LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2423, 3 July 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Master of the Home wishes to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a p\rcel of- clothing from Iv frs John Orr, for the use of the inmates.

The complete census returns give the. population of the borough of Ashburton as 1900, of the county 9502, and cf the electoral district 8402 (4617 males and 3865 females).

One of the wards of the Adelaide Hospital has been named the " Shear _rV Ward" m recognition of tho, support which has been received from that body of men.

The report from the Victorian Mining Department for the first quarter estimates the amount of gold produced iti the colony during the quarter at 131,3(H0z 2dvvt 3gr

In speaking m support of the Dentist' Bill Mr E. M. Smith told Mie House that, he had been promised a set of false teeth by a friend if he won his election, "and Mr Speaker," he continued, " 1 finds them very useful."

The amount of capital invested m the businesses of the members of the Melbourne Employers' Union was £37,300,000, and last year they paid £2,465,066 m wages. Tho members of the Shipowners' Association are not included m these calculations.

There is a great demand for copies of the report of the Public Trust Commissioners, and several members have been appealed to by their friends to obtain them for them. They are issued only, however, at a ccst of 4s each to members and the public.

New Zealand (says the " N.Z. Herald ") is not such a desperate place to reside m when all things are taken m consideration. Although the present week is about the middle of our wiiitar, hew potatoes fr.jm the Auckland province have been on sale m the shops during the week.

Mr Royds, late officer of the Southland Land Office, writes to the Duuedin "Star,"' expressing regret for his statement that the Government had granted a sawmill area to the Pine Company, as, since the denial of the Minister, he believes the statement may have been incorrect.

Regarding the Financial debate, the Wellington "Post" expresses surprise that no member has urged th_ rising of the sjhool age, re-arranging the standards, and abolishing education boards. From these sources it declares that a quarter of a million or more could be saved on the education vote.

At a recent conference of Victorian winegrowers a resolution was passed " that wine licenses be issued at any period of the year by a police magistrate at any Court." They considered if that were made law it would encourage the wine-growing industry m the colony, ajid also tend to sobriety amongst til* populace.

A crank named Morris, lately a teacher a the Upper Kyeburn, has throwd up his billet* and started on a lecturing tour throughout the colony. He denounces Education Boards m general, and the Otago Educatim Board m particular. The officers of the Board come m for some very hard knocks at his hands. He intends te travel all through the colony, paying his way by "collections."

At the Sefton Farmers' Club meeting on Saturday evening last, Mr John Valknce, jun., tine Chairman, laid on the table a unmbf.r of circulars relating to theadvantage of liming Un 1, and said he had intended having a truck of lime before this, but the weather was so line that he could not styp his teams, but he would certainly have one yet, to give it a trial. Several members & ok<> of benefits to be derived from liming, a>id believed tUafc ifc wauid eventually become a very important factor m husbandry.

There is si boom m the price of land m some of the new townships up the West Coast, North Island, just now. The Marton "Mercury" has hewd of one man buj ing land m one of the towijships $t £40 per acre, and selling ifc at £130 per <ji,ai?t,ei?.-acrc section. Notwithstanding the experiences people have had m New ZeaJaitd m buying town sectious, there are still Koute fooltj left — those who buy sections at such absurd prices as above stated, At^er awhile the'same section, -with premises erected thereon, will wot fetch half the amount.

Mr George Hutchison fij> conversation with the " Otago Daily Times " representative m regard to the celebrated WMtaker-Hut(jhis.Qn sase, said "I am unwilling to do any, thing, and can do nothing. Of course, I can proceed if J wish, because there is a summons with reference to the accounts between Mr Mitehelsou ami Uiv If, Al.kiucot:. This f.immons was held over ponding jbhp judgement of the Court of Appeal, and as tlift judgment, has been given that summons can be revived j bijfc I do not want even to pry into private affaky op banking accounts ■•iless it be absolutely necessary, It is only Ac main results and not the •details thafc are wanted." Mr Hutchison, m the course of fiuihei' conversation, said he had no personal feeling agai»st Sir jb\ Whitaker, but it was difficult for him to mo&tt vi the direction of proposing a settlement since he w*s the defendant m the case, and it might be fhov^kt fyti j^e w|g|jea to avojd the »ctjojj,, '

Three hundred Colonial Bank shares were offered by auction at Dunedin on Thursday, and sold at 42s each, of, all but thirty being disposed of. During (he Trust Enquiry the fact was elicited that the Insurance fund m the Land Transfer Department, which is made up of an ad valorem fee of |d m m the £ on the value of the' properties dealt with, and is intended to make goj;l any claims arising under the-State guarantee, has accumulated to the extent of £80,000. The claims made on the fund have only amounted to some £1500 or £1800. The great ca-e Campbell v Wooding was finished at the Timaru District Court on Thursday. Last December John Campbell, a grazier and dealer, of Wood bury, was acquitted of a charge of stealing eightythree sheep froina neighbor named ■Wooding. The sheep were returned by the police to Wooding, and he retained them. Campbell made a demand and finally sued Wooding for them,-asserting that they were his and not Wooding's. Wooding made a counterclaim upon Campbell for the value of the wool shorn from them while they were— wrongously it was alleged—m Campbell's possession. After a three days' hearing the special jury, by verdict ' for defendant, declared the sheep to be Wooding's, and Campbell must pay for the wool he took off them, value L 23 4s. The appeal m which the Bank of New Zealand is concerned m Australia, and which was the sabject of a cable message, occured m Melbourne, not Sydney as-wired. The " Argus "reports that the bank is the defendant m an action at the suit of Mrs Mary Penglase, which was the subject, ot an appeal to Full Court. .The case for the plaintiff is that she is the owner of certain landed estates, and that she deposited the. title deeds of the estates with the defendantbank to keep for her,-, and also as security for her husband's account for a period of 12 months. Upon her desiring the deeds back the bank refused to give them Up on the ground that her husband, jointly with other perso: 8, was inlebtecl to the bank to the extent of £7000 odd. The action was tried before Mr Justice'Webb, who, upon the defendant attempting to prove that the deeds were lodged as security for Mr Penglase's joint account with others, refuse to admit the evidence, and gave judgment for the plaintiff for £10,000, to be reduced to la on delivery of the: deeds, and Is damages for the detention of the deeds and costs. The Full Court held that the primary judge was wrong m refusing to admit the evidence tendered by the bank, and that the -evidence, was admissible to s!>oiv what account, was meant, m the letters relied on by plaintiff, ant? also to explain and introduce thVmattera m issue, and the appeal was allowed with costs ami the case directed to be reheard. . ■

Postal officials have frequently done wonders m the way of deciphering addresses thai to the non-expert eve were absolutely meaningless. But they "can also display a rigid adherence to red tape that is positively maddening to its victims. Here is a casein point. As readers know, the experiments made m the Aparima have excited a good deal of interest hi the salmon question, and a citizen anxious to have the latest information on the subject sent Home an order for a book on the habits of the salmon. The order went to London m the month of February, 1890 -observe the date. About six months later the sender was notified by the local authorities that a parcel insufficiently addressed was lying for him at the I ond'on post office. He stated that he. had no doubt it was his, and reference to a directory showed that there was bub one lnvercargill known to the postal world. Our friend was hopeful that all trouble was now at an end, but m reality it was only beginning, lnvercargill corresponded with WolHiigton, Wellington advissd London, London .consulted Wellington, quires of foolscap were doubtless spoiled m the process, and the London offi o having thus fortified itself, went a step further, and a miil or two since once more communicated with the local office. "Ah," sud the local disciple of • Izaak Walton as he hurried to learn the nature of the latest bulletin, "the book has come at list; they know there is only one Invercar«ill, and if they could toll from the address for whom the parcel was intended, they could not fail to send it along." But "man never h, but always to be blest, ' and so it proved. Instead of the longed-for volume came the intimation that the Imperial posN office authorities had returned the parcel to the firm by whom it h-wl been posted. Information as to the habit* of the salmon is, after, eighteen months ol waiting, still wanting, but a fioo.l of light has been thrown on those of the Imperial post-office, authorities. — " Southland Times.''

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