Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 961, 18 November 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

Friday next is R. M. Court day m Southbiidge. The well known Payne Family of musician*', who, while here two years c!*o attracted and ' delghted a large audience, will we are glad 10 If am pay us another visit. The Mayor of Eastbourne, whera the recent disturbances with the Salvation Army took pluce, ie Buing Bramvvel 1 Booth for Blanker m asserting that t lie Mayor looked on while blood flowed m the streets. Sjr J. Gorst. ia the course of a speech ur j;ed the workingmen to insnre against sickness im\ accident, and advised them not to look for gi eat refotmsand splendid schemes, They could not expect State aid to any great amount. At tho annual sale of pedigree stock held after the Chmtchuroh Show, Mr W. Gubbie sold his shorthorn bull, King of the Roses for fifteen guineas. He purchased from Mr Deans Alvio's Duke 111, a yearling. ' ':. The Rev P. J. Riddle, of Rakaia, wil'f commence a series of revival meetings m llio Presbyterian Churcbj Bouthbridga on Sunday. The meetings will be continued ia each eveniDg throughout the following week, except Saturday. \ / ' A hubrican demolished many buildings m Ya^p,- a town, 190 miles S. W. r of Sydney The .upper end of the place is a wass' of wreckage. Building materials were scattered.,i.ur miles around^/ Tlie damage wiU amount to thousap'n's ,of pouHds. , Two men severely injured. / '',-■■ , , i lit is estimated thai no less than twentyoue thousand pereoas visited the Christehurch.bhow. oh Friday; ■■-, Over eighteen thousand paid for admission: The numberi of : ; entries' was tlio \ best on I record t totalling up to within one of sixteen hundred. Last year itiwaSi 1,430. Yesterday the. effects of the unfortunate man Taylor, who was drowned recently m Lake Ellesmere, • were '• offered at auction by. . Constabie Warring.- . Th« goods .realised tha sum. of £2 10*, a result mainly owing to the persuasive eloquence of the aucttonter; Ugly rumours are afloat ia connection with the Victoria Racing Club's Meeting. It is alleged that several members of the ring, as well as backers, have defanlted. One of the leading bookmakers is said to owe £8000, and it is. asserted that he has oflered 10s m the £. It is also alleged that one of the principal Victorian plungers col'octed his winnings and left the Colony: without paying anybody. The police made a raid on a second meeting of armed Anarchists m Chicago, who had threatened to destroy the Jown by means of dynamite, and murder the Mayor and police officer?. Twenty-six persons were arreßted and disarmed, and all books and flags, found ia the building were seizedi. Steps ',. are being taken i.|p prevent Anarphis.tsyuee^bg m Philadelphia and this course' meets . with the general appro'vnl.of t;he p ( ublic. ; ■„ . .-;;■ /. „, .; :ri ,,. ,.'•'.: . The Toairanitin Colonial Treasurer announces ■ that ho expects a eurpluai of £45,000 this year, rhe finances are! m a most satisfactory state. It is proposed < to raise a loan ol a miMkn snda' ;half when the London, market is mom favourable, m ordei to redeem a a million o£ Treasury bills and cod vert £300;000 of : Five and Six poriCfthtStobKHJ jThe Lomloii' market will iJprobably: be approached': about March. . ■ ■ :•■.■■ I ':> .'^ .■■■! : :•-/= -I /Mr J. See; Coloniaf iTfiea6ureß and ij|4|nister for Kail wave, N. S i^addressed 'a meeting at Campbeiltown last nigh,t. ■He mentioned that tho whole of tho money borrowed by the Colony had been expended m the conßtructton of rpproductive works, which would, if placed m the market, realise more' than the cost. - The capitalists,;, therefor^ hud ,int cause for alarm an to the security. The Govern ment, he announced, had instructed the Kaijway. Commissioners to pursue a policy of retrenchme,ht, and only « osks absolutely neceseary wqHid ,hu proceeded with.

roinua the linen day* racing v «t ClirlHtol.uroh last w^-lr, £36 321 wt.re put through the rriHobin?. Trfe one and a halt per cent tax will therefore realise nearly £550. Hir Excellency the Governor recently B- n f half a dozen of o>ucasp« of fr-z n mutton t-> some of the most reno>«°nei gantr nmit'o an'hori'ie^ m TCi2 Ti m 1. In every m c il»n rtci'iina v • h- delighted wi»h the mutton, declaring it superior to the home fed meat. Of course the nheep Bent home were specially selected, but the. average quality of Canterbury mutton ir not far bfhinrt thiH special ohipm«nt. The verdict of such epicures as Q. A. Sa'a, {he Beefsteak C'uh, Bnron de Worms, end others, phould boom the trade m m New Zealand mutton. Mk LARKTN, a well-known Melbourne ; citizen and a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, ban been arrested on r charge of falsifying; the hooka of the Sou'h Melbourne Peimnnent Building Society, I" isoxpfcifd tliat ih<» defalcations will amount to £10 0"0. Th« Smith Molbourn* Permanent Building Society ha tern; or ni ly f> topped paM'ne out any m<in-<y until a full investigation Ins been tnado into the allegrd defulcntiKiiß of Mr Lmkin, one of its officers. If Uk-bo do n>t exceed £15, 000 the Society i 3 perfectly aoun 1 but it is feared the amount will largely <-xcoa>l that uventioned. THE principil fin incial houses m London deny the statement marie by Mr Ballance, Premier of New Zealand, that the taxation policy of me Government itt not expelling capital fiom ihe (Vony. They dec'«.ro that the po.'iuy is a suicidal on< , and assert that many instances are kn >wn of the withdrawal or contemplated withdrn # -« al of large arnoi n's at present invested m New Zealand. The Lund Companies m London which nre connected Mtith. the lolonj\ contemplate taking com bined action against the taxation proposal, imd will probab'y submit a united protes to the New Zealand Government on the matter.