LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2446, 28 August 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Final notice, by circular, to defaulters has been given by the Borough Council, and all rates not paid by.Saturday September 5, will be sued for without respect of persons. , Mr John Carter is a, Birmingham (Eng.) man. He keeps—or kept—a pet monkey Going down stairs- early one morning with very little clothes ,oti|f to ascertain the time, Mr Carter's pet monkey proceeded; to feed upon him and ate a good deal of him.;; The Christ-church Industrial Association have decided to request the Premier to move Parliament to institute a searching inquiry into the allegation m the ihemoradmn of the Railway Commissioners respecting the locomotive boilers. The lives of the " Picturesque! Atlas " Company agents are insured for £1000 each m the -Accident' Insurance Company—, a most judicious thing for the canvassers to do, but judging; Jby Mr.Bowerman's experiences down South,, likely tq prove a: bad line for the Insurance Company. The number of letters delivered m India >rent up from 17| millions) m 1854 to 120 m 1880, and now we find jbhe figures m the annual report for 1890 at nearly 168J millions. Post cards were not known m 1854; m 1880 they stood at 7£ millions, and now they reach the considerable number of 86 millions, ; . The House recently had a curious petition before it, A Hawke's Bay resident went to some "herbalist," as he called himself, for a cure for an ailment. The result was a long and dangerous sickness, which a qualified doctor had to be called m to cure, and the sufferer upon getting well petitioned Parliament for compensation. This is an actual fact, not a page out of the "Arabian Sfights," the petitioner evidently supposing ihat the people Have the right to State aid if they get injured by acting stupidly, ,'Howm>\va.y's Ointment and Tills — Those who have given these remedies fair trial freely admit that they inheranty possess every property suitable for healing and renioviiig eruptions, liberations, piles, abscesses, sores, bad legs, gathered breasts, and all disorders of the glandular system. When carefully rubbed m. the Ointment relaxes the swollen muscles, diminishes inflammation, assuages pain, and even alleviates dangerous maladies which may I have lasted for months^ or even years. Holloway.'s excellent preparations are effective singly, resistless m combination, and have been recommended by grateful patients to be resorted to as alternatives wh.eu"all other means for regaining health have failed. Then q^tkm is' temperate, not violent or reducing) ' '"' '