LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Christelmrch horse parade was held to-day, at whioh there was a good attendance of the public. The weather was excellent for the show. There was a falling off m the entries, but several new horses of superior quality were exhibited, The total entries were fifty-four, against sixty-seven latt year. At Sydney tho#fcher day i William Toomy eha i>g«4 with having disturbed a meeting of the Salvation Army ab Paramatta by appearing jn a clown's dress, was found guilty, with a. recommendation to mercy. Judge M'Farlane Strongly commented on the affair, whjLch he' chara'tensed as a gross outrage, and sentenced Toomy to twebg months imprisonment. A strans;t phenomenon is rjpop.edfroiri Milton. An old coalpit at Lovell's P;afc, which is fall of water, has overflowed and formed a lagoon. No stream enters it, and it has no connection with any running water. Yet it swarms with kakabulli | (native trout) and the fresh water crayfis'i. These fish have made a sudden appearance, and people are curio is to know whence they came. With reference to the recent announcements regarding the Mount Somers Lirne- | stock quarriss, it may be as well to say that I Mr E. F. Wright is m no way effected by ! the new leases entered into. Mr Wright continues as heretofore the proprietor of the Buxtou Lime Kilns, Mount Somers, and is open to supply building and agricultural lime m any quantity. We state this as sojne misapprehension apparently exists on the matter. The old friends of Mr John Bourne will be pleased to hear that he is conducting the services to-morrow morning and evening m the Primitive jVfethodist Church. He is a preacher of. considerable forpp. and power, and as a special evengelist his labors* m Ihe past have been highly successful. As lib is also one of the early preachers m connection with £he Ashburton Church, a large congeeg«4o» is expected,

i At.a meeting of the Adelaide Ministers' I Association, comprising representatives of I all de«&rn»juatiOß.B but the Anglican and UDman'CatHolipi. a\resolntion was passed m favour of free!e<Juca|tSon and Bible reading, with opposition to the capitation grant. An amendment m favour of free education and impcsing.'a capitation grant was supported by more than a third of those present, the supporters of the amendment being opposed to Dr Magery's new clause m the Bill providing for Bible-reading. The railway at rinigcinents for the (Seraldine races are advertised m this issue. On September 30^ the 10.55 a.m. train from Ashburton to Timaru will run without any goods traffic between .Ashburton and Orari, and so, being to the latter station a purely passenger train,,. Jhegromid will bo covered lii smarter tiiiia than usual, and Ornri will bo reached at 12.14 instead of 12.45. The times for depikture at the several stations interested are Timvald, 11/2; Winslow, 11.12; Hinds, 11.26; and Rangitata, 11.53. When it became known m this district,, (writes a correspondent, of the "Baltmit Star") that Sir B. O'Loglilen's nnididment on clause 5 m the Jfedcration Bill (excluding New Zealand) ha\l been carried by a majority, the announcement was'received most enthusiastically, and Sir H. O'Loghlen and the representative of the Warrenheip electorate, Mr E. Murphy, were very etilogistically spoken of for their persistent advocacy on behalf of the farming community of the colony. The farmers of this district say that if New Zealand were allowed to join iv the federation group, she could glut the Victorian markets with her farming products to such an extent that the Victorian farmers would be placed m a very unenviable position. In short, the farmers positively assert that if New Zealand could send her agricultural products into Victoria free of import duty, Victorian farmers could not possibly make* the Calling remunerative. Every farmer m the district whom I have been talking to on the subject speaks iti glowing terms of Sir B. O'Loghlen and Mr Murphy for their action m connection with the Federation Bill. The influenza ha(s been very severe m Melbourne and throughout Victoria. In the metropolis the Governor and Lady Hopetomi, the Premier (a slight attack), the Chief Secretary (Mr- M'Lean), the Attorney-general (Mr Shiels), the Post-master-general (Mr Duffy), the leader of the Opposition (Mr Gillies), the Speaker of ! the Legislative Council (Sir James Macßain), Mr William Aearson, M.L.C., Sir Bryan O'Loghien, and other members of Parliament have suffered! In a country villiage called Evaotf jrd nearly the entire population was prostrated with' the malady. The health officer (Dr Cunningham) ordered the State School to be closed, as out of 46 children on the roll 41 were at home, whilst m the families of the other five there were sufferers. The head mistress was down with the nml-uly, and the sewing mistress. At Faraday, near Castlemaine, a sad bereavement has occurred: m the family of Mr Michael M'Mabon, fanner. Mrs M'Mabon was prostrated with influenza, which developed into pneumonia, from which she died. Miss , M'Mahon, aged 17, a daughter of the aeceasedj 'was also stricken with influenza, a day after her mother was taken ill and the young wo nan also-succumbed.- Mv M'Mahon, the tmsbind, and a soil also suffered from a similar illness, and were m a critical condition. The usual monthly meeting of the Ashbif ton Cycling Club took place on Thursday evening last, m the club room, Baring Square. About 30 members were present, i Mr W. H. Webber (captain) occupied the ! .;iiAir. The secretary read correspondence m connection with the proposed cash system^ and it was resolved to adhere to the re olution carrie I at the annual meeting* Messrs Murie Uusack, and Clarkson were elected delegates to the Alliance, and were directed to vote m accordance with the resolution m connection with the cash prize question. Mr H. Stewart was duly elected to fill the vacancy on the committee caused by the election of Mr Stephens to the office of Treasurer. Messrs W tiller, Groves, and Mitchell were elected track committee. It was decided to instruct hi delegates to obtain permission from the Alliance to run a 3 mile championship for the club, to be run on Easter Monday next. The club run wfs fixed to take place on Wednesday October 7, to start from thi Post Office at 2.30 p.m. On the motion of Mr Beiniets, seconde.l byMr Mitchell, it was resolve' to organize a road record from Ashl>urton to Methvenand back; the rider making the best time, between the dates of September 24, 1891, and April 30 1892 to receive a gold medal. Mr J. Grubb was elected a member of the club. Accounti were passed as payment and the meeting adjourned. Statutory Declaration.—l. Franz Raabe. Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given ■ by ■Dr Macgillivray that an amputation of the injured ljmb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called en Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my sou. within a fortnight out of all danger, and to-day lie is recovered. I may just add that it was when the crisis had been reached that the Extract referred to was first applied, and I make this golenm declaration, etc. Franz Raabe, Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred ana seventy-seven, before me, Moritz Cohn, J.P. —(Advt.) 6