. The. licensee of this hotel was cautioned. The transfer of the license of the Doyleajtori Hotel from P. Juiops to J. Bateman y/m granted. ■ On Tuesjoy evening Miss Evelyn Prio, assisted by Mrs Price and Mr. Arthur Clam oatt, will give a concert m the Leeston Town Hall The programme is a good one, being mainly selected from the great masters, judiciously mingled with numbers of a lighter and more popular character. The ability of the performers should ensure a crowded house. We have received a copy of a paraphlot entitled * The Man and the State,' being a reprint of the articles which under that title have during (he p<ust two months appeared m the Press. In tl eir ephemeral form the articles attracted mucli attention. In this handy and readable shape they will doubtless eo'imiand a wide cirutilnti<>n. more eepecially hh lh« pamphlet is publi«hed at the modest price of sixpence. Josepp Dicks, lately landlord of the Waltharu Arms Hotel, Sydenham, was arrested ob the express train at Oaiuaru yesterday, on a warrant charging him with endeavouring to abscond from hiscreditors. He had b<«nn adjudicated a bankrupt yesterday at Christchurcb, and a warrant was immediately issued for his arrest, which was accomplished by Detective O'Brien and Sergeant O'Grady. Dicks bad close on £1000 on him, and als« a quantity of valuable jewellery. In the Hjvorce Court Sydney on Thursday a decree absolute wad granted m th« cnae of Mr W. McMillan, (ex-Co'onial Treasurer) versus M<s McMillan, with costs against Brian Uarley (actor), the co-res-pendent. Ah affidavit of intervention waa filed by the editor of a weekly paper, on the ground that the decree nisi was ob tamed contrary to justice, as the Judge had refused the inter vener access to papers on the ground that he was no party to the case. The intervention was disallowed, and the Court directed the editor not |to publish the evidence m the case. The following Bills, which have passed both blouses o? the Legislature, have been assented to by his Excellency the G >vernor — Tim 'lmorest S pply Bill, Employers' LiahiliiyActAmenuin. Nt Bill,Adultnratiou Prtventiui Act Amendment Bill, Hepnal Bill, Canterbury Society of Arts Keservo Act Extension Bill, The New Zealand Btnk Bill, Consolidnted Stock Bill, Marriage Ac Amendment Bill, Public Bidiws' P.twerH Bill, Post and Telographic OtfioinU' Olft^ification Bill, Truck Bill, Distiiinti n Bill, Trustees Bill, Christchurc'i Driina<D Bill, and ChtistchqrQh Electric Lightiu^ 6ill, I

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