The Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2798, 13 October 1892, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Band performance iv Baring Square tonight. The result of Mr Salek'a guessing competition will be found ia advertisement elsewhere, i Messrs Miles and Co. announce the sale of the live and dead stock of Mr D. L. Inwood's farm at Hinds. Everything is of the best, and the sale will be worth the attention of farmers. AtAddiugton market there was another grand line of merino wethers from Buecleuch, which sold at 183 to 20s 9d. Snowdon merino wethers sold at 13s 4d to 16s sd, and crossbred wethers from Mr Stringfellow, Chertsey, at 18s 9d to 18s lid. The " Bruce Herald " chronicles the discovery of an extensive deposit of tnoa bones in a railway cutting near Milburn. At a depth of 18 feet, and for fully half a chain, there was found a mass of moa bones embedded in the blue clay. Andfclusian fowls are noted for their 1 irge eggs, which average six to the pound. But it is difficult to imagine how an ordinary sized hen can lay an egg such as we saw this morning, laid by one of ttiis breed, which measured Sin round one way and 6Jin the other way. In the Primitive Methodist Church tonight the Rev James Cocker will deliver his lecture " Life in an English Village and some Chharacters I have not there." The lecture was postponed some time ago, owing to wet weather. Tickets then secured are available for to-night. The Dunedin "Star's" Parliamentary special says "an unsatisfactory feature of the session has been the amount of personal animus and recrimination imported into the deliberations of the House. During the past session there has been greater animus shown among members than during any previous experience, extending over several years." In order to show the delegates to the stock conference, bo meet at Wellington, every courtesy and attention the Hon J. Mcltenzie has invited a few of the leading pastoralists to meet him, when papers of interest to the colonies will be read and discussed. It is understood that Mr John Roberts, CM.G., and Mr Thomas Brydoue will be the Otago representatives. Professor Archibald, who first introduced the phonogiaph into Australasia, has arrived at Wellington with Edison's Loud Exhibition Phonograph, and will make a short farewell tour through New Zealand prior to returning to Chicago. During his recent visit through India and th« East, Mr Archibald became the possessor of a unique collection of Indian records. These are augmented by cylinders specially sent from England and America, with a special funnel for loud reproductions. The professor's present entertainment is said to be even more successful than that, given during his first visit. The proprietors of the "Canterbury Timee, 1' with their usual enterprise, publish with this week's number of their magazine, a portrait of the late poet laureate, Lord Tennyson. The portrait is taken from a steel engraving, which appeared last year as a frontispiece to a volume of his poems, and has been most faithfully copied, its excellence as a portrait having been retained in every line. The plate published by the " Canterbury " is certainly a credit to the ' artistic ability of the the litographic staff of the establishment; as well as to their speedy workmanship, the plate, Me are assured, having been reproduced in less than eight hour*. A meeting of wo>nen was held yesterday in the Free Methodist Church, Chri»tchurch. Theyidertermined to send a deputation to waiton Mr A. B. Worthington, Teacher of the Students of Truth, to condemn his teaching, and complain of his pamphlets on sexology recently issued to men, but which, if placed in the hands of young people, they alleged, would do infinite harm to the morals of the community. Jn/jtead of sending a deputation, however, the whole meeting arose, and marched in procession fco Mr Worthington's i^ouse, where they were received courteously. One woman asked him if he woujd leave Christehureh, as he was doinsj harm to the young people, He replied by asking if they could cite an instance of his teachings, having misled anyone, but the women said they were immoral teachings, and if he would not leave when requested they would petition for his removal. Mr Worthington replied tkajb he should not leave Chri&thurch till carried to the cemetery. He then retired. The woman surrounded his house, sang a hymn, prayed, and then dispersed, I The cost of the Manchaster Ship Canal ' has already exceeded the original estimate by five millions, and the thirteen millions already expended will nojb complete it. Tjhe Chairman of the Company, Lord Egerfcon of Tatton, at a meeting held recently, declared that, although he never was more cheerful as to the prospects of the enterprise, they must borrow two more millions jtrom tije Corporation of Manchester, who have aheady lenfb three to complete the undertaking. Jt is believed that the money will bp le.ut, as ip seems folly to abandon so much sunk capital j but the risk to the ratepayers is very serious, and the question whether the canal can ever pay is becoming more and more doubtful, as is also the problem whether it will benefit Manchester trade. Heavy tolls will destroy the utility of the work, yet, with light tolls how is it to yield the £2400 of profit a-day—excluding Sutf<J.e.ys—necessary to secure a dividend of §'§cv pojjt'! The work is too new in kind to ajl&\7 'of £aj,r calculation; but the calmness of Jyiv,erftyoj, in face of the threatened competition, "apjftyfc fc be fairly justified. The caual will, if is now confidently expected, if the fresh money is forthcoming, be opened before 1893.