Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 963, 25 November 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

The London Times denounces the alarm, ing a'ndi dangerous condition pi' th . Brit- ; ißb Array. - Sir John Hall has' been amongst the victims to tha preva-ling fpideini., but, happily, is rapidly reopverins^./ ; „-., ■ v - The Hon James Fill tonjM/L.-0., died--on Friday last at Taieri. He. ..was sixty oneyearsof age. Theoabde of deith was heart disease. * "*"" V In ; Moscow ' th'e^tftei; day, J^riganda boarded a train and stole '£5000. Idwew Zealand the robbery- 'is dbae' not I <l_B3 effectually, but more systematically. They call it here ■• f ures.' : • m : ' > ': j V- 5 •Them Natiobal Mprfg-gei '",' Company, ', Dunedin. lias received telegraphic afdyice' 1 to the effect that on. and after the fust q_ December, the 'New South WalesGoyerb--/ ment wiilllevya duty..,hn imported' produce. ' • -■■■■■■>! ■■■■^ ■•■ -•• . '■■ ■ '- ~At the Criminal Session; of the Supreme j Court on; Monday, ' Mat the w : Granger, fo.r . forgery; (four charges.) waa sentenced to,! eighteen .months imp i .onraent with hard; labour. J He pleadedguilty, |- ;I ;. !d ; v-m_ Geokgb Ogston was charged afc : ths ( Christchurch Magistrate'- • Court yesterday ] i with attempting to ;Cpromit suicide. .Ha a ' was discharged jjn..„p.rQwising_not. to. te*peat the offence. .'.._.. j - On Thursday ls.t the R„inbojr Acoon.-^ modatton House,7__rn_ale,*~ was "Burned and a man]named George Watson, aged sixty, perished m the fire. Watson was well, known m Nelson., where he f had lived for many yea& |Ehs origin of |heii fire .»; unknown, m-...^ ...,•;....-_..-■■'■ -mI The , special Mission Services,- -at the Southbridge Pre-byteri^nxQhtfrcbl opened on Sunday last, when there were good congregations at both .... services. The will be continued all thiaj^week, ie'xcept jon Saturday, The ' Rev Mr " Riddle is conducting the Mission. 'yi ATrai meeting of the committee of the Laivtf j Tennis, „Club,( . held . on Saturday evening, -t - was 1 decided to pl-y another, matgh [with' ,fha Aehburton- Club, The r date was Teft open for the- present, j The f Rev E.J WliiteliQuse, Dr "Withers, and Mr Frame; were. appointed a match committee. pjrt^ion has : beeti pressated to thY New South Wales Parliament by some free shearer).,, claiming compensation for lossof titue 1 , pwingi tp their seizure by members of the Shearers! Union. Their, contention! IS that 'Government did not provide then* .with sufficient protection. ■''■ The! arbitrator m the dispute between', the London carpenters and their employers' has rei,u_ed;t6 reoprnmend <%n increase m, wages, J but advi'soo a liberal', treatment of : the men 1, with regard 'to, overtime. ,'Hb. also declines to abolish the "system of * sub-letting and piece, work,- but authorises a week's work •as fifty, hours,, ajid ., the ; standard wages per hour at 9 J. „T , Thb ; Labour Protect-oo ©ill 1 has been introduced into the New South 'Wales* Legislature. It makes, it -unlawful for any person or Company to introduce alien labour, and the -Paster of any ship conveying such labourers is liable to a fine of £50 or six month's imprisonment. Skilled foreign worko bn -may, however, 1 be • o_- - gaged fona new industry not established m the Colony at the time of their entry.

tV. ERTy n»r ß shnit'.-l bpnr In mind that the time fir tf<'ndln> j- returns iindar the ne«' Land nnd income Tnx ha- be-n extended nnti' December 3M. """hie extension will an. »rd r»wn«rn on npporfnnitv. of Cmterrine wl'h the assessors before fi'Hng un their schedules* The n°sps«^r for the TCllerm ro distric, from ihpSfKivn to the Ratlin, f-mn the b~n<»> «o h" rn»l- / Way hoe, is Mr M »nrhea 1. if Le s»on. h THE "Earner T»»' n ne, «»n b'r vovH"e * from M<lb<M imp, mruo- on « hut ia _n . posed t«» b« a siinren ropfe m .the viVini»v of Swan Inland. . .She was . _oin_ «t ; fu" speed at ih<* time, and the shock .threw the passengers off their r feet. The eriginr*, were stopped, but worked errafieallv, and. when they were agsfn! start, d it wa« apparent »hat there had boon some ir-jory to the propeller. The vessel herself has sustained no serioHß da-rage, and phe his resumed her voyage to New Zealand. Vessels have from time to time Rtnick n hidden mok nftar Swan Island, but long l search has failed to discover it. At the annual meeting r f the Kauri Timber Comnany held m Melbourne, the Ohairtm n eweepingly condemned th* ex travagance! and laxity Of the ndminißtra* tion and the want of cohesion of the New Zealand management, which would be ruinous if allowed to enntiniiA ... cmaequently he b»d directed the oloßinar of the millp, ilthonerh fiich a aren war not ab- | >!«♦■ l n cessa y. Regarding the financial position of the Com nan v, though therp has been a loss of £44,000 on the yrarV transactions, they had, after deductingdebts, assets amounting to £946,000. equal to £1 13 i3d for every £ invested and about £1 3-t lOd for every £ ,>P paid up capital. The report was adopted.