LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2470, 25 September 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Both Houses of" Parliament met this rr.xrn*ing. rvhv business' was quickly disposed of, and, though formal adjournments to Tuesday were made, the session, which was opened on June 11, is now over. By reorganisation and economy the House Committee have made both the victualing and bar department of Bellamy's self-sup-portinp this session without, they consider, impairing usefulness and efficiency. The " Wairarapa Daily " says that wheat is wheit and not pig feed at the present time in Masterton. A parcel advertised iv our columns sold readily at five shillings a bushel. People came for it from Cartertop, Greytown, and all round the country, ami were glad to pick up a few bags of it. It is reported that at a church in Ellis County, Texas, recently, a man was shot and killed. "No look here," suit! the preacher, pausing a moment, " I must insist that there be no further interruptions. How do you suppose a man can go on preaching when "you annoy him .in this way ?" The Leaning Tower of Pisa is to be quite outdone if the the plans of a resident in Chicago are carried out in connection with the World's Fair in 1893. The stone tower of Pisa is 179 ft high, and leans 13ft from the perpendicular. That of Chicago is to be 225 ft high, 70ft square, and to leau no le*s than 100 ft out of the perpendicular. Mr Rolleston the other night declared that Mr Taylor, although he was fond of posing as a working man's member, was no real working man, but would take fully a week to do a day's work. Mr Taylor replied indignantly that he had done as much work in his lifetime as Mr Rolleston had done in ten years. This was probably not quite what he intended to say, and he seemed surprised at the roar of laughter which followed his remark. Viewed in the light of subsequent events, a ludicrous feature of the debate on the Payment of Members Bill was a lecture by Mr Fish delivered to Mr McGuire on the necessity of loyalty to party. Mr McGuire opposed the Bill, whereupon Mr Fish, who has more than once threatened to walk across to the Opposition, reminded the member for Egmont that he had been returned to Parliament by the aid of the Liberal party, and that he ought to remember his obligations to that party, and not vole at his own sweet will. Says "Buff and Black" in the Napier "Telegraph" —A shower of rain commenced to fall at Hastings the other day, when a lad rode up to the door of a blacksmith.; shop and took his horse inside out of the wet. Two well-known sports were standing by, and one said " What would you like to give for that prad '(" His companion took a cursory glance at the animal, and replied "Well, I'd be ' sorry to give more than £30 for him at the most. Why do you ask ?" " Oh,for no particular reason, That is the colt Gollan gave 2040 guineas for !" Steps are being taken by the Auckland Crown Lands Board to deal with a large area of unclaimed, unoccupied land, taken up on land orders thirty years ago, but the holders of which have died or left the province and colony without ever getting Crown grants. They yield no rates, and simply obstruct settlement. It is intended now to utilise them by their resumption as Crown lands, after due notice being given. In W me instances suirs of money have been paid in addition, and yet the parties have disappeared into oblivion, and made no claim. It shows the little trouble some people taki to k«'c after their property ov to def< 1)4 their interests. These derelict blocks are ro be found all over the north.

The L'\)!nalfj Orange Liiy Lodge, No. 5, held its annual meeting on Thursday. The Secretary's report was road, showing that the Orange Lily Lodge was opened on December 29,'11MH), l>y Bro J. (I. W. Ellis, IMt.M. Five were initiated into the Order, and Bro Houston was appointed delegate by the Gtaud Lo-.lge. Since then eight have been initiated into the Order, one admitted by clearance card, and four more proposed for membership. The following officers were duly elected for the ensuing year--—Presi-dent, Slater M. Bennett; Vico-President, Sister Paget; Secretary > Sister Beur.ett; Treasurer. S stcr Tilley"; Chiplain, Sister Bryant; Guards, Sisters -Paterson and Franks-. It was resolved to hold a social on November 5.

A determined attempt at suicide was made at Bendigo on September 10 by Patrick Busst, ayonuq man, and a member, of a wellknown family'! He returned from Melbourne by train that night, and was met by a companion named Newman, and they went towards Busst's house. Having arrived in a. quie locality Busst pulled out a revolver and tired two balls into his he.id, his brother and Newman being then present. Busst was a, splendid cyclist at one time, and Irulo fair to eclipse his brother Tom, the chi.mpion. However, about two years ago Patrick Bussl lost an arm through severing an important artery with a chisel when working at Messrs Scholtcn and Mirsh's carriage factory. The loss of his arm and other troubles are supposed to be thecau&e of the deed, which he has previously threatened to commit. Busst was removed to the hospital, and the bullets extracted. Some hopes are entertained of his recovery. Melbourne papers to hand record the mysterious disappearance of Sergeant T.Griffiths, military staff clerk'at the headquarters of the Victorian military forces, who had been imssiug for a week when the mail left. Sergeant Griffiths, who was a popular official in the service, was engaged to a young lady, the daughter of a publican at Kew, and the engagement had so far progressed that arrangements for the marriage had been made, and the 15th inst .fixed as the day o(. the nuptials. He had obtained leave, and was buying furniture and the hundred-and-cne things incidental to a marriage, taking the advice of his intended wife every day, and spending much of his time in her company. On the evening of the 9th inst he left home at 11.30 p.m. to walk to his lodgings in Hawthorn. He then had in his possession about £100 in cash, and, as he j was about to leave, he jokingly said to his i fiancee, " You had better take charge of this. I may be robbed" Laughingly, she replied, "Oh, I'll have possession of that soon enough. Wait till we are married," and with a laugh and merry " good night" he walked off, and since that time he has not been seen, neither has any trace of him been discovered. So that a legal investigation might be made a warrant was issued for his arrest as a deserter, but all inquiries only tended to deepen the mystery. He was a man happy in spirits and sound in mind, and he had a fair sum of money to his credit at the bank besides what he had on him and had spent. It is feared that some persons overhearing his remark about having £100 on him followed and robbed and murdered him, then concealing the body. Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE in the world is SANDER and SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testiniony. Read this certificate:—" 24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons,—lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save ray leg, but without success. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard in'the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hcuxsfor nine or ten dtws it was out of all danger. I would persuade al who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, an:.l I am convinced that they 'vill find it the most wonderful of medicines.—Youis, etc., E." J. Cornow, Wattle street, Sandhurst,— (Advfc L . A.,