LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1452, 10 January 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho ordinary meeting of the Aohburton B irough Council will be bald thin evetiioq.

At theß.il.Cbu.. this n_>rai-.g it appeared•'" thaf. n mvi ohargad jv.fch .r_*kmrn .3 hid had aat asbort time prior to his arrest. The i t» i 1 ■ i.l ".. . . i Bene.-. advi**l the pouos of the expediency m Kiijnl&r o&aes of Huram.mtig a medical mar;, becaurj- it some. i_nas happenod that men bad died m their cells. The Benoh also addressed a word of warning to the man himself, pointing put that there might have been some connexion between bis drunken bout „, .. , , .. , . . and the attack by which he was seized. About fouro'olook on Saturday afternoon Mr John Bell, of Ashton, when m the aefc of dismounting from, or getting into, his trap slippedandfell heavily. He injured his back, !._.»__. «,__«_ -_ _ • _ _„ __.. but to what extent is not yet known. The aoo. cent occurred on the vacant piece of laud opredte the Orange Hall. Dr Tweed was pronptly m attendance. Mr 801 l was removed

to bis home last evening.

Oar Mount Somers correspondent writes : — In spite of the extraordinary drought we have experienced during the last five weeks tbe crops m this distrio. look well ; the cereals especially so. There is a very marked difference between the parobed appearance of the srops near Ashburton and the fresh green of the crops near the hills.

Dr Hestor is suffering from a broken collarbone. Wbile viiiting tho Makanui Coal Mine, on the East Coast, a few days ago, he fell and hurt his shoulder, but took little no. .cc of his injury until Thursday, when his medical advisers informed him that he had a broken collar-bone.

A.man named John O'Leary sustained some nasty injuries on Saturday night. It appears that he was •« wanted " by the police on charges of drunkenness and vagranoy, and Constable Beddek went to the Lyttelton Boardinghouse for the purpose of apprehending him. O'Leary resisted arrest violently! and aimed a heavy blow at the constable, whioh, "however, instead of reaching its intended destination, took effect on the window the panes of glass being shattered to atoms O'Leary's wrißt wbb out by the broken glass very severely, the hand being nearly severed from tbe arm. All the arteries, veiae, and tendens were out through. The oonstable promptly had the man conveyed to Dr Tweed who attended to the.injuri .a. He was then conveyed to the hospital, but be is m suoh a weak state, through loss of blood, that it will .probably be a fortnight before he will be m a fit state to appear at Court to answer the charges which have been laid against him. An adjourned meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held on Saturday last. Present— Messrs Mayo (m the chair), Hunt, Fawoett, and Orr. After reading correspondence, the Clerk was instructed to write to the County Council asking that Reserve No. 1415 be vested m tbe Board. Tha Clerk was also instructed to write to the Borough Council stating that the Board were willing to pay a reasonable share of the work done on the East Belt. The Board deoided to do some neocessary work m the vicinity of Mr Crura's property. It was deoided to fix the dog registration fee at 10s, and proceed very vigorously to collect the same or enforoe the penalty. The Board resolved to proceed against all the occupiers of property who fail to alear the gorse from the front of their holdings on all roads m the district. After pa .sing several accounts and transacting some routine business, the Board adjourned. I . is stated that it is probable that South Australia will join the Federal Council. An Irish country doctor, conversing with a friend about the high rate of mortality then prevailing, remarked, " Bedad, there are people dying who never died before." Little Jimmy, when told by his teacher that ho was made of dust, stoutly refused to believe it, saying quickly, " Then why don't I turn to mud when nurse puts me m tbe bath." The following from an /exchange is worth i taking note of : — Turpentine is almost a ' certain remedy for croup. Saturate a pieoe of flannel with it and put it on the chest, aud m a very severe oase three or four drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. M. Saoa, a French traveller, has discovered a new potato m Bolivia, called by the natives papa, peruka. It prodn.es four crops a year, and the roots of eaoh plant weigh from 81b. to _*lb. " Verdant " Bends to- the Saturday Advertiser- the following epitaph, copied from a tombstone m New Jersey, Amerioa : — " Here lies the body of Samuel Gordon, \ Mouth almighty, and teeth aocordin' ; Stranger, tread lightly o'er this wonder, If he opens bis mouth you're gone, by thunder." Last Thursday the ordinary meeting of the Mount Somers Sohool Committee was held. The chief business was the consideration of the children's treat. It was resolved to hold the sports on Friday, the 14th Jan., and to present the sohool prizes on that oooasion. The sum of £10 was voted for the purchase of sports prizes, aud £3 for sohool pris .?. The Boboolmaster was authorised to expend that amount to the best of his ability. The sports will be followed by a concert, and perhaps a ball. . The Committee after passing various accounts resolved themselves into a Sports Committee, and decided that the first meeting should be held on Tuesday, when programme and other detail matters are to be oon.idered. Kidney oomplant, one of the most common d yet most neglected disease of this country an be readily oured by the use of Hop Bit'cers. Be sure aed get Amerioau Co's ake. See. We dip the following imortant testimonial from thei llaivarra Mercury, N.S.W., on the 80tb March. It needs uo comment:— "Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us after suffering for tout' years with aoute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extraot. He says seeing the said Extraot advertised m the Illawarra Mercury, his intense Buffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Honking, ohemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave himgreat relief at onoo. He Btates that between rh>3 loth Maroh instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and on the 19th the use of that medicine oontinued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for _our years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extraot a our. fo rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us ... publish this .information through the Mercury. We have much pleasure, m complying with Mr Loveday _ request, whose word cannot be be doubted, and who can have no objuot m view other than a pure desire to benefit; suffering humanity." — (Anvx).